25 Years Later

In 2004, Free Reed published a 25th year Commemorative Issue of Peter Bellamy's ballad opera The Transports. This consists of 2 CDs, first a re-mastered version of the original 1977 recording - see previous page for cast and track listings - and a second CD with newly recorded tracks by a group of musicians, whose names you may recognise There is no one cast to a certain role as in the original recording but every song is sung by the different singers.

2004 Tracks

Cockersdale: Black & Bitter Night (4:14)
From the Cockersdale album Doin' the March
Jim Lawton: Raking the Embers (0:33)
Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 1 (1:02)
David Jones: Us Poor Fellows (4:12)
From the album From England's Shore
Joel Griffiths: The Robber's Song (3:42)
Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 2 (2:31)
Grace Notes: The Leaves in the Woodland (4:07)
Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 3 (1:11)
Witches of Elswick: I Once Lived in Service (4:31)
From the Witches' album Out of Bed
Chris Sugden: The Ballad of Norwich Gaol (2:46)
Laura Hockenhull & Pete Morton: Sweet Loving Friendship (3:27)
Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 4 (1:59)
Damien Barber & John Kirkpatrick with The Wilsons & Grace Notes: The Black and Bitter Night (5:01)
Mal Jardine with Jamie O'Dywer: The Humane Turnkey (3:56)
John Roberts: The Plymouth Mail (4:14)
Coope Boyes & Simpson: The Green Fields of England (4:56)
Kimber's Men: Roll Down (4:03)
From the album See You When the Sun Goes Down
Steve Tilston: The Still and Silent Ocean (5:00)
Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 5 (2:24)
Fairport Convention: Dance: The Convict's Wedding (2:09)
Tim Moon: Black Concertina (2:40)
Live at Bacca Pipes Club, also on the album Anger and Kiss
Peter Bellamy: Roll Down (excerpt) (2:04)
Live at The Focal Point, St Louis, Missouri, 1991