> Ashley Hutchings & Albion Band > Records > The Albion Band: The HTD Years

The Albion Band: The HTD Years

The HTD Years

The HTD Years
The Albion Band

HTD Records HTD CD 116 (CD, UK, 2000)

Cover artwork by Peter Pracownik
Additional digital and graphic design work by Wayne Twining at Dragon Eye
Booklet desing and layout by Malcolm Holmes at Really Wicked

Musicians

Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol, Chris While, Ashley Reed, Julie Matthews, Chris Leslie, Joe Broughton, Kellie While, Neil Marshall, Simon Care, Keith Hinchliffe, Gillie Nichols

Tracks

from Acousticity (1993)

  1. Flandyke Shore (3.32)
  2. Sister Moon (4.12)
  3. Black Jack, Blue John and Galena / Blue John Hornpipe (3.21)
  4. Fastnet Rock / Man of War (6.04)

from Captured (1994)

  1. Up the Crooked Spire (2.36)

from Demi Paradise (1996)

  1. This Blessed Plot (5.23)

from Before Us Stands Yesterday (1999)

  1. Jig Sawjig / Real Alereel (2.46)

from Christmas Album (1999)

  1. Joseph's Tidings (3.56)
  2. Mistletoe, Mistletoe (3.44)
  3. The Star (4.02)

from Wings (single, 1998)

  1. Wings (Single Version) (4.26)

from Happy Accident (1998)

  1. Coming Home to Me (4.08)
  2. The Landslide (5.09)

from Albion Heart (1995)

  1. Get Up and Do It Again (3.42)

previously unreleased live tracks (2000)

  1. Ken's Hornpipes (5.02)
    (live from Trowbridge March 24, 2000)
  2. Ridgeriders Medley: Never Without a Thief or Twain / Betteshanger Treasure / Turnpike Reel (7.19)
    (recorded live at Canterbury March 18, 2000)
  3. The Wooden O (6.16)
    (live from Biddulph March 23, 2000)

Track 1 Trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings, Chris While (Albino Music / Circuit Music)
Track 2 Chris While, Joe While (Circuit Music)
Track 3 Ashley Hutchings, Ashley Reed (Albino Music / Savage Rabbit Music)
Track 4a Ashley Reed (Savage Rabbit Music)
Track 4b Steve Knightley (Copyright Control)
Track 5 Keith Hinchliffe (Copyright Control)
Track 6 Ashley Hutchings (Really Wicked)
Track 7, 13 Joe Broughton (Copyright Control)
Tracks 8, 11, 12 Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol (Albino Music / Copyright Control)
Track 9 Joe Broughton, Ashley Hutchings, Kellie While (Copyright Control / Albino Music)
Track 10 Joe Broughton, Ashley Hutchings (Albino Music)
Track 14 Julie Matthews (Circuit Music)
Track 15 Ken Nicol (Copyright Control)
Track 16 Phil Beer, Ashley Hutchings (Copyright Control, Albino Music)
Tracks 8, 11, 12 Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol (Really Wicked / Copyright Control)

Sleeve Notes

A turning point in the history of HTD came with our first release of the Albion Band in 1993. The album Acousticity, a beautiful CD, led us to release many many more Albion and Ashley related material including The Guv'nor 4 CD box set.

This album highlights the incredible talent that pours out from Ashley and the ever changing members of the Albion Band.

From the early days on HTD, Simon Nicol and Chris Leslie are now full time members of Fairport Convention, Chris While and Julie Matthews have branched out on their own and often perform together as a duo, even Chris's daughter Kellie has joined the band for the past two Albion albums.

The Albion Band had a major refit in 1997 when Chris While and Julie Matthews played their last performance with the band at the Cropredy festival. New fresh blood flowed into the band by way of Kellie While, Ken Nicol, Joe Broughton and Neil Marshall.

The collection of material featured here represents a superb history of the Albion Band throughout the HTD years 1993-2000. Not to be missed, we have also included a track from the album Captured, an earlier recording we released in 1994 which is now deleted. The track Up the Crooked Spire was more recently used as the theme tune to the television series Ridgeriders.