Midwinter - Various Artists

Midwinter

Compilation by Various Artists

Released 2006

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CD 1: Past & Presents
1
Gower Wassail (First Part)
Phil Tanner
1:53
2
Stopping by Woods / Steve Tilson - Roving on a Winter's Night (feat. Maggie Boyle & Mike Hockenhull)
Robert Frost
4:32
3
The River
Grace Notes
3:17
4
Autobiography (excerpt) (feat. narrator: Jim Lawton) / John Fahey - Skater's Waltz / William Wordsworth - The Prelude (excerpt) ( feat. narrator: Jim Lawton)
Arthur Ransome
1:51
5
Christmas Is Now Drawing Near at Hand
Lal Waterson
1:51
6
The Spirit of Christmas
Steve Ashley
2:40
7
Hamlet (excerpt) (feat. narrator: Gary Watson) / Leadbelly - Christmas Is a Comin'
William Shakespeare
1:15
8
Xmas Island (feat. Blind Boy Grunt)
Dick Farina & Eric Von Schmidt
3:12
9
The Humstrum
David Strawbridge & Tim Laycock
3:08
10
Sound, Sound Your Instruments of Joy
Mabe Choir
2:33
11
Wassail
John Kirkpatrick
3:08
12
Snow Falls (feat. John Tams)
The Albion Band
3:54
13
Wintergrace
Jean Ritchie
3:24
14
Cherry Tree Carol
Shirley Collins
1:21
15
Red and Green Christmas
Nadia Cattouse
2:28
16
Emmanuel
The Watersons
2:28
17
Song to Mithras
Peter Bellamy
2:03
18
The Meadowhall Carol
Coope Boyes & Simpson
4:32
19
God Bless the Birthday Boy
The McCalmans
3:18
20
Moving on Song
Ewan MacColl
1:15
21
Christmas Eve Can Kill You
Helen Watson & Suzie Adams
3:15
22
The Workhouse Boy
The Halliard
3:16
23
Snow Is on the Ground (excerpt) / Jeff Warner & Barbara Benn - Snow Is on the Ground
Eleazar Tillett
4:07
24
Christmas Comes but Once a Year
Enoch Kent
2:18
25
Jack Frost and the Hooded Crow
Dave Pegg
3:21
26
The Night Before Christmas
Mike Hockenhull
3:05
27
The Christmas Tree
Charlie Fretwell
5:09
CD 2: Comfort & Joy
1
Reading: Luke 2:1 / Scan Tester - While Shepherds Watched
Nigel Schofield
2:06
2
Christmas Must Be Tonight
Johnny Coppin
5:29
3
On the Morning of Christ's Nativity (feat. narrator: Jim Lawton) / John McCutcheon - For Unto Us a Child
John Milton
4:20
4
Shepherds Arise
The Copper Family
2:21
5
Reading: Luke 2:8 / Annual Sacred Harp Musical Association Singing Convention - Sherburne
Nigel Schofield
1:58
6
Hark Hark What News / Nigel Schofield - Reading: Luke 2:7
Carollers at the Black Bull
3:12
7
Once in Royal David's City
Martyn Wyndham-Read
4:21
8
The Three Harks
Coope Boyes & Simpson
3:33
9
Wexford Carol
Maggie Boyle
3:57
10
I Sing of a Maiden
Shirley Collins
1:54
11
Lullay My Liking
The Young Tradition
2:10
12
Silent Night
Chloë Coburn & Bernie Parry
2:05
13
The First Nowell
BaccaPella
3:10
14
Reading: Matthew 2:1 / St. Agnes Fountain - Follow That Star
Nigel Schofield
4:43
15
Star in the East (Brightese and Best) (feat. John Roberts)
Debra Cowan
1:52
16
Astrologer's Journey
Johnny Coppin
4:27
17
Journey of the Magi
Thomas Stearns Eliot
0:59
18
Follow the Star
Maggie Boyle & Gary Boyle
3:44
19
