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An Albion Christmas

 
An Albion Christmas
The Albion Christmas Band
 
Talking Elephant TECD060 (CD, UK, 24 October 2003)
 
Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire.
Engineer: Paul Smith;
Design by Malcolm Holmes for Johnny Boy Productions
 
the ensemble
 
Kellie While, vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards;
Simon Care, melodeon, drum, morris dancing;
Ashley Hutchings, vocals, acoustic bass guitar;
Simon Nicol, vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine.
 
tracks
 
1. On Christmas Night
2. Somerset Wassail
3. Gloucestershire Wassail
4. Here We Come a Wassailing
5. Snow Falls (featuring a poem by John Clare)
6. The Advent Polka/Saint Nick's Brawl
7. My Father Played the Mandolin (poem by Patrick Kavanagh)
8. Rejoice and Be Merry
9. Sir Roger de Coverley
10. The Wren Song
11. The King
12. Julian of Norwich
13. Come Love Carolling
14. Rebel Jesus
15. Little Johnny England (featuring an account of Cecil Sharp collecting his first morris dance)
16. Sweet Chiming Bells
17. Bell Tower Polka
 
All tracks trad. arr. The Albion Christmas Band, except:
Track 5 John Tams (Mole Music)
Track 6 Simon Care (Copyright Control)
Track 8 trad. / Kellie While (Copyright Control)
Tracks 12, 13 Sydney Carter (Essex Music)
Track 14 Jackson Browne (Swallow Turn Music)
Track 15 trad. / Ashley Hutchings (Albino Music)
Track 17 Simon Care (Albino Music)