The Albion Band - Rise Up Like The Sun

Why I'm posting this here, by mfktz.

My dad is and always has been a folky, and had this album on tape. I listened to it a lot on my walkman around the late 80s, then I didn't really listen to it again at all until a few years ago, but am very pleased to find I still love it. Every track vividly captures the places I was walking around / sitting around in while listening (the shared area of the commune in a Victorian mansion where we lived) and now it seems to be the most listened to thing in the house.

It's amazing for me to think of everything that was going on in 1978 and what a bubble this music exists in, it's very prog in parts, still sounds sort of raw too though. Checking out another thread I saw someone didn't like the production, which amazes me as it was maybe the first production I ever found myself in awe of - the segue from Afro Blue to Danse Royale in particular, and it still seems to elevate it from a collection of folk songs to something much more special.

Great album. Ragged Heroes, Poor Old Horse, Ampleforth/Lay Me Low, Gresford Disaster in particular are as good as English folk rock ever got.

Tough to choose a favourite!

Battle of the field is an lp I love. I still don't have a copy of the later lps and I think this may be Oop from prices I was seeing on at least the cd a few months back.
Like what I've heard by the various versions of Albionband bands. Especially the really early stuff with the Thompsons.
I think there are like 3 live sets from that era around 72 circulating. All pretty interesting. Hutchinson seems to have kept things interesting bandwidth for decades shame he was less than great to Shirley Collins.

Kept things interesting bandwise

Yikes, how did I almost miss this poll. I love this album so much, voting Poor Old Horse.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Lovely album. Poor Old Horse or Gresford...

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

missed this poll ... might have voted Time To Ring Some Changes ...

Lay Me Low got no votes = I forgot to vote

Thanks camaraderie for starting this, i was unaware of this band despite being a Thompson fan. What a great album