A Richer Dust. 1988.

Tracks 1-6 'The Wars of the Roses Suite'. In 1986 the villagers of East Stoke in Nottinghamshire decided that the 500th anniversary of the Battle of Stoke Field (1487) - the final battle of The Wars of the Roses' - should not pass without some sort of recognition. They held a series of commemorative events in 1987 and Blowzabella were commissioned to write a suite of music and perform it in the village church. Thanks to David Groom for asking the band to do it and for getting Arts Council England and Nottinghamshire County Council to pay for it. Jon Swayne had left the band in 1987 to focus on his instrument making business and returned to participate in writing and arranging the music and for the performance in the church. He was to rejoin permanently a couple of years later.

Tracks 7-12 are tunes and songs which the band played live on tour around that time

Nigel Eaton - hurdy-gurdies. Jo Fraser (Jo Freya) - tenor and C melody saxophones, whistles, vocals. Paul James - border bagpipes, soprano saxophone, rauschpfeife, whistles, darabuka, tapan, side drum, vocals. Ian Luff - bass guitar, cittern, darabuka, side drum. Dave Roberts - diatonic accordion, darabuka. Dave Shepherd - violin, viola d'amore. with Jon Swayne - bagpipes and alto saxophone - tracks 1-6. Charles Gray - ambient sounds - tracks 1-6.

Produced by Charles Gray and Paul James. Recorded in London at Milo Studios, March 1988. Engineered by Charles Gray and Jim Toler. Photography by Angela Coombes. Sleeve design by Roy Avis. Mastered at CTS by Mike Brown 1988. Mastered for CD at Reflex by Tony Dixon 1996. Mastered for MP3 by Paul James 2021.

Copyright: Blowzabella 1988.