Best of Steeleye Span [Import]

Best of Steeleye Span [Import]

Best of Steeleye Span [Import]

Track Listings
 
1. Gaudete
2. Saucy Sailor
3. Jigs
4. Royal Forester
5. Dark Eyed Sailor
6. Alison Gross
7. One Misty Moisty Morning
8. Bold Poachers
9. 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

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
2002 release is the definitive collection of the highly popular folk rock act's most prolific period, chronologically showcasing the five albums they recorded for Chrysalis from 1972-75 ('Below The Salt', 'Parcel Of Rogues', 'Now We Are Six', 'All Around My Hat' & 'Commoner's Crown'). Guest appearances include David Bowie playing sax on 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' & Peter Sellers who's featured on 'New York Girls'. Tracks from the best selling, 'All Around My Hat' are extensively featured. 19 tracks & over 70 minutes.

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Best of Steeleye Span
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The essential collection of Steelye Span
  • Folk rock for starters
  • A great folk-rock band! A must buy!!!
  • A great folk-rock band! A must buy!!!
 Best of Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span
Manufacturer: EMI/Chrysalis
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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  1. Liege & Lief
  2. Below the Salt
  3. Parcel of Rogues
  4. The Lark in the Morning: The Early Years
  5. All Around My Hat

ASIN: B00000743T
Release Date: 1992-01-01

Tracks:

  1. Gaudete
  2. All Around My Hat
  3. Thomas The Rhymer
  4. Alison Gross
  5. Little Sir Hugh
  6. Cam Ye O'Er Frae France
  7. Long Lankin
  8. Gone To America
  9. Let Her Go Down
  10. Black Jack Davy
  11. Bach Goes To Limerick

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The essential collection of Steelye Span.......2005-08-12

Steeleye Span were one of the first folk groups to attempt to liven up their sound by adding first electric guitars and eventually drums. But there was much more to the band's music than folk songs with a rock beat. They well and truly re-constructed traditional songs with highly inventive arrangenents which often seemed more aligned with progressive rock than folk music.It's probably this aspect of the group which seems to divide fans. Whether you prefer their earlier fairly conventional arrangements or their more adventurous "progressive" re-workings using electric instruments it's worth bearing in mind that folk songs were originally performed unaccompanied so I would argue that "rocking" up traditional music is no more debasing than simply adding an acoustic guitar.Infact it's part of the folk process! There have been numerous compilations of this band's output over the years but this one, originally released as a vinyl LP remains the one truly essential collection.At first glance it looks like a poor cousin to the more comprehensive and lavishly packaged "Original Masters" double CD which was originally released a few years earlier.However while that album seems a little padded out with non-essential tracks, "The Best Of Steeleye Span" concentrates all their classics primarily from their middle period on a single 47 minute disc and as a result packs a mighty punch.
First off is Gaudete from the album "Below The Salt", their well known version of a Christmas song sung in Latin.Then comes All Around My Hat" their one true hit and probably the one song for which they're most closely associated. It's an exciting arrangement with a great sing-along chorus and feisty mandolin breaks. The album of the same name was actually pretty uninspired and only contained one other true classic- "Black Jack Davy" which fortunately is also on this album.
The single version of "Thomas The Rhymer" is arguably their finest moment.With it's punchy verse, sublime chorus and ever shifting rhythms, this is Steeleye Span at their most progressive and exciting. Labelmate Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson was the production consultant and seems to have taken the experience of working with Steeleye Span when his band recorded the Songs From The Wood album.
"Alison Gross" and "Cam Ye O'er Frae France" are from the Parcel Of Rogues album which for the first time,shows the band moving into a more progressive direction. The latter song is particuarly haunting and beautiful.
"Little Lord Hugh","Long Lankin" and "Bach goes to Limerick" are all from the bands most underated album, Commoner's Crown.The epic eight and a half minute "Long Lankin"with its dramatic music breaks and dramatic feel is one of the band's crowning achievments.
The album also includes two of their later songs, "Gone To America" and "Let Her Go Down" from the Sails of Silver album which saw the band losing much of their eccentricity and becoming more mainstream.They are pleasant enough though a little pedestrian for my tastes.
This is the one Steeleye Span album I throw on when I need a quick dose of high energy inventive progressive folk rock. Anyone who buys this who only knows "All Around My Hat" are likely in for a treat! Highly recommended.

4 out of 5 stars Folk rock for starters.......2004-05-10

Great folk rock with some progressive elements on it. After getting this compilation you'll be encouraged to get all the albums.The voice sounds close to the Cranberies but focus on the instrumentation and forget about the poppy Cranbs. Very Celtic and a true English folk music.

5 out of 5 stars A great folk-rock band! A must buy!!!.......2001-06-05

This is a wonderful album. I got to it by chance as I was searching the net for songs of the comidian Peter Sellers and found a song called "New York City Girls" with Sellers playing banjo and doing some strange noises in the background. I learned (from this CD cover) that those guys recorded english folk music back at the 50's - 60's. They had endless matirial to record as the song were all written and known as traditional songs.

