Recordings of Billy Cooper
Billy Cooper was recorded by Russell Wortley, Sam Steele, Mervyn Plunkett, Paul Carter and Bill Leader several times between 1959 and 1962.
TSCD607 ‘English Country Music’
This album was originally issued on a private label LP in a limited edition of 99 copies, in 1965. It was subsequently released by Topic (12TS296) in 1976 and then on CD (TSCD607) in 2000.
Billy Cooper (dulcimer), Walter Bulwer (fiddle), Daisy Bulwer (piano) & Reg Hall (melodeon)
Tracks which include Billy Cooper:
Track 1 Jenny Lind /The Girl I Left Behind Me
Track 2 The Waltz Vienna
Track 5 Red Wing
Track 7 Dulcie Bell (dulcimer solo)
Track 11 The Cliff Hornpipe
Track 12 The Bluebell Polka
Track 16 The Yarmouth Hornpipe introducing The Four-Hand Reel &The Sailor’s Hornpipe (dulcimer solo)
Track 17 The Helston Furry Dance
Track 19 The Foggy Dew /The Sailor Cut Down in His Prime
Track 22 Wheels (dulcimer solo)
Track 24 Washing Day /Old Mrs Huddledee /The Keel Row
Track 26 The Irish Washerwoman /Garryowen /Rory O’ More: St. Patrick’s Day (dulcimer solo)
Track 27 The Four-Hand Reel /Soldier’s Joy
The following two albums were produced by John Howson on the Veteran label and are available as a physical album or download from the Veteran website. The Veteran label is under new management (2025) and the content is being transferred to the new system – if you can’t find the album online, just contact them directly. They may also have copies of ‘English Country Music’ (above).
VTDC12CD ‘I thought I was the only one’ – Dulcimer playing in East Anglia
Tracks which include Billy Cooper:
Track 17. Soldier’s Joy /Girl I Left Behind Me /Breakdown
Track 18. Dulcie Bell
Track 19. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
Track 20. Isle of Innisfree
Track 21. Old Towler
Track 22. Perfect Cure
Track 23. Post Horn Gallop
Track 24. Hingham Waltz
VT150CD Heel & Toe
Billy Cooper (dulcimer), Walter Bulwer (fiddle), Daisy Bulwer (piano) & Edna Wortley (banjo)
Tracks which include Billy Cooper:
Track 4. Yarmouth / Sailor’s /Yarmouth Hornpipes
Track 16. Dulcie Bell (dulcimer solo)
Track 18. Unidentified Polka
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