''Yuletracks'' is a studio album released in 1986. A

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

/ Christmas music project by Greenwich Village Records, various artists appear on the album, led by

Martyn Wyndham-Read Arnold Martyn Wyndham-Read (born 23 August 1942, Crawley, Sussex, England) is an English folk singer, who was a collector and singer of Australian folk music. He lived and worked in Australia from 1958 to 1967 and was subsequently a regular vis ...

(who also was co-producer of the album) and Martin Carthy. Though not all of the albums' artists appear on every track, every artist appears on more than one track. It was recorded in September 1985 to March 1986. It got a re-release on CD in 2011 (its 1986 release was vinyl only). Brian Snelling engineered the album, with George Peckham cutting the album at Portland Studios. Chris Groom was responsible for the albums' artwork and cover. Almost everyone on the album was in, or has worked with, the

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Track listing

#"O'Little Town of Bethlehem" - 3:16 #*Martyn: Vocals #*John: Accordion and vocals #*Martin: Guitar, vocals #*Sue: Dulcimer, Vocals #"Rose of Sharon" - 2:54 #*Martyn: Vocals #*Maggie: Vocals #*Martin: Guitars #*John: Melodeon #"On Christmas Night" - 1:36 #*Martyn: Vocals #*Maggie: Vocals #*Martin: Guitars, Vocals #*John: Concertina, Vocals #"God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman" - 4:08 #*Martyn: Vocals #*Maggie: Vocals #*Martin: Guitars #*Sue: Dulcimer #"Away in a Manager" - 2:49 #*John: Concertina #*Maggie: Vocals #*Martin: Guitars #*Sue: Vocals #"We Three Kings" - 3:12 #*Martyn, John and Martin: Vocals #*John: Accordion #*Martyn: Guitar #"Good King of Wenceslas" - 3:34 #*Martyn: Vocals #*John: Accordion #*Martin: Guitars #*Phil: Fiddle #"I Saw Three Ships" - 1:54 #*Maggie: Vocals #*Martin: Guitars #*Sue: Vocals, Dulcimer #"In the Bleak Midwinter" - 3:10 #*John: Vocal, Concertina #*Martin: Guitar #"Once In Royal David's City" - 4:29 #*Martyn: Vocals #*Martin: Guitar #*John: Concertina #*Phil: Fiddle #"Hark, The Herald Angels Sing" - 2:42 #*Martyn: Vocals #*Martin: Guitar, Vocals #*John: Melodeon, Concertina, Vocals #*Maggie: Vocals #*Phil: Fiddle With 6 songs on side one and the remaining 5 on side two on the vinyl, the back cover of the CD version maintains the "side one" and "side two" column titles on the back cover,''Yuletracks'' CD back cover despite the CD being a single side disc containing the material from both sides.

References

{{Authority control Phil Beer albums 1986 albums Martin Carthy albums