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AN EVENING WITH THE FIVEPENNY PIECE
Release Date: September 1980
Running
Time: 48 minutes
The group's second album for Philips turned out to be their third live album and the final album on a major label. Recorded at the Oldham Coliseum, six tracks of the fifteen strong album were from the pen of Bernard Wrigley and Dave Dutton. Including the only track Wrigley and Dutton wrote specifically for the Fivepenny Piece, 'Give Us A Smile George', an attempt to raise a grin from lugubrious bass player George Radcliffe. There were some fine folk moments too, not least Ralph McTell's 'Streets Of London' and 'Seth Davey' with its memorable "Whisky on a Sunday" chorus.
Producer: CHRIS HARDING
Pianist: Pete Lingwood
A limited edition CD-R of the album was released through the official website and can be purchased HERE
Cassette Philips 7252 709
N.B. To even up the playing sides of the cassette, 'Johnny Beggar' has been moved to Side 1, whereas on
the vinyl version the song resides on Side 2
Side 1
- Five Merry Minstrels (Ashton)
- Gather In The Mushrooms (Benny Hill)
- Black Pud Stud (Dutton / Wrigley)
5. The Polar Bear (N. Brackin)
6. Saturday Cowboys (Dutton / Wrigley)
7. Lunatic Song (Trad. arrangement Fivepenny Piece0
8. Give Us A Smile George (Dutton / Wrigley)
Side 2
- What Can You Do When Your Clogs Let Water In (Dutton / Wrigley)
- Seth Davey (Hughes)
- Johnny Beggar (Trad. arrangement Fivepenny Piece)
- Liverpool Lullaby (Kelly)
- I’m In Love With… (Dutton / Wrigley)
- Up North (Dutton / Wrigley)
- Early In The Morning (Trad. arrangement Fivepenny Piece)