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New releases including a most welcomed brand new release from Nic Jones of live recordings from the late 1970s, the latest from the splendid Waterson Carthy, plus tracks from discs 3 & 4 from the very latest, and immediately essential!, 4cd boxed set from the boxed set kings: Free Reed Music - this one exploring in song and readings the Nativity and the Tradition, Ancient Cultures to Advent Calendars, Peace & Goodwill, and The Old & The New, plus a richly illustrated 140 page book crammed with notes, info, discographies, artist profiles and articles "about countless midWinter traditions from the deeply devout to the profoundly pagan.

Nic Jones - Rufford Park Poachers - Game Set Match - Topic Records
Paul Sartin & Saul Rose - Oxford University Volunteers' Quickstep - (VA) Hampshire Dance Tunes - Wild Goose Records
Waterson Carthy - Jack Frost - Holy Heathens And the old Green Man - Topic Records
Jim Lawton - reading "Clock Alamanac..." - (VA) Midwinter Disc 4: The Old & The New - One Year To The Next - Free Reed Music
Steve Ashley - Fire & Wine - (VA) Midwinter Disc 3: Peace & Goodwill - The Message of Midwinter - Free Reed Music
Buell Kazee - Lady gay - (VA) Midwinter Disc 3: Peace & Goodwill - The Message of Midwinter - Free Reed Music
John Tams - recitation "Christmas..." - (VA) Midwinter Disc 4: The Old & The New - One Year To The Next - Free Reed Music
Mike Hockenhull - The Burning Babe - (VA) Midwinter Disc 4: The Old & The New - One Year To The Next - Free Reed Music
Nic Jones - Dives & Lazarus - Game Set Match - Topic Records
Bursledon Village Band - Waterloo Dance/Isle of France - Hampshire Dance Tunes - Wild Goose Records
Waterson Carthy - On Christmas Day It Happpened So - Holy Heathens And the old Green Man - Topic Records
Boris Karloff - reading from "The Grinch..." - (VA) Midwinter Disc 4: The Old & The New - One Year To The Next - Free Reed Music
Clive Gregson - Comfort & Joy- (VA) Midwinter Disc 3: Peace & Goodwill - The Message of Midwinter - Free Reed Music
Fred Whiting - Miner's dream of home - (VA) Midwinter Disc 4: The Old & The New - One Year To The Next - Free Reed Music
Alan Rose et al - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)/We Sing Hallelujah - (VA) Midwinter Disc 4: The Old & The New - One Year To The Next - Free Reed Music