Leader Records
Leader Records was a British folk music label, started by Bill Leader. Between 1969 and 1978, Leader released many important releases of both traditional and folk revival performers, the latter category including Nic Jones, Martin Simpson and Dick Gaughan and released on a complementary label - Trailer. Among the field recordings released on the label - often with gatefold sleeves and extensive notes in a high-quality booklet - were 'The Border Minstrel' by Billy Pigg, and 'Unto Brigg Fair' which featured cylinder recordings from the early 1900s made by Percy Grainger of Joseph Taylor and other traditional Lincolnshire singers. The 4 LP boxed set 'A Song for Every Season' by the Copper Family was also recorded by Bill Leader and released on his label.
In the 1980s the Leader catalogue was sold to another record company which then went into receivership. Subsequently sold to Celtic Music, the vast majority of Leader records have remained unobtainable since then, with only a handful of tracks re-released on CD.
LEA 4001 Jack Elliott of Birtley With booklet. (1969)
LER 3002 Archie Fisher & Barbara Dickson The Fate O' Charlie
LEA 2003 Seamus Ennis Masters of Irish Music Series. (1969)
LEA 2004 Martin Byrnes Masters of Irish Music series Martin Byrnes (fiddle) with Reg Hall (piano).
LEA 2005 Seamus Tansey Masters of Irish Music series. Seamus Tansey (flute, tin whistle, tambourine), Eddie Corcoran (tin whistle, tambourine), Reg Hall (piano), Paul Gross (piano). (1970)
LEA 4006 The Border Minstrel Billy Pigg - Northumbrian bagpipes. With booklet. (1972)
LER 2007 The High Level Ranters The Lads Of Northumbria
LER 3008 Bob Davenport and The Marsden Rattlers
LER 2009 Martyn Wyndham-Read Ned Kelly & That Gang
LER 3010 Lea Nicholson Horsemusic
LER 2011 Robin & Barry Dransfield The Rout of The Blues
LEA 4012 Blue Ridge Mountain Field Trip Various old time American musicians. With booklet. (1970)
LER 2013 Tony Rose Young Hunting
LER 2014 Nic Jones Ballads & Songs
LER 3015 Leon Rosselson The word is Hugga Mugga ...
LER 3016 Bob & Carole Pegg He Came From The Mountains
LER 2017 Dave & Toni Arthur Hearken To The Witches Rune
LER 3018 Rosemary Hardman & Bob Axford Second Season Came
LER 2019 The Folk Trailer Various
LER 2020 The High Level Ranters Keep Your Feet Still Geordie Hinnie
LER 3021 Roy Bailey Roy Bailey
LER 2022 Aly Bain & Mike Whellans Aly Bain - Mike Whellans
LER 2023 Derek & Dorothy Elliott Derek & Dorothy Elliott
LER 2024 Tony Rose Under The Greenwood Tree
LER 2025 Pisces Pisces
LER 2026 Robin & Barry Dransfield Lord Of All I Behold
LER 2028 Martyn Wyndham-Read Martyn Wyndham-Read
LER 2029 Dave Burland A Dalesman's Litany
LER 2030 The High Level Ranters High Level
LER 3031 Keith Roberts Pier Of The Realm
LER 2032 Swan Arcade Swan Arcade
LER 2033 John Kirkpatrick Jump at the Sun
LER 3034 Roger Nicholson Nonesuch For Dulcimer
LER 3035 Christy Moore Prosperous
LER 3036 The Green Linnet Tim Lyons (1972)
LER 2037 The High Level Ranters A Mile To Ride
LER 2038 Ray Fisher The Bonnie Birdy
LER 2039 Mike Harding A Lancashire Lad
LEA 4040 North Carolina Boys Gray Craig and the new North Carolina Ramblers and Tex Islay. With booklet
LEA 4041 Charlie Wills With booklet. (1972)
LEE 4042 George Dunn (1975)
LEA 2043 John Doonan Flute for the Feis
LEA 2044 Music from the Coleman Country The Coleman Country Traditional Society: Fred Finn, Peter Horan, Andrew Davey, John O'Gara, Jim Donaghue, John Joe Mooney, Bernie Finn, Seamus Tansey, Tommy Toolan, Oliver Killoran. (1975)
LEE 4045 Lonnie Austin & Norman Woodlieff Lonnie Austin & Norman Woodlieff
