Albion Country Band

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I Was A Young Man 00:00 Tools
Hanged I Shall Be 00:00 Tools
Albion Sunrise 00:00 Tools
Battle Of The Somme 00:00 Tools
Claudy Banks 00:00 Tools
Gallant Poacher 00:00 Tools
Just As The Tide Was A 'Flowing 00:00 Tools
Reaphook And Sickle 00:00 Tools
Van Dieman's Land 00:00 Tools
Morris Dance Tunes 00:00 Tools
Morris Medley 00:00 Tools
The White Hare 00:00 Tools
The New St. George / La Rotta 04:15 Tools
Albion Sunrise / Morris Medley 00:00 Tools
The Little Gypsy Girl 00:00 Tools
Hal-An-Tow 00:00 Tools
Poor Murdered Woman 00:00 Tools
Albion Sunrise, Morris Medley 00:00 Tools
Murder Of The Maria Marten 00:00 Tools
Dragging The River 00:00 Tools
Morris Medley : Mouresque, London Pride, So Selfish Runs The Hare, Maid Of The Mill, Sherriff's Ride 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds / The Old Lancashire Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Banks Of The Bann 00:00 Tools
New St. George/La Rotta 00:00 Tools
Rambling Sailor 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds/The Old Lancashire Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Albion Sunrise/Morris Medley 00:00 Tools
Reaphook & Sickle 00:00 Tools
The New St. George, La Rotta 00:00 Tools
The Murder of Maria Marten 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds, The Old Lancashire Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
New St. George - La Rotta 00:00 Tools
Hangèd I Shall Be 00:00 Tools
Morris Medley - Mouresque - London Pride - So Selfish Runs The Hare - Maid Of The Mill - Sheriff's Ride 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds - The Old Lancashire Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Four Hand Reel/St. Anne's Reel 00:00 Tools
New St George - La Rotta 00:00 Tools
Murder of Maria Marten 00:00 Tools
New St. George 00:00 Tools
Shady Lies 00:00 Tools
Albion Morris - Upton Stick Dance 00:00 Tools
The New St. George; La Rotta 00:00 Tools
New St. George,La Rotta 00:00 Tools
Harvest Home/The Gas Almost Works 00:00 Tools
Dragging the River [*] 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds,The Old Lancashire Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
Morris Medly=Mouresque/ London Pride/ So Selfish Runs The Hare/ Maid Of The Mill/ Sherriff's Ride 00:00 Tools
New St George/La Rotta 00:00 Tools
The New St. George/La Rotta 00:00 Tools
New St. George / La Rotta 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds/ The Old Lancashire Hornpipe 00:00 Tools
New St. George/ La Rotta 00:00 Tools
The Girl I Left Behind 00:00 Tools
Morris Medley: Mouresque, London Pride, So Selfish Runs The Hare, Maid Of The Mill, Sheriff's Ride 00:00 Tools
Tommy Toes 00:00 Tools
New St George 00:00 Tools
I'll Go and List for a Sailor 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds - Old Lancashi 00:00 Tools
The New St George 00:00 Tools
The New St. George 00:00 Tools
Cheshire Rounds 00:00 Tools
The Poor Ditching Boy 00:00 Tools
Princess Royal 00:00 Tools
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The Albion Country Band, (also known as The Albion Band) were an English electric folk band. The band was formed in April 1972 by Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span founding member Ashley Hutchings initially to accompany singer Shirley Collins on her 'No Roses' album. Dave Mattacks from Fairport Convention was recruited, and later that year Richard Thompson and Linda Thompson also joined for a short tour. Ashley was keen to make a permanent band from these musicians and the first attempt included Royston Wood, Steve Ashley and Sue Draheim in the line-up. This was not to be as successful as had been hoped and a second Albion Country Band was formed. This group included Martin Carthy, John Kirkpatrick, Sue Harris, Roger Swallow and Simon Nicol. The band split in August 1973 and retrospectively released their sole album, Battle of the Field, on Island Records. Ashley then formed the Etchingham Steam Band with his wife Shirley Collins. In 1977 a new Albion Band was put together to play dance music. Another album was released, The Prospect Before Us under the name 'The Albion Dance Band', and in 1978 they released Rise Up Like the Sun under the name 'The Albion Band'. This name has covered the various line-ups that have followed over the years. "Following the Autumn 2002 tour the line-up of The Albion Band broke up. This was as a result of the shrinking number of gigs available to the band. This made it difficult for members to commit themselves full time to the group. Consequently, there are no current plans to continue with the band. With a glorious history stretching back over thirty years The Albion Band has been a showcase for some of the finest folk musicians in the land. The most significant of the past members include Phil Beer, Martin Bell, Pete Bullock, Bill Caddick, Simon Care, Martin Carthy, Shirley Collins, Howard Evans, Sue Harris, Keith Hinchliffe, John Kirkpatrick, Ashley Hutchings, Chris Leslie, Cathy Lesurf, Dave Mattacks, Julie Matthews, John Maxwell, Ken Nicol, Simon Nicol, Philip Pickett, Brian Protheroe, Jean-Pierre Rasle, John Rodd, Ric Sanders, Steve Saunders, Martin Simpson, John Sothcott, Roger Swallow, John Tams, Graeme Taylor, Richard Thompson, Eddie Upton, Dave Whetstone, Chris While, Kellie While and Pete Zorn.[1] [2] [3] Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.