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Oranges and Lemmings

Oranges and Lemmings

Oranges and Lemmings
A Celebration of Our Musical Heritage
The Mrs Ackroyd Band

Mrs Ackroyd Records DOG 007 (cassette/CD, UK, 1990)

Arrangements (except for Martin Carthy's Hard Cheese) by Chris Harvey
Engineered by Chris Harvey
Food by Alison Younger. She got the celery and cheese recipe from Lesley Davies.
Les Barker made most of the tea.
Lemmings by Rob Armstrong.
June Tabor appears by permission of her dogs.

Musicians

Les Barker: vocals, knockers
Eliza Carthy: vocals
Martin Carthy: vocals
Lesley Davies: vocals, tambourine, knockers
Chris Harvey: keyboards, fiddle, seasonal eaxhortation, guitar, accordion
Teddy Novak: sax
Andy Sails: guitar
June Tabor: vocals
Norma Waterson: vocals, trangle, Philips screwdriver
Bernard Wrigley: bass, distant rumblings
Alison Younger: vocals, heavy breathing

Tracks

  1. Tortoise from Hell (4.06)
    Martin: lead vocals; Lesley, Alison, Norma, June: backing vocals; Andy: lead guitar; Chris: keyboards
  2. The Trains of Waterloo (3.16)
    Lesley and June: vocals
  3. Steven and Stella (5.30)
    Les: lead vocals; Lesley, Alison: backing vocals; Chris: keyboards; Bernard: bass and distant rumblings; Teddy: sax
  4. Nancy and Willie (4.31)
    Lesley: vocals; Chris: keyboards and fiddle
  5. She Moves Through the Fair (3.55)
    Alison: vocals and heavy breathing; Chris: keyboards
  6. In the Snow of Deep Midwinter (4.26)
    Lesley: lead vocals; Alison: backing vocals; Chris: keyboards and seasonal eaxhortation
  7. Quasi B. Goode (2.46)
    Les: lead vocals; Lesley, Alison, Norma, June, Bernard,Chris: backing vocals; Norma: trangle, Philips screwdriver; Chris: keyboards; Teddy: sax; Martin: guitar; Bernard: bass
  8. Hunting the Cutty Wren (3.32)
    Martin, June: lead argument; Norma, Lesley, Alison, Eliza: backing argument
  9. Jehovah's Witness at the Door (5.30)
    Les: lead vicar; Lesley, Alison, Norma, Martin, Bernard, June: backing vicars; Lesley, Alison: deceptively angelic choir; Lesley: tamblorine and word; Les, Alison: knockers; Chris: wobbly organ
  10. Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch (3.25)
    Alison: vocals; Chris: keyboards, guitar
  11. The Hard Cheese of Old England (2.57)
    Martin Carthy: vocals, guitar
  12. My Snails Have Not Yet Arrived (3.48)
    Lesley, Les: vocals; Chris: keyboards, accordion; Bernard: bass; Teddy: sax
  13. The William Patel Ouverture (4.03)
    Les: lead vocals; Lesley, Alison, Bernard, Norma, Martin, June: poppadoms (except that Martin kept going 'bom'. Probably a regional variant); Chris: keyboards

All tracks Barker / Pollington pub Mrs Ackroyd Music / Cock Robin Music
excepr tracks 2, 8 Barker / Trad. pub Mrs Ackroyd Music
Track 4 Barker / L. Davies / J. Davies / Pollington pub Mrs Ackroyd Music / Cock Robin Music
Track 7 Berry / parody Lyrics Barker pub. Chappell Music
Track 11 Barker / Trad. arr. Carthy pub Mrs Ackroyd Music / Topic Music
Track 13 Barker / Rossini / arr. Pollington pub Mrs Ackroyd Music / Cock Robin Music

Hunting the Cutty Wren and Hard Cheese of Old England were re-released in 2001 on the 4CD compilation The Carthy Chronicles.