Morris On
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A folk/rock album released in 1972 under the joint names of Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Dave Mattacks, John Kirkpatrick and Barry Dransfield. Like the subsequent "Descendant Of" Morris On albums, it features English Morris dance tunes and songs associated with Morris dance, played with a combination of traditional instruments (button accordion, concertina, fiddle, etc.) and modern ones (electric guitar, bass, drums). Also in common with the later records, dancers complete with bells and sticks were also included in the sessions.
The cover includes an amusing photograph of the principal participants in morris-associated costume, but with contemporary (for the time) accessories - Hutchings' morris man sports a Gibson Flying V guitar, Kirkpatrick's chimney sweep a vacuum cleaner, and so on. This is in keeping with the jollity of the music, including as it does nonsense songs, exhuberant dance, general bawdiness and the grand false start to Princess Royal.
The album was produced and engineered by John Wood.
[edit] Track Listing
(All tracks trad. arr. Dransfield/Mattacks/Kirkpatrick/Hutchings/Thompson)
- Morris Call
- Greensleeves
- The Nutting Girl
- Old Woman Tossed Up In A Basket / Shepherds' Hey / Trunkles
- Staines Morris
- Lads A'Bunchum / Young Collins
- Vandals Of Hammerwich
- Willow Tree / Bean Setting / Shooting
- I'll Go And 'List For A Sailor
- Princess Royal
- Cuckoo's Nest
- Morris Off
[edit] Personnel
- John Kirkpatick - Vocals, Button Accordion, anglo-concertina, harmonium, tambourine
- Richard Thompson - Vocals, electric guitar
- Barry Dransfield - Vocals, fiddle, acoustic guitar
- Ashley Hutchings - Vocals, bass guitar
- Dave Mattacks - Drums, tambourine
with
- Shirley Collins - vocals on The Willow Tree and Staines Morris
- Bert Cleaver - Pipe and tabor on Vandals Of Hammerwich
- Ray Worman - Dances the Bacca Pipes Jig to Greensleeves
- Chingford Morris Men - Stick dances on Lads A'Bunchum and Young Collins
