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Rise Up Like the Sun

	Rise Up Like the Sun The Albion Band Harvest SHSP 4092 (LP, UK, March 1978) EMI CDEMS 1460 / 0777 7 80058 2 7 (CD, UK, 1992) Fledg’ling Records FLED 3040 (CD, UK, 30 May 2003) BGO Records BGOCD 1130 (CD, UK, 2 December 2013)
	Heritage (1977-92) The Albion Band EMI Plus 5762712 (CD, UK, July 2001) The Postman’s Knock / La Sexte Estampie Real The Albion Band Harvest HAR 5128 (single, UK, June 1977)
	Poor Old Horse / Ragged Heroes The Albion Band Harvest HAR 5156 (single, UK, May 1978) Pain and Paradise / Lay Me Low The Albion Band Harvest HAR 5175 (single, UK, January 1979)

Album produced by Joe Boyd and John Tams;
Engineered by Vic Gamm;
Recorded at Olympic No. 1 and Sound Techniques Studios in October 1977;
Mixed at CBS Studios;
Cover painting by Josh Partridge;
Photography by Pete Vernon;
Art direction by Dave Anstey

Musicians

Pete Bullock: synthesiser, piano, clarinet, baritone saxophone, organ;
Michael Gregory: drums, nakers, tambourine;
Ashley Hutchings: electric bass;
Dave Mattacks: drums, tambourine;
Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitars, acoustic guitar;
Philip Pickett: shawms, bagpipes, curtals, trumpet;
Ric Sanders: violin, violectra;
John Tams: vocals, melodeon;
Graeme Taylor: electric guitar, acoustic guitar

with guests:
Julie Covington, Pat Donaldson, Richard Thompson: chorus vocals [2, 4b, 11];
Kate McGarrigle: vocals [6], chorus vocals [2, 4b, 11];
Linda Thompson: vocals [12], chorus vocals [2, 4b, 11];
Andy Fairweather-Low: chorus vocals [1-2, 5];
Martin Carthy: chorus vocals [1-2, 5, 8];
Viola Wills: chorus vocals [10];
Dave Bristow: synthesiser [3a]

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. Ragged Heroes (3.20)
2. Poor Old Horse (Roud 3724) (6.18)
3. Afro Blue / Danse Royale (4.52)
4. Ampleforth / Lay Me Low (5.44)

LP Side 2

5. Time to Ring Some Changes (2.51)
6. House in the Country (Roud 2499) (3.07)
7. The Primrose (3.19)
8. Gresford Disaster (Roud 3089) (10.49)

CD Bonus Track

The CD re-release has four extra tracks, three of them from Albion Band singles:

9. The Postman’s Knock (Roud 13177) (single) (2.38)
10. Pain and Paradise (single) (3.04)
11. Lay Me Low (single B-side; different mix from track 4) (2.53)
12. Rainbow over the Hill (previously unreleased) (3.18)

Tracks 1, 10 John Tams;
Tracks 2, 7, 8 trad. arr. Albion Band;
Track 3 Mongo Santamaria / anon. arr. Albion Band;
Track 4 trad. arr. Pete Bullock / arr. John Tams;
Tracks 5, 12 Richard Thompson;
Track 6 Maggie Stewart / arr. Albion Band;
Track 8b Ric Sanders;
Track 11 trad. arr. John Tams