Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Working Underground - Ashley Hutchings & Friends
2. Coming in to Land - Ashley Hutchings
3. This Blessed Plot - Judy Dunlop & Barry Coope
4. New St George / La Rotta - Albion Country Band
5. Albion Heart - Albion Band
6. Telstar- Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo
7. Eternal Circle - Ashley Hutchings & Friends
8. It Takes a Lot to Laugh (excerpt) -Fairport Convention
9. Mr Lacey - Fairport Convention
10. Come All Ye -Fairport Convention
11. One Night as I Lay On My Bed - Steeleye Span
12. Albion Sunrise - Albion Country Band
13. Poor Old Horse - Albion Band
14. Time to Ring Some Changes - Albion Band with Cathy Lesurf
15. Along the Pilgrim's Way - Albion Band
16. The Party's Over - Albion Band
17. Angelina - Ashley Hutchings All Stars
18. Abandoned Love - Ashley Hutchings & Friends
19. Wings - Albion Band
20. About Dawn - Rainbow Chasers

Disc 2:

1. Loose Hornpipe/Dancing till Monday Comes Around - Albion Dance Band
2. Gloucester Hornpipe/Mr Trill's Song - The Morris On Show
3. Sharp on Morris (excerpt) - Albion Christmas Band
4. Staines Morris from Morris On
5. Tunes from Terpsichore (excerpt) -Albion Band
6. William Prynne (edit) -Bernard Hepton
7. Medley: The Lark in the Morning /Rakish Paddy / Foxhunter's Jig / Toss the Feathers / Fairport Convention
8. Dowd's favourite/£10 float/Musical priest - Steeleye Span
9. Princess Royal -Albion Country Band
10. Shepherds Hey/Orange in Bloom/The Quaker - The Morris On Show
11. Boz(edit)- Michael Hordern
12. Spirit of the dance/Shooting
13. Cup o' tea vs Batter Pudding - Ashley Hutchings
14. Rapid Polka - The Ashley Hutchings Dance Band
15. Soldier's Joy - Albion Band
16. Twistin' til Monday comes around/Twistin' Welsh Girls -The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo
17. Ring on her Finger - Ashley Hutchings' All Stars
18. To Ireland I made my Way - Ashley Hutchings' All-Stars, 19 The Elements Lament- Albion Band
19. We Sing Allelujah -Albion Band
20. Rattlebone (edit) - Ashley Hutchings
21. Wooden O - Albion Band
22. Maria Marten - Shirley Collinsfrom:

Disc 3:

1. On seeing Grace Slick - Ashley Hutchings
2. If it feels good You Know it Can't be Wrong - Fairport Convention
3. Dancing to the drummer's beat - AH Dance Ban
4. Crocodile Line - Albion Band
5. When my son has grown - Albion Band
6. Head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump - Albion Band
7. The rose and the rock
8. Press Gang - Albion Band
9. Nothing can turn the tide - Albion Band
10. The Shipwreck - Albion Band
11. Our stolen season - Emily Slade
12. We lie - Albion Band
13. Brief Encounters - Chris While & Polly Bolton
14. Ivory Tower - Albion Band
15. Kitty come down the lane - Albion Band
16. Brambles on a Hill - Rainbow Chasers
17. Along the downs - Ridgeriders
18. I'm a poor dress maker - Nesreen Shah
19. Lovely Joan - Martin Carthy
20. Bargees (excerpt)- Keith Christmas
21. The crow in the cradle - Judy Dunlop

Disc 4:

1. A Calling On Song - Steeleye Span
2. Appalachian Front Porch Game - Albion Band
3. Pine Mountain (excerpt) - Ashley Hutchings
4. Matty Groves - Cecil Sharp Centenary Collective
5. She moves through the fair - Fairport Convention
6. Doin' Time to Fit your Crime -Coope Boyes Simpson/John Tams
7. Rambleaway - Albion Band
8. Didn't he Ramble - Albion Band
9. Gallant poacher - Albion Country Band
10. Jack-in-the-green on Saturday Night - from: Great Grandson of Morris On, 2004
11. Hopping Down in Kent - Shirley version
12. Cuckoo's Nest - from Morris On, from: Morris On
13. Horn Fair - Etchingham Steam Band
14. Captain Coulston - Steeleye Span
15. Flandyke Shore - Albion Band
16. Wolfe - Albion Band
17. Rebecca Johnson - Albion Band
18. He ran out of Road - Albion Band
19. Claudy Banks - Various Artists
20. Somerset Wassail -Albion Christmas Band

Disc 5:

1. One sure thing - Judy Dyble
2. Reynardine - Sandy Denny
3. Dark-eyed Sailor - Gay Woods
4. Prince Charlie Stuart -Maddy Prior
5. Fair Maid of Islington - Shirley Collins
6. London Waterman - June Tabor
7. Beware of blue - Cathy Lesurf
8. I dreamed a dream - Polly Bolton
9. Singers are in short supply - Elaine Morgan
10. Woodlands of England - Judy Dunlop
11. Jewel In The Crown - Julie Matthews
12. Man in a bottle - Chris While
13. The Star - Kellie While
14. Seeds of Love - Kathryn Roberts and the Centenary Folk Band,
15. Potter's Dream - Gillie Nicholls
16. Appalachian Front Porch Game - Emily Slade
17. It is not for the want of will - Jo Hamilton
18. Who knows where the time goes? - Various Artists

Product Details

• Released on: 2005-10-18
• Number of discs: 10
• Formats: Box set, Import, Best of
• Dimensions: 2.36 pounds

From Amazon.com
Though some of his musical associates enjoy a higher popular profile, this expansive anthology makes a strong case that Ashley Hutchings has played as crucial a role in the development of British folk-rock as John Mayall has in British blues. Dubbing him the "Godfather," the exhaustively annotated set (with a fully illustrated, 156-page book of notes) highlights Hutchings' career as the founding bandleader of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, and various versions of the Albion Band and the Morris On collaborations through recent recordings with Rainbow Chasers. It also suggests an artistic range beyond folk revivalism, from his recitation of his own poetry ("On Seeing Grace Slick") and that of William Blake to a stately rendition of the space-age instrumental "Telstar" (credited to Ashley Hutchins Big Beat Combo). Each disc has a theme (songwriter, arranger, dancemaster, chronological overview), and all feature previously unreleased live and archival tracks. Collaborations with bassist Hutchings's more famous Fairport bandmates such as Richard Thompson and the late Sandy Denny highlight the proceedings, but the focus remains on Hutchings. With the Albion Band's "Wings," he pays tribute to the seminal influence of the Byrds, whose electric approach to American folk music inspired Hutchings to attempt the same with British traditional music. This set attests to the richness of the results. --Don McLeese

Album Description
Box set includes 4 full length themed cds, 160 page full color book. First full musical history of the founder of British Folk-Rock.

Album Details
Box Set Includes Four Full Length Themed Cds, 160 Page Full Color Book. First Full Musical History of the Founder of British Folk-rock.