Additional links from Info.txt file with FLAC download from TheBox.bz (using torrents):

http://www.folkmusic.net/htmfiles/inart511.htm

"Peter's Maritime Suite, which did at least achieve Folk on 2 performance, never saw the light of day on record..."

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Nov. 1982 Broadcast

http://www.mombu.com/music/music/t-maritime-suite-sweet-1740274.html

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http://www.hilpers.org/217671-maritime-suite

"A masterpiece has been forgotten, hidden in the rich garden of British folk.

"It's the Maritime England Suite sung in 1982 by Peter Bellamy, arranged by Peter himself with the help of Dolly Collins' piano (at her best) and Ursula Pank's (ne Smith) cello.

"Here Peter's voice isn't anymore hard, strong as the one of his youth[ful]ness but becomes melancholy, sorrowful, sweet too, always deep, intense and affecting.

"It has never been issued, that is an injustice."

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Dear Diane,

... as Jim [Lloyd?] underlines, "Maritime Suite" is not a compilation.

The songs (some of them already sung by Peter) have a completely new dress. Not simply the way of singing them is different but innovative is the arrangement obtained by piano and cello accompaniment. It's a thing completely new in Peter's discography, to have an idea of it maybe you should think to "anthem in eden".

http://www.bens.connectfree.co.uk/pb/PBDISC.HTM

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Year: 1982
Title: The Maritime England Suite
Artist: Peter Bellamy
Produced by: The BBC for a proposed Radio Broadcast 'We have fed our Sea', 1982
Personnel were: Peter Bellamy, also featuring: Dolly Collins (piano) and Ursula Pank (cello)

An additional flute part was written by Dolly Collins, partial manuscripts of which survives in the Fellside Archive.

Songs of the sea from the Saxons to the 19th century - Kipling, Traditional, and anon/Bellamy.

Tracks were: (In the order as on Peter Bellamy's Private Tape re-issue)

- Song of The Red Warboat,
- Sir Patrick Spens,
- Sir Andrew Barton,
- The Spanish Armada, - The Zealous Puritan,
- The Dutch in The Medway,
- We Have Fed Our Sea,
- Andrew Rose & The Cruel Ship's Captain,
- The Death of Nelson,
- The British Man Of War,
- You Gentlemen of England,
- The China Clipper.

Released as Private Issue cassette by Peter Bellamy in 1982

Availability: Tapes in the Wall Archive

Dolly Collins' piano (at her best) and Ursula Pank's (ne Smith) cello.

As you can see these are traditional and [also] songs taken from Kipling, each arranged by Peter

Suite A
- song of the red war boat
- sir patrick spens
- sir andrew barton
- the spanish armada
- the zealous puritan
- tha dutch in the medway

Suite B
- we have fed our sea--
- andrew rose & the cruel ship's captain
- the death of nelson
- the british man of war
- your gentleman of england
- the china clipper

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