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The Prospect Before Us [Remastered] (The Albion Dance Band, 2009) 
The Albion Dance Band - The Prospect Before Us [Remastered] (CD 2009)

 
The Albion Dance Band - The Prospect Before Us [Remastered] (CD 2009)

Title: The Prospect Before Us [Remastered]
Artist: The Albion Dance Band
Record Label: Beat Goes On
Release Year: 2009
EAN: 5017261204868
Genre: Folk
Product ID: EPID3979414
Description: Albion Dance Band includes: Ashley Hutchings, Shirley Collins, John Tams, Eddie Upton, Simon Nicol, Graeme Taylor, Phil Pickett, John Rodd, John Sothcott, Dave Mattacks, Michael Gregory.Personnel includes: Martin Carthy, Julie Covington,...
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Track Listing
1. Uncle Bernard's/Jenny Lind
2. Hunt Is Up
3. Varsovianna
4. Masque Tune
5. Huntsman's Chorus
6. Minuet
7. Wassail Song
8. Picking Of Sticks/The Old Mole
9. Merry Sherwood Rangers
10. La Sexte Estampie Real
11. I Wish I Was Single Again
12. Whim
13. Hopping Down In Kent
14. Horse's Brawl

Details
Number of CDs:1
Contributing Artists:Albion Dance Band
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:Universal Music
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
Albion Dance Band includes: Ashley Hutchings, Shirley Collins, John Tams, Eddie Upton, Simon Nicol, Graeme Taylor, Phil Pickett, John Rodd, John Sothcott, Dave Mattacks, Michael Gregory.Personnel includes: Martin Carthy, Julie Covington, Pat Donaldson, Kate McGarrigle, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson.After the demise of the Albion Country Band, Ashley Hutchings joined his wife Shirley Collins in the Sussex-based Etchingham Steam Band. Thanks largely to the MORRIS ON project, English country dance was then enjoying something of a renaissance. As the band started to play further afield and to larger audiences, so the pool of musicians involved expanded and the need for amplification grew. Keen to combine English country dance with a rock rhythm section, Hutchings raised the Albion standard anew in 1975. Retaining Collins, Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks and Eddie Upton from the Etchingham pool, Hutchings recruited new musicians including John Tams, Graeme Taylor and early music authority Phil Pickett to create the Albion Dance Band.As THE PROSPECT BEFORE US from 1976 amply proves, they played a muscular version of dance music with extraordinary diversity, taking in traditional material from Sussex and Kent plus 17th century composers like Adson and Purcell. Several vocalists were included as well. Some tracks were recorded at folk dances held in the studio; these capture the excitement of a country dance, with the calling of steps and clapping of hands audible over the music. A wonderful and influential record.


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