Jack's Alive by Oyster Ceilidh Band, released on Dingle's Records in 1980.
The debut of the venerable English folk institution. Good but greater things were to come.
Ed Dale wrote for A Green Man Review:
Jackโs Alive was recorded by the Oyster Ceilidh Band. The folk dance crowd probably loved it in 1980: simple, largely unadorned tunes often with a strong steady (almost plodding) bass. While fiddle and melodeon were and remain staples with the band, here we have bowed psaltery, jaw- harp, bassoon, recorder and crumhorn. There is a bit of electric guitar and synthesizer, but acoustic instruments predominate. Traditional dance tunes, including hornpipes and schottisches, outnumber the songs. Cathy Lesurf provides most of the lead vocals with a very refined and formal soprano. You can almost see precise lines of young English ladies and gents swinging and marching about. ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5GKW6wTAJ4&list=RDQ5GKW6wTAJ4&start_radio=1
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