Herod & The Cock / Nigel Schofield - Reading: Matthew 2:16
Nowell Sing We Clear
1:15
20
Coventry Carol - An Apocrypha
Joan Baez
1:57
21
The Carnal & The Crane
New Scorpion Band
4:20
22
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Mahalia Jackson
3:10
23
On Christmas Day
May Bradley
1:29
24
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
DruidStone
4:17
CD 3: Peace & Goodwill
1
Fire and Wine
Steve Ashley
4:34
2
In the Winter
Laura Hockenhull & John Dipper
2:42
3
Papa Ain't No Santy Claus
Butterbeans & Susie
3:20
4
Winter Flowers
Martha Tilston
4:37
5
Christmas in Prison
Fishken & Groves
2:57
6
Jogging Along With My Reindeer
John Kirkpatrick
4:04
7
Cardboard Christmas Boxes
Alan Hull
2:58
8
Comfort and Joy
Clive Gregson
4:44
9
First Snow in Brooklyn
Jethro Tull
4:58
10
Lady Gay
Buell Kazee
3:06
11
Peace O'er the World (Bradda Anthem)
Coope Boyes & Simpson feat. Fi Fraser, Jo Freya & Georgina Boyes
2:42
12
Oh What a Lovely War (excerpt) / Christmas 1914
Mike Harding
5:01
13
Christmas Isn't What It Used to Be (feat. Paedar Long)
Tim Moon
3:28
14
Christmas (excerpt) (feat. narrator: John Tams)
John Clare
1:08
15
Ghost of Christmas Past
Mandy Morton Band
3:37
16
Christmas Morning
Loudon Wainwright III
3:38
17
Days of Holly & Mistletoe
Artisan
2:55
18
Huron Carol (feat. Hildur Colot & John Fleagle)
Carol Duveneck
1:57
19
The King (feat. Maddy Prior)
Strawbs
2:40
20
The Christmas Hare
Muckram Wakes
2:24
21
Chariots
John Kirkpatrick
6:21
22
Remember Bethlehem
Kevin Loughran
2:38
CD 4: The Old & The New
1
Old Christmas / Shooting
Nowell Sing We Clear
4:13
2
Apple Tree Wassail
The Watersons
2:39
5.0 ★
3
Gloucestershire Wassail
The Albion Christmas Band
3:15
4
The Oxen
Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band
2:50
5
The Burning Babe
Mike Hockenhull
3:25
6
Bushes and Briars
Sandy Denny
2:37
7
Poor Ditching Boy
Richard Thompson
3:01
8
From the Clock Almanac (feat. narrator: Jim Lawton)
John Hartley
0:33
9
Dunstan Lullaby
Coope Boyes & Simpson
1:29
10
Watts' Cradle Hymn
Maddy Prior and The Carnival Band
3:27
11
Boar's Head Carol
Teeside Fettlers
1:47
12
The Grinch
Boris Karloff
0:32
13
Hunting the Wren
Joe and Winifred Woods
1:40
14
Cutty Wren
The Ian Campbell Folk Group
2:26
15
The Wren (or the King)
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick
1:40
16
First Christmas Away From Home
Artisan
3:43
17
Miner's Dream of Home
Fred Whiting
3:58
18
Symondsbury Mummers
[unknown]
0:35
19
Happy Christmas (War Is Over) / We Sing Hallelujah
Alan Rose
3:07
20
None but One
Jean Ritchie
6:17
21
Mari Llwyd
John Clough
1:09
22
Carol for the New Year
Nowell Sing We Clear
4:07
23
The Oxplough Song
Johnny Collins
3:14
24
Three Ships Suite
Steve Tilston
9:38
25
Gower Wassail (reprise) / Midnight Chimes
Phil Tanner
1:36
26
The January Man
Martin Carthy
4:58

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Midwinter
4x CD
2006