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Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)

10 Apr 04 - 03:22 PM (#1158702)
Subject: Remember Bryony?
From: GUEST

Remember Bryony? Three lasses who were very popular in the Eighties.
They have reformed for a few gigs a year. One of which is at the Bothy Folk Club Southport
tomorrow night (Easter Sunday). That's at the Shelbourne Hotel, Lord St West, Southport. They would be pleased to see you there.
Les


10 Apr 04 - 03:55 PM (#1158743)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony?
From: Herga Kitty

They were at Haddenham Folk Day last December.... it'll be a good night at the Bothy. A (the?) reason they're only doing a few gigs is because they live so far apart. So it's a great treat when they get together.


10 Apr 04 - 04:52 PM (#1158784)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony?
From: Ned Ludd

Remember them? tell them to get in touch with me and I'll book 'em! apart from Owt else I need another copy of the cassette I wore out!
How can I contact them?


11 Apr 04 - 09:25 AM (#1159168)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony?
From: Geoff the Duck

I'm pleased to hear that the girls are performimg together again. When they originally formed, I was a member of the committee of the Topic Folk Club in Bradford, and we were one of the clubs who booked Bryony before they became well known. They always did an entertaining evening.
Quack!
Geoff the Duck.


11 Apr 04 - 01:59 PM (#1159326)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony?
From: LesB

Ned, You can contact Alison Younger by contacting Chris Harvey / Pollington
on the Strawhead
Web site.
Les


12 Apr 04 - 01:43 AM (#1159648)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony?
From: Lancashire Lad

Bryony...cassette . These are 2 words that made my ears prick up (ouch). I believe they issued a cassette only album on the Tradition century label. Ive been searching for this for years. Any chance you could give me a track listing Nedd?

Yours hopefully
LL


12 Apr 04 - 01:44 PM (#1159982)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony?
From: Ned Ludd

Thanks for that les, I'll be looking them up.
I don't know if I still have it L.L. but I'll check for You.


12 Apr 04 - 03:19 PM (#1160057)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony?
From: LesB

They can do better than a cassete, in 2002 they reissued 'The Last of the Great Whales' on C.D. with 6 extra tracks. 'The Last of the Great Whales', from Cock Robin Music CRM 065 contact Chris at c.h.poll@btinternet.com if you want a copy.


We had a great night at the Bothy with them last night with guest spots from Strawhead & mudcatter Mark Dowding.

Cheers
Les


13 Apr 04 - 06:32 AM (#1160598)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: Lancashire Lad

Thanks for this Les.
Ive dropped Chris an email, so hope to have the CD soon.

Many thanks
LL


13 Apr 04 - 12:50 PM (#1160969)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: Lancashire Lad

Just heard back from Chris. The Bryony CD he put out is NOT a re-issue of the Tradition album. It is a re-issue of the LP made for Dragon. Some of the bonus tracks are re recorded live versions of tracks on the Tradition album.

So my search for the cassette released on Tradition continues
Can anyone help?

LL


13 Apr 04 - 06:09 PM (#1161211)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: Ned Ludd

Sorry had a look My copy is long gone...too many relationships ago!


14 Apr 04 - 01:55 PM (#1161593)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: Lancashire Lad

oh well
The search continues


18 Apr 04 - 03:39 AM (#1164203)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: GUEST,pdcawley

I think my dad still has the tape that Cathy gave us all those years ago. It might have been stretched to buggery or eaten by a wayward player of course...


21 Apr 04 - 04:52 PM (#1167245)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: pdcawley

And it turns out Gill had one too. I have it here (and after some passage of time with various A->D convertors) I have a bunch of MP3 files on my hard disc.

I'd forgotten how jolly good the album was.


22 Apr 04 - 04:07 AM (#1167674)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: GUEST,padgett

This was the York based group wasn't it, that had that lovely Hammered Dulcimer player in it called Ailsa, who was Scottish but worked as a journalist in nearby Malton, or have I completey lost the plot [again]!!
Ray padgett


22 Apr 04 - 02:05 PM (#1168209)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: Geoff the Duck

I believe that Ailsa was a journalist, Ray. She was good friends with one of the columnists who worked on the Bradford Star, a local free paper. We used to get good publicity for the Topic Folk Club from the Star.
Quack!!
Geoff.


22 Apr 04 - 03:39 PM (#1168285)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: Herga Kitty

Yes, Ray - but now Cathy's based in the south of England, Alison in the northwest of England and Ailsa in Scotland....


24 Apr 04 - 09:17 AM (#1169668)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: Lancashire Lad

Just a line to all who helped with finding the Bryony cassette.
I picked one up from Alison and Chris the other night. So good to find it at last and well worth the wait.

LL


28 Apr 04 - 11:03 AM (#1173170)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: GUEST,padgett

Bryony appearing anywhere in the near future?


28 Apr 04 - 01:50 PM (#1173319)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: LesB

Whitby Folk Week in August!

Les


14 Dec 04 - 12:51 PM (#1356766)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: GUEST,tonybbcwst@yahoo.com

If anyone out there knows Ailsa, please ask her to contact me on tonybbcwst@yahoo.com

Tony Howson
BBC - based Odessa, Ukraine.


18 Dec 04 - 04:22 PM (#1360647)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: BB

Have passed it on to Cathy, Tony, who I'm sure will pass it on to Ailsa.

Barbara


06 Sep 11 - 03:20 PM (#3219139)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: GUEST,Dermot

I worked as a journalist witg Ailsa McKenzie in Southampton until about 2004.


06 Sep 11 - 04:48 PM (#3219179)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: The Sandman

ailsa[i think] is now living in north yorkshire, not far from whitby, and scarborough


06 Sep 11 - 06:50 PM (#3219231)
Subject: RE: Remember Bryony? (UK folk group)
From: stallion

yes i think they still do the occasional spot in our neck of the woods