Steeleye Span

Hark! The Village Wait (1970)



Steeleye Span is a British electric folk band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. Along with Fairport Convention they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles Gaudete and All Around My Hat. They had 3 top 40 albums. They achieved a certified "gold" record with sales of "All Around My Hat".

Tim Hart, lead vocals [4], vocals [1, 11], electric guitar [2, 4, 7-8], 5-string banjo [3], electric dulcimer [5-6, 12], fiddle [10], harmonium [11];
Ashley Hutchings, electric bass [2-8, 10-12];
Maddy Prior, lead vocals [2-3, 6-8, 12], vocals [1, 4-5, 9, 11], step dancing [6], 5-string banjo [10];
Gay Woods, lead vocals [3, 5, 9-10], vocals [1, 2, 7-8, 11-12], autoharp [3], concertina [5], bodhrán [6], step dancing [6];
Terry Woods, vocals [1, 4], mandola [2-3], electric guitar [4-5, 7-8, 10, 11], 5-string banjo [4, 12], concertina [6], mandolin [6];
Gerry Conway, drums [2-3, 5-8];
Dave Mattacks, drums [4, 10-12]


TrackList:

01 - A Calling-On Song
02 - The Blacksmith
03 - Fisherman's Wife
04 - Blackleg Miner
05 - Dark-Eyed Sailor
06 - Copshawholme Fair
07 - All Things Are Quite Silent
08 - The Hills Of Greenmore
09 - My Johnny Was A Shoemaker
10 - Lowlands Of Holland
11 - Twa Corbies
12 - One Night As I Lay On My Bed

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Below the Salt (1972)

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Maddy Prior: vocals, morrisette
Rick Kemp: bass
Bob Johnson: guitar, vocals
Peter Knight: fiddle, viola, mandolin, violin, vocals
Tim Hart: dulcimer, guitar, vocals


TrackList:

01 - Spotted Cow
02 - Rosebud in June
03 - The Bride's Favourite-Tansey's Fancy
04 - Sheep-Crook and Black Dog
05 - Royal Forester
06 - King Henry
07 - Gaudete
08 - John Barleycorn
09 - Saucy Sailor

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Steeleye Span in Concert (1994)




TrackList:

01-Blacksmith
02-The Weaver
03-Spotted Cow
04-One Misty Moisty Morning
05-King Henry
06-The Fox
07-Two Butchers
08-Jack Hall
09-Canon
10-Shaking of the Sheets
11-All Around My Hat
12-Tunes
13-Gaudete

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A Stack Of Steeleye Span (1996)




TrackList:

01-Blackleg Miner
02-Dark Eyed Sailor
03-The Hills Of Greenmore
04-Lowlands Of Holland
05-The Blacksmith
06-Jigs / Bryan O'Lynn /The Hag With The Money
07-Boys Of Bedlam
08-False Knight On The Road
09-Female Drummer
10-Lovely On The Water
11-Four Nights Drunk
12-When I Was On Horseback
13-Marrowbones
14-Captain Coulston
15-Reels / Dowd's Favourite /10 Pound Float /The Morning Dew
16-Wee Weaver

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The Best Of Steeleye Span (2002)




TrackList:

01 - Gaudete
02 - Saucy Sailer
03 - Jigs
04 - Royal Forrester
05 - Dark Eyed Sailer
06 - Alison Gross
07 - One Misty Moisty Morning
08 - Bold Poachers
09 - Thomas The Rhymer
10 - To Know Him Is To love Him
11 - Drink Down The Moon
12 - Now We Are six
13 - New York Girls
14 - Little Sir Hugh
15 - Black Jack Davy
16 - Hard Times Of Old England
17 - Cadwith Anthem
18 - Dance With Me
19 - All Around My Hat

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The Lark in the Morning - The Early Years (2003)




TrackList:

Disc1

01 - A Calling-On Song
02 - The Blacksmith
03 - Fisherman's Wife
04 - The Blackleg Miner
05 - The Dark-Eyed Sailor
06 - Copshawholme Fair
07 - All Things Are Quite Silent
08 - The Hills of Greenmore
09 - My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
10 - Lowlands of Holland
11 - Twa Corbies
12 - One Night as I Lay on My Bed
13 - The Blacksmith
14 - Cold, Haily, Windy Night
15 - Bryan O' Lynn-The Hag With the Money [Jigs]
16 - Prince Charlie Stuart
17 - Boys of Bedlam
18 - False Knight on the Road


