- folk rock, rock
- 43 min
- 13 tracks
- Dingle’s Records
Oysterband is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury around 1976. The band retired as a touring act in 2025 with final festival shows at Shrewsbury and Tønder.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- cooloverwhelming
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Tracks
- A1The Blean Hoodening Song / The City Branle3:41
- A2Hunting the Hare / The Clog3:37
- A3Schottische d’Auvergne / Belle Rosinne3:19
- A4Oyster River Hornpipe / Herne Bay Dance / The Curlyheaded Ploughboy3:54
- A5Marche due fin du bal / The Committee Jig3:07
- A6The Lakes of Cool Flynn4:09
- B1The Rambling Sailor3:58
- B2Brandy1:56
- B3The Shaalds of Foula2:56
- B4The Lawyer3:08
- B5News of the Victory / The One-Horned Sheep3:22
- B6Limbo3:01
- B7Boscastle Breakdown3:00
13 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Oyster Ceilidh Band
- Label
- Dingle’s Records
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- GB
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