The Etchingham Steam Band

The Etchingham Steam Band

 
The Etchingham Steam Band
The Etchingham Steam Band
 
FLED 3002 (1995). recorded. 1974-5  
 
The personnel varies on each track:

Shirley Collins, vocals, hobby horse;
Ashley Hutchings, acoustic bass guitar, vocals, tambourine;
Ian Holder, accordion;
Terry Potter, mouth organ [5, 7-8, 14];
Vic Gammon, banjo, concertina, vocals, melodeon [1-4, 6, 8-13]

with
Mel Dean, concertina [9, 11-12];
Will Duke, concertina [9];
Dave Mattacks, snare drum [11-12]

 
All tracks Trad. arr. Etchingham Steam Band
Tracks 1-4 recorded 1975, Lenzburg Folk Festival, Switzerland
Tracks 5, 7, 14 recorded 1974, Norwich Folk Festival
Tracks 6, 10 recorded December 1975, `Nova Scotia', Bristol
Track 8 recorded October 1974, London
Track 9 recorded December 1974, Cecil Sharp House London
Tracks 11-12 recorded July 1975, Lewes Folk Festival, afternoon session
Track 13 recorded July 1975, Lewes Folk Festival, evening session
 
notes
 

Norwich Folk Festival, May or June 22-23, 1974

  1. Horn Fair
    The Guv'nor Vol. 1, The Etchingham Steam Band, Within Sound
  2. Come All You Little Streamers
    The Etchingham Steam Band
  3. Black Joker
    The Etchingham Steam Band

London, October 1974

  1. Sheep-Shearing / Buttered Peas
    The Etchingham Steam Band

Cecil Sharp House, London, December 16, 1974

  1. The Sussex Carol
    The Etchingham Steam Band

“Nova Scotia”, Bristol, December 23, 1974

  1. Some Tyrant Has Stolen My True Love Away
    The Etchingham Steam Band
  2. Adderbury Wassail Song
    The Etchingham Steam Band

Sound Techniques Studios, 1974

  1. Mistress's Health / Lumps of Plum Pudding / Sherborne Jig / Spaniards Cry
    A Favourite Garland, The Guv'nor Vol. 4

4. Lenzburg Folk Festival, Switzerland, June 21-22, 1975

  1. The Little Gypsy Girl
    4. Folk-Festival auf der Lenzburg, Within Sound
  2. Leapfrog / Young Collins / Shooting
    4. Folk-Festival auf der Lenzburg, The Etchingham Steam Band
  3. Hard Times of Old England
    The Etchingham Steam Band, The Acoustic Folk Box
  4. The New Rigged Ship / Atholl Highlanders
    The Etchingham Steam Band
  5. Gaol Song
    The Etchingham Steam Band
  6. Come All You Little Streamers
    Within Sound

Lewes Folk Festival, July 12, 1975, afternoon session

  1. Grandmother's Dance / Grandfather's Dance
    The Etchingham Steam Band
  2. Bonny Kate
    The Etchingham Steam Band

Lewes Folk Festival, July 12, 1975, evening session

  1. The Little Gypsy Girl
    The Etchingham Steam Band