LEAB 404 A Song for Every Season The Copper Family. Boxed set of 4 records, with 16 page booklet. (1971)
- LEA 4046 - Tater Beer Night:
- LEA 4047 - Black Ram:
- LEA 4048 - Hollerin' Pot:
- LEA 4049 - Turn o' the Year:
LEA 4050 Unto Brigg Fair Joseph Taylor and other traditional Lincolnshire singers. With booklet. (1972)
LED 2051 Irish Music from The Favourite Jimmy Power (fiddle), Tony Ledwith (accordeon), Tom Power (guitar), Paul Gross (piano), Reg Hall (piano). (1975)
LEA 2052 Shetland Fiddlers Da Forty Fiddlers, Cullivoe Traditional Players, Tom Anderson, Aly Bain. (1974)
LED 2053 Virginia Reel Fiddle and banjo tunes played by Kyle Creed, Bobby Patterson and The Camp Creek Boys. (1974)
LEA 4054 Cecilia Costello. (1975)
LEA 4055 Old British Ballads of Donegal and Derry Traditional singers collected by Hugh Shields. With booklet. (1972)
LEE 4056 A Fine Hunting Day Songs of the Holme Valley Beagles (1975)
LEE 4057 Far Canadian Fields Companion to the Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs. Various artists (1975)
L** *058 Not issued
L** *059 Not issued
LED 2060 Early Recordings of Irish Traditional Dance Music John J Kimmel: accordian (1978)
L** *061 Not issued
LEE 4062 Come Day, Go Day, God Send Sunday John Maguire (1975)
LED 2063 A Proper Sort Walter Pardon (1975)
L** *064 Not issued
LEE 4065 A People's Carol A Christmas singing tradition recorded in South Yorkshire pubs. (1975)
L** *066 Not issued
LED 2067 A Song For Every Season The Copper Family of Rottingdean, Sussex [Tracks from the 4LP set] (1971)
LED 2068 English Village Fiddler Stephen Baldwin (1976)
LEA 2069 Yorkshire Dales Dance Night The Beresford Band: Peter Beresford (electronic accordion), Mary Beresford (drums), John Wallbank (fiddle). (1979)
LED 2070 Shamrock, Rose and Thistle Eddie Butcher (1977)
LED 2071 The Rakes (1975)
LER 2072 Dick Gaughan No More Forever
LER 2073 Al O'Donnell Al O'Donnell
LER 2074 Alistair Anderson Plays English Concertina
LER 2075 Rosemary Hardman Firebird
LES 2076 The Watersons Bright Phoebus
LER 2077 Pete and Chris Coe Open The Door and Let Us In
LER 2078 Vin Garbutt The Valley Of The Tees
LER 2079 Tom Gilfellon Loving Mad Tom
LER 2080 The Taverners Blowing Sands
LER 2081 Vin Garbutt The Young Tin Whistle Pest
LER 2082 Dave Burland Dave Burland
LER 2083 Nic Jones Songs of a Changing World
LER 2084 Marie Little Marie Little
LER 2085 Muckram Wakes A Map of Derbyshire
LER 2086 The Boys of the Lough (1975)
LETSAM2087 Our Folk Music Heritage Various (a sampler)
LER 2088 Pal of My Cradle Days Bob Davenport, The Rakes, The Boldon Banjos. (1974)
LER 2089 Peter Bellamy Tell it like it was
LER 2090 Second Album The Boys of the Lough (1975)
LER 2091 Nic Jones The Noah's Ark Trap
LER 2092 Martyn Wyndham-Read Maypoles To Mistletoe
LER 2093 Muckram Wakes Muckram Wakes
LER 2094 Roger Nicholson, Jake Walton & Andrew Cronshaw Times & Traditions for Dulcimer
LER 2095 Down Among the Barley Straw Cyril Tawney (1976)
LER 2096 Tommy Demsey & John Swift Green Grow The Laurel
LER 2097 Bill Caddick Sunny Memories
LER 2098 Pete & Chris Coe Out of season Out of Rhyme
LER 2099 Martin Simpson Golden Vanity
LER 2100 Cilla Fisher & Artie Trezise Balcanquhal
LER 2101 Tony Rose On Banks of Green Willow
LER 2102 Vin Garbutt King Gooden
LER 2103 Dick Gaughan Kist o' Gold
LER 2104 Andrew Cronshaw Earthed In Cloud Valley
LER 2105 Fylde Acoustic Various
LER 2106 Jean Redpath There Were Minstrels
LER 2108 Peter Bond Its All Right For Some
L** 109 Not issued
L** 110 Not issued
LED 2111 Our Side of the Baulk Walter Pardon (1978)