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
- Tribulation Time
- Everybody Knows
- Passing Through
- Club Of Lost Souls
- Toolmaker’s Blues
- Last Bus Home
- Same Roads
- Wheels Going Round
- Skip’s Song
- Better Day
- I’m Damned
- All Rise
- Hard Life
- Doin’ Time
- Go Nice
- Curl Your Toes
- Don’t Let The Crazy Out The Bag (Too Soon)
- Restless Mind
- Lowlife Avenue
- Fox Chase
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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