The Albion Christmas Band, An Albion Christmas

Talking Elephant TECD060 (CD, UK, November 2003)

Il nuovo disco natalizio della Albion non convince appieno, è privo di tensione e energia, poco originale negli arrangiamenti. Tra i brani apprezzabili c'è una "carola" ("Come love carolling") scritta da Sydney Carter e la tradizionale "Rejoice and be merry", arrangiata splendidamente da Kellie While. La grafica di Malcolm Holmes è semplice e adeguata al prodotto.

  
Tracks :
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing (2:52) - Somerset Wassail (2:47) - Gloucester Wassail (3:17) - Here We Come A-Wassailing (2:37) - Snow Falls (5:33) (featuring a poem by John Clare) - The Advent Polka / Saint Nick's Brawl (1:54) - My Father Played the Melodeon (2:04) (poem by Patrick Kavanagh) - Rejoice and Be Merry (3:29) - Sir Roger De Coverly (1:27) - The Wren Song (2:15) - The King (2:28) - Julian of Norwich (3:06) - Come Love Carolling (2:31) - Rebel Jesus (4:53) - Little Johnny England (3:57) (featuring an account of Cecil Sharp collecting his first morris dance) - Sweet Chiming Bells (4:14) - Bell Tower Polka (1:36) 
  
Musicians :
Kellie While, vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion, keyboards - Simon Care, melodeon, drum, morris dancing - Ashley Hutchings, vocals, acoustic bass guitar - Simon Nicol, vocals, acoustic guitar, tambvourine 
  
Recorded at Woodworm Studios, Barford St Michael, Oxfordshire, in 2003 - Engineer: Paul Smith - Design by Malcolm Holmes for Johmny Boy Productions 
  
All tracks Trad. arr. The Albion Christmas Band, except
Track 5 John Tams (Mole Music)
Track 6 Simon Care (Copyright Control)
Track 8 Trad. / Kellie While (Copyright Control)
Tracks 12, 13 Sydney Carter (Essex Music)
Track 14 Jackson Browne (Swallow Turn Music)
Track 15 Trad. / Ashley Hutchings (Albino Music)
Track 17 Simon Care (Albino Music)