Dancing Days (Chris Leslie album)

Dancing Days is an album by Chris Leslie.

Compared to Chris Leslie's earlier album "the Flow", this is much more of a recognisable instrumental folk-rock effort. Occasionally Chris drifts off into a reverie that sounds like a monastery in Tibet, but this is less obvious than before. He gives a sprightly performance of many morris dance tunes, then adds the oriental effects as a variation at the end of some tracks, punctuated by finger cymbals.

Running time 55 minutes 22 seconds. Released on CD in 2004. Produced by Chris Leslie.

Track listing

# "Flowers of Edinburgh/ Old Tom of Oxford" (Trad)
# "Laudnum Bunches (Headington)/ Orange In Bloom (Sherbourne)/ Banks of the Dee (Longborough)" (Trad / Trad/ Trad)
# "Bower Processional (Lichfield)" (Traditional)
# "Princess Royal (Adderbury)/ Speed The Plough (Bampton)" (Trad)
# "Old Marlborough (Fieldtown)" (Traditional)
# "The Dancer (song)" (Chris Leslie)
# "Jockey to the Fair (Adderbury)/ Double Jig (Bampton)" (Trad/ Trad)
# "Lumps of Plum Pudding (Bledington)/ Bean Setting (Headington)/ Bobbing a Joe (Wheatley)" (Trad/ Trad/ Trad)
# "Sweet Jenny Jones (Adderbury) / Brighton Camp (Adderbury)/ Beaux of London City (Adderbury/ Badby)" (Trad)
# "Stourton Wake and Jig (Adderbury)" (Trad)
# "Haste to the Wedding (Adderbury) / Bluebells of Scotland (Adderbury) / Shepherd's Away (Adderbury)" (Trad/ Trad/ Trad)
# "Bumpus O' Stretton (Ilmington)" (Trad)
# "Janet Blunt Poem" (song) (words: Janet Blunt/ tune: "Jamaica")
# "Morning Star (Bledington)/ Getting Upstairs (Headington)/ Wheatley Processional (Wheatley)" (Trad/ Trad/ Trad)
# "A Secret" (medley *) (Trad)

(* uncredited medley: Shepherd's Hey/ Bluebells of Scotland/ Brighton Camp/ sound of church bells/ Happy the Man (song))

Personnel

* Chris Leslie - violins, percussion, bouzouki, mandolin, native American flute, kalimba, tingshaws, Tibetan singing bowls
* Simon Nicol - acoustic guitar
* Dave Pegg - bass
* Gerry Conway - percussion, congas
* Mat Green - violin
* Ric Sanders - violin
* Mikey Radford - dance
* Ashley Hutchings - bass