Roast Beef of Old England (Traditional Sailor Songs)

Jerry Bryant, Starboard Mess - Roast Beef of Old England (Traditional Sailor Songs)

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Artist: Jerry Bryant, Starboard Mess
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-08-15
Music Label: Essay
Soundtracks:
  1. Spanish Ladies
  2. A Jolly Sailor's True Description Of A Man-Of-War
  3. Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy
  4. St. Patrick's Day
  5. Warlike Seamen
  6. The First Of June
  7. Drops Of Brandy
  8. Roast Beef Of Old England
  9. Heart Of Oak
  10. Nancy Dawson
  11. Ben Backstay
  12. Sailors' Hornpipe/Rickett's Hornpipe
  13. Bay Of Biscay-o
  14. The Battle Of The Nile
  15. Nelson's Victory/Hull's Victory
  16. The Banks Of The Nile/Sailor's Cravat
  17. A New Sea Song (Sweethearts And Wives)
  18. Pleasant And Delightful
  19. Captain Barton's Distress On The Lichfield
  20. Chevy Chase
  21. The Shannon And The Chesapeake
  22. Distressed Men-Of-War
  23. Sailor's Jacket
  24. Don't Forget Your Old Shipmate

Music reviews of Roast Beef of Old England (Traditional Sailor Songs)

Music Review: Great collection but lacking spirit
Rating: 3 Stars

I'm trying hard to really like this CD as there are many good shanties, all of them well-performed and apparently well-researched. The vocals are very clear and the harmony quite good throughout. Alas, most of this offering leaves me flat. Nearly all the songs feel as if they are being sung without spirit. It's almost as if the performers were given the lyrics and just read them all to a pre-defined "shanty" style. For example, you just don't sing a line like "we'll rant and we'll roar like true British sailors" without emphasizing any of the words, especially the words rant, roar and true, as I believe the real sailors would have done. (Note: I did find that using a surround sound setting as opposed to regular stereo added some depth I felt was missing from the vocals).

All the songs are presented acapella (historically correct for the era) and several very fine fiddle and pennywhistle instrumentals punctuate the 24 tracks (`St. Patrick's Day', `Drops of Brandy', `Nancy Dawson', `Sailor's Hornpipe'/'Rickett's Hornpipe', `Nelson's Victory'/'Hull's Victory', `The Banks of the Nile'/'Sailor's Cravat', `Chevy Chase', `Sailor's Jacket'). If you are looking for the old standards like `Drunken Sailor', `Rio Grande', `Blow the Man Down', etc., they aren't here (except for `Spanish Ladies'). This is by design as Bryant's whole point was to offer a collection of authentic early 1800's shanties sung aboard the ships of the Royal Navy. In that respect, the CD is a gold mine for fans of the genre.

If you really enjoy your sea shanties authentically performed, you probably won't be disappointed as there are many here you won't find elsewhere. But if you are looking for a rousing performance of the same, you may be left wanting.
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