The songs on the album are all great, especially "Gaudete", "Cam Ye O'er Frae France", "Long Lankin". "Gaudete" sounds like some kind of prayer. very strong. "Cam Ye O'er Frae France" is my favorite track. It shows the wonderful ability of there female singer. It sounds almost imposible to sing. It is not in france but old english. And "Long Lankin" is the best example of a folk-rock song. It is a very old song modernly interpeted with electic guitars.

Their style reminds me sometimes of a feminan version of Jethro-Tull. Those guys sure know what they are doing. A must buy!!!

5 out of 5 stars A great folk-rock band! A must buy!!!.......2001-06-05

This is a wonderful album. I got to it by chance as I was searching the net for songs of the comidian Peter Sellers and found a song called "New York City Girls" with Sellers playing banjo and doing some strange noises in the background. I learned (from this CD cover) that those guys recorded english folk music back at the 50's - 60's. They had endless matirial to record as the song were all written and known as traditional songs.

The songs on the album are all great, especially "Gaudete", "Cam Ye O'er Frae France", "Long Lankin". "Gaudete" sounds like some kind of prayer. very strong. "Cam Ye O'er Frae France" is my favorite track. It shows the wonderful ability of their female singer. It sounds almost imposible to sing. It is not in france but old english. And "Long Lankin" is the best example of a folk-rock song. It is a very old song modernly interpeted with electic guitars.

Their style reminds me sometimes of a feminan version of Jethro-Tull. Those guys sure know what they are doing. A must buy!!!
Present: The Very Best of Steeleye Span
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The best gift any band has ever given their fans
  • Not Just A Greatest Hit's Collection!
  • This is a very
 Present: The Very Best of Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span
Manufacturer: Park Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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  1. Winter
  2. Folk Rock Pioneers in Concert
  3. Bloody Men
  4. They Called Her Babylon
  5. Under the Covers

ASIN: B00007KK91
Release Date: 2003-12-02

Tracks:

  1. Sir James the Rose
  2. Hard Times of Old England
  3. Cam Ye O'er Frae France
  4. Thomas the Rhymer
  5. Lyke Wake Dirge
  6. Black Jack Davey
  7. Two Magicians
  8. Blackleg Miner
  9. All Around My Hat

Tracks:

  1. When I Was on Horseback
  2. John Barleycorn
  3. Long Lankin
  4. Misty Moisty Morning
  5. Let Her Go Down
  6. Gaudete
  7. Weaver and the Factory Maid
  8. Drink Down the Moon
  9. King Henry

Album Description

'Present' is an album where Steeleye revisit their greatest moments. With 33 years at the forefront of British folk-rock, there's no shortage of classics to choose from, & the selection has been chosen by the people who know best - the fans - in an online poll. While Steeleye's two mainstream hit singles are inevitably present, (the folk-pop of 'All Around My Hat', & the sublime acapella Christmas hit 'Gaudete'), the album serves as a reminder of the range & influence of their music, from the epic folk-rock of tracks such as 'Thomas The Rhymer' & 'King Henry' to the intensity of 'Lyke Wake Dirge'. Recorded shortly before setting out on an eagerly-anticipated 2002 reunion tour of the UK. 17 tracks. Park Records.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best gift any band has ever given their fans.......2006-05-23

Don't let the tracklist fool you. Despite the familiar song titles (not to mention the title of the album), these are all new recording of Steeleye Span classics as chosen by those who know best: the fans. In 2001, Steeleye Span were in shambles. After the excellent Bedlam Born, three of the four members of that lineup (guitarist/vocalist Bob Johnson, vocalist Gay Woods, and bassist Tim Harries) called it quits from the band, leaving violinist Peter Knight hanging. Knight took it upon himself to rebuild his band by getting together a "classic" lineup of the band together. Reading this bit of news on Peter Knight's website was a dream come true for Steeleye fans. Maddy Prior, the voice of Steeleye Span came back after leaving in 1997, along with her bass-playing hubby Rick Kemp, guitarist/vocalist Bob Johnson was coaxed back to the fold (thus including four of the classic six lineup), along with drummer Liam Genockey, who replaced Nigel Pegrum after 1989's excellent Tempted and Tried. After two albums without Maddy Prior, to see this many members of their heyday rejoin the band excited many Spanners the world over.

Their first order of business, they decided, was to record an album of reworked versions of their classic songs with the new lineup. But what songs should they record? To answer this question, they turned to the people whose opinions matter most of all, their fans. Included on Peter Knight's website was a link to a poll where one could vote on three songs for possible inclusion this new album. All three of my choices made the final cut, and looking at the tracklist, this is sure to please any Steeleye Span fan.

Everybody is in top form on here. Maddy's singing is as great as ever, it's as if her time away had never existed. Rick Kemp's bass playing is excellent, stunning in spots, Bob Johnson's guitar absolutely wails throughout, Peter Knight, as always, is in top shape with his new "octave" violin adding new depth and demention to classic songs, and Liam Genockey's drumming is great as well. The band shines on here, both individually and collectively (no pun intended).

