Keith Dewhurst & The Albion Band, Lark Rise to Candleford - A Country Tapestry

Charisma CDS 4020 (LP, UK, 1980) - Charisma 7144-077 (cassette, UK, 1980) - Virgin CDSCD 4020 (CD, UK, 1991)

"`Lark Rise to Candleford" è il nome di un trilogia di Flora Thompson. I titoli dei brani provengono dalle opere teatrali Lark Rise (1939), Over to Candleford (1941), e Candleford Green (1943), tutti pubblicati dalle edizioni dell'università de Oxford nella collana  Penguin Modern Classic. Keith Dewhurst ha trasformato i tre libri in due opere, entrambe rappresentate al National Theatre di Londra, con la direzione di Bill Bryden e Sebastian Graham-Jones, la prima "Lark rise" nel marzo del 1978 e la seconda "Candleford" nel novembre del 1979. La confezione, a cura della Chess Creative, è molto bella, così come la foto di copertina di Roger Perry e le illustrazioni interne di Michael Mayhew.

Tracks Side A:

The Girl I Left Behind Me - Lemady / Arise and Pick a Posy (Martin Carthy, lead vocal; Doug Morter, guitar solo) - All of a Row (Martin Carthy, lead vocal) - Tommytoes  (John Tams, lead vocal; Martin Simpson, banjo; John Kirkpatrick, concertina) - John Dory - Witch Elder (Shirley Collins, lead vocal) - All of a Row (reprise) - Abroad For Pleasure (Bill Caddick, lead vocal) - The Day Thou Gavest - Battle of the Somme (John Tams, harmonica; Graeme Taylor, electric guitar) - The Grand Circle Dance (Ashley Hutchings calls; John Tams, melodeon; Martin Carthy, jews harp; John Kirkpatrick, concertina)

Tracks Side B:

Speed the Plough (John Kirkpatrick, melodeon; Howard Evans, trumpet; Steve Saunders, euphonium) - Snow Falls  (John Tams, lead vocal) - Cart Music - The Holly and the Ivy - Postman's Knock (John Kirkpatrick, lead vocal) - Hunt Music  (John Kirkpatrick, accordion; Howard Evans, trumpet) - Scarlet and the Blue (John Tams, lead vocal; Bill Caddick, lead vocal; Brian Protheroe, piano) - Dare to Be a Daniel (John Tams, lead vocal; Bill Caddick, lead vocal on verse 2; Jacob's Well and Jacob's Well Reprise (Graeme Taylor, guitar solo)

Musicians::
Pete Bullock: keyboards; - Bill Caddick: vocals, triangle; - Ashley Hutchings: bass guitar, vocals; - Doug Morter: electric guitar; - John Tams: vocals, melodeon; - Graeme Taylor: electric guitar, vocals
with
Martin Carthy: vocals; - Shirley Collins: vocals; - Howard Evans: trumpet, flugelhorn; - Michael Gregory: drums; - John Kirkpatrick: vocals, button accordion, concertina, melodeon; - Brian Protheroe: vocals, keyboards; - Steve Saunders: trombone, euphonium, tuba; - Martin Simpson: banjo;

LP/Cassette: recorded in Spring and Summer 1980 for the Regents Park Recording Company at their St Johns Wood Studios, London. - Narrative by Keith Dewhurst - Produced by Nic Rowley - Associate producers Ashley Hutchings, John Tams - Executive producers Michael Mc Donagh, Alexandra Cann. - Sound engineer Alan Jakoby - Cover design Chess Creative - Front cover photography Roger Perry - Inside pictures Michael Mayhew, Briand Windsor