Battle of the Field is a folk-rock album by the Albion Country Band

Albion Country Band

The Albion Band, also known as The Albion Country Band and The Albion Dance Band, were an English electric folk band, brought together and led by musician Ashley Hutchings...

, recorded in summer 1973 immediately prior to the band's breakup and only released in 1976 following public demand.

The album was produced and engineered by John Wood, and was recorded at Sound Techniques Studio and Island Studio, St Peter's Square, London. The album cover was designed by Ian Logan Associates with photographs by Keith Morris, and the original LP sleeve notes were by Rod McShane.

Track listing

(all tracks trad. arr. Carthy/Harris/Hutchings/Kirkpatrick/Nicol/Swallow except "Albion Sunrise" and "New St. George" composed by Richard Thompson)

1. Albion Sunrise
2. Morris Medley: Mouresque / London Pride / So Selfish Runs The Hare (song) / Maid Of The Mill / Sheriff's Ride
3. I Was A Young Man
4. New St. George (song) / La Rotta (instrumental)
5. Gallant Poacher
6. Cheshire Rounds / The Old Lancashire Hornpipe (instrumentals)
7. Hangèd I Shall Be
8. Reaphook And Sickle
9. Battle Of The Somme (instr)

Personnel

• Martin Carthy
  Martin Carthy
  Martin Carthy MBE is an English folk singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in British traditional music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and later artists such as Richard Thompson since he emerged as a young musician in the early days...
  
   - vocals, acoustic guitar
• Sue Harris
  Sue Harris
  Sue Harris is an English musician classically trained as an oboeist, but best known for her folk music performances with the hammered dulcimer....
  
   - vocals, oboe, hammer dulcimer
• Ashley Hutchings
  Ashley Hutchings
  Ashley Stephen Hutchings is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founder member of three of the most noteworthy English folk-rock bands in the history of the genre; Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band...
  
   - vocals, electric bass guitar
• John Kirkpatrick - vocals, anglo-concertina, button accordion, melodeon, electric piano
• Simon Nicol
  Simon Nicol
  Simon John Breckenridge Nicol is a guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founder member of British folk rock, or electric folk group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band...
  
    - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, electric dulcimer, synthesiser
• Roger Swallow
  Roger Swallow
  Roger Swallow is an English producer, musician and songwriter. He was a member of The Albion Band and worked with many artistes in the late 1960s early '70s as a session and touring drummer/percussionist.- Biography :...
  
   - drums, percussion

with

• Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks
  Dave Mattacks is a rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician, and as a performance artist...
  
  - percussion on Reaphook And Sickle
• Martin Nicholls, John Iveson, Colin Sheen, Paul Beer - Sackbuts on Gallant Poacher