I'll leave it to someone better qualified to flesh out the whys & wherefores of the Maritime England Suite, but basically it's a 40-minute sequence comprising PB's settings of Kipling, traditional and other lyrics arranged by Dolly Collins and performed by the trio of PB: voice / Dolly Collins : piano / Ursula Pank (nee Smith) : 'cello. It existed as a lo-fi cassette only edition, copies of which are very scarce and fading fast but the music is of a perfect Golden Charm that will beguile even the most casual Bellamist; the hard-core will already have it of course, in one form or another - so, here's part one; part two to follow.   

Peter Bellamy : Maritime England Suite - Part One

NB - This is a basic transfer of a very old unbranded cassette copy as sold by PB at his gigs. No attempt has been made to clean it up at source (no Dolby certainly!) or otherwise enhance it on the computer other than to fix a patricularly messy edit. One hopes the masters are extant and that plans are afoot to release them officially, but as life is generally too short for the awaiting of such miracles...

File expires on 22nd November, so get it while you can!