Disc2

01 - The Lark in the Morning
02 - Female Drummer
03 - The King
04 - Lovely on the Water
05 - Rave On
06 - The Gower Wassail
07 J- igs- Paddy Clancy's Jig-Willie Clancy's Fancy
08 F- our Nights Drunk
09 - When I Was on Horseback
10 - Marrowbones
11 - Captain Coulston
12 - Reels Medley- Dowd's Favorite-£10 Float-The Morning Dew
13 - Wee Weaver
14 - Skewball
15 - General Taylor

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They Call Her Babylon (2004)




TrackList:

01 - Van Diemen's Land
02 - Samain
03 - Heir of Linne
04 - Bride's Farewell
05 - They Called Her Babylon
06 - Mantle of Green
07 - Bede's Death Song
08 - Diversus and Lazarus
09 - Si Begh Si Mohr
10 - Child Owlet
11 - What's the Life of a Man

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Winter (2004)




TrackList:

01 - The First Nowell
02 - Down in Yon Forest
03 - Unconquered Sun
04 - Chanticleer
05 - Bright Morning Star
06 - Winter
07 - See Amid the Winter's Snow
08 - Mistletoe Bough
09 - Sing We the Virgin Mary
10 - Today in Bethlehem
11 - Blow your Trumpet Gabriel
12 - Hark the Herald Angels Sing
13 - Good King Wenceslas
14 - In the Bleak Midwinter

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Ten Man Mop Or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again (1971)





TrackList:

01 - Gower Wassail
02 - Jigs Paddy Clanceys Jig Willie Clancys Fancy
03 - Four Nights Drunk
04 - When I Was On Horseback
05 - Marrowbones
06 - Captain Coulston
07 - Reels Dowds Favourite
08 - Wee Weaver
09 - Skewball

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Bloody Men (2006)




TrackList:

Disc1

01 - Bonny Black Hare
02 - The Story Of The Scullion King
03 - The Dreamer And The Widow
04 - Lord Elgin
05 - The 3 Sisters
06 - The 1st House In Connaught
07 - Cold Haily Windy Night
08 - Whummil Bore
09 - Demon Of The Well
10 - Lord Gregory


Disc2

01 - Ned Ludd Part 1 (Inclosure)
02 - Ned Ludd Part 2 (Rural Retreat)
03 - Ned Ludd Part 3 (Ned Ludd)
04 - Ned Ludd Part 4 (Prelude To Peterloo)
05 - Ned Ludd Part 5 (Peterloo The Day)

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Horkstow Grange (1998)



Musicians
Gay Woods, vocals, bodhrán;
Bob Johnson, vocals, electric guitar;
Peter Knight, vocals, violin;
Tim Harries, bass, keyboards, vocals;
with Dave Mattacks, drums


Tracks

01. The Old Turf Fire (3:53)
02. The Tricks of London (2:42)
03. Horkstow Grange (2:06)
04. Lord Randall (4:14)
05. Erin Grá Mo ChroÃ* (6:13)
06. Queen Mary, Hunsden House (3:05)
07. Bonny Birdy (6:15)
08. Bonny Irish Boy (3:43)
09. I Wish That I Never Was Wed (2:53)
10. Australia (3:36)
11. One True Love (4:12)
12. The Parting Glass (3:08)

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Please To See The King (1971)




TrackList:

01 - The Blacksmith
02 - Cold, Haily, Windy Night
03 - Bryan O'LynnThe Hag with the Money
04 - Prince Charlie Stuart
05 - Boys of Bedlam
06 - False Knight on the Road
07 - The Lark in the Morning
09 - The King
10 - Lovely on the Water

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Spanning the Years (1995)




TrackList:

Disc1

01 - The Blacksmith
02 - My Johnny was a Shoemaker
03 - The King
04 - Lovely on the Water
05 - Marrowbones
06 - Rave on
07 - Gaudete
08 - John Barleycorn
09 - Alison Gross
10 - Robbery with Violins
11 - Rogues in a Nation
12 - Cam Ye o'er Frae France
13 - Thomas the Rhymer
14 - To Know Him is to Love Him
15 - New York Girls
16 - Long Lankin
17 - Black Jack Davy
18 - Hard Times of old England
19 - All around my Hat
20 - London


Disc2

01 - Fighting for Strangers
02 - The black Freighter
03 - The Victory
04 - The False Knight on the Road
05 - Rag Doll
06 - Let Her Go Down
07 - Sails of Silver
08 - Gone to America
09 - My Love
10 - Lady Diamond
11 - Blackleg Miner
12 - One Misty Moisty Morning
13 - The Fox
14 - Following Me
15 - Tam Lin

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The Journey (1999)




TrackList:

