Bandcamp Releases

This Page was updated by Jude Harley on 21 June 2026 with all of David’s albums that are available on Bandcamp.

I regard Bandcamp as my primary distribution platform for albums and singles. Where applicable, however, Distrokid Hyperfollow links are included, as these have secondary links to other platforms such as Spotify, Amazon and Apple Music. Amazon, unfortunately, has a nasty habit of mixing up various David Harleys, including some that don’t actually exist. However, the Distrokid links below currently include links to Amazon and other sites for specific tracks and releases.

These replace cassette and CD albums previously available  (which is how some of the older ones came to be released in such a short timeframe) at present digital-only releases.

The River by the New Prize Silver Jug Band (album released May 22, 2026)

*vocals by David Harley
** vocals by Dave Higgen
*** vocals by Nancy Higgen

Cover art by Kate Morley
  1. The River 04:06 (*)
  2. Island 03:01 (**)
  3. Hangman 03:02 (*)
  4. Diva in Disguise 03:39 (**)
  5. What Do I Do About You? 02:23 (*)
  6. Sylvie (I Just Feel Like Letting Go) 02:59 (*)
  7. When You Are Old 03:00 (Yeats / Harley)
  8. Bumper to Bumper 03:14 (*)
  9. One Step Away From the Blues 04:44 (*)
  10. Living in the Middle 03:13 (**)
  11. Evening to End 03:34 (***)
  12. Woodland Glade 03:25 (*)

This album was in progress when David Harley suddenly died at home in October 2025. Dave Higgen continued to engineer the album for release. So this is David’s final album.

Farewell Reunion by the New Prize Silver Jug Band (album released January 7, 2025)

*vocals by David Harley
** vocals by Dave Higgen
*** vocals by Nancy Higgen

Artwork by David Harley
  1. Anywhere 03:20 (*)
  2. Summer 03:11 (**)
  3. Old White Lightning 03:01 (*)
  4. Bourgeois Domesticity 02:47 (**)
  5. A Rainy Day Blues 03:41 (*)
  6. Mad as the Mist and Snow 03:22 (***)
  7. Who Do You Think You Are? 05:27 (*)
  8. Alone 04:21 (**)
  9. Hannah (Upcountry) 03:13 (*)
  10. Ugly 02:36 (**)
  11. Keepsake Mill 03:36 (*)
  12. Farewell Reunion 02:50 (**)
  13. Paper City (Slight Return) 05:01 (*)
  14. Lachaise 02:30 (*)

Brookland Voices (album released February 24, 2024)

Artwork by David Harley
  1. Brookland Voices 01:10
  2. When I was in Love With You (Poem) 00:30
  3. Seven Years in the Sand 01:32
  4. South Wind 02:20
  5. Brookland Breezes 03:34
  6. Far in a Western Brookland 01:20
  7. Another Brookland 03:05
  8. Swifts 00:58
  9. Bells by Water 01:23
  10. The Water is Wide 02:10
  11. Blue Remembered Hills 00:45
  12. The Knocker Up 00:39
  13. It Ain’t Gonna Rain 00:57
  14. Rea Brookland 02:32
  15. Chivalry 02:17
  16. Blues for Davy 04:40
  17. When I Was One and Twenty 02:34

In A Folkier Vein (album released August 13, 2023)

Photograph of David Harley taken by Jude Harley
  1. Goose and Common 02:02
  2. The Sheep Stealer 03:17
  3. Song of Chivalry 03:29
  4. Call Yourself a Craftsman 03:30
  5. Long Stand 02:49
  6. Thomas Anderson 05:08
  7. Ballad of the Arbor Tree 03:00
  8. Young Hunting 03:00
  9. Nightingale (A la Claire Fontaine) 02:36
  10. Blackwaterside 02:41
  11. Loveliest of Trees 01:19
  12. The Weekends 03:26
  13. Oh Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain 01:09
  14. Courtship Dance 01:13

Swan Songs (album released June 28, 2023)

