Nativity’s songs thematically deal with the period of Christ’s birth. I suppose you could call it a “Christmas” lp: some old English folk carols (‘Child Of Our Time’), a Negro spiritual (‘Rise Up Shepherds’), a couple more Sydney Carter songs (‘Come, Love, Carolling’, ‘Two Thousand Years Away’), a few Peter Smith titles (‘Mary’s View’, ‘Away, Away’), the English traditional ‘The Truth From Above’ – hardly anything I recognized. More of an acoustic focus than their previous albums, alternating gentle material with feistier traditional folk. You’ll still catch some electric guitar here and there, ‘Shadow Of Calvary’ being of particular interest for its psychy wah-wah and organ. Strong Irish flavor and heavily rolled r’s on ‘Twas In The Toon Of Nazareth’. The haunting piano/organ ballad ‘Sing High With The Holly’ is especially moving with its beautiful female lead vocal. Sixteen selections in all. Foldout cover. (Ken Scott - Archivist)
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