English Murder Ballads, and other songs about Death
- Sonic Youth with Lydia Lunch, ‘Death Valley 69’
From Death Valley 69, UK BLAST FIRST BFFP 2 / USA HOMESTEAD RECORDS / HMS 021 MINI LP (1985) - Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, ‘Pachucho Cadaver’
From Trout Mask Replica, UK STRAIGHT STS 1053 2 x LP (1969) - The Leaves, ‘Hey Joe’ (1966)
From Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era 1965-1968, USA SIRE RECORDS SASH 3716-2 2 x LP (1976) - The Byrds, ‘I Come and Stand at Every Door’ (1966)
From Fifth Dimension (20 Bit digital remaster), USA COLUMBIA LEGACY 483707 2 CD (1996) - Alasdair Roberts, ‘The Cruel Mother’
From No Earthly Man, USA DRAG CITY DC183 LP (ND) - Shirley and Dolly Collins, ‘Death and the Lady’ (1970)
From Love, Death and The Lady, UK FLEDG’LING RECORDS FLED 3039 CD (2003) - Steeleye Span, ‘Long Lankin’
From Commoners Crown, UK CHRYSALIS RECORDS CHR 1071 LP (1975) - Dick Gaughan, ‘The bonnie banks o’ Fordie’
From No More Forever, UK TOPIC RECORDS / TRAILER LER 2072 LP (1972) - Bob Davenport and Jack Armstrong, ‘The Border Widow’s Lament’
From Northumbrian Minstrelsy, UK CONCERT HALL SVSC 2339 LP (1970 reissue) - Isla Cameron, ‘Lord Randall’
From The Jupiter Book of Ballads, UK JUPITER RECORDINGS LTD JUR 00A3 LP (1959) - Nelstone’s Hawaiians, ‘Fatal Flower Garden’ (1930)
From Anthology of American Folk Music. Edited by Harry Smith, USA SMITHSONIAN FOLKWAYS RECORDINGS SW CD 40090 6 x CD BOX SET (1997) - G B Grayson, ‘Ommie Wise’ (1927)
From Anthology of American Folk Music, op cit. - Frank Hutchison, ‘Stackalee’ (1927)
From Anthology of American Folk Music, op cit. - Mississippi John Hurt, ‘Stackolee’
From Avalon Blues. 1963 Library of Congress Recordings Volume 2, UK HERITAGE HT301 LP (1982) - Coon Creek Girls, ‘Pretty Polly’ [1937]
From Old-Time Southern Dance Music. Ballads and Songs, USA OLD TIMEY RECORDS OLD TIMEY LP-102 LP (ND) - Jim Jackson, ‘I’m Gonna Start me a Graveyard of my own’ (1928)
From Kansas City Blues, HOLLAND AGRAM BLUES AB 2004 LP (ND) - Wade Mainer, ‘Old Ruben’
From Old-Time Southern Dance Music, op cit. - Palace Brothers, ‘A Sucker’s Evening’
From Arise Therefore, UK DOMINO WIGCD24 CD (1996) - Gerald Hawk, (Track #8)
From King of the River Canoe, USA ABDUCTION RECORDS ABDT 017 CD (2001) - The Swans, ‘Killing for Company’
From The Great Annihilator, UK YOUNG GOD RECORDS YGCD 009 381.0571.2 CD (1994)
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