Acoustic version of the Jamaican classic folk song.

Linstead Market Acoustic Mix

Release 1: A New Song on the Great Demonstration which is to be made on Kersal Moor September 28th, 1838

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This first song takes us on the march to Kersal Moor, back in 1838, for the great reformist rally. Situated four miles outside the centre of Manchester in Salford, the gathering is reported to have attracted several hundred thousand people and marked a turning point in the fight for basic human rights for the workers of the Industrial Revolution.  

Edward II will be releasing re-workings of songs written about life in Manchester, largely from the time of the industrial revolution but with some more modern 'folk-songs' thrown in.  To follow our journey through the trials and tribulations of Manchester's working people got and like https://www.facebook.com/edwardthesecondPage 




Kersal Moor 1838

This is the second track in the series, and whilst not really a historical discovery, it certainly fits and given the recent 100th anniversary of Ewan MacColl's birthday in Broughton, Salford.  Just down the hill from Kersal Moor where the Chartists had gathered almost 100 years earlier, Ewan's birthplace was just around the corner from where some of the band studied, and John Gill (E2's original bass player) taught at Salford College, just by the Irwell river featured in those early pictures.  

Indeed, this part of Salford has a long history of producing creatives and when we lived there I remember John Cooper Clark and Mark E Smith being regulars in the local pubs, such as The Star, now a community owned pub on the edge of Kersal Dale.  

This song in fact takes us just a little way from where the chartists gathered, to the gasworks which was just the other side of the A6, to what is now the M602.  The Canal referred to is the Manchester to Bury and Bolton Canal which runs up through Salford.  In fact, the rumour has it that Salford Council, embarrassed by the perceived negativity of Dirty Old Town, forced Ewan MacColl to change the line from `Smelled the spring on the Salford wind' to `Smelled the spring on the smoky wind'. (See http://www.salfordstar.com/article.asp?id=2587) for more info.  

Anyway, we hope that you enjoy our take on this absolute classic song from Salford, Manchester.  

Dirty Old Town

From the new album by Edward II 'Manchester's Improving Daily' this track tells of the great flood which hit Greater Manchester in the summer of 1872.   Read more about this story by going to http://edwardthesecond.co.uk/nothing-new-under-the-sun-or-clouds/

The Great Flood

Super cool dub by P Lush of Nucleus Roots


Manchesters Improving Daily MINIMAL Dub Mix 4

From the Manchester's Improving Daily album by Edward II



Ragbag Dub

A wonderful reworking of a classic New Order track by the masters of  folk roots and reggae fusions.  

Love Vigilante - Radio Edit

Taken from Edward II's acclaimed 'Manchester's Improving Daily' CD. 

Ragbag

For those who did not manage to hear T&Latouche or pick up the CD 'Tales from a Urban Safari', here are a few tracks.  



01 Looking Back

02 I Will Rise

03 When The Music Drops

05 Somthing Wicked

06 Fessin Up

07 Let A Thousand Blossoms Bloom

09 Time And Love

Don't Let The Fire Go Out

Pomp & Pride

Radio

Heathrow Dawn

Swing Easy

What If

Long Time Gal

Cordelia Brown

Linstead Market

Banana Boat Song

A energy rich remix of the classic Jamaican folk song, Linstead Market, created by the folk-reggae pioneers, Edward II

Linstead Market United We Dance Mix

Edward II, the English roots band that uniquely blend the rhythms of the Caribbean with traditional songs from the British Isles, have been secretly working on a totally new project and will be back in 2015. Temporarily turning away from the rural songs of the middle England Morris teams, this time around the band has been delving deep into a repertoire of songs born of the industrial revolution, specifically of their home town, Manchester.

Still upbeat, and with rock-steady rhythms, blazing horns, fabulous harmonies and fiery melodeon melodies, this will be a new set mixed with some of the old favourites and a familiar sound for the faithful.

Edward II

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