Hello.
This website is an attempt to document the output of Sentinel Records, the Newlyn-based independent label set up by Job Morris in 1970. Information on the web concerning the label is scant; the discography I've compiled here, while incomplete, is as close as I can get to a complete listing of the label's releases. I'm hoping to add further information to the discographies as I find it, and also include reviews of Sentinel's more folk/pop-oriented releases, as well as document -hopefully- a little about the label's history. If you have any information about Joby or his studio set-ups in either Newlyn or Paul, feel free to get in touch!
I was born and raised in Newlyn, and as a pre-teen music fan in the 1970s, I would often encounter these albums in the racks of Chy-An-Stylus, Whites of Alverton or the West Penwith Music Shop. They didn't hold much appeal back then, but I now see them as a real connection to my past.
Here's the discography. Additions & corrections most welcome!
minor updates 11/11/11, 29/11/11 & 21/12/2011
major update 27/02/12
further update 17/03/15
1000 series (S suffix: vinyl+cassette; C suffix: cassette only)
SENS 1001: Various – Sounds Like West Cornwall
SENS 1002: Newlyn Male Choir – Say It with Music
SENS 1003: Newlyn Male Choir - Sounds Like A Golden Jubilee
SENS 1004: St Stithians Silver Band – Sounds Like Silver
SENS 1005: Ron Mason & his Jass Band – By The Beautiful Sea
SENS 1006: Brenda Wootton & John The Fish – Pasties & Cream
SENS 1007: Mousehole Male Voice Choir – Sounds Like Mouzel
SENS 1008: John Barber & The St Ives Minstrels – Cornwall Is Calling
SENS 1009: Devon & Cornwall Police Choir – Sounds Arresting
SENS 1010: Climax Male Choir – The Season’s Best
SENS 1011: Various – Sounds Like North Cornwall
SENS 1012: Cynthia Glover & Company - Victorian Evening
SENS 1013: Climax Male Choir – Born In Song
SENS 1014: The Raymon Hale Singers - Sounds Easy
SENS 1015:
SENS 1016: Brenda Wootton & Richard Gendall – Crowdy Crawn
SENS 1017: Polperro Fishermans Choir – Sounds Like Polperro
SENS 1018: Marian - Easy Listening Piano
SENS 1019: Climax Male Choir – Born In Song Vol 2
SENS 1020: Climax Male Choir/Camborne Town Band – The Reason Why
SENS 1021: Brenda Wootton & Robert Bartlett – No Song To Sing
SENS 1022: St Stithian’s Silver Band – Cornish Silver
SENS 1023: Apollo Male Voice Choir – Apollo 70
SENS 1024: Nankersey Singers – This Is Nankersey
SENS 1025: The Twintones: Eleven Plus Two
SENS 1026: John Austin Big Band – From Glen Miller To Us
SENS 1027: Various – Welcome to North Devon
SENS 1028: Charles Causley – Reads Causley
SENS 1029: Music From Truro Cathedral
SENS 1030: Taw Folk – Devonshire Cream & Cyder
SENS 1031: Brenda Wootton – Starry Gazey Pie
SENS 1032: Treverva, Mabe & Police Choirs - Edgar Kessell Conducts
SENS 1033: Rod Mason – The Plymouth Sound of Rod Mason
SENS 1034: Polperro Fishermens Choir – Polperro Sings Again
SENS 1035: Nankersey Male Voice Singers - With a Voice of Singing
SENS 1036: Brenda Wootton – Children Singing
SENS 1037: Richard Gendall – Tam Kernewek (A Bit of Cornish)
SENS 1038: Holman Climax Male Voice Choir - Sounds Like...
