The Tale of Ale: The Story of the Englishman and His Beer

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 21, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Free Reed
• ASIN: B000TGUUB4
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #519,076 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Bring us in good ale

2. Andrew Boorde on ale

3. Jolly good ale and old

4. "He that buys land"

5. The merry fellows

6. Soldiers three

7. Tapster, drinking

8. The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng

9. Andrew Boorde on beer

10. London's Ordinary

11. Epitaph

12. Of honest malt liquor

13. The malt's come down

14. Stubbes on drunkenness

15. Good ale for my money

16. The excise ballad

17. The porter scene from Macbeth

18. Peas, beans, oats and the barley

19. Now harvest is over

20. The British Toper

See all 44 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent collection of beer and drinking songs, October 13, 2011

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K. Whisler (CHICAGO, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tale of Ale: The Story of the Englishman and His Beer (Audio CD)

As a person who enjoys a good drinking song, I really enjoyed this CD. However, buyers should be warned that there were five tracks on the original 1977 LP that are missing from this CD. The original LP was over 90 minutes, and the maximum size of a CD is something around 80 minutes so that's probably why. Still, rather cheap of Free Reed not to make the missing tracks available as a bonus download or something.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Gift For Your Homebrewing Friends!, April 12, 2008

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D. Corbishley (Skillman, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Tale of Ale: The Story of the Englishman and His Beer (Audio CD)

Good historical review of ale in British history, great gift for your homebrewing friends. Check out this labels excellent collections such as the one on Richard Thompson as well.