Illustration of Helford by David Harley
  1. Ten Percent Blues 03:42
  2. The Road 03:34
  3. Marking Time 01:38
  4. This Guitar Just Plays the Blues 02:49
  5. The Last Musketeer 02:31
  6. Orpheus With His Loot 02:27
  7. What Do I Do (About You) 02:05
  8. Rain 03:43
  9. Paper City 05:46
  10. Snowbird 04:44
  11. Cornish Ghosts 03:49
  12. Hilltop Snapshots 03:38
  13. The Road to Frenchman’s Creek 02:52
  14. Song of Chivalry 03:58

So Sound You Sleep(More Tears of Morning) (album released February 8, 2023)

cover art by Kate Morley
  1. Rain (video capture) 03:42
  2. Rain (Capella version) 01:46
  3. Young Hunting 04:25
  4. The Nightingale ( A la Claire Fontaine) 02:36
  5. Thomas Anderson 05:11
  6. Goose and Common 01:43
  7. Breathe My Lute 01:42
  8. The Carpenter’s Son 04:50
  9. When I Was 03:29
  10. On Bredon Hill 03:43
  11. Tears of Morning 02:46
  12. Severn Shore 02:19
  13. Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries 03:11
  14. The Wheel (For Sarah) 01:09
  15. Far in a Western Brookland 01:24
  16. Oh Fair Enough are Sky and Plain 01:09
  17. Blue Remembered Hills 00:44
  18. Requiem 00:43
  19. R.L.S 01:46
  20. The Lent Lily 01:31
  21. Loveliest of Trees 01:21
  22. Ballad of the Arbor Tree 3:00
  23. Sea Fret 06:18
  24. Song of Chivalry 03:52
  25. Moonflow VI 02:37
  26. Carpentry 3:00
  27. Castles and Kings 04:00
  28. Wrekin (The Marches Line) 03:29
  29. Twm Siôn Cati 02:26
  30. Twm Siôn Cati 01:45
  31. The Prestwich Treasure (1) 03:12
  32. The Prestwich Treasure (2) 03:05
  33. Jack in the Box 03:10
  34. Jack in the Box  02:23

This is an expanded edition of the “Tears of Morning” album to coincide with the release of a book based on the original album. It includes remastered or re-recorded versions of some of the songs, plus many tracks that were not on the original album.

The book “So Sound You Sleep: Shropshire Songs and Their Stories” is now available as an eBook on Kindle. The paperback edition is also available

Nobody’s Song (album released June 16, 2022)

Cover art by Kate Morley
  1. Nobody’s Song 02:48
  2. A Perfect Cocktail 01:37
  3. Light Blue Affair 02:11
  4. The Day I Saved The World 02:26
  5. Ghosts 03:35
  6. When The Next Wave Breaks 04:37
  7. The Best Days Are Gone 02:35
  8. Sale Or Return (remix) 05:12
  9. Ice To The Flame 03:11
  10. Bread and Circuses 03:02
  11. From An Old Tin Cup 02:19
  12. Thou Art My Lute 01:48
  13. Time On My Hands 02:00
  14. Whistle While You Walk (radio version) 03:28
  15. End Game 00:54

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Marking Time: 3rd Demo Album  (released February 11, 2022)

Cover art by Kate Morley
  1. Who Are We? 02:15
  2. Bumper to Bumper 02:32
  3. Southern Ragtime 04:19
  4. Paradise Deferred 01:55
  5. I Don’t Take Chances 03:08
  6. This Song’s Not Over 02:08
  7. Almost Satisfied 01:39
  8. Thanks For Nothing Ephraim Clutterbox 04:14
  9. Southside 02:25
  10. Marking Time 01:30
  11. White Noise 02:56
  12. Wish I’d Said That 03:03
  13. Seven Years in the Sand 01:35
  14. My Kind of Lady 03:26

The Duke Of Haphazard: 2nd Demo Album (released February 8, 2022)

  1. Changes In The Wind 03:45
  2. Dues To The Blues 05:36
  3. Pick My Pocket 02:25
  4. Singing In The Street 02:40
  5. Carpenter Street 02:46
  6. Dead Man’s Alley 04:00
  7. We Never Will Have Paris 03:52
  8. Ice To The Flame 03:25
  9. Accelerated Lady 03:49
  10. Birdlime 02:53
  11. Cinders (Home From The Ball) 02:49
  12. Embers 03:38
  13. Seesaw (Flying Home) 03:39
  14. Cut-Rate Rolling Stone 03:13
  15. Singing In The Silence 04:29

