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Track Listing
- Watercolour Morning
- Ee By Gum
- Pete Was A Lonely Mongrel Dog Who Lived In Central Wigan
- Down Our Street
- King Cotton
- Mi Grandfather's Day
- Stories From The Wishing Well
- Gradely Prayer
- Gotta Get Away
- Tell You Owt
- Mountain Climber
- Spanish Holiday
- I Don't Know If I Wanna Go Home
- Tuppence Change
- Fred Fannackapan
- Stalybridge Station
- Homemade Brew
- Winter Sun
- Molly Kershaw
- Stalybridge Market
- Watering Can
- Where There's Muck There's Brass
- Sail Away Tin Soldier
- Big Jim
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #23334 in Music
- Released on: 1998-04-13
- Number of discs: 1
- Dimensions: .20 pounds
Customer Reviews
As good as ever
It would be very difficult for a group of artists such as The Fivepenny Piece, who have over the years penned so many good, reflective, time capturing and humorous songs to encompass "The Very Best" onto one CD.
Having the majority of their Vinyl LP releases in my record collection which alas now "pop" and "crackle" their way from the start to the end of the grooves, it is a joy to hear the unblemished releases of original tracks.
The Meeks-Radcliffe combination paint an amazing picture in words and song with "Watercolour Morning" (from the King Cotton L.P. - arguably their best release).
The writing skills of Meeks, Radcliffe and Crotty are woven skilfully and inextricably into the whole album.
Observations of the run down railway system in "Stalybridge Station" - true when the album was first released (some may perceive them to be still true today).
Where has all our cotton industry gone? - "King Cotton" is a truthful reflection.
"A Gradely Prayer" - from the sole in a time when lives were not complicated.
The list goes on.
To John, Linda, Eddie, Colin and George (not forgetting owd "knocker" Barlow) a big thank you for such wonderful songs - you have captured life, humour and history in an amazing way. It is sad that this is the only CD released of your work.
Lancashire treasures
The Fivepenny Piece were very big in the 70's, with many best selling albums to their credit. Their mixture of folk and humour is beautifully demonstrated in this collection. At the heart of the music is Lynda Meeks amazing voice, her haunting harmonies and lead vocals on tracks such as "Stories From The Wishing Well" and "King Cotton" show that they are very much a folk band to be reckoned with. Similarly cheeky ditties such as "Ee By Gum", "Tell You Owt" and many others show the versatility and witty observation of working class Lancastrians as it must have been a few years ago. I believe the group still exist in some form today but this is them at their commercial peak with material that was to be heard in homes throughout the land. Anybody unfamiliar with Fivepenny Piece would do well to check this CD out, whilst for faithful fans this selection from their output between 1972 and 1978 will doubtless leave you wanting more and wishing that their albums were available in their entirety on CD.
An enjoyable album
I am delighted to find this Fivepenny Piece collection on CD after searching the record shops without success. I enjoyed listening to this album and I am not disappointed. The album contains a broad spectrum of Fivepenny Piece's music and has many of my favourite tracks, including EE BY GUM, DOWN OUR STREET, TELL YOU OWT and the unforgettable BIG JIM. My main quibble is the lack of choice. Why is only this one CD available?
