Ashley Hutchings. A Guide
 
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Three Influencial Recordings

Happy Accident

 
Happy Accident
The Albion Band

HTD Records HTD CD 82 (CD, UK, April 1998)
Transatlantic TRACD300 (CD, UK)

Recorded at Courtyard Recording Studio, Stockport, England, February & March 1998.
Engineered by Tim Woodward
Produced by the Albion Band
Artwork by Malcolm Holms
Photographs of the musicians by Bob Battersby

the ensemble

Ashley Hutchings, vocals, acoustic & electric bass guitar
Joe Broughton, acoustic & electric fiddle, piano, synthesiser
Ken Nicol, vocals, acoustic & electric guitar
Neil Marshall, drums, percussion

with guests:
Gillie Nicholls, vocals on Pear Tree, Hearts of Coal, Death Is Just a Dream 1 & 2, Midsummer Night Dreams
Kellie While, vocals on Coming Home To Me, A Chromosome or Two, Wooden O
Brass Band on Hearts of Coal, Wooden O: Mark Wilkinson, Tracey Redfern, cornet; Robert Fulcher, tenor horn; Glyn Wiliams, euphonium; arranged and conducted by Goff Richards

tracks
 
1. Wings (4.23)

2. Coming Home to Me (4.07)

3. The Landslide (5.07)

4. Pear Tree (4.30)

5. Half Each (5.58)

6. Hearts of Coal (5.12)

7. Instrument Makers (3.08)

8. A Chromosome or Two (4.13)

9. The Sun Is God (5.44)

10. Death Is Just a Dream #1 (4.25)

11. Death Is Just a Dream #2 (5.16)

12. Midsummer Night Dreams (2.51)

13. Wooden O (5.50)
 
Track 1 Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol (Albino Music / Kenneth Stephen Nicol)
Tracks 2, 8, 9, 11-13 Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol (Really Wicked / Kenneth Stephen Nicol)
Tracks 3, 5, 7 Joe Broughton (Copyright Control)
Track 4 Ashley Hutchings, Kellie While (Really Wicked / Copyright Control)
Track 6 John Tams (Copyright Control)
Track 10 Ashley Hutchings, Joe Broughton (Really Wicked / Copyright Control)