Albion Band Songs From The Shows 1 & 2 CD

2007 digitally remastered 2 CD set that combines both of the individual albums together in one package. It's 42 tracks of both concert & studio recordings from a variety of sources: TV shows (1977's "Here We Come A-Wassailing" and 1988's "The Wild Side of Town"), stage shows ("The Albion Band Christmas Shows" from 1984-1986, and "Lark Rise", an adaptation of Flora Thompson's "Lark Rise to Candleford"), radio (1978's "Albion River Hymn"), studio recordings ("An Easter Garland" from 1984/85) and a film (1989's "Key to the North"), "Songs from the Shows" includes material from the period 1977-1989, performed by a bewildering number of line-ups of the Band, all led by the John Mayall of British folk/rock, Ashley Hutchings. Other noted musician appearances include are Fairport Convention's Simon Nicol & Ric Sanders, Michael Gregory, John Tams, Graeme Taylor, Phil Beer (Show of Hands) and singing icons Cathy Lesurf and June Tabor.

1. Here We Come A-Wassailing 2. While Shepherd's Watched 3. Ashley Reads 'Charles Dickens' 4. Rudolph Blues 5. Run Rudolph Run 6. Phil Reads from 'Under the Greenwood Tree' 7. Broom Dance 8. Cathy Reads 'And Death Shall Have No Domain' 9. In the Cross of Christ 10. Tramp on the Street 11. Lamb of God 12. Sweet Themmes Run Softly 13. Poor Old Horse 14. Howard Reads from 'Three Men in a Boat' 15. Simon (As a Swan) Recites a Poem By Spike Milligan 16. Swan-Upping Song 17. Lemady/Arise and Pick a Posy 18. Foxy Comes to Town 19. Dominion of the Sword 20. When the Fighting Is Over 21. Rumor Hill 22. Bells of Paradise 23. Cathy Lesurf Introducing a John Clare Power Read By Ashley 24. Snow Falls 25. Key to the North 26. Life on the River 27. The Sheep Shearing Song 28. The Building of Our Bridge 29. Twickenham Ferry 30. Letters 31. Horse Music 32. Burning the Clavie 33. Speed the Plough 34. All in the Morning 35. Judas 36. Jesus and Shall It Ever Be 37. Poor Old Man 38. The Wastelands of England 39. Big Yellow Taxi/New Jerusalem 40. Wayfaring Stranger 41. Dragonfly 42. Haxey Hood Game/Estampie