The Copper Family has got to be the seminal English harmony group. For too many years, there's been a paucity of Copper recordings: Folk-Legacy has a cassette, and there are Coppersongs2 and Coppersongs3, CDs featuring Bob Copper and the latest generation of Coppers.

Topic has just released (re-released) a remastered CD of the Copper Family of the 50's and 60s. Here's the track list:


THE COPPER FAMILY COME WRITE ME DOWN

1 Spencer The Rover [Bob & Ron]
2 Good Ale [Bob & Ron]
3 Thousands Or More [Jim]
4 Babes In The Wood [Bob & Ron]
5 The Banks Of The Sweet Primroses [Bob, John, Jim & Ron]
6 Sweep! Chimney Sweep! [Bob & Jim]
7 Two Young Brethren [Bob & Ron]
8 The Brisk and Bonny Lad [Bob & Jim]
9 The Month Of May [Bob & Ron]
10 The Honest Labourer [Ron]
11 The Birds In The Spring [Bob & Ron]
12 My Father Had An Acre Of Land [Jim & Bob]
13 Shepherd Of The Downs [Bob & Ron]
14 The Threshing Song [Ron & Bob]
15 The Seasons Round [Bob & Ron]
16 Sportsmen, Arouse! [Jim]
17 Hard Times Of Old England [Ron]
18 The Lark In The Morning [Bob & Ron]
19 Warlike Seamen [Bob, John, Jim & Ron]
20 When Spring Comes In [Bob & Ron]
21 The Brisk Young Ploughboy [Bob & Jim]
22 Cupid's Garden [Bob & Ron]
23 Dame Durden [Bob & Ron]
24 The Claudy Banks [Bob & Jim]
25 General Wolfe [Jim]
26 Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy [Bob & Jim]
27 Talking [Jim]
28 Come Write Me Down, Ye Powers Above [Bob, John, Jim &
Ron]

...and if that doen't get lovers of British trad salivating, nothing will. Oh yes. Available from CAMSCO music (800/548-FOLK or 3655). $18 (US)