- Performer: Nowell Sing We Clear
- Title: The Best Of Nowell Sing We Clear 1975-1986
- Genre: Folk & World
- Cat #: FHR-301
- Label: Front Hall Records
- Country: US
- Date of release: 1989
- Style: Folk
- FLAC size 1781 mb
- MP3 size: 2319 mb
- Record From CD, Compilation
Tracklist
| 1 | A Child This Day Is Born | 2:55 |
| 2 | The Cherry Tree Carol | 3:30 |
| 3 | The Holly And The Ivy | 2:58 |
| 4 | Rise Up Jock! | 5:17 |
| 5 | Apple Tree Wassail |
| 6 | Apple Tree Wassail / The Derby Ram | (4:40) |
| 7 | Gower Wassail | 2:17 |
| 8 | The Bitter Withy | 2:31 |
| 9 | Kris Kringle | 3:23 |
| 10 | Leaping And Dancing | 3:20 |
| 11 | The Carnal and the Crane |
| 12 | Gloucestershire Wassail | 4:01 |
| 13 | The Carnal and the Crane | (5:36) |
| 14 | The Derby Ram |
| 15 | Green Grow'th The Holly | 1:46 |
| 16 | Carol for New Year's Day | 4:02 |
| 17 | Lord Of The Dance | 3:00 |
| 18 | King Herod And The Cock |
| 19 | While Shepherds Watched | 2:37 |
| 20 | The Cutty Wren | 3:30 |
| 21 | Coventry Carol | 1:41 |
| 22 | An Orkney New Year's Carol | 2:16 |
| 23 | Sherburne (Original Version) | 1:44 |
| 24 | Sussex Carol | 1:44 |
| 25 | The Wren (The King) | 1:30 |
| 26 | Winter/Spring | 1:37 |
| 27 | The Miraculous Harvest |
Versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|
| GHM-202 | Nowell Sing We Clear | The Best Of Nowell Sing We Clear 1975-1986 (CD, Comp, RE) | Golden Hind Music | GHM-202 | US | Unknown |
Credits
- Artwork [Holiday Collage] – Jon Henry
- Design [Cover] – Mark Schmidt
- Fiddle, Harmony Vocals – Fred Breunig
- Producer – John Roberts , Tony Barrand
- Producer [Production Assistance] – Andy Spence
- Recorded By – Bill Spence
- Vocals, Concertina [English and Anglo Concertinas] – John Roberts
- Vocals, Tambourine – Tony Barrand
- Whistle [Penny Whistle], Harmony Vocals, Accordion [Button Accordion], Concertina [Anglo Concertina] – Steve Woodruff
- Words By – Robert L. May (tracks: 16)
- Written-By – Bob Pegg (tracks: 12), Sydney Carter (tracks: 22), Trad. (tracks: 1 to 11, 13 to 15, 17 to 21)
Notes
Recorded by Bill Spence at The Elrod Fennig Folk Museum of American Ephemera and St. Mark's Community Center, Guilderland Center, NY
These songs were originally issued on the following Front Hall Recordings:
Tracks 4, 5, 7 to 9, 12, 19: FHR-013 Nowell Sing We Clear, recorded January 1977.
Tracks 1, 2, 14, 15, 18, 21, 22, FHR-026 The Second Nowell, recorded December 1979.
Tracks 3, 6, 10, 11, 13, 16, 17, 20: FHR-036 Nowell Sing We Clear, Vol. 3, recorded February 1985.
Companies
- Copyright (c) – Front Hall Enterprises Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Front Hall Enterprises Inc.
- Recorded At – Bottom Forty Recording Company
- Recorded At – St. Mark's Community Center, Guilderland Center, NY