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Maypoles to Mistletoe

Maypoles to Mistletoe (Trailer LER 2092)

Maypoles to Mistletoe
Martyn Wyndham-Read, Geoff & Pennie Harris, Arky's Toast

Trailer Records LER 2092 (LP, UK, 1975)
Trailer Records LERCD 2092 (CD-R, UK, 2002)

 Maypoles to Mistletoe (Trailer LERCD 2092)

Recorded by Bill Leader at Mr & Mrs Hyett's home;
Original sleeve design by Janet Kerr

Musicians

Martyn Wyndham-Read, vocals, guitar [1-2, 4, 6, 9, 12-13, 16-17];
Geoff Harris, vocals, guitar [1-2, 5-7, 9, 11, 13, 15-17];
Pennie Harris, vocals [1-2, 5-6, 9, 11, 13, 15-17];
Arky's Toast (Colin Gates, Jim James, Trevor Notton), vocals [1, 3, 6, 8, 10, 14, 17];
Colin Gates, melodeon [6];
Andrew Brown, fiddle [6, 13];
Greg Trice, duet concertina [16]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. [MW-R, G&PH, AT] Waits Carol (0.42)
  2. [MW-R, G&PH] Candlemas Eve (2.32)
  3. [AT] April Song (1.36)
  4. [MW-R] The Birds in the Spring (2.42)
  5. [G&PH] Jack in the Green (2.47)
  6. [MW-R, G&PH, AT] Furry Day Carol (2.25)
  7. [GH] Whitsun Dance (3.33)
  8. [AT] Moon to the Sun (2.24)
  9. [MW-R, G&PH] Oats and Beans (1.49)
  1. [AT] Arky's Toast (2.23)
  2. [G&PH] Hare Hunting (1.19)
  3. [MW-R] Jolly Fellows Who Follow the Plough (3.20)
  4. [MW-R, G&PH] Peascod Time (1.52)
  5. [AT] Guy Fawkes (3.33)
  6. [G&PH] Yorke Waites (2.21)
  7. [MW-R, G&PH] The Seven Joys of Mary (3.32)
  8. [MW-R, G&PH, AT] The Rose of Sharon (1.12)

All tracks trad. except
Track 3 Ted Robinson, Arky's Toast;
Track 5 Martin Graebe;
Track 7 Austin John Marshall;
Tracks 8, 10 “Arky” Standing, Arky's Toast

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Maypoles to Mistletoe

Maypoles to Mistletoe (Country Branch CBCD 091)

Maypoles to Mistletoe
A Celebration of the Year through Music, Dance, Song and the Spoken Word
Martyn Wyndham-Read and company

Country Branch CBCD 091 (CD, UK, 1998)

Recorded by Martyn Wyndham-Read and Iris Bishop;
Recorded and mixed by Jim Ward;
Photography by Ian Hill;
Design and illustrations by Iris Bishop

Musicians

Martyn Wyndham-Read, vocals [3-8, 11-12, 13a, 19-20], guitar [3-4, 8];
Jim Ward, vocals[5, 12, 14], tambourine [1, 6, 10, 12, 16, 20-21];
Jim Farr, spoken continuity [1, 3-4, 11-14, 21];
Sue Mills, vocals [3-4, 7, 9, 12, 13b, 14-15, 19-20];
Colin Gates, vocals [5-6, 12, 13b, 14, 20];
Sue Gates, vocals [6, 9, 12, 14, 17, 19];
Iris Bishop, duet concertina, accordion [1-5, 7-9, 11, 13a, 15, 17, 19];
Terry Potter, harmonica [1-5, 11-12, 19];
Gary Holder, double bass [1-5, 7-9, 11-12, 15, 17, 19];
Ian Holder, accordion [1-2, 5, 8, 11-12, 19];
Ken Wight, fiddle [3, 8, 11];
Chris Woods, mandolin, mandola [5, 12];
The Maypole Band (all of above) [6, 10, 16, 20-21]

Tracks

  1. Sussex Bonny Breastknot (1.16)
  2. Seasons Turn (4.59)
  3. Candlemas Eve (2.51)
  4. Winds of March (3.38)
  5. Pace-Egging (2.55)
  6. Furry Day Carol (2.23)
  7. Staines Morris (1.53)
  8. Ladies Go Dancing at Whitsun (3.23)
  9. Rosebud in June (2.46)
  10. Pleal's Allemand / Monk's March (1.16)
  11. Farmer's Anthem (6.06)
  12. Hopping Down in Kent (2.15)
  13. The Hills Are Clad / Terror Time (6.17)
  14. Guy Fawkes (3.23)
  15. York Waits (1.54)
  16. Michael Turner's Waltz (1.17)
  17. Long and Lonely Winter (3.34)
  18. Jimmy Dawes (3.28)
  19. In the Bleak Midwinter (3.01)
  20. Good King Wenceslas (2.24)
  21. Oyster Girl (1.27)

All tracks trad. except
Track 2 Sylvia Watts;
Track 3 words Robert Herrick, music trad.;
Track 4 Graeme Miles;
Track 7 words Austin John Marshall, music trad.;
Track 11 words trad., music Eric Winter;
Track 13b Ewan MacColl;
Track 14 trad. / Colin Gates, Jim James, Trevor Notton;
Track 15 words Durden, music trad.;
Track 17 Dave Goulder;
Track 18 Ogden Nash;
Track 19 words Christina Rossetti, music Gustav Holst;
Track 20 words Rev. J.N. Neale, music trad.

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Maypoles to Mistletoe

Maypoles to Mistletoe Book

Maypoles to Mistletoe
The Book of the Show
Martyn Wyndham-Read and Chris Brown

Educational Printing Services Ltd., ISBN 978-1-905637-35-5 (book w/ CD, UK, 2008)

 Maypoles to Mistletoe Book CD

Recorded and produced by Chris Brown in Liphook, Hampshire in October 2007;
Track 4 in February 2007

Musicians

Iris Bishop, accordion, concertinas [1, 2, 7, 10, 12, 14];
Martyn Wyndham-Read, vocals, guitar [1-2, 4, 7, 10, 12, 14];
Jim Farr, voice, tambourine, bells, feet [2, 8, 11, 13];
Ian Holder, accordion [2-3, 5-6, 9, 13];
Terry Potter, mouth organ [2-3, 5-6, 9, 13]

CD Tracks

Tracks 2a, 4, 7, 10 and 12 are new recordings of songs included on the 1975 LP

  1. Seasons Turn – First Verse (1.18)
  2. Carol for New Year's Day / Upton Stick Dance Tune (2.14)
  3. The Sicilian Circle / Log Cabin / Liza Jane (2.26)
  4. The Birds in the Spring (2.50)
  5. Maypole Dance – Ribbon Holder (1.48)
  6. Maypole Off – Portering (0.52)
  7. In Peascod Time (2.55)
  8. The Sompting Shearer's Beer (1.19)
  9. The OXO Reel / The Big Corrall / Kemo-Kimo (2.30)
  10. We're All Jolly Fellows That Follow the Plough (4.22)
  11. The Parson and the Clerk (4.06)
  12. The Seven Joys of Mary (4.06)
  13. The Virginia Reel / Kitty Maghee / Paddy Carey (3.26)
  14. Seasons Turn – Last Verse (1.21)

All tracks trad. except
Tracks 1, 14 Sylvia Watts;
Track 8 Barclay Wylls;
Track 11 adaption by Jim Farr