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At John's gigs you can buy CDs, DVDs,
tune books and the songbook.
For mail order you can send to Squeezer for all
the items listed here.
See below for details.
We no longer accept card payments. Please print
out the order form
(see below), and post it with a cheque, made
out in pounds sterling only.
For the John Kirkpatrick's
English Choice tunebook and
the CDs Garrick's Delight and Orlando's Return,
you can mail order from the publishers.
All the records on this page are available on CD only, except
Blue Balloon which is available on both CD and cassette.
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JUMP AT
THE SUN
The John Kirkpatrick Tunebook, 2010
Quarry House Publishing |
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Over 130 original compositions (plus a handful
of tantalising “Additives”) suitable for all
melody instruments, grouped according to tune type, and with
chords throughout, plus a Discography and Index. 80 pages in A4 size, with a staple binding and heavy coated
paper to fold flat for easy use.
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THE DANCE
OF THE DEMON DAFFODILS
John Kirkpatrick, 2009
Fledg’ling Records FLED 3075 |
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A solo instrumental CD consisting entirely
of tunes composed by the artist, and performed on the full
range of push-pull squeezeboxes. A shameless advert for the
JK Tunebook due to be published soon.
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HEAD OF
STEAM
Brass Monkey, 2009
Topic Records TSCD 575 |
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A new selection of traditional English songs
and tunes, with JK, Martin Carthy, Martin Brinsford, Roger
Williams, and introducing new trumpeter Paul Archibald.
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make no
bones
John Kirkpatrick, 2007
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3065 |
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| A double CD set of brand new recordings of
the current repertoire - absolutely solo - just voice and squeezebox.
Each disc represents one half of a typical evening's performance,
with 18 tracks in all, including five instrumentals and two
unaccompanied songs. Two CDs for the price of one! A Bargain! |
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CAROLLING & CRUMPETS
John Kirkpatrick, 2006
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3060 |
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| A new selection of traditional and self-penned songs and
carols connected with Christmas and
mid-winter, with a few choruses in full harmony supplied by
the artiste and Sally Kirkpatrick. Otherwise solo voice and
squeezebox on fifteen joyfully seasonal tracks, including two
instrumental items. |
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THE
SULTANS OF SQUEEZE
John Kirkpatrick & Chris
Parkinson, 2005
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3056 |
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| The new duo that explores every combination of button, piano,
and bass accordions, 1-row and 2-row melodeons, and treble
and bass concertinas, in a programme that ranges fearlessly
through French Waltzes, Traditional English Folksongs, Zydeco,
The Who, Brass Band Classics, and anything else! |
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THE DUCK
RACE
John Kirkpatrick, 2004
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3043 |
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| A second helping of Shropshire Morris Dance Tunes from the
repertoire of The Shropshire Bedlams and Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny
Dish. Solo performances on one-row and two-row melodeons and
anglo concertina, with a little bit of studio trickery sneaked
in. The follow-up to "Sheepskins". |
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FLAME
OF FIRE
Brass Monkey,
2004
Topic Records TSCD 550 |
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| New studio recordings of traditional English songs and dance
tunes - acoustic folk with brass. Martin Brinsford, Martin Carthy,
Howard Evans, Roger Williams, and JK. |
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MAZURKA
BERSERKER
John Kirkpatrick,
2001
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3030 |
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| An equal number of songs and instrumentals, traditional and
self-composed, many of them duets with other musicians, featuring
contributions from James Fagan & Nancy Kerr, Alistair Anderson,
Bob Johnson, Kevin Dempsey, Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson,
Martin Carthy, Ray Fisher, and Hijaz Mustapha. |
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GOING
AND STAYING
Brass Monkey,
2001
Topic Records TSCD 531 |
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| A new recording of mainly traditional material, with JK, Martin
Carthy, Martin Brinsford, Howard Evans, and BOTH trombonists
- Richard Cheetham and Roger Williams. Acoustic folk music with
massive brass arrangements. |
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ONE MAN & HIS
BOX
John Kirkpatrick,
1998
Music & Words MWCD 4024 |
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| For the first time, a selection of songs and tunes, all solo,
exactly as if live. Twenty tracks, mostly traditional with multi-tracking
on just two. |
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SOUND & RUMOUR
Brass Monkey,
1998
Topic Records TSCD.501 |
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| The first new recording following the band's reunion tour
in 1997. Folk meets Brass Band - mostly traditional instrumentals
& songs. |
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BLUE
BALLOON
John Kirkpatrick,
1998
Music & Words MWCD 4022
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Originally released as a Squeezer LP (SQZ 124) in 1987. Band
settings of John's own songs featuring JK, Richard Thompson,
Ruari McFarlane, Gerry Conway, Howard Evans, Roger Williams,
Clive Gregson, Christine Collister, Sue Harris.
