Slight point of pedanticity ...

The 'only' lp of shanties recorded on board a windjammer ... ??

Could this claim really be true? Or is it a case of folks claiming authenticity simply because the songs were sung and recorded on board a tall ship at sea? I always considered American shanty singing - sorry chanty singing - as being rather more choral than the more down to earth styles from Europe and the UK.

http://www.folkways.si.edu/albumdetails.aspx?itemid=2018

CJB (slightly playing devil's advocate)