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Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden: Glad Christmas Comes

Glad Christmas Comes Eliza Carthy & Jon Boden Hudson Records HUD045CD (CD, UK, 24 November 2023) Hudson Records HUD045LP (2 LP, UK, 1 December 2023)

Produced, recorded and mixed by Andy Bell;
Mastered by Sam Proctor;
Photography by Kate Griffin;
Graphic design by Robin Beatty

Folking.com review by Mike Davies

Musicians

Eliza Carthy: vocals, fiddle, melodeons, percussion;
Jon Boden: vocals, fiddle, concertina, acoustic guitar, percussion, brass arrangements;
Emily Portman, Tim Van Eyken: vocals;
Ewan Wardrop: Morris dancing;
Rob Deakin, Sam Fisher: cornet, trumpet;
Dean Jones, Christian Hines: trombone;
Toni Durrant: euphonium;
Rob Browne: tuba

Tracks

1. Ashen Bowl (3.53)
2. Glad Christmas Comes (3.38)
3. Beautiful Star (4.16)
4. King of the Birds (2.28)
5. The Good Doctor (4.06)
6. In the Bleak Midwinter (5.23)
7. Remember O Thou Man (Roud V19071) (3.28)
8. Mount Zion (While Shepherds) (Roud 936) (4.37)
9. The Holly and the Ivy (Roud 514) (4.27)
10. I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas (4.34)
11. Winter Grace (7.57)
12. I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In (Roud 700) (3.48)
13. Shepherds Arise (Roud 1207) (4.54)
14. Jingle Bells (3.51)
15. Fairytale of New York (4.34)
16. Glad Christmas Comes (Brass) (0.40)

Track 3 Adger M. Pace (1883-1959);
Track 6 Christina Rossetti, Gustav Holst;
Track 7 Thomas Ravenscroft;
Track 8 Nahum Tate;
Track 10 John Rox (1902-1957);
Track 14 James Lord Pierpont;
Track 15 Shane MacGowan, Jem Finer