MADDY PRIOR with THE CARNIVAL BAND – A TAPESTRY OF CAROLS LP – Nr MINT A1 UK STEELEYE SPAN FOLK

Maddy Prior with The Carnival Band – A Tapestry Of Carols
(Saydisc Records  1987  SDL366)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition

Madelaine Edith “Maddy” Prior, MBE (born 14 August 1947) is an English folk singer, best known as the lead vocalist of Steeleye Span.She was born in Blackpool and moved to St Albans in her teens. Her father, Allan Prior, was co-creator of the police drama Z-Cars. She was married to Rick Kemp and their daughter Rose Kemp is also a singer. She was part of the singing duo ‘Mac & Maddy’ with Mac MacLeod. She then performed with Tim Hart and recorded 2 albums with him before they helped to found the group Steeleye Span in 1969. She left Steeleye Span in 1997 but returned in 2002 and has toured with them in 2008/9 and 2013. With June Tabor she was the singing duo Silly Sisters. She toured with the Carnival Band in 2007 and with Giles Lewin and Hannah James in 2012 and 2013. She has released singles and albums as a solo artist, with these bands and in several collaborations. She runs an Arts Centre called Stones Barn in Cumbria which offers residential courses.

A Tapestry of Carols is an album by Maddy Prior. It is a collection of ancient carols from across Europe, played by The Carnival Band on replicas of medieval instruments. It was recorded at The Quaker Meeting House, Frenchay, near Bristol and released in 1987.

Personnel

• Maddy Prior – vocals
• Bill Badley – baroque guitar, guitar, gittern, banjo, mandolin, mandocello, cittern, vocals
• Andrew Davis – double bass
• Charles Fullbrook – tabors, basel trommel, glockenspiel, bells, wood blocks, triangle, cymbals, vocals
• Giles Lewin – violin, recorders, vocals
• Andrew Watts – Flemish bagpipes, bassoon, curtal, clarinet, recorders, shawm, vocals
• Arrangements by Andrew Watts
• “Angels From The Realms Of Glory” arranged by Andrew Watts and Giles Lewin.

Track listing

1. “The Sans Day Carol” (Traditional Cornish)
2. “In Dulci Jubilo” (German 14th century)
3. “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” (Traditional English)
4. “It Came Upon The Midnight Clear” (Tune traditional English, words EH Sears)
5. “The Holly and the Ivy” (Traditional English)
6. “The Coventry Carol” (English 16th century)
7. “Ding Dong Merrily on High” (Tune traditional French 16th century, words GR Woodward)
8. “The Angel Gabriel” (Tune traditional Basque, words S Baring-Gould)
9. “Angels from the Realms of Glory” (Tune traditional French, words J Montgomery)
10. “Infant Holy” (Traditional Polish)
11. “A Virgin Most Pure” (Traditional English)
12. “Unto Us a Boy Is Born” (German Medieval)
13. “Rejoice and Be Merry” (Traditional English)
14. “Joseph Dearest” (German 16th century)
15. “Personent Hodie” (German 14th century)
16. “On Christmas Night” (Sussex Carol) (Traditional English)