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Elly Roberts reviewsRobert Plant & Alison Kraussat Carling Apollo, ManchesterWednesday, 7th May 2008
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Folk icons get a dusting down. Over 70 minute’s worth.
The Albion Band, also known as The Albion Country Band formed in 1972 by ex-Fairporter and Steeleye Spanner Ashley Hutchings, was a home for many a wandering musician, including some of Folk’s greatest.
Richard and Linda Thompson, Marin Carthy, Ashley Hutchings, Dave Mattacks, Chris Leslie and Ric Sanders have all passed through their ranks over the years. They were active initially from ’72 to ’73. Four years later, the 1977 version was put together essentially to play dance music, and what a fine job they do of all the covers.
Uncle Bernard’s… is a right old knees-up with Ric Sanders doing his mercurial stuff with style. Bouree could easily be played at some Maypole dance with the fluttering woodwind adding to the delight. Breaking the romp, they do an empathetic tribute to the Gresford mining disaster. The former coal mine is barely two miles from my home, and is still very much remembered as a catastrophe waiting to happen, with 226 fatalities on 22 September 1934, due to a gas explosion underground.
Hopping Down In Kent (traditional) is a jaunty ditty about, hop picking, in Kent, and was recorded as a single in 1976, and featured on ‘77s The Prospect Before Us album.
By 1981, there were further line-up changes, (with Ric Sanders gone) but still remained an 8 piece, with Hutchings very much in charge. The close harmony on the ethereal Jacob’s Well, a hymn, is spectacular and a major highlight of the collection. Graham Taylor’s Gallard/Bransle is medieval throwback, full of pomp, and pomp as the brass section have a ball. Again, by ’82 there are more changes, with Hutchings the only surviving original member, and they’re now a six-piece.
Their playful and theatrical Greatest Show On Earth is a sort of tribute, or mickey-take (depending on your point of view) to football. Closing a superb final set, Cathy Lesurf, one time lead singer with Fiddler’s Dram (Day Trip To Bangor – 1979) proves to be a class act on the jolly London Dance Song Medley.
For a full track listing, check the Amazon link above.
File under: Brilliant folk music.
The full list of tracks included are :
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1. All In Your Head
2. Devil’s Flame 3. No Different Now 4. Island 5. Fortuneteller 6. Clear The Way 7. You’re My Kite 8. Stop And Start 9. Lean To The Glass 10. One Little Step Away 11. Pennsylvania 12. White Walls |
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DVDs reviewed by the editor are watched on a Panasonic TXW32R4 32" widescreen TV connected to either a Creative Dxr2 DVD-ROM player or Microsoft Xbox and played through a Sony STR-DB930 amplifier.
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Review & concert pics copyright © Elly Roberts, 2004-2008.
