All songs written by Mark Harrison

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A selection of tracks from Mark's albums.

ALBUMS

THE ROAD TO LIBERTY (2021) - DOUBLE ALBUM

Turpentine

PART 1
  1. Tribulation Time
  2. Everybody Knows
  3. Passing Through
  4. Club Of Lost Souls
  5. Toolmaker’s Blues
  6. Last Bus Home
  7. Same Roads
  8. Wheels Going Round
  9. Skip’s Song
  10. Better Day
  11. I’m Damned
PART 2
  1. All Rise
  2. Hard Life
  3. Doin’ Time
  4. Go Nice
  5. Curl Your Toes
  6. Don’t Let The Crazy Out The Bag (Too Soon)
  7. Restless Mind
  8. Lowlife Avenue
  9. Fox Chase
  10. By The Side Of The Road

Mark Harrison
National & 12-string guitars, electric guitar, lead vocals

Charles Benfield
double bass, vocals, electric guitar, piano, mandolin

Ben Welburn
ddrums, percussion, vocals

All songs by Mark Harrison
Produced by Charles Benfield
Engineered By Buzz Allan
Recorded at Station Road Studios, Stroud
Mixed and mastered by Charles Benfield
Design by WeareFrank



THE PANORAMIC VIEW (2018)

Turpentine

  • 1 One Small Suitcase
  • 2 House Full Of Children
  • 3 What Son House Said
  • 4 Meet On The Other Side
  • 5 Ragged
  • 6 Falling Down
  • 7 High John
  • 8 Pool Meadow Strut
  • 9 Don’t Die Till You’re Dead
  • 10 Ain’t No Justice
  • 11 Rediscovery Blues
  • 12 Mess Is Everywhere
  • 13 John The Chinaman
  • 14 The Biggest Fool
  • 15 Hooker’s Song

Mark Harrison
National & 12-string guitars, lead vocals

Charles Benfield
double bass, vocals

Ben Welburn
drums, percussion

with

Paul Tkachenko
tuba, trumpet, trombone, mandolin

Paddy Milner
piano

Ed Hopwood
harmonica, vocals

Gail Porter
spoken introductions

and

Hayley Benfield
vocals

Phoebe Katis
vocals

Tim Bazell
percussion

All songs by Mark Harrison
Produced by Tim Bazell
Recorded at Hoxa Studios and Heart of Gold Studios, London
Mixed and mastered by Tim Bazell
Design by WeareFrank



Turpentine (2016)

Turpentine

  • 1 Black Dog Moan
  • 2 So Many Bad People (Out There)
  • 3 Hell Of A Story
  • 4 Hardware Store
  • 5 The Treaty Of Dancing Rabbit Creek
  • 6 In The Dark
  • 7 Dog Rib
  • 8 Dirty Business
  • 9 Fade Away
  • 10 Next Of Kin
  • 11 Josephina Johnson
  • 12 Mister Trouble
  • 13 Shake The House

Mark Harrison
National & 12-string guitars, lead vocals

Charles Benfield
double bass, vocals

Ed Hopwood
drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals

with
Paul Tkachenko
mandolin, piano, organ, accordion

All songs written by Mark Harrison
Produced by Tim Bazell
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Tim Bazell at Heart of Gold Studios, London
Design by WeareFrank



On the Chicken Sandwich Train (live) (2015)

On the Chicken Sandwich Train

  • 1. Big Mary’s House
  • 2. Long Gone Miles
  • 3. ‘It's about much more than B&Q’
  • 4. Hardware Store
  • 5. ‘Everything I know about economics in three verses’
  • 6. The Numbers Game
  • 7. ‘11 out of 12 is good enough in anything’
  • 8. Hell Of A Story
  • 9. ‘What size would Wigan Cathedral be?’
  • 10. Crematorium Blues
  • 11. Run
  • 12. ‘It’s OK not to be entirely filled with self-confidence’
  • 13. Panic Attack
  • 14. ‘A very different kind of youth’
  • 15. Bombs Coming Down
  • 16. Black Dog Moan
  • 17. ‘The Chicken Sandwich Train’
  • 18. Changes Coming Here
  • 19. The ones who don’t have to be there’
  • 20. Your Second Line
  • 21. Easy Does It
  • 22. Georgia Greene