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The Old Man Laughs (album released February 7, 2022)

  1. The Old Man Laughs 03:04
  2. Till I Find You Again 02:39
  3. Before I Fall 03:15
  4. The Chuck Berry-Beri 03:10
  5. Love Is A Knife 03:41
  6. Snowbird 04:43
  7. The Wheel (For Sarah) 01:09
  8. Bottle 02:53
  9. Where You Want Me 05:15
  10. Age of the Hero 02:38
  11. Blues I Blew 01:22
  12. Communication 02:04
  13. Raggle Taggle Man 02:49
  14. The Last Musketeer 02:31
  15. Marianne 03:21
  16. Highway Fever 02:30

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Born To Be Mild: 1st Demo Album (released February 1, 2022)

Photo by David Harley
  1. My Boy Jack 02:3
  2. Blue Remembered Hills 00:44
  3. Faithless Sally Brown 03:45
  4. Crossing The Bar 01:59
  5. There will come soft rains 03:04
  6. The Lent Lily 01:31
  7. Oh Fair Enough Are Sky And Plain 01:09
  8. Epitaph On An Army Of Mercenaries 02:34
  9. Handsome Molly 05:26
  10. Epitaph On An Army Of Mercenaries 2 02:07
  11. Rain 01:46
  12. Loveliest of Trees 01:21
  13. The Nightingale (Á La Claire Fontaine) 02:36
  14. Rain – video capture 03:46
  15. Young Hunting 04:25
  16. Far In A Western Brookland 01:27

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Still In Free Fall:Vol II (Instrumental album released January, 2022)

  1. Carpentry II 03:00
  2. Two White Horses 03:25
  3. Chivalry 02:16
  4. Box Of Blues 02:23
  5. Blackwaterside 02:41
  6. Skeleton Wind 02:29
  7. Fainter Fahey 02:41
  8. East River 02:59
  9. South Wind (An Ghaoth Andheas) 02:25
  10. Lady Mary 01:50

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Back In Free Fall:Vol I (Instrumental album released January, 2022)

Photo by David Harley
  1. Blues For Davy II 02:46
  2. East River Blues 04:01
  3. Back In Free Fall 03:05
  4. Painting the Desert 02:30
  5. Moonflow VI 02:34
  6. Broadway Angels 01:19
  7. Sebastopol Train 03:00
  8. The Clown’s Revenge 02:06
  9. Faintly Fahey 02:29
  10. Quartet For One 05:36

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Back Into Free Fall (single released 23 January, 2022)

Photo by David Harley

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Song of Chivalry (single released 5 November, 2021)

Photo by David Harley

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Strictly Off The Record (‘greatest hits’ album released October 10, 2021)

Photograph of David Harley taken by Jude Harley
  1. Heatwave in the City 06:28
  2. One Step Away (From The Blues) 04:52
  3. Let Me Lie Easy 02:29
  4. The Carpenter’s Son 05:32
  5. Ten Percent Blues 03:41
  6. How To Say Goodbye 03:10
  7. Same Old Same Old 02:52
  8. Thomas Anderson 05:11
  9. Paper City 05:24
  10. Long Stand 03:00
  11. Diane (Going Out) 05:22
  12. Wrekin (The Marches Line) 03:29
  13. Song of Chivalry 02:21
  14. Cornish Ghosts 04:14
  15. Coasting 04:58
  16. Two Is A Silence 02:22
  17. Sea Fret 06:18
  18. Hands of the Craftsman 05:33
  19. Her Own Way Down 02:42
  20. Here Tomorrow 05:03
  21. Moonflow VI 02:35

Other streaming services, via Distrokid. (Not quite the same tracklist.) Specifically, ‘Strictly Off The Record‘ has the same tracks as Further Off The Record, except that ‘Strictly…’ includes ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ instead of ‘Carpentry’ and has the extra track ‘Moonflow VI’.

