Lark Rise Revisited
The Lark Rise Band

Talking Elephant TECD124 (CD, UK, May 5, 2008)

Recorded at Rooksmere Studios, Overstone, Northamptonshire, England, January-March 2008,
Executive producer: Ashley Hutchings;
Engineer and producer: Mark Hutchinson

Musicians

Ruth Angell, vocals, violin, viola, zither;
Simon Care, vocals, melodeon, concertina, morris dancing;
Judy Dunlop, vocals, speech;
Guy Fletcher, vocals, violin, drums, percussion, mandolin, acoustic guitar;
Ashley Hutchings, vocals, bass guitar, speech;
Mark Hutchinson, vocals acoustic guitar, electric guitar

with guests
Jo Hamilton, vocals, viola lead vocals [8];
Issy Emeney, melodeon;
Eadie Simons, Chloe and Jade Wildish, Laureen Bower, Leila and Sinéa Care, May songsters; Poppy, Fig, strings [2, 11]

Tracks

1.Brighton Camp (3.32)

2. Bonny Labouring Boy (5.17)

3. Lark Rise (Alf's tune) incorporating “All around from every quarter...” from the book (6.07)

4. “Most of the men sang or whistled...” from the book (0.41)

5. Poor Old Soldier (2.07)

6. Queenie's Bees (4.36)

7. Two Morris Dance Tunes (4.01)

8. Bad News Is All the Wind Can Carry (2.39)

9. “The day came when the doctor called in the relieving officer...” from the book (1.46)

10. John Barleycorn (2.28)

11. 'Til the Time We Meet Again (5.10)

12. “The procession stepped out briskly...” from the book (1.09)

13. May Song (2.20)

14. “Before his arrival there had been no musical instrument of any kind...” from the book (0.56)

15. I Have a Bonnet Trimmed With Blue / In and Out the Window (3.13)

16. The Lark Rise to Candleford theme tune from the BBC series (3.05)

17. “The white tails of rabbits bobbed...” from the book (0.43)

Track 3 Issy Emeney;
Track 6 Ruth Angell, Ashley Hutchings;
Track 8 Richard Thompson;
Track 11 Ashley Hutchings;
Track 16 Julian Nott;
Track 18 Ashley Hutchings, Cathy Lesurf

 

 

 

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