Son of Morris On

by Morris On

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 3 December 1976
  • Label: Harvest
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 44:08
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 1 rating

Artists on this release: John Tams, Philip Pickett, Albion Morris Men, Michael Gregory, Martin Carthy, Dave Mattacks, John Watcham, Ashley Hutchings, John Rodd, Shirley Collins, Adderbury Village Morris Men, Ian Cutler, Simon Nicol

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Son of Morris On' followed Ashley Hutchings' original 'Morris On' with twenty tracks of Morris dance music played by a cast including Shirley Collins, Martin Carthy, John Tams, Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks. Hutchings produced the sessions, split between Sound Techniques and Olympic studios, treating the traditional dance tunes as electric folk repertoire.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, acoustic, dance, communal, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Winster Processional (0:56)
  2. Monck's March (2:53)
  3. Old Hog or None (1:15)
  4. As I Was Going to Banbury (1:23)
  5. The Happy Man (3:02)
  6. Fieldtown Processional / Glorishears (2:50)
  7. Bob & Joan (0:15)
  8. Ladies of Pleasure (1:38)
  9. Bring Your Fiddle (2:17)
  10. Jockey to the Fair / Room for the Cukolds (2:36)
  11. Saturday Night (2:20)
  12. Roasted Woman / Rigs of Marlow / Getting Upstairs (3:06)
  13. Ye Wild Morris / The Wild Morris (1:39)
  14. The Postman's Knock (1:59)
  15. Ring O'Bells (2:41)
  16. The Gallant Hussar (3:18)
  17. Bonnets so Blue (1:58)
  18. Old Hog or None - Reprise (1:17)
  19. Y'Acre of Land (3:34)
  20. Cotswold Tune (3:00)

Credits

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