MUSIC PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Merryweather J.W. (1988). York Music. Sessions of York. (ISBN 1 85072 034 7). OUT OF PRINT
Merryweather J.W. (1992). York Music Update. Private publication. Contact author
Merryweather J.W. (1989). Merryweather's Tunes for the English Bagpipe. Dragonfly Music. Newbiggin-on-Sea. (ISBN 1 872277 00 4). OUT OF PRINT
Merryweather J.W. & Seattle M. (1994). The Fiddler of Helperby. Dragonfly Music. Newbiggin-on-Sea. (ISBN 1 872277 18 7). OUT OF PRINT
Merryweather J.W. (2005). Dr Merryweather's Song-Booke. Ruxbury Publications, Mytholmroyd. (ISBN 1-904846-11-4)
Merryweather J.W. ed. (2005). The York Waits' Early Music Miscellany. Peacock Press Editions. Ruxbury Publications, Mytholmroyd. (series in progress)
PAPERS & ARTICLES
Merryweather J.W. (1994). The town waits. The Richmond Review. 17: 18-21.
Merryweather J.W. (1994). The Waites' Progress. Private publication. Contact author
Merryweather J.W. (1998). Double man of Marwood. Bagpipe Society Newsletter. Autumn 1998, 22-24.
Merryweather J.W. (1998). Common grounds - The Huntsup. Bagpipe Society Newsletter. Summer 1999, 10-12.
Merryweather J.W. (1999). Debagging & Rebagging: two caveats for historians of the bagpipe. Bagpipe Society Newsletter. August 1999.
Merryweather J.W. (1999). Corn Circle - more debagging. Bagpipe Society Newsletter. Winter, 1999, 16-17.
Merryweather J.W. (1999). Why are they waiting? Early Music Today. 7 (6): 5-7.
Merryweather J.W. (1999). The minstrels' pillar in St Mary's Church, Beverley - a Tudor portrait of the York waites? York Historian, 16: 10-15.
Merryweather J.W. (2000). Historic English bagpipes with two chanters. In S. Bliven (ed.) Goodacre Double Pipes. Published by S. Bliven, Dartmouth, Mass. USA. II-10 - II-15.
Merryweather J.W. (2000). Picture Stories: The old English bagpipe? - It's Belgian! Chanter. Autumn, 2000, 36-39.
Merryweather J.W. (2000). Historic English bagpipes with two chanters. In S. Bliven (ed.) Program Book of the North Hero Pipers Gathering, 2000. 31-35.
Merryweather J.W. (2000). Bagpipes and pigs. Chanter. Winter, 2000, 17-19.
Merryweather J.W. (2001). English two-chanter bagpipes. Galpin Society Journal. LIV 62-75.
Merryweather J.W. (2002). Two-chanter bagpipes revisited. Galpin Society Journal. LV 386-390.
Merryweather J.W. (2002). Regional bagpipes: history or bunk? EFDSS Newsletter Summer 2002, 9-12.
Merryweather J.W. (2003). Geordie Syme's drones. Chanter. Winter 2003 12-13.
Merryweather J.W. (2003). The York Waits' Chains. York Historian. 20: 2-17.
Merryweather J.W. (2004). Pipe Down. Early Music Today. 12 (2): 18-19.
Merryweather J.W. (2004). Missing Parts. Chanter. Summer 2004 10-14.
Merryweather J.W. (2005). Nymphs & Shepherds, Get Away. Chanter. Summer 2005 15-17.
Merryweather J.W. (2006). Out of the Woodwork. Devon Life. January 2006 72-3.
Merryweather J.W. (2006). The Musical Club, 1772. Chanter. Summer 2006 10-11.
Merryweather J.W. as 'Edward Maxfield' (2006). At the Crumhorn: In which Arbeau and Capriol take a winter break in Exeter. Early Music Today. 14:4, p.34.
Merryweather J.W. as 'Edward Maxfield' (2006). At the Crumhorn: In which Arbeau and Capriol enjoy hearing the Exeter waits. Early Music Today. 14:5, p.42.
Merryweather J.W. as 'Edward Maxfield' (2006). At the Crumhorn: In which Arbeau and Capriol .........in prep............ Early Music Today. 14:6, p.00.
RECORDINGS
The Medieval Street Band (1982). The Medieval Street Band. Self-financed cassette.
The York Waits (1984). The York Waits. Self-financed cassette.
The York Waits (1987). Music from the time of Richard III. Saydisc. CD-SDL 364.
The York Waits (1987). Armada 88. Heritage Sounds. Cassette.
The York Waits (1987). Mary, Queen of Scots. Heritage Sounds. Cassette (same as '88').
The York Waits (1988). 1588 - Music from the time of the Spanish Armada. Saydisc. CD-SDL 373.
The York Waits (1992). The Punk's Delight. Huntsup. HUNSTUP CD 1.
The York Waits (1992). Old Christmas Return'd. Saydisc. CD-SDL 398.
The York Waits (1992). Old Christmas Return'd. Past Times. PT9366.
The York Waits (1994). The City Musicke. Brewhouse. BHCD9409.
The York Waits (1996). Christmas Musicke. Brewhouse. BHCD9607.
The York Waits (2004). Yule Riding. Beautiful Jo. BEJOCD-46.
The York Waits (2007). Playford Plus. Brewhouse. BHCD0701. [The Punk's Delight remastered]
The York Waits and others (undated). A Golden Treasury of Elizabethan Music. Amon Ra. CD-SAR 62.
The York Waits and others (undated). A Golden Treasury of Renaissance Music. Amon Ra. CD-SAR 65.
The York Waits and others (undated). A Golden Treasury of Ancient Instruments. Amon Ra. CD-SAR 69.
BROADCASTS
Saturday-Night Theatre. Margaret Clitheroe. (Incidental music by The York Waits). 25 Oct. 1986. BBC Radio 4.
To Be a Farmer's Boy. (Incidental music by The Clifton Victoria Temperance Band - Merryweather bassoon). 3 June 1987. BBC Radio 4.
Richard Baker Compares Notes with The York Waits (Barton, Bayley, Merryweather). 5 Jan. 1991. BBC Radio 4.
R2 Arts Programme. with Austin Mitchell and Robert Hardy at Barley Hall, York (incl. The York Waits about whom Mitchell exclaimed: "Marvellous, marvellous"). 21 March 1994. BBC Radio 2.
In Tune. The York Waits and others (incl. The Lindsays) with Sean Rafferty. 7 July 2000. BBC Radio 3.
At Home With Healey 1. The Town Waits. 1 April 2001 (repeated, replacing a comedy programme, at 11 pm on 11 Sept. 2001!). BBC Radio 4.
Brian Kay's Sunday Morning. The York Waits and others. 27 May 2001. BBC Radio 3.