℗ 1978 Cherry Red Records Ltd
| Released | January 15, 2021 |
| Duration | 45m 36s |
| Record Label | Cherry Red Records |
| Genre | Folk |
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1.1
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All In Our North Country
Alan Bell |
2:50 | |||
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1.2
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Windmills
Alan Bell |
3:27 | |||
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1.3
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The Good Shepherd
Alan Bell |
3:14 | |||
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1.4
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Two Thousand Years Ago
Alan Bell |
3:38 | |||
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1.5
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Alice White
Alan Bell |
3:05 | |||
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1.6
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The Band In The Park
Alan Bell |
5:40 | |||
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1.7
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The Ballad Of A Working Man
Alan Bell |
2:55 | |||
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1.8
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The Gypsy Lad
Alan Bell |
4:14 | |||
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1.9
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Bread And Fishes
Alan Bell |
4:11 | |||
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1.10
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The Weaver's Song
Alan Bell |
3:41 | |||
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1.11
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The Packman
Alan Bell |
3:53 | |||
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1.12
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The Minstrel's Song
Alan Bell |
4:48 |
"It was in the 1960s that Alan began writing songs in the folk idiom about the Fylde Coast in Lancashire. Over the years his songwriting developed and he explored other musical genres. He wrote song cycles for choral societies, musical suites for brass bands and songs for Radio Ballads. The Blackpool Taverners sang many of Alan’s songs before the group disbanded after twenty years."
- Greentrax Recordings
The Minstrel is the seminal full-length album from folk singer-songwriter Alan Bell. The album features perhaps his best-known song, "Bread and Fishes", alongside other original tracks and British folk songs. Alan Bell was a member of the famous Blackpool Taverners Folk Group who performed in clubs, concerts, on radio and television and released four LPs.
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Cherry Red Records Studio Masters
Tracks 1-12 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Tracks 1-12 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.55 -0.57 to -0.53 | -15.23 -17.00 to -13.87 | -12.32 -13.50 to -11.30 | 10 9 to 11 | |
| 1 | All In Our North Country | -0.53 | -14.59 | -11.3 | 10 |
| 2 | Windmills | -0.55 | -14.66 | -12.0 | 10 |
| 3 | The Good Shepherd | -0.54 | -16.37 | -12.7 | 10 |
| 4 | Two Thousand Years Ago | -0.56 | -15.64 | -12.9 | 10 |
| 5 | Alice White | -0.55 | -15.80 | -13.3 | 10 |
| 6 | The Band In The Park | -0.55 | -13.87 | -11.3 | 9 |
| 7 | The Ballad Of A Working Man | -0.54 | -14.89 | -12.1 | 10 |
| 8 | The Gypsy Lad | -0.56 | -15.68 | -12.8 | 10 |
| 9 | Bread And Fishes | -0.57 | -17.00 | -13.5 | 11 |
| 10 | The Weaver's Song | -0.54 | -14.46 | -11.8 | 9 |
| 11 | The Packman | -0.56 | -15.58 | -12.6 | 9 |
| 12 | The Minstrel's Song | -0.55 | -14.20 | -11.5 | 9 |