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Midwinter
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Midwinter Free Reed FRQCD30 (4 CD, UK, 2006) |
Compiled and researched by Nigel Schofield;
Production and coordination by Neil Wayne
Tracks
CD 1: Past & Presents: Ancient Cultures to Advent Calendars
- Phil Tanner: Gower Wassail (Roud 209) (1.53)
- Robert Frost:
Stopping by Woods
(0.50) /
Steve Tilston & Maggie Boyle: A-Roving on a Winter’s Night (Roud 3601) (3.56) - Grace Notes:
The River
(3.17)
from Down Falls the Day (Grace Notes GNCD1, 1993) - Jim Lawton:
Excerpt by Arthur Ransome
(0.55) /
John Fahey: Skater's Waltz (1.51) /
Jim Lawton: Excerpt from The Prelude (0.30) - Lal Waterson:
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near At Hand
(Roud 808)
(1.51)
from The Watersons: Frost and Fire (Topic 12T136, 1965) - Steve Ashley with Tinderbox:
The Spirit of Christmas
(2.39)
from: Stroll On Revisited (Market Square MSMCD104, 1999) - Gary Watson:
from Hamlet Act 1
(0.10) /
Lead Belly: Christmas In A-Comin' (1.05) - Richard Fariña with Blind Boy Grunt & Eric von Schmidt: Christmas Island (3.12)
- David Strawbridge & Tim Laycock: The Humstrum (3.08)
- Mabe Choir: Sound Your Instruments of Joy (Roud 8366) (2.33)
- John Kirkpatrick:
Wassail Song
(Roud 209)
(3.08)
from: Wassail! A Traditional Celebration of an English Midwinter (Fellside FECD125, 1998) - The Albion Band with John Tams:
Snow Falls
(3.54)
previously unreleased live recording, 2006 - Jean Ritchie: Wintergrace (3.24)
- Shirley Collins:
Cherry Tree Carol
(Roud 453; Child 54)
(1.20)
from: Sing Christmas and the Turn of the Year (Rounder 11661-1850-2, 2000) - Nadia Cattouse: Red & Green Christmas (2.28)
- Lal & Norma Waterson:
Emmanuel
(2.28)
from A Yorkshire Christmas (Witchwood WMCD 2029, 2005) - Peter Bellamy:
Song to Mithras
(2.03)
radio session, 1986, from the Schofield Archive - Coope Boyes & Simpson:
The Meadowhall Carol
(4.32)
from Christmas Truce Kerstbestand (No Masters NMCD14, 1999) - The McCalmans: God Bless the Birthday Boy (3.18)
- Ewan MacColl:
Moving On Song
(1.15)
from: The Travelling People (Argo DA133, 1971) - Suzie Adams and Helen Watson:
Christmas Eve Can Kill You
(3.14)
from: Songbird (Dingle's DIN 327, 1983) - The Halliard:
The Workhouse Boy
(3.16)
from The Halliard : Jon Raven (Broadside BRO 106, 1968) - Eleazor Tillett:
Snow Is on the Ground (excerpt)
(0.19) /
Jeff Warner with Barbara Benn: Snow Is on the Ground (3.52) - Enoch Kent: Christmas Comes But Once a Year (2.18)
- Dave Pegg:
Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow
(3.21)
from The Cocktail Cowboy Goes It Alone (Woodworm, 1983) - Mike Hockenhull: The Night Before Christmas (3.05)
- Charlie Fretwell: The Christmas Tree (Roud 17710) (5.09)
CD 2: Comfort & Joy: The Nativity in Folk and the Tradition
- Nigel Schofield:
Luke 2:1
(0.07) /
Scan Tester: While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (Roud 936) (1.58) - Johnny Coppin: Christmas Must Be Tonight (5.29)
- Jim Lawton:
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity
(0.25) /
John McCutcheon: For Unto Us a Child (3.55) - Copper Family:
Shepherds Arise
(Roud 1207)
(2.21)
field recording, 1961, from the Bellamy Archive - Nigel Schofield:
Luke 2:8
(0.05) /
Sacred Harp Convention: Sherburne (1.53) - Singers at The Black Bull:
Hark Hark What News
(Roud 389)
(3.05) /
Nigel Schofield: Luke 2:7 (0.07) - Martyn Wyndham-Read:
Once in Royal David's City
(4.21)
from Yuletracks (Greenwich Village GVR 235, 1986) - Coope Boyes & Simpson:
The Three Harks
(Roud 8337)
(3.33)
from A Garland of Carols (No Masters NMCD13, 1998) - Maggie Boyle: Wexford Carol (3.57)
- Shirley Collins:
I Sing of a Maiden That Is Makeless
(1.53)
from Adieu to Old England (Topic 12TS238, 1974) - Young Tradition:
Lullay My Liking
(2.10)
from The Holly Bears the Crown (Fledg'ling FLED 3006, 1995) - Chloe Coburn, Bernie Parry: Silent Night (2.05)
- BACCApella:
The First Nowell
(Roud 682)
(3.10)
from The Haworth Set (private release, 1999) - Nigel Schofield:
Matthew 2:1
(0.05) /
