Polly Bolton - a discography

This is Polly's own listing of her recording career in chronological order to date - minus a couple of things she'd rather forget about...

DANDO SHAFT Dando Shaft. 1971, RCA NEON Lead Vocals; Railway Riverboat Waves upon the ether Till the morning comes Backing Vocals; Coming home to me Sometimes Kalyope driver Pass it on LANTALOON Dando Shaft. 1972, RCA NEON Lead vocals; Down to you, up to me It was good The harp lady I bombed The black prince of paradise When I’m weary I heard somewhere Magnetic beggar Backing vocals; Is it me Melancholic fervour KINGDOM Dando Shaft. 1972, RUBBER RECORDS Backing vocals; Follow you If I could let go Stroller in the air Kingdom I feel like I wanna go home Daystar THE YEAR OF THE CHILD Polly Bolton and Coventry cathedral choir. Released as a single 1979 THE CRY OF LOVE Kevin Dempsey 1986 DEX Backing vocals; Family BY GLOUCESTER DOCKS I SAT DOWN AND WEPT Ashley Hutchings 1987 MAKING WAVES leads vocals; Dancing under the rose again We walked in God’s country Brief encounters To Ireland I made my way Backing Vocals; Lies I GOT NEW SHOES Albion Dance Band 1987 MAKING WAVES Lead Vocals; Young love on the dance floor I only wanna dance with you Trip to Bath Backing Vocals; I got new shoes Dancing till Monday comes around You ain’t Natalie Wood and I ain’t James Dean YOUNG LOVE ON THE DANCE FLOOR extended single 1987 MAKING WAVES SPINT132 Lead vocals; Young love on the dance floor Trip to Bath I only wanna dance with you AS YOU LIKE IT Ashley Hutchings Allstars 1988 MAKING WAVES Lead vocals; Cajun women My bonny boy I can’t dance Backing vocals ; Ninety miles and hour NO GOING BACK Polly Bolton 1989 MAKING WAVES First solo album, produced by Ashley Hutchings. Lead vocals on all tracks When I get home Don’t ask me why Alexander Graham Bell Foxtrotting Rainforest lament The drowned lover Exile Licence to kill The silver swan Love needs a heart Madness of love REAPING THE HARVEST Dando Shaft compilation album 1990 SEE FOR MILES SEE 291/A Lead vocals; Coming home to me Railway Magnetic beggar Waves upon the ether Riverboat The harp lady I bombed When I’m weary Backing vocals; Pass it on Kalyope driver Sometimes The black prince of paradise WOODBINE AND IVY Polly Bolton, Steve Dunachie, John Shepherd 1990 PBB 01 Lead vocals; A week before Easter Spencer the rover The female rampling sailor The blacksmith Lovely Joan Searching for lambs Sovay Bonny light horseman Died for love THE MISTS OF AVALON Alain Stivell 1991 DISQUES DREYFUS Lead vocals; Quest Backing vocals; La dam du lac Guenievre La vals sans retour Olwen Strink ar Graal From Avallac’h The return ALL THROUGH THE YEAR Various art 1991 HOKEY POKEY RECORDS LTD HPR 2002.2 Down the forest, The Polly Bolton Band SONGS FROM A COLD OPEN FIELD The Polly Bolton Band 1991 PBB02 Lead vocals; Gypsie laddie Banks of the Bann Clerk Saunders I love my love The lake isle of Innisfree The grenadier and the lady Salley Gardens Blackwaterside The cruel mother Brigg fair WOMEN WITH VOICES Various artists 1993 SLAM PRODUCTIONS SLAM 402 Fox’s lament ( Polly Bolton and Paul Dunmall ) SHOW OF HANDS LIVE Show of Hands 1993 THE ROAD GOES ON FOREVER Lead vocals; Exile Bonny light horseman Caught in the rain Backing vocals; All your fault FOLKS Paul Dunmall and Paul Rogers 1995 SLAM PRODUCTIONS SLAM 212 Lead vocals; Francis Thompson THE GOV’NERS BIG BIRTHDAY BASH The Albion band and guests. Lead vocals; To Ireland I made my way Brief encounters Who knows where the time goes LOVELIEST OF TREES Polly Bolton Band 1996 SHEPHERD MUSIC SHEP CD 01 Lead vocals; Loveliest of trees O see how thick When smoke stood up Farewell to barn and stack and tree On moonlit heath and lonesome bank when I was one and twenty Bredon The lads in their hundreds The new mistress White in the moon Into my heart and air that kills Far in a Western Brookland When I last came to Ludlow With rue my heart is laden VIEW ACROSS THE BAY Polly Bolton and Paul Dunmall 1996 PBB 03 Lead vocals; Waterfalls Bird dance Mountain air Forest talk The oldest tree Maguire’s jig Prayer wheel Chasing View across the bay Fox’s revenge Brown bear dance Mayflies last dance When will you return Desert ice THE CHILD OF LOSS Jennifer Cutting ( Single ) 1997 SUNSIGN RECORDS SUNSIGN SC01 Lead vocals; The child of loss

Polly Bolton
Burnt House
Clee St Margaret
Craven Arms
Shropshire
SY7 9DT

About The Polly Bolton Band. Includes the history of each of the members, stretching back as far as Polly's Dando Shaft days and coming bang up to date.
How to order. Possibly the last chance to obtain the few remaining copies of the superb 'Songs From A Cold Open Field' and 'Woodbine and Ivy'.
More about Polly. You've heard that haunting voice, but what about the woman behind it?
Oak Barn Workshop Centre Since Spring 1999, Polly has been running her own workshop centre, deep in the heart of the Shropshire Hills. The centre has a variety of weekend and one day courses on subjects such as healing, gardening, local history , permaculture and singing. Polly's singing workshops include harmony singing and Celtic singing and those for the "really scared" who have been told they really can't sing. Polly also runs a community choir based at the centre called Larks.Bulgarian singer,Kalinka Vulcheva regularly runs workshops at Oak Barn and in August Sue Harris and Polly run a Singing Camp.For more details of the courses and photos of the centre link to http://www.oak-barn.co.uk/
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