Advantages: Great Tracks Throughout, In A Different Style To Their Others Disadvantages: A Few More Bonus Tracks Would Have Been Nice
that gives more focus to the backing, one of the main strengths of the original song, with the brass backing notably brought slightly forward in the mix and given more focus. This larger sound helps to give the song that slightly over-the-top and crowded feel, a for me that improves upon the earlier mix, but again the differences are only slight and you would need to know the songs well to hear them, as well as a good set of speakers.
14. Radio Commercial N/A
This is simply the radio commercial that was put out for the album, featuring someone talking over a few of the songs and simply stating the group and the name of the album, before closing with the phrase, ?And the Band plays on?, a line that I feel is very much suited to the album, showing that they are still here and able to put out a good album in the process.
Overall then, this ...
Advantages: A Few Of Good Tracks Disadvantages: Nowhere Near The Same Degree Of Quality As Their Earlier Work
Much has been said of this record in terms of whether or not The Band really wanted to make it, most putting it down as simply a way of getting out of a contract with Capitol, so that The Last Waltz, their grand finale, could be released by Warner Brothers. Thus for most they would assume that this album did not get off to the best of starts and was doomed to linger at the back of their catalogue, and in a sense this is not to far from the truth as it is definitely not their best work, but it still contains a smattering of tracks that I am glad to own a piece of.
The album in truth is made up of a collection of B-sides and outtakes, with a couple of covers and a few new tracks, but this makes for an interesting listen, that far from being entirely cohesive is still a rewarding listen. Even though the lyrics and the instrumentation never ...
Advantages: Instrumentally And Lyrically Sublime Disadvantages: None, Unless You're Not A Fan
For America, 1968 was one of the most turbulent times witnessed since the finish of the World War II, with counterculture growing in force and size, leading the charge against any form of authority or leadership. And it was rock music that was given the charge of railing against the forces, becoming almost another form of protest music, but with psychedelia instead of folk. And then in the same year as Electric Ladyland and The Beatles, comes Music From Big Pink, an album built around roots/folk-rock that was completely against the grain.
For a group that had previously been the backing band for Bob Dylan's infamous 1966 world tour that shocked its audience with its use rock backing for someone who was previously seen as the cover boy for folk music, this was not the expected route. But ultimately the album went on to inspire ...
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Product details
Title
Prospect Before Us, The [Remastered]
Performer
Albion Dance Band (The)
Genre
Folk
Release Date
05/10/2009
Recomended Retail Price
11.99 GBP
Original Release Year
1976
Label / Distributor
Beat Goes On / Universal Music
Guest Artist(s)
Albion Dance Band
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
5017261204868
Catalogue Number
BGOCD 486
Additional notes
Album Notes
Albion Dance Band includes: Ashley Hutchings, Shirley Collins, John Tams, Eddie Upton, Simon Nicol, Graeme Taylor, Phil Pickett, John Rodd, John Sothcott, Dave Mattacks, Michael Gregory. Personnel includes: Martin Carthy, Julie Covington, Pat Donaldson, Kate McGarrigle, Linda Thompson, Richard Thompson. After the demise of the Albion Country Band, Ashley Hutchings joined his wife Shirley Collins in the Sussex-based Etchingham Steam Band. Thanks largely to the MORRIS ON project, English country dance was then enjoying something of a renaissance. As the band started to play further afield and to larger audiences, so the pool of musicians involved expanded and the need for amplification grew. Keen to combine English country dance with a rock rhythm section, Hutchings raised the Albion standard anew in 1975. Retaining Collins, Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks and Eddie Upton from the Etchingham pool, Hutchings recruited new musicians including John Tams, Graeme Taylor and early music authority Phil Pickett to create the Albion Dance Band. As THE PROSPECT BEFORE US from 1976 amply proves, they played a muscular version of dance music with extraordinary diversity, taking in traditional material from Sussex and Kent plus 17th century composers like Adson and Purcell. Several vocalists were included as well. Some tracks were recorded at folk dances held in the studio; these capture the excitement of a country dance, with the calling of steps and clapping of hands audible over the music. A wonderful and influential record.
Titles on disc 1
1.
Uncle Bernard's/Jenny Lind
2.
Hunt Is Up
3.
Varsovianna
4.
Masque Tune
5.
Huntsman's Chorus
6.
Minuet
7.
Wassail Song
8.
Picking Of Sticks/The Old Mole
9.
Merry Sherwood Rangers
10.
La Sexte Estampie Real
11.
I Wish I Was Single Again
12.
Whim
13.
Hopping Down In Kent
14.
Horse's Brawl
15.
On Christmas Night All Christians Sing (bonus track)
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