The Transports at Whitby Various Artists   RED 011 (cass, UK, 1993)   This was a remarkable and memorable performance of Peter Bellamy's ballad opera, The Transports, recorded by Dave Howard at Whitby Folk Festival, August 1992. This performance was a memorial to Peter. The Cast Henry Cabell: Damien Barber Susannah Holmes: Eliza Carthy The Turnkey: Mike Bettison The Father: John O'Hagan The Mother: Norma Waterson Abe Carman: Martin Carthy The Shantyman: John Eaves The Convict: Chris Sugden The Coachman: Tim Laycock Street Singer: George Faux George Faux provided his own fiddle accompaniment  The Ensemble   John Kirkpatrick Mike Lynskey Vince Edwards Ian Blake   Chorus of 37 persons, including Kate Rusby, Kathryn Roberts and Jenny Bellamy

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	The Transports. 29th March 2004 On 29th March 2004, Free Reed published a 25th year Commemorative Issue of Peter Bellamy's ballad opera The Transports. This consists of 2 CDs, first a re-mastered version of the original 1977 recording  and a second CD with newly recorded tracks by a cream of British musicians. Also, as is seen in the track listing, there is no one cast to a certain role as in the original recording but every song is sung by a different singer or singers Tracks Cockersdale: Black & Bitter Night (4:14) From the Cockersdale album Doin' the March Jim Lawton: Raking the Embers (0:33) Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 1 (1:02) David Jones: Us Poor Fellows (4:12) From the album From England's Shore Joel Griffiths: The Robber's Song (3:42) Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 2 (2:31) Grace Notes: The Leaves in the Woodland (4:07) Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 3 (1:11) Witches of Elswick: I Once Lived in Service (4:31) From the Witches' album Out of Bed Chris Sugden: The Ballad of Norwich Gaol (2:46) Laura Hockenhull & Pete Morton: Sweet Loving Friendship (3:27) Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 4 (1:59) Damien Barber & John Kirkpatrick with The Wilsons & Grace Notes: The Black and Bitter Night (5:01) Mal Jardine with Jamie O'Dywer: The Humane Turnkey (3:56) John Roberts: The Plymouth Mail (4:14) Coope Boyes & Simpson: The Green Fields of England (4:56) Kimber's Men: Roll Down (4:03) From the album See You When the Sun Goes Down Steve Tilston: The Still and Silent Ocean (5:00) Simon Nicol & Chris Leslie: The Ballad of Henry and Susannah - 5 (2:24) Fairport Convention: Dance: The Convict's Wedding (2:09) Tim Moon: Black Concertina (2:40) Live at Bacca Pipes Club, also on the album Anger and Kiss Peter Bellamy: Roll Down (excerpt) (2:04) Live at The Focal Point, St Louis, Missouri, 1991