Disc1

01 - Calling on Song
02 - Blacksmith
03 - Fisherman's Wife
04 - Dark-Eyed Sailor
05 - Blackleg Miner
06 - Lowlands of Holland
07 - Cold, Haily, Windy Night
08 - Price Charlie Stewart
09 - Jigs (Bryan O'Lynn, the hag with the money)
10 - Gower Wassail
11 - Lark in the Morning
12 - John Barleycorn
13 - The Ups and Downs
14 - Edward
15 - Cam Ye O'er Frae France
16 - All Around my Hat


Disc2

01 - Wife of the Soldier
02 - The Maid and the Palmer
03 - Sweep, Chimney Sweep
04 - Twa Corbies
05 - Harvest of the Moon
06 - The Water is wide
07 - The Elf Knight
08 - Thomas the Rhymer
09 - Rave on
10 - Tunes (lark in the morning, masons apron)

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The Very Best Of Steeleye Span (2002)




TrackList:

Disc1

01 - Sir James the Rose
02 - Hard Times of old England
03 - Cam Ye o'er Frae France
04 - Thomas the Rhymer
05 - Lyke Wake Dirge
06 - Black Jack Davey
07 - Two Magicians
08 - Blackleg Miner
09 - All Around my Hat


Disc2

01 - When I was on Horseback
02 - John Barleycorn
03 - Long Lankin
04 - Misty Moisty Morning
05 - Let Her Go Down
06 - Gaudete
07 - The Weaver and the Factory Maid
08 - Drinking Down The Moon
09 - King Henry

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Folk Songs of olde England (1968)




TrackList:

Disc1

01 - Lish Young Buy-A-Broom
02 - Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy
03 - Maid That`s Deep In Love
04 - The Rambling Sailor
05 - Bruton Town
06 - Farewell Nancy
07 - The Dalesman`s Litany
08 - The Brisk Butcher
09 - The Stately Southerner
10 - Who`s The Fool Now
11 - A Wager, A Wager
12 - Babes In The Wood
13 - Adam And Eve


Disc2

01 - My Son John
02 - Earl Richard
03 - Paddy Stole The Rope
04 - The Gardener
05 - Bay Of Biscay
06 - Queen Eleanor’s Confession
07 - Horn Of The Hunter
08 - Copshawholme Fair
09 - Oats And Beans
10 - Fiddler’s Green
11 - Capt. Wedderburn’s Courtship
12 - Turkey Rhubarb
13 - Bold Fisherman

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All Around My Hat (1975)



Musicians:
Tim Hart, Robert Johnson, Rick Kemp, Peter Knight, Nigel Pegrum, Maddy Prior


TrackList:

01. Black Jack Davy (4:15)
02. Hard Times of Old England (5:10)
03. Cadgwith Anthem (2:45)
04. Sum Waves (Tunes) (4:00)
05. The Wife of Ushers Well (4:32)
06. Gamble Gold (Robin Hood) (3:40)
07. All Around My Hat (4:06)
08. Dance With Me (3:51)
09. Bachelor's Hall (5:45)

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Commoners Crown (1975)




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The previous album, Now We Are Six, was where it finally all came together for Steeleye Span, but it was with Commoner's Crown that the reached their peak in my opinion. Over a series of several albums there was a clear progression in their music that I feel culminated with the present album. The promises of previous albums finally came to fruition with this one. Commoner's Crown maintains everything that was so appealing about Now We Are Six but it at the same time leaves out most of that album's inconsistencies and minor flaws. From a Prog point of view, these two albums are among the best of 70's Steeleye Span and thus excellent places to start your investigation into the discography of the band.

The vocals - both lead and harmony vocals - are excellent and quite sophisticated here. The acoustic instruments; fiddle, mandolin, acoustic guitar, blend perfectly with the electric guitar here even better than they did on Now We Are Six. There are some sparse keyboards here as well, though not very much. The guitar sound is much improved compared to early albums like Parcel Of Rouges (where it sounded quite awful!). But do not expect a guitar extravaganza here, the virtuoso playing is mainly restricted to the mandolin and fiddle which are very well played indeed.

The songs (always the most important factor for any album) are mostly very strong and memorable. The most progressive tracks here are the almost nine minute Long Lankin and the instrumental Bach Goes To Limerick. Long Lankin is also the best and the most Rock oriented track, I would say. The only song that I feel is out of place on this album is the closer New York Girls. But I still feel it fits better than some rather misguided moments on Now We Are Six (a silly cover of To Know Him Is To Love Him for example), and the fact that it comes at the very end of the album makes it easy to ignore it and perhaps even regard it as something of a "bonus" track.
This album is in my opinion up there with the very best of British Folk Rock. If you like this kind of music this album is essential! For the average Prog fan, Steeleye Span might not be a high priority but this is indeed an excellent addition to a Prog Folk collection and a worthy addition to any Prog collection.
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