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| Singer(s) | Title | Date | Label | Includes | Notes |
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| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16060 | Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy; Claudy Banks [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16061 | Two Young Brethren (?2 versions) [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16062 | Charming Molly; When Spring Comes On; Brisk And Bonny Lad [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16063 | Sweep Chimney Sweep; No John No; Brisk Young Ploughboy (?) [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16064 | Brisk Young Ploughboy (?) [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16065 | The Ploughshare; Come Write Me Down [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16066 | Spencer the Rover; Shepherd Of The Downs [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 1/3/51 | BBC Archive 16067 | Pleasant Month of May; Babes In The Wood [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| Note: six songs from the above 1951 recordings of James Copper were subsequently released commercially on Twankydillo. | |||||
| James (Jim), John, Bob and Ron Copper | BBC archive recording by Seamus Ennis, Rottingdean, Sussex | 3/4/52 | BBC Archive 17986 | Warlike Seamen; Come Write Me Down [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James (Jim), John, Bob and Ron Copper | BBC archive recording by Seamus Ennis, Rottingdean, Sussex | 3/4/52 | BBC Archive 17987 | Admiral Benbow [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James (Jim) Copper | BBC archive recording by Seamus Ennis, Rottingdean, Sussex | 24/4/52 | BBC Archive 17988 | No details | Not commercially available |
| James (Jim) and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Seamus Ennis, Rottingdean, Sussex | 24/4/52 | BBC Archive 17989 | Thousands Or More; My Love Has Gone (fragment); Heigh Ho, Sing Ivy [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| James (Jim) and Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Seamus Ennis, Rottingdean, Sussex | 24/4/52 | BBC Archive 17990 | A Week Before Easter [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| Note: two songs from the above 1952 recordings of Jim, John, Ron and Bob Copper were subsequently released commercially: "Banks of The Sweet Primroses" on The Electric Muse and "Warlike Seamen" on Coppersongs. | |||||
| Bob and Ron Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 2/2/55 | BBC Archive 21543 | When Adam Was First Created [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| Bob and Ron Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 2/2/55 | BBC Archive 21544 | The Shepherd's Song; A Lawyer Bold; Shepherds Arise [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 2/2/55 | BBC Archive 21545 | Brisk and Lively Lad; Sweet Lemeney [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| Bob Copper | BBC archive recording by Peter Kennedy, Rottingdean, Sussex | 2/2/55 | BBC Archive 21546 | Spotted Cow; Sheep Shearing Song [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| John(?) Copper | BBC archive recording | Nov 1955 | BBC LP 26349 | Brisk And Bonny Lad; Heigh Ho, Sing Ivy [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| Bob Copper | BBC archive recording | 24/12/1957 | BBC LP 25616 | Babes In The Wood [+ others?] | Not commercially available |
| Various Artists | Folk Songs of Britain (ten-LP set of field recordings) | 1961 | Caedmon 1142-1146, 1162-1164, 1224-1225. Reissued in England as Topic 157-161, 194-198 | 11 songs from Bob and Ron Copper on various volumes | Rounder Records reissued expanded versions of some of these LPs on CD, edited by Peter Kennedy, as part of The Alan Lomax Collection |
| Various Artists | The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 1. The Songs of Courtship | 1961 | Caedmon TC 1142 (USA); issued in UK as Topic 12T157 (1966) | Bob Copper: The False Bride; Bob and Ron Copper: The Sweet Primeroses; Bob and Ron Copper: Dame Durden; Bob and Ron Copper: No John, No. | Coppers tracks prob. taken from BBC recordings, 1951-57 |