SENS 1039: Holman Climax Male Voice Choir - Collected Hymns & Sacred Songs
SENS 1040: Camborne Town Band
SENS 1041: Stithians Combined Choirs – Sing Again with Sankey
SENS 1042: Camborne Band – Christmas
SENS 1043: Nankersey Male Voice Choir - Deep Harmony
SENS 1044: Various - We wish You A Merry Christmas
SENS 1045: Mousehole Male Voice Choir – Way Down South
SENS 1046: St Stythians Band - Summer Selection
SENS 1047: Climax Male Voice Choir - Born In Song vol 3
SENS 1048: A L Rowse – An Cornishman at Oxford & in America
SENS 1049: Raymon Hale Quintet - I Can Dream
SENS 1050: Camborne Town Band - Camborne In Concert
SENS 1051: Stithians Choirs - Sankey Vol 3
SENS 1052: Polperro Fishermens Choir – When Evening’s Twilight
SENC 1053: Marek Gundelach & Henryk Patecki - Choc Z Dala Jestem Z Kraju
SENC 1054: Eventide at St John's, Torquay
SENC 1055: A L Rowse - Shakespeare's Sonnets & His Dark Lady
SENS 1056: Brenda Wootton – The Way Down To Lamorna
SENS 1057: St Austell Youth Band
SENC 1058: A L Rowse - Cornish Stories & Poems
SENC 1059: Various - West Cornwall Christmas
SENC 1060: A L Rowse - The Elizabethans & America
SENC 1061: Peter Bartle - The Hammond Sound
SENC 1062: Beaufort Male Voice Choir - The best of Beaufort
SENC 1063: St Stythian's Silver Band - Summer Evening Concert
SENC 1064: A L Rowse - Shakespeare's Self Portrait
SENC 1065: A L Rowse - Famous People I Have Known
SENS 1066: Stithians Male Voice & Ladies Choirs - Sankey, the Fourth Album
SENS 1067: St Dennis Male Voice Choir – In The Male Voice Mood no.3
SENC 1075: Camborne Town Band - Celebration
Sentinel Scotland (5000 series)
SENS 5001: Various – Welcome To Oban
SENS 5002: Hundred Fiddlers – In Concert
Private Record Division (SEN LPP/C series)
SEN LPP 501: Whitstone Male Voice Choir
SEN LPP 502: Stithians Choirs - Echoes of Stithians
SEN LPP 503: Nearly All Our Own Work - Pupils of Newquay School
SEN LPP 504: St Dennis Male Voice Choir - In The Male Voice Mood
SEN LPP 505: Stithians Male Voice Choir and Ladies Choir - Echos Of Stithians
SEN LPP 506: Pheasant Pluckers - Live At The Plume of Feathers
SEN LPP 507: Blue Bayou – Feelin` Blue
SEN LPP 508: Joe Pengelly - Western Sunset Commentary
SEN LPP 509: Binder Twine - Live at the Grampus
SEN LPP 600: Hazel & Ruth –Sing Folk & Gospel
SEN LPP 601: St Gennys Nelson Silver Band - Memories
SEN LPP 602: Hatherleigh Silver Band - Silver Sounds From Devon
SEN LPP 603: Truro High School - Sing Brown & Gold Days
SEN C 605: Barnstorm
SEN C 606: Port Isaac Singers - There Is Sweet Music Here
SEN C 607: Newlyn Male Voice Choir - On Newlyn Hill
Miscellaneous
BW 1: Dance to the Happy Sound of Bill White & his Crumar Organ
JW 1: An Enthusiast Remembers - British Railway recordings compiled by Jonathan Wood
7” series (standard play & extended play)
SENP EP 001: Axminster School Folk Group EP
SENP 002: Tell Mann - Sings EP
SENP 003: Penryn Infant School EP
SENM 003: Helston Town Band - The Authentic Helson Flora Dance
SENP 004: Cornish All-Stars - Hiawatha Rag / Shine
SENP 005: Cedar - Orange Blossom Special/Ring Of Fire
SENP 006: Bude Town Band - The Hippopotamus Song/ East Penge Taphouse Quartet - ?
SEMS 009: Blue – Souvenir Edition EP
SENP 210: The Bill Matthews New Sound EP
SENM 1080: Alan Opie/Kathryn Allen - In The Bleak Midwinter/Just Another Star
SENM 2001: Rod Mason's Jass Band - Follow That Black Sedan/Saratoga Shout
SENM 2002: Camborne Town Band - The Entertainer/St Louis Blues March
SEN.RC 001: The Cornwall Rugby Squad - Trelawny's Army/Trelawny
Hi, would you happen to have SEN LPP 509: Binder Twine - Live at the Grampus available to d/load in mp3 format? Arthur Harris, a member of the band passed away at the weekend, and daughter is frantically trying to arrange a CD for his funeral.
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteI'm so sorry to hear of Arthur's passing, and wish I could help with the MP3s, but sadly I don't have this one. There's a copy for sale here, if you have time to convert it....
http://www.netsoundsmusic.com/nsdsii/2/441409297/1/1/Binder%20Twine%7CLive%20At%20The%20Grampus/1/binder%20twine/1/1/9999.html
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ReplyDeleteWill try that again...
ReplyDeleteI thought you may be interested in the following:
SEN.P.003: Penryn Infant School EP (33 rpm 7" released in 1972 by the Private Record Division of Sentinel).
I've recently uploaded the details (and label scans) to Discogs:
http://www.discogs.com/Penryn-Infant-School-Penryn-Infant-School-EP/release/3782188
Woah, thanks for that. Is it any good? It looks fantastic.
