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Twangin’ n’ A-Traddin’

The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo: Twangin’ n’ A-Traddin’ (HTD CD 25)

Twangin’ n’ A-Traddin’
The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo

HTD Records HTD CD 25 (CD, UK, 1994)

 The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo: Twangin’ n’ A-Traddin’ (HTD CD 25)
The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo: Twangin’ n’ A-Traddin Revisited’ (Talking Elephant TECD282)

Twangin’ n’ A-Traddin’ Revisited
The Ashley Hutchings Big Beat Combo

Talking Elephant TECD282 (CD, UK, 27 April 2015)

Produced by Ashley Hutchings;
Recorded at Dunham Village Hall, near Altrincham, Cheshire, on 24-26 May 1994;
Additional sessions in Manchester and London in June and July 1994;
Engineered by Mike Johnson and Dave Howard;
2015 reissue tracks 6 and 10 recorded by Paul Hopkinson at Foundry Recording Studio, Chesterfield, Derbyshire;
2015 reissue track 15 recorded by Ken Nicol at Tone Deaf Studios, Preston, Lancashire

Musicians

Original album

Ashley Hutchings: electric bass;
Simon Care: melodeon;
Phil Beer: fiddle, mandolin, mandocello, acoustic and electric guitars;
Geoff Driscoll: tenor and baritone saxophones;
Colin Green: electric guitar;
Colin Price-Jones: tremolo arm electric guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, quattro;
Simon Nicol: acoustic guitar;
Clem Catini, Trevor Foster: drums;
Richard Thompson: electric guitar, penny whistle

2015 Reissue tracks 6, 10

The Velveteens (Immy Lamb, Ione Lamb, Katie Hughes): vocals;
Guy Fletcher: fiddle, mandolin, drums;
Ken Nicol: electric guitar;
Gerry McNeice: electric guitar;
Blair Dunlop: acoustic guitar;
Ashley Hutchings: electric bass, speech

2015 Reissue track 15

Gillie Nicholls: vocals;
Ashley Hutchings: vocals, electric bass;
Ken Nicols: acoustic and electric guitars, mandolin;
Joe Broughton: violin;
Neil Marshall: drums

Tracks

Original album

  1. F.B.I. (4.25)
  2. The Sherwood Hand-Jive (3.39)
  3. Riff Raff (3.49)
  4. Twistin’ Till Monday Comes Around / Twistin’ Welsh Girls (4.30)
  5. Telstar (4.34)
  6. Walk Don’t Run (3.58)
  7. Duane Eddy Medley: Movin’ n’ Groovin’ / Rebel Rouser / Detour (4.22)
  8. Clackety Melodeon (2.46)
  9. Horsin’ Around (4.12)
  10. Spyder Walk (5.16)
  11. Spinnin’ Jenny / Soldier’s Spree (3.43)
  12. Twang Me Down My Old Mohair Space-Suit (3.02)

Track 1 Peter Gormley;
Tracks 2, 9, 11 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings;
Tracks 3, 4, 8, 10, 12 Ashley Hutchings;
Track 5 Joe Meek;
Track 6 Johnny Smith;
Tracks 7ab Lee Hazelwood, Duane Eddy;
Track 7c Paul Westmoreland

2015 Reissue

  1. F.B.I. (4.25)
  2. The Sherwood Hand-Jive (3.39)
  3. Riff Raff (3.49)
  4. Twistin’ Till Monday Comes Around / Twistin’ Welsh Girls (4.30)
  5. Telstar (4.34)
  6. The Boy With the Red Guitar (4.04)
  7. Walk Don’t Run (3.58)
  8. Duane Eddy Medley: Movin’ n’ Groovin’ / Rebel Rouser / Detour (4.22)
  9. Clackety Melodeon (2.46)
  10. (As I) Walked Out One Morning (3.09)
  11. Horsin’ Around (4.12)
  12. Spyder Walk (5.16)
  13. Spinnin’ Jenny / Soldier’s Spree (3.43)
  14. Twang Me Down My Old Mohair Space-Suit (3.02)
  15. Welcome to the World (5.19)

Track 1 Peter Gormley;
Tracks 2, 11, 13 trad. arr. Ashley Hutchings;
Tracks 3, 4, 9, 12, 14 Ashley Hutchings;
Track 5 Joe Meek;
Track 6 Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol;
Track 7 Johnny Smith;
Tracks 8ab Lee Hazelwood, Duane Eddy;
Track 8c Paul Westmoreland;
Track 10 Ashley Hutchings, Gerry McNeice;
Track 15 Ashley Hutchings, Gillie Nichols, Ken Nicol