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Songs an' Rummy Conjurin' Tricks
It has been said by many, and justifiably so, that
The Transports, written in an amazing four days, was and is Peter Bellamy's
greatest achievement. It relates the true story of Henry Cabell (or Cable, or Kabel) and Susannah Holmes,
convicts transported, for theft, to Australia on the First Fleet in 1787 and the trials and tribulations which culminated
in that historic voyage. The tale is presented as a cycle of songs written in the idiom of traditional English folk
song, by
Peter Bellamy, linked by narrative passages in the style and to the melodies of broadsheet-ballads
of the time.
Presented here is a celebration of that momentous album and its various live performances and to relate the
true events that inspired
The Transports. It is also a continuation of both our Albion
Cycle of websites and an extention of our
Wake The Vaulted Echoes: a celebration of Peter Bellamy website.Like many of our websites, this is yet another one that has grown out of a couple of webpages,which can still be found here, plus the discovery, out there on the internet, of more information regarding the histories of The First Fleet. We hope that you'll find this site both enjoyable and instructive, and that it will encourage you to go
out and hunt for Peter Bellamy's music and find out more for yourself about The
Transports.
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is a pleasantly
idiosyncratic website
that has dozens of artist profiles,
including this look at the
Peter Bellamy
discographies
at one point the only extant
website on Peter Bellamy
on the internet
Free Reed Records'
celebration of Peter Bellamy
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The 1977 Free Reed double LP featured a virtual who's who of the folk revival (Martin Carthy, The Watersons, Bert Lloyd, Nic Jones, Cyril Tawney,
June Tabor among them) and a fully illustrated lyric book and poster commemorating the recording.
Free Reed has also released A 25th Anniversary Silver Edition of The Transports, re-mixed, re-mastered and re-released with a Free Reed de-luxe box-set accolade, including all
the original materials - libretto, poster, other Transports ephemera and more, all restored to the set. For more information,
visit www.thetransports.com
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