Recorded live at Wigan Parish Church on April 17th, 2015

Mark Harrison
National & 12-string guitars, vocals

Charles Benfield
double bass, vocals

All songs by Mark Harrison
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ian Cleverdon
Presented by David Cartlidge, Acoustic Roots at Wigan Parish Church
Design by We Are Frank



The World Outside (2014)

Crooked Smile

  • 1 Panic Attack
  • 2 Long Gone Miles
  • 3 Your Second Line
  • 4 Run
  • 5 Big Mary’s House
  • 6 Not All Right
  • 7 Where Ignorance Is Bliss
  • 8 Long Long Way To Go
  • 9 In The Neighbourhood
  • 10 Floatin’ Around
  • 11 The Numbers Game
  • 12 Hard Times Now

Mark Harrison
National & 12-string, 6-string and electric guitars, lead vocals

Charles Benfield
double bass, harmonium, nylon-string guitar, harmony vocals

Will Greener
harmonica, harmony vocals

Josienne Clarke
lead vocals, harmony vocals, tenor sax, flute, piano

Ben Walker
mandolin, lead electric guitar

Ed Hopwood
drums, percussion, harmony vocals

Guy Bennett
Hammond C3 organ, harmony vocals

and
Sonny
bass vocal

All songs written by Mark Harrison
Produced by Charles Benfield
Engineering, mixing and additional production by Sonny
Mastered by Tom Leader
Design by Andy Hall and Rick Webb of We Are Frank

Recorded at Livingston Studios, Wood Green, London
Mixed at The Cowshed, Bound’s Green, London



Crooked Smile (2012)

Crooked Smile

  • 1. Georgia Greene
  • 2. Pearly Gates
  • 3. Crematorium Blues
  • 4. Mexican Gardener
  • 5. Bombs Coming Down
  • 6. Lay Your Burden Down
  • 7. The Demon Drink
  • 8. The Original Dawg
  • 9. Honeyboy
  • 10. Blessed
  • 11. Smiler John
  • 12. Reckless

Mark Harrison
National & 12-string guitars, vocals

Charles Benfield
double bass, Hammond C3 organ, harmonium, percussion, electric guitar, vocals

Ryan Carr
mandolin, vocals, electric guitar

Will Greener
harmonica, vocals

Ed Hopwood
drums, percussion. vocals

Ben Walker
mandolin, electric guitar


and featuring
Josienne Clarke
vocals

All songs written by Mark Harrison
Produced, mixed and mastered by Charles Benfield
Design by Andy Hall and Rick Webb of We Are Frank

Recorded at Livingston Studios, Wood Green, London
Engineered by Sonny Simpson
Additional production and mixing by Ben Walker



Watching The Parade (2010)

Crooked Smile

  • 1. Easy Does It
  • 2. Sneaking Away
  • 3. Deacon George
  • 4. Early In The Morning
  • 5. Hard Work
  • 6. Going Somewhere
  • 7. 5000 Days
  • 8. Primrose Hill Street Rag
  • 9. Your Second Line
  • 10. Thinking About Nothing
  • 11. Starley Street
  • 12. No Train Coming
  • 13. Highgate Hill Blues
  • 14. Changes Coming Here

Mark Harrison
National, 12-string, 6-string acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin, vocals

Charles Benfield
double bass, electric bass, organ, piano, percussion

Will Greener
harmonicas, additional vocals

James Ryan
drums, percussion

David Atkinson
mandolin, additional vocals

Beth Packer
additional vocals

All songs written by Mark Harrison
Produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Charles Benfield
Design by Rick Webb and Andy Hall of We Are Frank

Fools & Clowns
The Road to Liberty
The Panoramic View
Turpentine
On The Chicken Sandwich Train Live
The World Outside
Crooked Smile
Watching the Parade