*** 2LP ： UK 1977 / Free Reed / FRRD 023/024 ***
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B+ / A
ジャケット：非コーティング薄手の見開きジャケットです。表裏わずかな薄シミ、薄汚れ。中面中央部経年の薄シミ。シミのためB+としましたが、全体にまずまずきれいな印象のA-寄りの良品です。
ディスク：新品同様極美品です。
12ページのブックレット付属。

「ザ・テイル・オブ・エイル（ザ・ストーリー・オブ・ジ・イングリッシュマン・アンド・ヒズ・ビア）」。
英国のビールに関する歌を集めた2枚組の大作です。
トラッド研究家／ミュージシャンのヴィック・ギャモンが選曲、アレンジをしています。
ロビン・ドランスフィールド（バリーはフィドルで参加）、ピーター・ベラミー、ロイ・ハリス、パム・ギルダー、ヴィック・ギャモン等々がヴォーカルを担当。
ということでビールを飲みながら聴くには最高のアルバムです！！

英国オリジナル盤。12ページのブックレット付属。銅版画がたっぷり収録されていてこれだけでも2000円ぐらいの価値がありそうな感じ。











A1 Eddie Upton, Pam Gilder and Musica Inebriata- Bring Us In Good Ale
A2 Joby Blanshard / Michael Smee- Andrew Boorde On Ale
A3 Oriana (4)- Come Drink To Me
A4 Robin Dransfield and Musica Inebriata- Jolly Good Ale And Old
A5 William Rushton- He That Buys Land
A6 Peter Wood (5) and Musica Inebriata- The Merry Fellows
A7 Peter Bellamy and Musica Inebriata- Soldiers Three
A8 Oriana (4)- Tapster, Drinker
A9 Joby Blanshard- The Tunnyng Of Elynour Rummyng
A10 Eddie Upton and Musica Inebriata- A Knotte Of Good Fellows
A11 Michael Smee- Andrew Boorde On Beer
A12 John Foreman (2) and Musica Inebriata- London's Ordinary
A13 Michael Smee- A Brewer's Epitpah
A14 Oriana (4)- Honest Malt Liquor
B1 Peter Wood (5) and Musica Inebriata- The Malt's Come Down
B2 Michael Smee- Stubbes On Drunkenness
B3 Robin Dransfield and Barry Dransfield- Good Ale For My Money
B4 Eddie Upton and Musica Inebriata- The Excise Ballad
B5 William Rushton, Michael Smee- The Porter From MacBeth
B6 Eddie Upton, Pam Gilder, Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band- Peas, Beans, Oats, And The Barley
B7 Peter Wood (5)- The Pleasant Ballad Of John Barleycorn
B8 Pam Gilder and The Pump and Pluck Band- Now Harvest Is Over
B9 Musica Inebriata- The British Toper
C1 Roy Harris and The Pump and Pluck Band- Nottingham Ale
C2 William Rushton- Bickerdyke On Temperance
C3 Oriana (4)- Catch: O Ale Ab Alendo
C4 Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band- John Barleycorn
C5 Peter Wood (5), Ian Russell and Vic Gammon- Ye Mar'ners All
C6 William Rushton- A Brewer's Epitaph
C7 Pam Gilder and The Pump and Pluck Band- Poor Tom Is Dead And Gone
C8 Eddie Upton- There's Comfort In A Drop Of Gin
C9 Joby Blanshard / Michael Smee- The London Gin Distillery
C10 Pam Gilder and Vic Gammon- Don't Go Out Tonight, Dear Father
C11 William Rushton- The Drunkard's Looking Glass
C12 Roy Harris- Ale, Ale, Glorious Ale
C13 Eddie Upton and The Pump and Pluck Band- I Likes A Drop Of Good Beer
D1 Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band- The Carter's Health
D2 Robin Dransfield and The Pump and Pluck Band- Hey, John Barleycorn
D3 Vic Gammon- Here's A Health To The Mistress
D4 William Rushton / Joby Blanshard / Michael Smee- Meux's Porter Vat
D5 John Foreman (2) and Vic Gammon- A Pot Of Porter
D6 Vic Gammon, Eddie Upton and The Pump and Pluck Band- I've Been To France / Here's A Health Unto Master
D7 Roy Harris and The Pump and Pluck Band- The Man That Waters The Worker's Beer
D8 Peter Bellamy and The Pump and Pluck Band- October Brew
D9 Pam Gilder and The Pump and Pluck Band- John Appleby
D10 Joby Blanshard- A Drinker's Epitaph
D11 John Foreman (2) and The Pump and Pluck Band- Charley Mopps
D12 Eddie Upton and The Pump and Pluck Band- This Is Our Mistress' Health
D13 Vic Gammon and The Pump and Pluck Band- Michael Blann's Drinking Song
D14 The Pump and Pluck Band- The British Toper

Phonographic Copyright ? - Free Reed Records Ltd
Copyright ? - Free Reed Music
Made By - Free Reed Records Ltd

Vocals [Sung By] - Eddie Upton, John Foreman (2), Musica Inebriata, Oriana (4), Pam Gilder, Peter Bellamy, Peter Wood (5), Robin Dransfield, Roy Harris, The Pump and Pluck Band, Vic Gammon
Vocals [Voices] - David Maxwell (7) (tracks: A3, A8, A14, C3), John Mingay (tracks: A3, A8, A14, C3), Penny Maxwell (tracks: A3, A8, A14,
Backing Vocals [Choruses] - Eddie Upton (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14), Ian Russell (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14), Pam Gilder (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14), Vic Gammon (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Bassoon - Rory Forsyth (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Cittern, Bouzouki - Vic Gammon (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Compiled By, Written-By, Arranged By - Vic Gammon
Concertina [Anglo-concertina], Bandoneon, Organ [Mouth Organ] - Will Duke (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Concertina [Bass English Concertina], Percussion - Sheila Magill (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Fiddle - Keith Phillips (5) (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Piano - Geoff Hedger (tracks: C12)
Recorder - Kathryn Cox (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9)
Tenor Banjo, Trombone - Ian Russell (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Melodeon, Concertina [Baritone English Concertina], Banjo - Vic Gammon (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Narrator [Told By] - Joby Blanshard, Michael Smee, William Rushton
Percussion - Tony Pepler (tracks: A1, A4, A6, A7, A10, A12, B1, B4, B9), Tony Pepler (tracks: B6, B8, C1, C4, C7, C13, D1, D2, D6 to D9, D11 to D14)
Performer [Musica Inebriata] - Kathryn Cox, Keith Phillips (5), Rory Forsyth, Tony Pepler, Vic Gammon
Performer [Oriana] - David Maxwell (7), John Mingay, Penny Maxwell
Performer [The Pump And Pluck Band] - Eddie Upton, Ian Russell, Pam Gilder, Sheila Magill, Tony Pepler, Vic Gammon, Will Duke
Producer, Engineer - Nic Kinsey
Design [Sleeve Design] - Sue Dransfield
Photography By [Front Sleeve Photography Reproduced By Permission Of] - Beamish Open Air Museum
Lacquer Cut By - Porky (5)
Liner Notes - Vic Gammon