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He has probably founded more groups than any other bass-player. The most famous are Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and the ever-changing Albion. He made several thematic albums with session musicians gathered from across the traditional and folk-rock spectrum, with himself credited as the producer. He left Fairport Convention in 1970 to form Steeleye Span. He left them in 1971 to form Albion. The series of albums called The Guv'nor is a retrospective of rare recordings from several groups.

1 Discography

1.1 Fairport Convention

• See Fairport Convention

1.2 Steeleye Span

• See Steeleye Span

1.3 Albion Band

• Battle of the Field (1976)
• The Prospect Before Us (1977)
• Rise Up Like the Sun (1978)
• The BBC Sessions (1978)
• Lark Rise to Candleford (1980)
• Light Shining (1982)
• Shuffle Off (1983)
• Under the Rose (1984)
• Stella Maris (1987)
• Give Me A Saddle I'll Trade You A Car (1989)
• In Concert (1993)
• Acousticity (1993)
• Albion Heart (1995)
• The Acoustic Years (1997)
• Before Us Stands Yesterday (1999)
• Demi Paradise (2000)
• Christmas Album (2000)
• The HDT Years (2002)
• An Evening With (2002)

1.4 Albion Morris

• Still Dancing After All These Years (2003)

1.5 Ashley Hutchings and Albion Band

• No Surrender (2003)

1.6 Ashley Hutchings as producer and bass-player

• Morris On (1971)
• The Complete Dancing Master (1974)
• Son of Morris On (1976)
• Rattlebone and Ploughjack (1976)
• Kicking Up the Sawdust (1977)
• An Hour With Cecil Sharp (1986)
• By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down and Wept (1987)
• The Gov'nor vol 1 (1993)
• A Batter Pudding for John Keats (1996)
• The Gov'nor vol 2 (1997)
• The Gov'nor vol 3 (1999)
• The Gov'nor vol 4 (1999)
• Folk Aerobics (2001)
• Over the Downs (2001)
• The Ridgeriders (2001)
• Street Cries (2001)
• The Gov'nor vol 5 (2002)
• Grandson of Morris On (2002)
• Human Nature? (2003)
• As I Cycled Out One May Morning (2003)
• Great Grandson of Morris On (2004)

1.7 Ashley Hutchings with John Kirkpatrick

• The Compleat Dancing Master (1974)