Further Off The Record DK UPC: 196252196728

Upcountry (album released September 25, 2021)

Artwork by David Harley
  1. A Smuggler’s Song 03:14
  2. Wearing Out My Shoes 02:26
  3. This Guitar (Just Plays The Blues) 02:17
  4. Cornish Ghosts 03:39
  5. Hannah’s Gone Upcountry 03:44
  6. The Road To Frenchman’s Creek 03:27
  7. Whistle While You Walk 03:53
  8. Janey 03:22
  9. Gooseberry Blues 01:48
  10. Aftermath/Postcards 05:29
  11. Anywhere 03:12
  12. A Rainy Day Blues 02:24
  13. Tears of Morning 02:46
  14. The Wild Swans at Coole 06:33
  15. The Pilgrim 02:24
  16. Woods In Moonlight

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Kitsch and Canoodle (album released August 22, 2021)

Photograph of David Harley taken by Jude Harley
  1. Let Me Lie Easy 02:29
  2. A Rainy Day Blues 02:24.
  3. Please 04:38
  4. Quirks and Crotchets 02:52
  5. This Guitar Just Plays The Blues 2021 02:49
  6. Her Own Way Down 02:42
  7. Back In The Day 02:20
  8. This End of the 1960s 01:21
  9. What Do I Do About You? 01:58
  10. Never Look Back 02:01
  11. New Ends and Sad Beginnings 03:25
  12. Two Is A Silence 02:22
  13. The Jailer 05:35
  14. Can’t Sleep 02:30
  15. Song Without Warning 03:22.

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Cold Iron (album released July 22, 2021)

Artwork by David Harley
  1. London 1983 06:28
  2. They Hang The Man 01:43
  3. Song of Chivalry II 03:58
  4. Nowhere To Nowhere 02:11
  5. Soldier (You Come, You Go) 01:06
  6. Long Stand 03:00
  7. Orpheus with his Loot 01:51
  8. For Phil Ochs 05:35
  9. Calvary (Soldier of Fortune) 01:30
  10. Paper City 05:25
  11. Hands of the Craftsman 05:35
  12. Jerry Jingalo 01:06
  13. Circle 08:14
  14. Diane (Going Out) 05:19
  15. Paper Tiger 02:37

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Dinosaur Tracks (album released July 2021)

Photograph of David Harley taken by Jude Harley
  1. Butterfly (Over The Hill)04:22
  2. Southside02:52
  3. Bootup Blues02:24
  4. Wearing Out My Shoes02:24
  5. Stranger In Uniform06:20
  6. Sylvie (Letting go)02:50
  7. This Guitar Just Plays The Blues02:17
  8. .Scratch One Lover 04:06
  9. Low In The Water03:58
  10. Soleares05:55
  11. Lady Luck03:10
  12. Drunk Last Night05:06
  13. Odd Job Man02:53
  14. Down To The River04:57

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How To Say Goodbye (single released June 2021)

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Ten Percent Blues (Album released May 2021)

  1. Make It Pay 01:30
  2. Butterfly (Over The Hill) 03:43
  3. The Road 03:13
  4. Anywhere 03:12
  5. Ten Percent Blues 03:42
  6. Now How Long 03:45
  7. Blues For Davy 02:01
  8. Baby What A Groove 02:52
  9. Another Bangor Day 04:12
  10. Long Cigarettes, Cheap Red Wine 04:22
  11. Moonstruck 01:30
  12. Angel [demo version] 02:15
  13. East River 03:07
  14. Empty Sunday [demo version] 02:09

All words and music by David Harley: also all instruments and vocals.

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The Game Of London (Album released April 2021)

  1. The Miles Between (the City and the Heart) 04:35
  2. The Game of London 03:26
  3. Coasting 2023 04:58
  4. Same Old Same Old 02:54
  5. Walls 03:19
  6. 17-Year Itch 02:59
  7. London 1983 (Heatwave) 06:28
  8. Cooling Out 02:52
  9. Paper City 05:25
  10. The Weekends (are the Worst) 03:49
  11. Diving Butterfly (Air and Slip Jig) 02:31
  12. Death of a Marriage 04:16
  13. Silk and Steel 03:26
  14. Coasting 1983 05:33

All vocals and instruments by David Harley except piano by James Bolam (7), fiddle by Pete Wilkes (11), boddhran by Gail Williams (11). All songs by David Harley except 11, where both tunes are traditional.