Available on CD or cassette |
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FORCE OF HABIT
The John Kirkpatrick Band, 1996
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3007 |
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| A live set of songs and instrumentals by the
concert band from the mid-1990s that recreated John’s
folk-rock past. JK + Dave Berry, Paul Burgess, Michael Gregory,
and Graeme Taylor. |
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EARTHLING
John Kirkpatrick, 1994
Music & Words MWCD 4006 |
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A selection of mostly self-composed songs and tunes, with
some big harmonies on a few tracks. JK on button accordion,
anglo concertinas, handbells & vocals, with Greta Howell
(vocals), Richard Beaumond (vocals), Sally Turner (vocals &
handbells), Jobie Kirkpatrick (guitar & vocals),
Benji Kirkpatrick (mandolin + vocals) and Michael Gregory (drums
& percussion) |
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WASSAIL!
1997
Fellside FECD125 |
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| A traditional celebration of English midwinter - the CD of
the stage show that toured in 1995, '97 & '98. Featuring
JK, Rosie Cross, Georgina Ie Faux, Michael Gregory, Jane Threlfall
and Carl Hogsden. |
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SHEEPSKINS
John Kirkpatrick,
1993
Music & Words MWCD 4002 |
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| First released as a Squeezer cassette (SQZC 125) in 1988.
Morris Dance music from Shropshire, the repertoire of the Shropshire
Bedlams and Martha Rhoden's Tuppenny Dish. Solo performances
on bass, baritone and treble anglo concertinas plus one-row
and two-row melodeons. |
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Plain Capers
John Kirkpatrick, 2007
Free Reed FRRR 01 |
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| An all acoustic band play lengthy selections
of Cotswold Morris dance music in the re-release (with two
bonus tracks) of an album from 1976. JK, Martin Carthy, Martin
Brinsford, Fi Fraser and Sue Harris. |
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Going Spare
John Kirkpatrick, 2008
Free Reed FRRR 10 |
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| The re-issue of the 1978 LP of original songs
and tunes, performed by a huge supporting cast in a wide variety
of styles, ranging from very traditional to extreme folk-rock.
Two bonus tracks - both sides of the rare 1980 single. |
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THE COMPLETE
BRASS MONKEY
1993
Topic TSCD 467 |
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| The two 1980s LPs ("Brass Monkey" and "See
How It Runs") on one CD - offering mainly traditional songs
and tunes in a unique acoustic group including trumpet and trombone.
Featuring JK, Martin Brinsford, Martin Carthy, Howard Evans,
Richard Cheetham, & Roger Williams. |
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MORRIS
ON
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3037
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| Morris Dance Tunes get the folk rock treatment in one of the
most popular records of English folk music ever issued. First
released in 1972. JK, Barry Dransfield, Richard Thompson, Ashley
Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, and Shirley Collins. |
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THE COMPLEAT
DANCING MASTER
John Kirkpatrick & Ashley Hutchings
Fledg'ling Records FLED 3038
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| English Country Dance Music through the ages, with authentic
lead instruments and a folk rock backing, interspersed with
readings about dancing by prominent actors. Cast of thousands,
first released in 1973. |
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WHAT
DO YOU DO IN THE DAY?
The John Kirkpatrick Songbook,
2000
Published by Quarry House Publishing |
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| 48 original songs plus one monologue - words, melodies, chords,
notes on the songs, a biography, and a discography. 118 pages
in A4 size, with a spiral binding. |
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HOW TO PLAY THE
ENGLISH MELODEON
Double DVD box, MCRDVD 6002
Published by Mrs Casey Records, 2006
Total running time: 198 minutes |
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Originally published as a
series of three tutorial videos, this has now been repackaged
into a single box with two DVDs. The programme gives you
a complete one-to-one lesson, starting from absolute scratch
and ending up out beyond Mars! No musical notation, no complicated
tablatures, and no impossible diagrams – this is teaching
by ear and by sight, using, for the first time on a tuition
video, traditional English tunes and songs.
Keeping the running order of the three videos
- with over forty sections in all, split into equal parts
over the two discs and directly accessible from the main
menus - the DVD format allows for further precisely timed
sub-sections and clearly labelled titles as each new tune
is introduced.
The original descriptions were as follows:
| VOLUME 1, MCRV 9991, 1999 |
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What a melodeon is, where the notes are,
getting the two sides playing together, all the basic
dance rhythms, a long look at dynamics and ornamentation,
and a thorough exploration of the possibilities of sticking
to one row. 82 minutes. |
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| VOLUME 2, MCRV 9992, 1999 |
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Secrets Revealed – discovering
the wider musical potential of the two-row melodeon – playing
three or more chords, looking at minor scales and modes,
changing key, crossing the rows, and making full use
of the basses. 60 minutes. |
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The Masterclass – How to achieve
clarity at speed, and a long look at chords on the right
hand, both as accompaniment and as rhythmic stabs under
a tune, with advice on how to get the fullest effects
in minor keys, and hint at chords that aren’t there.
56 minutes. |
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Prices and Ordering
Prices are in UK pounds:
The more recent CDs are priced at £12.00 each,
with the cassettes at £3.00.
Some of the older
CDs are greatly reduced in price - check the order form for
details. The songbook is now reduced to £5.00 + £2.00 Post & Packing.
Post & packing to the UK for CDs and
cassettes is £1.00 for
1 or 2 items, 3 items or more post free. A bit more for
delivery outside the UK - see the order form for prices.
We no longer accept card payments. Please print off the order
form and post it with your cheque.
Sterling cheques only, please, payable to "Squeezer".
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