St Agnes Foundation: Follow That Star (4.39) - Debra Cowan, John Roberts: Star in the East (Brightest and Best) (1.52)
- Johnny Coppin: Astrologer's Journey (4.27)
- T.S. Eliot: Journey of the Magi (0.58)
- Maggie Boyle, Gary Boyle: Follow That Star (3.44)
- Nowell Sing We Clear:
Herod and the Cock
(Roud 306; Child 55)
(1.05) /
Nigel Schofield: Matthew 2:18 (0.11) - Joan Baez: Coventry Carol (Roud 19028) (1.57)
- New Scorpion Band: The Carnal and the Crane (Roud 1078) (4.19)
- Mahalia Jackson: Go Tell It on the Mountain (Roud 15220) (3.10)
- May Bradley: On Christmas Day (Roud 1078) (1.29)
- Druidstone: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (4.17)
CD 3: Peace & Goodwill: The Message of Midwinter
- Steve Ashley:
Fire and Wine
(4.33)
from: Stroll On (Gull GULP 1003, 1974) - Laura Hockenhull, John Dipper: In the Winter (2.41)
- Butterbeans & Susie: Papa Ain't No Santa Claus (3.20)
- Martha Tilston: Winter Flowers (4.37)
- Fishken & Groves: Christmas in Prison (2.57)
- John Kirkpatrick:
Jogging Along With Me Reindeer
(4.03)
single (1980) - Alan Hull: Cardboard Christmas Boxes (2.58)
- Clive Gregson: Comfort and Joy (4.44)
- Jethro Tull: First Snow in Brooklyn (4.58)
- Buell Kazee: Lady Gay (3.06)
- Coope Boyes & Simpson with Freya, Fraser & Boyes:
Peace o'er the World
(Roud 17729)
(2.42)
from Fire and Sleet and Candlelight (No Masters NMCD21, 2003) - Oh What a Lovely War (excerpt)
(0.26) /
Mike Harding: Christmas 1914 (4.44) - Tim Moon: Christmas Isn't What It Used to Be (3.27)
- John Tams: Christmas (1.07)
- Mandy Morton: The Ghost of Christmas Past (3.37)
- Loudon Wainwright III: Christmas Morning (3.38)
- Artisan: Days of Holly and Mistletoe (2.55)
- Carol Duveneck: Huron Carol (1.57)
- The Strawbs with Maddy Prior:
The King
(1.57)
single (1980) - Muckram Wakes: The Christmas Hare (2.24)
- John Kirkpatrick:
Chariots
(6.21)
from: Wassail! A Traditional Celebration of an English Midwinter (Fellside FECD125, 1998) - Kevin Loughran: Remember Bethlehem (2.39)
CD 4: The Old & the New: One Year to the Next
- Nowell Sing We Clear: Old Christmas / Shooting (4.13)
- The Watersons:
Apple Tree Wassail
(Roud 209)
(2.28)
from For Pence and Spicy Ale (Topic 12TS265, 1975) - Albion Christmas Band:
Gloucester Wassail
(Roud 209)
(3.15)
from An Albion Christmas (Talking Elephant TECD060, 2003) - Maddy Prior:
The Oxen
(2.50)
from Gold Frankincense & Myrhh (Park PRKCD59, 2001) - Mike Hockenhull: The Burning Babe (3.25)
- Sandy Denny:
Bushes and Briars
(2.37)
from Live at the BBC (Universal, 2007) - Richard Thompson:
The Poor Ditching Boy
(3.01)
from Henry the Human Fly (Island ILPS 9197) - Jim Lawton: Reading Clock Almanack (0.33)
- Coope Boyes & Simpson:
Hush My Babe (The Dunstan Lullaby)
(Roud 8885)
(1.29)
from Christmas Truce Kerstbestand (No Masters NMCD14, 1999) - Maddy Prior:
Watts' Cradle Song
(3.27)
from Carols & Capers (Park PRKCD9, 1991) - The Tees-side Fettlers:
The Boar's Head Carol
(Roud 22229)
(1.47)
from Ring of Iron (Tradition TSR 016, 1974) - Boris Karloff: The Grinch (0.32)
- Joe & Winifred Woods:
Hunting the Wren
(Roud 236)
(1.40)
from Songs of Ceremony (The Folk Songs of Britain Volume 9; Topic 12T197, 1970) - Ian Campbell Folk Group: The Cutty Wren (Roud 236) (2.26)
- Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick:
The Wren (The King)
(Roud 19109)
(1.40)
from Prince Heathen (Fontana STL 5529, 1969) - Artisan: First Christmas Away from Home (3.43)
- Fred Whiting: The Miner's Dream of Home (Roud 1749) (3.58)
- Symondsbury Mummers (excerpt) (0.34)
- Alan Rose et al.: Happy Christmas (War Is Overe) We Sing Hallelujah (3.08)
- Jean Ritchie: None But One (6.16)
- John Clough: Mary Llywd (1.09)
- Nowell Sing We Clear: Carol for the New Year (4.07)
- Johnny Collins:
The Oxplough Song
(Roud 686)
(3.14)
from The Traveller's Rest (Tradition TSR 014, 1973) - Steve Tilston:
Three Ships Suite
(9.38)
from Silently the Snow Falls (Shanachie 95007, 1989) - Phil Tanner:
Gower Wassail (reprise)
(Roud 209)
(0.39) /
Midnight chimes (0.57) - Martin Carthy:
The January Man
(4.58)
previously unreleased club recording, 1971