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Yuletracks

Yuletracks (Greenwich Village GVR 235)

Yuletracks
Martyn Wyndham-Read et al.

Greenwich Village Records GVR 235 (LP, UK, 1986)

Recorded at Foel Studios, September 1985 to March 1986
Engineered by Brian Snelling
Produced by Joe Stead and Martyn Wyndham-Read
Cut by George Peckham at Portland Studios
Sleeve design and artwork by Chris Groom

Musicians

Martyn Wyndham-Read, vocals [1-4, 6-7, 10-11];
Martin Carthy, vocals [1, 3-4, 6-7, 11], guitar [1-3, 5-11];
John Kirkpatrick, vocals [1, 3, 6, 9, 11], accordion [1, 6-7], concertina [3, 5, 9-11], melodeon [2, 11];
Sue Harris, vocals[1, 5, 8], hammered dulcimer [1, 4, 7-8];
Maggie Goodall, vocals [2-3, 5, 8, 11];
Phil Beer, fiddle [7, 10-11]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. O Little Town of Bethlehem (3.16)
  2. Rose of Sharon (2.51)
  3. On Christmas Night (Roud 597) (1.36)
  4. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (Roud 394) (4.08)
  5. Away in a Manger (2.49)
  6. We Three Kings (3.12)
  1. Good King Wenceslas (3.34)
  2. I Saw Three Ships (Roud 700) (1.54)
  3. In the Bleak Midwinter (3.10)
  4. Once in Royal David's City (4.29)
  5. Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Roud 8337) (2.42)

All tracks trad. arr. Martyn Wyndham-Read except
Tracks 4-5 trad. arr. Martin Carthy;
Track 8 trad. arr. Maggie Goodall, Sue Harris;
Track 9 trad. arr. John Kirkpatrick