Cover BURNING BRIGHT (4-CD Box + Bonus CD)
- The Life And Music Of Ashley Hutchings
2 May 2005
TRACKS:  
Disc One - Ashley's Almanac : A Hutchings History  
Working Underground by Ashley Hutchings & Friends  
Coming Into Land by Ashley Hutchings  
This Blessed Plot by Judy Dunlop & Barry Coope  
New St George / La Rotta by Albion Country Band  
Albion Heart by Albion Band  

Telstar by Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo

 

Eternal Circle by Ashley Hutchings & Friends

 
IT TAKES A LOT TO LAUGH [Excerpt] (Bob Dylan) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 1'50"
MR LACEY (Ashley Hutchings) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 2'50"
COME ALL YE (Sandy Denny / Ashley Hutchings) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 5'00"
One Night As I Lay On My Bed by Steeleye Span  
Albion Sunrise by Albion Country Band  
Poor Old Horse by Albion Band  
Time To Ring Some Changes by Albion Band  
Along The Pilgrim's Way by Albion Band  
The Party's Over by Albion Band  

Angelina by Ashley Hutchings All Stars

 

Abandoned Love by Ashley Hutchings & Friends

 
Wings by Albion Band  
About Dawn by Rainbow Chasers

 
Disc Two - 'Dance & Drama' : Ashley On Stage  
Dancing 'Til Monday Comes Round by Albion Dance Band  
Gloucester Hornpipe / Mr Trill's Song by The Morris On Show  
Sharp On Morris by Albion Christmas Band  
Staines Morris by Shirley Collins with Morris On Band  
Tunes From Terpsichore by The Albion Band  
William Prynne by Bernard Hepton  
THE LARK IN THE MORNING MEDLEY (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 4'07"
Dowd's Favourite / £10 Float / Musical Priest by Steeleye Span  
Princess Royal by Albion Country Band  
Shepherds Hey / Orange In Bloom / The Quaker by The Morris On Show  
Boz [Edited] by Michael Horden with High Level Hornpipe by Sawdust Band  
Spirit Of The Dance / Shooting by Albion Band  

Cup O' Tea vs Batter Pudding by Ashley Hutchings

 

Rapid Polka by The Ashley Hutchings Dance Band

 
Soldier's Joy by The Albion Band  

Twistin' Til Monday Comes Around / Twistin' Welsh Girls by Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo

 

Ring On Her Finger by Ashley Hutchings All Stars

 

To Ireland I Made My Way  by Ashley Hutchings All Stars

 
The Elements Lament by Albion Band  
We Sing Allelujah by Albion Band  

Rattlebone by Ashley Hutchings

 
Wooden O by Albion Band  
Maria Marten by Shirley Collins

 
Disc Three - 'Authored By Ashley : Produced By Hutchings!'  

On Seeing Grace Slick by Ashley Hutchings

 
IF IT FEELS GOOD, YOU KNOW IT CAN'T BE WRONG (Ashley Hutchings / Richard Thompson) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 3'17"

Dancing To The Drummer's Beat by Ashley Hutchings Dance Band

 
Crocodile Line by Albion Band  
When My Son Has Grown by Albion Band  
Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump by Albion Band  
The Rose And The Rock by Albion Band  
Press Gang by Albion Band  
Nothing Can Turn The Tide by Albion Band  
The Shipwreck by Albion Band  
Our Stolen Season by Emily Slade  
We Lie by Albion Band  

Brief Encounters by Ashley Hutchings & Friends with Chris While & Polly Bolton

 
Ivory Tower by Albion Band  
Kitty Come Down The Lane by Albion Band  
Brambles On A Hill by Rainbow Chasers  
Along The Downs by Ridgeriders  
I'm A Poor Dressmaker by Nesreen Shah  
Lovely Joan by Martin Carthy  
Bargees [Excerpt] by Keith Christmas  
The Crow On The Cradle by Judy Dunlop

 
Disc Four - 'Trad. Arr. Hutchings : The Folk-Rock Godfather'  
A Calling On Song by Steeleye Span  
Appalachian Front Porch Game by Albion Band  
Pine Mountain [Excerpt] by Ashley Hutchings  
Matty Groves by Cecil Sharp Centenary Collective  
SHE MOVES THROUGH THE FAIR (Padraic Colum Arr. Ashley Hutchings) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 4'46"
Doin' Time To Fit Your Crime by Coope Boyes & Simpson / John Tams  

Rambleway by Albion Band

 

Didn't He Ramble by Albion Band

 

Gallant Poacher by Albion Country Band

 
Jack-In-The-Green On Saturday Night from Great Grandson Of Morris On  
Hopping Down In Kent by John Tams  
Cuckoo's Nest by Morris On  
Horn Fair by Etchingham Steam Band  
Captain Coulston by Steeleye Span  

Flandyke Shore by Albion Band

 

Wolfe by Albion Band

 

Rebecca Johnson by Albion Band

 

He Ran Out Of Road by Albion Band

 
Claudy Banks by Various Artists  

Somerset Wassail by Albion Christmas Band

 
Bonus Disc - 'Visions Of The Daughters Of Albion'  
ONE SURE THING (Harvey Brooks / Jim Glover) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 2'56"
REYNARDINE (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) by FAIRPORT CONVENTION 4'31"
Dark-Eyed Sailor by Steeleye Span  
Prince Charles Stuart by Steeleye Span  
Fair Maid Of Islington by Albion Dance Band  
London Waterman by June Tabor [Albion River Hymn]  
Beware Of Blue by Cathy Lesurf  
I Dreamed A Dream by Polly Bolton  
Singers Are In Short Supply by Elaine Morgan  
Woodlands Of England by Judy Dunlop  
Jewel In The Crown by Julie Matthews  
Man In A Bottle by Chris While  
The Star by Albion Christmas Band  
Seeds Of Love by Kathryn Roberts  
Potter's Dream by Albion Band  
Appalachian Front Porch Game by Emily Slade  
It Is Not For The Want Of Will by Jo Hamilton  
Who Knows Where The Time Goes? by Various Artists

 
ISSUE:
UK

(4-CD Box) (+ 5th Bonus Disc) Free Reed Records FRQCD-50 (2 May 2005)
- the 5th disc was available from Free Reed Records by sending in a card included in the box set

The discs are individually numbered:
Disc One (Ashley's Almanac) FRCD 51
Disc Two (Dance And Drama) FRCD 52
Disc Three (Authored By Ashley) FRCD 53
Disc Four (Trad. Arr. Ashley Hutchings) FRCD 54
Bonus Disc (Visions Of The Daughters Of Albion)

FRFB 02
Production & Co-ordination by: Neil Wayne
Project Concept, Compilation & Research by: Nigel Schofield
Artwork & Origination by: Snake Lane Design
Mastering by: Mike Hockenhull at Brook Row Studios

Fairport Convention Track Sources:

It Takes A Lot To Laugh 

is taken from an audience recording at the Barn Barbecue at Whittlesey near Peterborough on 2 June 1968
Mr Lacey is taken from "What We Did On Our Holidays" (Island Records ILPS 9092)
Come All Ye is taken from a Demo Tape during rehearsal time at Farley Chamberlayne in the summer of 1969
The Lark In the Morning Medley is taken from "Liege & Lief" (Island Records ILPS 9115)
If It Feels Good You Know It Can't Be Wrong is taken from a live session out-take in 1969
She Moves Through The Fair is a previously unreleased live version from Ashley's personal archive recorded in 1968
One Sure Thing is taken from the LP "Fairport Convention" (Polydor 583 035)
Reynardine is taken from "Liege & Lief" (Island Records ILPS 9115)

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