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Hands of the Craftsman (expanded edition)

  1. Long Stand 03:00
  2. Call Yourself A Craftsman (Song) 03:05
  3. Easy Jack Easy 01:54
  4. What Do I Do 02.05
  5. Updraught 03:29
  6. Call Yourself a Craftsman (Poem) 03:44
  7. Ten Percent Blues 03:42
  8. Bootup Blues 02:49
  9. Paper City 05:25
  10. Waste 04:44
  11. Orpheus with his Loot 02:27
  12. Hands of the Craftsman 05:35

All songs, verse, instruments and vocals by David Harley – Wheal Alice Music WAM21-5

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At the beginning of the 1980s, I provided most of the original music and a little verse for a revue called ‘Nice (if you can get it)’ directed by Margaret Ford. The revue centred on various aspects of work: not everything I wrote for it is here, and not all of it was used but I think everything I still have is in the book, along with some stuff that hasn’t made it to audio. Tracks 1 and 12 were recovered from tapes afflicted with ‘sticky shed syndrome’, and probably sounded better at the time, but I think the songs are still worth hearing. (Thanks are owed to Reel4Transfer and to Andi Lee of Kosi Records for helping with the resuscitation!)

As of the end of July 2023 I’ve added some more tracks to celebrate the publication of the book  ‘Hands of the Craftsman’  – the book takes this album as its starting point but adds quite a lot of material not necessarily used in the revue. Some of that material has now been added here, including songs that weren’t written for the revue but were written around that time or else fit the theme.

credits

first released March 25, 2021 / additional tracks 2023

Vocals, guitars, mandolin: David A. Harley
Recorded at Camden Sound, Camden (1,5) or Wheal Alice Music.
Recovery of deteriorated tapes (1, 5): Reel4Transfer
Post-processing (1): Andi Lee, Kosi Records – kosirecords.com

View From The Top (with Don MacLeod) (Album released March 2021)

  1. Speak My Heart (Don MacLeod) 04:10
  2. She’s Gone (Don MacLeod – David Harley) 03:00
  3. Here Tomorrow (Don MacLeod – David Harley) 05:03
  4. Scratch One Lover (Harley) 03:57
  5. *One Step Away (From The Blues) (Harley) 04:52
  6. Sheer Bravado (Don MacLeod – David Harley) 04:05
  7. View From The Top (Don MacLeod – David Harley) 04.40

*Track 5: single released below.

Acoustic guitar (1,2,3,4,5) Don MacLeod; piano (3) Don MacLeod; percussion (3) Richard Davy; backing vocals (3) Anna (Lin) Thompson.

Banjo, electric guitar, keys, acoustic guitars, vocals, David Harley.

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Single: One Step Away (From The Blues) 4.52 [Words and music by David Harley] (Released February 2021). Vocals, acoustic and slide guitar by David Harley; lead acoustic guitar by Don MacLeod; 12-string guitar by Bob Theil

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Tears of Morning (Album released February 2021)

1.Song of Chivalry 03:44*
2.Castles and Kings 04:00*
3.Breathe, My Lute 01:42**
4.The Carpenter’s Son 04:50**
5.When I was 03:30**
6.On Bredon Hill 03:43**
7.Moonflow III 01:47*
8.Thomas Anderson 05:11***
9.Tears of Morning 03:49****
10. Sea Fret 06:18 *
11.Ballad of the Arbor Tree 03:00*****
12.Severn Shore 02:19**
13.Carpentry 02:27*
14.Wrekin (The Marches Line) 03:29*

*Words & Music by David Harley
**Words by A.E. Housman, setting by David Harley
***Words by David Harley based on an article by Ron Nurse: music by David Harley
****Words to ‘Tears of Morning’ by A.E. Housman: setting by David Harley.
*****Words by ‘W.H.B.’, setting by David Harley

All instruments played by David Harley

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Single: Moonflow VI (music by David Harley) 2.41 (Released January 2021) – all instruments by David Harley

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