Leviathan! Ballads & Songs of the Whaling Trade - A. L. Lloyd - full album 1967 - whalers' folk song

A full recording of the album 'Leviathan! Ballads & Songs of the Whaling Trade', by A. L. Lloyd (with Alf Edwards on concertina and ocarina, Dave Swarbrick on fiddle, Martin Carthy on mandoline, and Trevor Lucas and Martyn Wyndham-Reade as chorus), released in 1967 by Topic. Lloyd (1908-1982) was a founder of the label, and a keen folklorist, responsible for a number of similar albums documenting different types of folk song. This record focusses on the whaling trade of the industrial revolution; undoubtedly a controversial trade responsible for a devastating depletion in many of the world's whale populations, but whose gruelling expeditions fostered a unique sense of camaraderie out of which many a song was borne. Commercial whaling was banned by 1986, so this is an interesting piece of documentation to have.

I have transcribed the sleeve notes and put them in a google document, as they contain a good deal of interesting information about each song, as well as an introduction - do check it out!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1U...

Sound quality is OK, with no skips but a good amount of background noise throughout. Stereo.

Tracks:
A1 - The Balaena
A2 - The Coast of Peru
A3 - Greenland Bound
A4 - The Weary Whaling Grounds
A5 - The Cruel Ship's Captain
A6 - Off to Sea Once More
A7 - The Twenty-Third of March
B1 - The Bonny Ship the Diamond
B2 - Talcahuano Girls
B3 - Farewell to Tarwathie
B4 - Rolling down to old Maui
B5 - The Greenland Whale Fishery
B6 - Paddy and the Whale
B7 - The Whaleman's Lament
B8 - The Eclipse

Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to this music, so any request from the rights holders will be met by me taking the video down. Thank you.

Many thanks Rob - miss you.