WildGoose Records (2024)

Wherwell is the home of WildGoose Records and Studio, which started out as the outbuilding -- ‘Doug’s shed’ – an ivy covered lean-to with a corrugated roof - that came with the cottage where Doug and Sue Bailey live. Sue and Doug removed the ivy (with a crow bar) and started to use it for his hobby of recording some of his beloved folk music. It seemed that English music was nowhere and if it was

available, it was not well recorded. Most of the artists he wanted to record had no money to pay for recording so the only way he could cover costs was to sell the albums mail order to (hopefully) cover costs. He started singing and playing guitar and mandolin at home in Wolverhampton as a teenager, before he went to university in London. Recording music provided a good contrast to his job as a senior IBM IT technician from which he retired some years ago, thus having more time for his hobby and for passing on his expertise to the younger generation.

29/02/2024

New album 'An Outbreak of Cats' I wanted to let you know about a new album of Folk Dance/Social Dance tunes written by Derek Shaw and played by some wonderful musicians, namely Becky Price (piano accordion and piano), Richard Heacock (violin and viola), Matt Coatsworth (violin) and Richard Cox-smith (slide guitar). Derek writes tunes in many different styles and this album has both English and European style, waltzes, jigs, mazurkas, marches, hornpipes and even one lament. The tunes were chosen and arranged by Becky Price from Derek’s published tune book, ‘The Lockkeeper’ which contains 90 of his new folk tunes.

I put together this short set of samples from the album and the pictures are from cartoons in Derek's book 'The Lockkeeper'. Hope you enjoy the samples and go on to buy the album but I would be grateful anyway if you 'like' my website so I can let you know about new releases.

15/02/2024

Hello all, it has been some time since I posted but I have a couple of new releases already out there and a new one came back today from the pressers. The album which came back today is called 'An Outbreak of Cats' it is an album of tunes by Derek Shaw played by Becky Price and Friends - more about that later. The album, Burning Bright, which is featured in this video is by Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton. They have released 3 albums before but this is the first one on WildGoose. The music is definitely eclectic and is a mixture of trad English, American and Eastern European but it is beautifully played and I think exciting to listen to. Here are some snatches of the music and some pictures. I hope you enjoy them. The album is available from my website and will soon be on other outlets as well.

21/02/2022

The Exmouth Shanty Men have release their new double album, Tall Ships and Tavern Tales. The first CD contains traditional work shanties and the second maritime songs which were for enjoyment. The singing is robust, the choruses tight and punchy with natural harmonies. Listen to samples here, The CD is available from my website.

11/09/2021

It is really good to be back in the studio recording the second session for Bosun Higgs Country Dance Band starting next week. These are snatches and pics from the last session in August. Other projects lined up for the autumn are The Exmouth Shanty Men and Belshazzar's Feast 25th Anniversary album.

14/05/2021

21/04/2021

Hampshire Dance Tunes CD was a popular album but it has been unavailable for some time now. I decided to re-master it and re-release it as a CD and also make it available digitally. The CD contains dances from a musicians tune book dated 1822 and found in the Wi******er Records Library. The tunes on the album are played by some of the finest Southern English players and the musical director was Paul Sartin. The 3 minute video here contains samples from album available from www.WildGoose.co.uk

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New dance album 'An Outbreak of Cats'

New album 'An Outbreak of Cats' I wanted to let you know about a new album of Folk Dance/Social Dance tunes written by Derek Shaw and played by some wonderful musicians, namely Becky Price (piano accordion and piano), Richard Heacock (violin and viola), Matt Coatsworth (violin) and Richard Cox-smith (slide guitar). Derek writes tunes in many different styles and this album has both English and European style, waltzes, jigs, mazurkas, marches, hornpipes and even one lament. The tunes were chosen and arranged by Becky Price from Derek’s published tune book, ‘The Lockkeeper’ which contains 90 of his new folk tunes. I put together this short set of samples from the album and the pictures are from cartoons in Derek's book 'The Lockkeeper'. Hope you enjoy the samples and go on to buy the album but I would be grateful anyway if you 'like' my website so I can let you know about new releases.

Shining Bright, Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton

Hello all, it has been some time since I posted but I have a couple of new releases already out there and a new one came back today from the pressers. The album which came back today is called 'An Outbreak of Cats' it is an album of tunes by Derek Shaw played by Becky Price and Friends - more about that later. The album, Burning Bright, which is featured in this video is by Pete Cooper and Richard Bolton. They have released 3 albums before but this is the first one on WildGoose. The music is definitely eclectic and is a mixture of trad English, American and Eastern European but it is beautifully played and I think exciting to listen to. Here are some snatches of the music and some pictures. I hope you enjoy them. The album is available from my website and will soon be on other outlets as well.

Exmouth Shanty Men - Tall Ships and Tavern Tales