| Various Artists | The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 3. Jack of All Trades | 1961 | Caedmon TC 1144 (USA); issued in UK as Topic 12T159 (1966) | Bob and Ron Copper: Jovial Tradesman; Bob and Ron Copper: Merry Haymakers; Bob and Ron Copper: Sweep, Chimney, Sweep. | Coppers tracks prob. taken from BBC recordings, 1951-57 |
| Various Artists | The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 4. The Child Ballads 1 [2-95] | 1961 | Caedmon TC 1145 (USA); issued in UK as Topic 12T160 (1966) | Bob and Ron Copper: The Elfin Knight (=An Acre of Land; Strawberry Lane) | Coppers tracks prob. taken from BBC recordings, 1951-57 |
| Various Artists | The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 6. Sailor Men and Serving Maids | 196? | Caedmon TC 1162 (USA); issued in UK as Topic 12T194 (1969) | Bob and Ron Copper: Warlike Seaman | Coppers tracks prob. taken from BBC recordings, 1951-57 |
| Various Artists | The Folk Songs of Britain, Vol 9. Songs of Ceremony | Issued in UK as Topic 12T197 | Bob and Ron Copper: Twelve Days of Christmas and Shepherds Arise | Coppers tracks recorded at Rottingdean, Sussex by Peter Kennedy and prob. taken from BBC recordings, 1951-57 | |
| Bob and Ron Copper | Traditional Songs from Rottingdean | 1963 | EFDSS LP 1002 | For details of tracks see this page | Limited release; available to EFDSS members only. Tracks prob. taken from BBC recordings, 1951-57, most/all rec. by Peter Kennedy |
| Bob and Ron Copper | English Shepherd and Farming Songs | 1964 | Folk Legacy (USA) FSB 019 | For details of tracks see this page | Reissue of EFDSS LP 1002 (above) under a different title |
| Bob and Ron Copper | BBC archive recordings by Peter Kennedy | 1963 | A selection of these recordings were later released on The Banks of Claudy | ||
| Various Artists | Folksound of Britain (LP) (Recorded live at Royal Festival Hall 4/6/65) | 1965 | HMV CLP 1910 | Bob and John Copper: Come Write Me Down | |
| The Copper Family | A Song for Every Season | 1971 | LEAB 404 (LEA 4046-4049) | For details of tracks see this page | Boxed set of 4 records, with 16 page booklet. Rec. by Bill Leader, Peacehaven, c.1971 |
| The Copper Family | A Song For Every Season [Selected tracks from the 4LP set] | 1971 | Leader LED 2067 | For details of tracks see this page | |
| Various Artists | The Brave Ploughboy: Songs and Stories in a Sussex Pub | 1975 (recorded 1974) | XTRA 1150 | Bob, John, and Lynne Copper: "Two Young Brethren"; Bob and John Copper: "The Brisk Young Ploughboy" | |
| Various Artists | The Electric Muse [4-LP box set] | 1975 | Island / Transatlantic FOLK 1001 | Jim, John, Bob and Ron Copper: The Banks of Sweet Primroses | Recorded by Seamus Ennis, 1952 for BBC |
| Bob and Ron Copper | The Banks of Claudy | 1975 | Folktrax 081 (Cassette: 60 min.); CD release Folktrax SPCD 081 (2000) | For details of tracks see this page | Recorded in Rottingdean by Peter Kennedy (?for the BBC) in 1963 |
| Bob, Ron and Jim Copper | Twankydillo | 1975 | Folktrax 082 (Cassette: 60 min.); CD release Folktrax SPCD 082 (2000) | For details of tracks see this page | |
| Bob Copper | Sweet Rose In June (Countryside Songs from the South) | 1977 | Topic 12TS 328 | For details of tracks see this page | Southern English songs from outside the Copper Family repertoire, songs collected by Bob Copper in Hampshire and Sussex |
| The Copper Family | Copper Family - 1: Come All You Bold Britons | 1983 | Folktrax 238 (Cassette: 90 min.) | For details of tracks see this page | Recorded items range in date from 1963-1983 |
| The Copper Family | Copper Family - 2: Adam And Eve | 1983 | Folktrax 239 (Cassette: 90 min.) | For details of tracks see this page | Recordings by Peter Kennedy at Rottingdean, Sussex between 1951-1983 |
| Various Artists | Will's Barn | 1987 | EFDSS VWML 002 | Seven songs by Bob, John, Jill, and Jon Dudley, recorded at a live "singaround" in September 1986. | Also the Holme Valley Tradition, Bob Davenport and the Rakes, and Martin Carthy and Norma Waterson |
