Albion Dance Band: The Prospect Before Us CD Track Listing

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Albion Dance Band The Prospect Before Us (1976)
Album produced by Ashley Hutchings and Simon Nicol\nEngineered by VicGamm\nRecorded at Sound Techniques and Olympic No. 1, London, 1976\nTracks 2, 5, 8, 9, and 14 were recorded at dances held at Olympic in September 1976\nFront cover design by Dave Dragon based on an idea by Pete Scrowther\nBack cover design by William Dudley\n'''Musicians'''\n* Ashley Hutchings, leader, electric bass guitar, vocals;\n* Eddie Upton, caller, vocals;\n* Shirley Collins, vocals;\n* John Tams, vocals, melodeon;\n* John Rodd, concertina, tambourine, vocals; Phil Pickett, curtals, shawms,recorders, crumhorns, bagpipes, rackets, chalumeaux, synthesiser;\n* John Sothcott, vielle, citole, crumhorn;\n* Simon Nicol, electric and acoustic guitars, piano;\n* Graeme Taylor, electric guitar, piano;\n* Michael Gregory, drums, nakers, percussion;\n* Dave Mattacks, drums, piano, electric piano\n
This folk cd contains 16 tracks and runs 48min 21sec.
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1. Albion Dance Band - Uncle Bernard's / Jenny Lind (03:47)
   Two polkas paired by John Tams as a tribute to two fine country danceplayers, Bernard O'Sullivan of County Clare and the late Scan Tester of Sussex. Despite their culturally different upbringings, they both developed remarkably similar styles on their com
2. Albion Dance Band - The Hunt Is Up (01:54)
   A tune for dancing known as early as the first part of the 16th century. The verses sunge here come from the time of Henry VIII. A ''hunt's up'' came to be the name given to any tune intended to arouse in the morning. The old Christmas good luck visiting
3. Albion Dance Band - Varsovinna (02:51)
   Controversy surrounds the origin of this dance. On the one hand, ballroom dance experts generally accept that it was the invention of a Spanish teacher, Desire, who introduced it to Paris in about 1953. On theother hand, folk-dance writers assume a Scandi
4. Albion Dance Band - Masque (01:02)
   One of John Adson's '''Courtly Masquing Ayres''' (1621), a publication containing 35 pieces originally intended for a wide range of instruments - ''for violons (violins), consorts and cornets''. Adson was a member of the London Waits (1614-40) and a promi
5. Albion Dance Band - Huntsman's Chorus (04:32)
   The tune comes from the playing of Stephen Baldwin; the dance from the Yorkshire Dales; and the verses from a mid-19th century broadside title The New Hunting Song. Assembly by Ashley Hutchings. Eddie Upton's vocals were overdubbed after the live recordin
6. Albion Dance Band - Minuet (02:11)
   Composed by Henry Purcell (1659-95). And arrangement by Phil Pickett from the second part of '''Musick's Hand-maid''' - a collection of keyboard pieces mostly by Purcell and John Blow, first published in 1689.
7. Albion Dance Band - Wassail Song (02:37)
   One of a number of songs connected with the ancient mid-winter custom of wassailing. This took various forms - from the simple house-to-house good luck visit with the wassail bowl to the more bizarre shooting guns into apple trees or chanting to the bees
8. Albion Dance Band - Picking Of Sticks / The Old Mole (03:16)
   Two short tunes from the first edition of John Playford's influential The Dancing Master, published in 1650. The dance is the ever popular ''Circassian Circle''.
9. Albion Dance Band - Merry Sherwood Rangers (03:24)
   From the ''False Knight on the Road'' series of tunes. The dance is ''Jack the Lad'', which includes some of the basic movements that were to make up the 1950s phenomen, the ''Hand Jive'' (as in ''Willie & the Hand Jive'' by Johnny Otis). This tune was br
10. Albion Dance Band - La Sexte Estampie Real (01:57)
    One of the eight estampies from '''Le Manuscrit du Roi''', a large 13th century collection of Trouvere melodies. The estampie was the first couple dance in history, devised by the Troubadours to suit the ideals of courtly love. The dance tunes - said by c
11. Albion Dance Band - I Wish I Was Single Again (03:47)
    The fast-growing recording industry of the 1930s had a considerable effect on the repertoires of many country singers and musicians. This version was first recorded on a Regal Zonophone 78 by the Irish singer and melodeon player, Frank Quinn, who emigrate
12. Albion Dance Band - The Whim (03:30)
    A tune / dance from the 1695 edition of Playford's '''The Dancing Master''' introduced to the band by Ashley Hutchings. The chords that follow are from Cecil Sharp's setting of the tune.
13. Albion Dance Band - Hopping Down In Kent (02:47)
    The Kent hops were usually harvested by gypsies, East Enders and the local people. Not surprisingly, this song contains elements of all three cultures. It was collected from a gypsy singer, Marry Ann Haynes.
14. Albion Dance Band - Horse's Brawl (03:48)
    From the first detailed account of dancing and dances, '''Orchesographie''' (1589), by Thoinot Arbeau (almost an anagram of the author's real name - Jehan Tabourot).
15. Albion Dance Band - On Christmas Night All Christians Sing (03:44)
    A traditional Sussex carol, collected in the early years of the 20th century by Ralph Vaughan Williams. This is a previously unreleased out-take from '''The Prospect Before Us''' sessions.
16. Albion Dance Band - Merry Sherwood Rangers (03:06)
    An alternate take previously released as a single B-side (Harvest HAR 5113)