Composed by Hugh Boyde 2010. Recorded by members of Skibboo 2011. Released on CD "Half Ton Sessions" the same year. Re-released on SoundCloud 2017 with a Creative Commons licence.

Vanishing Point

Walking the Earth/Signs of Life

Frisk

The Faraway Look/Nothing but Trouble

Clean Pair of Heels

This was recorded by "The Usual Suspects" in 1996 for an album called "The Clock That Laughs".  Hugh Boyde - fiddle, Tom Ling - fiddle, Brian Cleary - guitar and lead vocal, Lynne Olney - bass. All on harmony vocals. We still have a box or two of this CD in the attic so roll up, roll up ...

1996

Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

This was recorded by "The Usual Suspects" in 1996 for an album called "The Clock That Laughs". Composed for the band by Hugh Boyde. Bert Santilly -
 accordion. Johnny Rodgers - clarinet. Tom Ling - violin. Hugh Boyde and Brian Cleary - guitars. Lynne Olney - double bass. We still have a box or two of this CD in the attic so roll up, roll up ...

The Clock That Laughs

Waltz Lite

This was recorded by "The Usual Suspects" in 2001 for an album called "As Crime Goes By". Lynne Olney - vocal. Tom Ling - violin. Hugh Boyde -
 guitar. Brian Cleary - guitar. Dave Olney - bass. We still have a box or two of this CD in the attic so roll up, roll up ...

The Nearness Of You

This tune originally composed and recorded by Richard Galliano. I don't know where I got the idea for doing it as a mandolin solo! But I love playing it.

La Liberte C'est Une Fleur

A sampler of recordings made at concerts by the Moonlight Mandolin Orchestra (Cambridge, UK) between 2008 and 2014

Moonbeams - sampler from MMO concerts

"Cafe Mondiale" consists of me on mandolin and Bert Santilly on accordion. "Shakey Breaks The Ice" has me on acoustic jazz guitar, Bert on accordion, and Trevor Barlow on clarinet. "Skibboo" has me playing original tunes on tenor banjo supported by accordion (Bert), saxes (Trevor), hurdygurdy (Duncan Moss), bouzouki (Brian Cleary), bass (Dave Olney), and percussion (Anne Templer). I have yet to assemble all the members of Skibboo in one room, let alone organise a live gig, but one day I will, and we are going to have a ball!

Hugh Boyde

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