They were named after the village of Etchingham in Sussex where Hutchings and Shirley Collins, his then wife, were living.
In 1973[1] Ashley Hutchings produced Shirley Collins' Adieu To Old England album.
[4] Guest performers were former Fairport Convention musicians Dave Mattacks and Simon Nicol, then Steeleye Span member Peter Knight, dance caller Eddie Upton and concertina players Will Duke and Mel Dean.
Two medleys including dance tunes and harvest-home toasts, Sheep-Shearing/Buttered Peas and Mistress's Health/Lumps Of Plum Pudding/Sherborne Jig/Spaniard's Cry, were recorded in 1974 in Sound Techniques Studios, London.
The studio recording of Mistress's Health/Lumps Of Plum Pudding/Sherborne Jig/Spaniard's Cry was released on Shirley Collins' 1974 compilation LP A Favourite Garland.