| The Copper Family | Coppersongs | 1988 | EFDSS VWML 004 | For details of tracks see this page | All tracks rec. London, October 1987 except Warlike Seamen (The Irish Captain) rec. Seamus Ennis for the BBC archive, 3/4/1952, featuring Jim, John (Snr), Bob and Ron Copper |
| Various Artists | Sea Songs & Shanties | 1994 | Saydisc 405 | Bob and Ron Copper: "Warlike Seamen," "The Banks of Claudy" (recorded 1955) | |
| The Copper Family | Coppersongs 2: The Living Tradition of the Copper Family | 1995 | Coppersongs CD2 | For details of tracks see this page | |
| Various Artists | When the May Is All In Bloom: Traditional singing from the South East of England | 1995 | Veteran Tapes VT 131 CD | Bob Copper: "George Collins," "The Trees They Do Grow High"; John Copper: "Shift Up a Little Bit Farther, "The Clothes Horse". | |
| Various Artists | Hidden English: A Celebration of English Traditional Music | 1996 | Topic TSCD 600 | Bob & Ron Copper: The Sweet Primroses | |
| Various Artists | New Electric Muse: The Story Of Folk Into Rock [3 CD set] | 1996 | Castle Communication ESB CD 416 | The Copper Family: Spencer the Rover [from "A Song for Every Season", 1971] | |
| Various Artists | Froots #6 | 1996 | Froots #6 | Bob Copper: "Rags and Old Iron" | free CD included with the January/February 1996 issue of Folk Roots |
| The Copper Family | Coppersongs 3: The Legacy Continues | 1998 | Coppersongs CD3 | For details of tracks see this page | |
| Various Artists | World Library of Folk and Primitive Music. Vol 1. England | 1998 | Rounder 1741 | Jim and Bob Copper: Contented Country Lad; Jim Copper: The Threshing Machine | Probably early 50s recordings from the BBC archive |
| Various Artists | Rich At The Roots: The Folk Alliance Showcase Compilation, Vol. II | 1998 | No details | The Copper Family: By The Green Groves | |
| Various Artists | A Century of Song: A Celebration of Traditional Singers Since 1898 | 1998 | EFDSS CD02 | The Copper Family (Bob, John and Lynne, Jill and Jon Dudley): Claudy Banks (recorded 1986); Bob and Ron Copper: Spencer the Rover (recorded 1951) | |
| Various Artists | The Alan Lomax Collection Sampler | 1997 | Rounder CD 1700 | Bob & Ron Copper: The Jovial Tradesman (recorded 1955) | |
| Various Artists | Songs of Christmas from the Alan Lomax Collection | 1998 | Rounder CD 611719 | Bob & Ron Copper: The Twelve Days of Christmas; Shepherds Arise | |
| Various Artists | Froots #10 | 1998 | Froots #10 | Bob Copper: Goin' Down to Brownsville | Free CD included with the January/February 1998 issue of Folk Roots |
| Various Artists | The Folk Awards | 2001 | Topic TSCD 850 | The Copper Family: Spencer the Rover | |
| Jim, John, Ron and Bob Copper | Come Write Me Down: Early Recordings of the Copper Family of Rottingdean | 5 November 2001 | Topic TSCD 534 | For details of tracks see this page | These are all archive recordings listed above and re-released on CD |
| Various Artists | Song Links: A Celebration of English Traditional Songs and Their Australian Variants | 2003 | Fellside FECD176D | The Copper Family: Here's Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy; Claudy Banks. Bob Copper: Down By The Green Bushes; The Bonny Bunch Of Roses - O |
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| Various Artists | Tales and Songs from Rottingdean | 2007 | 5 060104 321475 | Thousands or More; The Saga of the Christmas Dinner | The CD is (as at October 2007) available for £10 + p&p from Parc Childrens Charity Shop, 42 High Street, Rottingdean BN2 7HR, East Sussex. Tel: +44(0)1273308886. |
| The Copper Family | Coppers at Christmas: The Carol Collection of the Copper Family of Rottingdean, Sussex | 2007 | Coppersongs CD 4 | For details of tracks see this page | |
| The Young Coppers | Passing Out | 2008 | Coppersongs CD 5 | For details of tracks see this page | |
Discography compiled by Tony Rees, February-March 2001, with additions by Garry Gillard (who first turned it into HTML) and thanks to Bob Blackman, whose own discography (which he was kind enough to share) is in Sing Out! for May 2001.
The following sources were particularly helpful:
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This page last updated on
4 January, 2008