The Camera & the Song

The Camera & the Song
Compilation album by
Various Artists
Released1975
GenreFolk
LanguageEnglish
LabelSuper Beeb Records
CompilerJohn Bird

The Camera & the Song is a compilation album composed of songs by various folk bands and artists like Fivepenny Piece or Tír na nÓg from the BBC Two television series The Camera & the Song. The songs were broadcast in the early 1970s and this LP released in 1975.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "Mountain Climber" (John Meeks, Colin Radcliffe) - Fivepenny Piece
  2. "Boat Song" (Leo O'Kelly) - Tír na nÓg, credited to Leo O'Kelly & Sonny Condell
  3. "Paradise Flats" (Alex Glasgow) - Alex Glasgow
  4. "Michael in the Garden" (Ralph McTell) - Ralph McTell
  5. "The Apprentice's Song" (Ian Campbell) - The Ian Campbell Folk Group
  6. "Duw It's Hard" (Max Boyce) - Max Boyce

Side Two

  1. "Backbreaker" (John Gorman, Roger McGough, Neil Innes, Andy Roberts, Dave Richards, John Megginson) - Grimms
  2. "Two White Horses" (Sonny Condell) - Tír na nÓg, credited to Leo O'Kelly & Sonny Condell
  3. "All in a Day" (Glasgow) - Alex Glasgow
  4. "For My Father" (Harvey Andrews) - Harvey Andrews
  5. "Country Bus" (Jake Thackray) - Jake Thackray
  6. "Blackpool" (Jeremy Taylor) - Jeremy Taylor

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1975 Super Beeb Records stereo LP BELP 006

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