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The Albion Band: Christmas Album

Christmas Album

Christmas Album
The Albion Band

HTD Records HTD CD 105 (CD, UK, November 1999)

Recorded by Ken Nicol at Tone Deaf Studios, Preston, England in Autumn 1999
Produced by the Albion Band
String arrangement by Joe Broughton
Mastered by Andy Seward
Band photo by Ron Hill
Cover design by Chris While
Layout by Malcolm (Really Wicked)

Musicians

Kellie While, vocals, acoustic guitar;
Joe Broughton, fiddle , mandolin, acoustic guitar, keyboards;
Ashley Hutchings, vocals, electric bass guitar, spoken word;
Neil Marshall, drums, percussion, spoken word;
Ken Nicol, vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, sequencing;
with guests
Caroline Pearsall, violin; Jo Hamilton, viola; Joe Giddey, cello; on The Star

Tracks

  1. Joseph's Tidings (3.57)
  2. Let No Man Come into This Hall (0.35)
  3. Christmas Has Come Round Again (3.24)
  4. Mistletoe, Mistletoe (3.44)
  5. I Am Beguiled (0.34)
    (excerpt from medieval mystery play)
  6. As Joseph Was A-Walking (2.51)
  7. Two Wise Men (3.17)
  8. The Redbreast (2.04)
    (excerpt from The Seasons by James Thomson)
  9. Dad, Is There Really a Santa Claus? (3.21)
  10. Innocent's Song (1.32)
  11. The Star (4.07)
  12. Fat Sam's Band (3.39)
  13. Tune For a Blythesome Turkey (3.44)
  14. Make It This Christmas (4.42)
  15. Three Shepherds (6.22)
  16. Scrooge Blues (2.39)

Extra Millennium Songs

  1. Nothing Can Turn the Tide (4.39)
  2. Two Thousand Years Is a Very Long Time (4.42)

Tracks 1, 3, 9, 16 Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol (Albino Music / Copyright Control)
Tracks 2, 5 Anon.
Track 4 Joe Broughton, Ashley Hutchings, Kellie While (Copyright Control / Albino Music)
Track 6 Trad. arr. Joe Broughton (Albino Music)
Tracks 7, 15 Joe Broughton (Albino Music)
Track 10 Charles Causley
Tracks 11, 18 Joe Broughton, Ashley Hutchings (Albino Music)
Track 12 Joe Broughton, Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol (Albino Music / Copyright Control)
Track 13 Ken Nicol (Copyright Control)
Track 14 Kellie While (Copyright Control)
Track 17 Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol, Chris While (Albino Music / Copyright Control / Circuit Music)