DeleteIt's an excellent artifact from that place and time. The audio quality isn't studio standard, but like other Sentinel releases of the period (like 'The Season's Best' by the Climax and Mabe choirs) it captures (or so I assume) an authentic sound in situ. I was actually a pupil at that school, but this was recorded the year after I left. However, I do remember many of these songs being 'written' in class.
ReplyDeletefascinating. The main appeal of most of these records I'm writing about is the evocation of time & place, rather than any musical merit.
DeleteI'd love to hear the record, and upload it here to share. If there's any chance you could send me MP3s they'd be much appreciated. There's not much chance of my finding a copy; the only reference on the web that I can find is your discogs entry...
So I've also added it to the discography here.
There's a 'missing' Sentinel private single listed at http://www.ibew.org.uk/misc26b.htm . The reference only gives one side, 'The H.I.P.P.O.POTAMUS SONG'; it's by the Bude Town Band & The East Penge Taphouse Quartet, and its number is SENP-006. Sounds fascinating...
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for this. Discography updated! The link also contained another Sentinel 45 new to me: SENM 2002: Camborne Town Band - The Entertainer/St Louis Blues March
DeleteHi. Found a copy of this today.... It's great! The A side is a version of "The Hippopotamus Song" (ie.mud, glorious mud) by The Bude Town Band and sung by Geoffrey Savage.
DeleteBut the B side is fantastic. "A Pseaside Psalm" sung by vocal group The East Penge Taphouse Quartet is basically a song adapted from a council beach safety pamphlet.
7" is housed in a neat gatefold sleeve and it was released to promoted the building of a heated indoor swimming pool in Bude. Cat Senp006. Def my favourite Sentinel release so far! :-)
I discovered your blog when searching for some information about Sentinel Records as in the LP's I have from my later Father's collection, there is a copy of "Music from Truro Cathedral" SEN 1029. I would be happy to forward copies of the covers and MP3 files of the tracks if you were interested in making this historic material available through your blog site. I couldn't find an email contact for you so if you wish to reply, my ema1l is irdesigns(at)vision(dot)net(dot)au.
ReplyDeletePS - I also have a copy of SENS 1001 "Sounds Like West Cornwall" if these tracks are also of interest.
DeleteMany thanks, will email off-board.
ReplyDeleteI have an excellent original LP Vinyl copy of > SENS 1026: John Austin Big Band – From Glen Miller To Us 1975.
ReplyDeleteErnest
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Does anyone know where I can buy or download any Tell Mann stuff
ReplyDeleteHi Catherine. I have a copy of Tell's EP on Sentinel, which I could digitise for you. Let me know if you'd like a copy.
DeleteI built Jobs first recording studio in Newlyn which was then behind his grocery shop ,I also used to build Hi Fi units and speakers for him ,
ReplyDeleteAnd I also have the very first copy of Rod Masons jazz band that was sleeved
[ I helped to sleeve first 500 ] from memory I think it's also signed
Hi Brian.
DeleteThanks for making contact. Wow, this is exciting stuff! I don't suppose you have any photos or recollections of the building process you can share? I would love to see/read them. Please get in touch!
I'm looking for a mp3/mp4 recording of Holman-Climax Male Voice Choir recording of 'Goink Up Cambourne Hill' - I have their permission to use this track for an amateur theatre production if it can be located in the right format! Can you please help?
ReplyDeleteHi Graham.
DeleteI have a recording of the choir performing Camborne Hill on a non-Sentinel LP, which I can transfer for you. Let me know your email address & we'll take this off-board.
All the best.
hello im trying to find a copy of sen lpp.508 western sunset can you help please thank you
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have track listings and timings for these albums? I would like to create cue sheets for them.
ReplyDeleteHi, just some info you may be interested in.
ReplyDeleteI first encountered Job Morris when my group the Raymon Hale Singers, were invited to sing "Aquarius" for the compilation album "Sounds Like North Cornwall" Sens 1011, which was recorded at the Grenville Hotel in Bude in 1972.
We were then invited to record our own complete LP at the Pencubitt Hotel Liskeard the same year, called "Sounds Easy" Sens 1014
We were at the time a close harmony male voice group which I called. RAYMON HALE (being an anagram of Male Harmony --almost, I dropped an M). We later incorporated female voices to add more colour tone to the arrangements of maestro Johnny Green. In 1981we journeyed down to Paul to record " I Can Dream" Sens 1049. I still have a few copies if anyone is interested.
Terry Bolt