gts119 “swashbuck”
What’s the pirate’s favorite letter?
01-01 Ella Mae Morse & Billy May Orchestra – Capitol 193 – Captain Kidd (1945)
01-02 The Real McKenzies – Alpha Motherfuckers 24 – Sailor Man (2001)
01-03 Tears For Beers – Mud Water Dance 06 – Drunken Sailor (1999)
01-04 Sex Pistols – The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Swindle 404 – Friggin’ In The Riggin’ (1979)
01-05 Procul Harum – A Salty Dog 101 – A Salty Dog (1969)
01-06 Flogging Molly – Swagger 01 – Salty Dog (2000)
02-01 Calico Jack – Isla De La Muerte 05 – Three Cheers To The Shanty Man (2023)
02-02 The Pogues – Red Roses For Me (Bonus) 06 – Sea Shanty (1984)
02-03 The Porkers – Hot Dog Daiquiri 14 – Schooners Of The Black (1998)
02-04 unknown – Yo Ho Ho And A Bottle Of Rum
— found on YouTube posted by account named “Los Pirates”, unfortunately this is not by the band Los Piratas, other attempts to identify went unsatisfied.
02-05 Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper – Hickory 1257 – Pirate King (1964)
02-06 Swashbuckle – Back To The Noose 04 – Cloudy With A Chance Of Piracy (2009)
03-01 James Ward Byrkit & Steve Goodie & Martin Lang – Pirates Of The Caribbean Tales Of The Code: Wedlocked – Pyrate Bryde (2011)
— appeared uncredited in the short film named above, later claimed as the production of “Warren Goodlang”, at last acknowledged as the product of the trio listed above. Silly pirate opacity!
03-02 Soupy Sales – Up In The Air – Pookie The Pirate [excerpt] (1962)
— uninteresting intro snipped
03-03 The Dubrovniks – Dubrovnik Blues 10 – I’d Walk The Plank For You Baby (1999)
03-04 Hoyt Axton – Spin Of The Wheel 11 – We Were Buccaneers (1990)
03-05 Tom Waits – The Heart Of Saturday Night 104 – Shiver Me Timbers (1974)
03-06 Jimmy Buffett – Songs You Know By Heart 05 – A Pirate Looks At Forty (1992)
04-01 Maxine Sullivan & John Kirby Sextet – John Kirby And His Orchestra 1940-1941 ‘Loch Lomond’ 19 – Raggle-Taggle Gypsies (1941)
— first caught as a field recording in 1909, sung by an 80-year old Scottish shepherd.
04-02 Karla Devito – Is This A Cool World Or What? 11 – Bloody Bess (1981)
— famed as Meat Loaf’s duet patner fo “Paradise By The Dashboard Lights”. Title track of this album appeared for a Budweiser commercial.
04-03 Nina Simone – Carnegie Hall, New York NY – Pirate Jenny (1964)
04-04 Blind Blake & Royal Victoria Hotel Calypsos – Bahamian Songs 17 – Belamena
04-05 Jim Hunter & Tom Bryan – A 25 Year Legacy 05 – Limbo Ships (2003)
05-01 Pirates Of The Caribbean – Yo Ho, A Pirates Life For Me
05-02 The Torpedoes – Good For The Country 04 – Spanish Main (1996)
05-03 Fairport Convention – Cropredy ’98 10 – Spanish Main (1999)
05-04 The Coral – The Coral 01 – Spanish Main (2002)
05-05 Mathematicians – Irrational Numbers 01 – Spanish Main (1994)
05-06 The Corries – Barrett’s Privateers 10 – Barrett’s Privateers (1985)
06-01 Mojo Nixon & Skid Roper – Root Hog Or Die 04 – Pirate Radio (1989)
06-02 The Barefoot Man – Big Black Dick 04 – The Three Legged Pirate (1995)
06-03 Chorus Of Pirates And Maidens – Mickey, Donald & Goofy The Three Musketeers 07 – L’Opera (Excerpts from The Pirates of Penzance) [excerpt] (2004)
06-04 Nuttkase – Boombapathy 01 – Swashbuckling (2018)
06-05 The Jud Conlon Chorus – Peter Pan OST 105 – A Pirate’s Life (1953)
06-06 Bouncing Souls – Anchors Aweigh 13 – Anchors Aweigh (2003)
… and a bonus track…
07-01 Ed McCurdy – Bad Men And Heroes 204 – Captain Kidd (1955)