Most of the songs sport arrangements which remain faithful to the original recordings, such as "Sir James the Rose," "Black Jack Davy," "Long Lankin," and the two obvious inclusions "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat," but all contain an element of freshness throughout. Others, namely "Hard Times of Old England" and "When I Was On Horseback" have been given completely new makeovers, the former being slowed down to a slow-tempo ballad, which suits the nature of the song's lyrics better than the original. "Horseback" is transformed into a driving, mid-tempo rocker, driven by Peter's "octave" violin. Both are excellent new versions. Rick Kemp handles the lead vocals on "John Barleycorn," and does great justice to Tim Hart's version on Below The Salt. "Gaudete" proves that they can still sing together acapella as well as ever, as does another track, which will be discussed further on. "Cam Ye" and "Misty Moisty Morning" both feature extended endings with Peter really, pardon my french, kicking @$$ and making the listener want to get up and dance. This new version of "Let Her Go Down" sports the lyrics which Peter had originally intended to use when he first wrote the song. "Blackleg Miner" sounds more like the version on Back In Line than Hark! The Village Wait, featuring some great slap bass from Rick, eerie violin playing from Peter, and great guitar work from Bob, topped off with a powerful performance from Maddy. "King Henry" closes off the album with a bang, and though it doesn't surpass the original version of the song (nothing ever will), it is easily one of the album's finest moments. Some 17 minutes into this track, after long silence, Maddy comes in singing an unaccompanied "Rosebud In June," ending the album wonderfully.

Looking at the tracklist, one will notice an unfamiliar song title among classics known to all Spanners. This song, "Lyke Wake Dirge," was performed live by the band during their heyday, but was never recorded until now. The song's subject matter deals with death and purgatory, and was usually sung over the remains of the dead. It is sung acapella, and is dark, eerie, and spooky, which is the Steeleye Span that I like best. It rekindles the magic of Steeleye's heyday, and it would fit perfectly on any of their seventies albums (imagine if it had been tacked onto the end of Below The Salt? That would have been great). It is easily the best song the band has recorded in many, many years, and is more than a worthy inclusion on this album. Stunning, absolutely stunning.

All that said, this is the best gift any band has given to their fans. Imagine if the members of Pink Floyd had continued to work together after Live 8, recording a new album and later releasing a stunning live album and DVD of the tour to support it. This is the Steeleye Span fan's equivalent of that. Spanners held out hope that Maddy Prior would someday return, and not only did that happen, but all of our wildest Steeleye Span dreams came true in the form of this record. Sadly, Bob Johnson's health forced him to retire after completing this record, but his replacement, Ken Nicol, is a fine singer and excellent guitarist, proof of which exists on the subsequent They Called Her Babylon (March 2004), the essential-for-Christmas album Winter (November 2004), and the newly released Folk Rock Pioneers In Concert (May 2006).

There are many Steeleye Span compilations out there; none completely do them justice, and only one or two come close. Were this a compilation of classic recordings, this would easily be the best Steeleye hits-collection ever. This collection is not for the Steeleye Span virgin, it is for longtime fans like myself (I have been a fan since infancy, and they remain my favorite to this day). If you are a Steeleye Span fan, you MUST own this CD. Do not worry about the price; it is expensive, yes, but the music contained within is worth its weight in gold. It is a fulfilling of the fantasy had by every Spanner at the turn of the 21st century, satisfying our hunger beyond our wildest dreams. This album marked a rebirth for Steeleye Span, and the same lineup (with Ken Nicol taking the place of Bob Johnson) is still out there now and thriving. May they continue to please us until the end of time

5 out of 5 stars Not Just A Greatest Hit's Collection!.......2006-05-14


With all of the reviews for other studio cds they've released in the last 10-15 years, many of them bemoaning what Steeleye Span has become, how they've lost the spark, etc., I'm very surprised that there is but one 2-3 line customer review of this particular cd. I wonder, are some fans overlooking this because they assume it's yet another repackaging of previously released music? Well, just in case it wasn't clear, *all* of the songs on this 2-disc set are brand-new studio recordings.

Steeleye Span has gone back to all of their favorite songs, and produced new versions of them. Yes, they aren't quite the performers that they were in the early 1970's -- but how could any true Steeleye Span fan resist hearing new, different versions of some of the best songs they've ever done? Hearing a newer version of King Henry is worth the price of admission all on it's own in my book. This is one of my all-time favorite Steeleye songs, but let's face it, the (electric) music of their early releases such as Below the Salt tends to sound very, very dated.

It would be hard to say that very many (if any) of these versions are superior to the originals -- although in one or two cases I'm convinced that they are -- but who really cares? If you love the originals, then can you really resist two cds of newly recorded versions of these songs? You still get some of the best Steeleye Span songs performed by the same musicians that originally recorded them. That they sometimes show their age does not take away from the old Steeleye Span magic; after all they're intimately familiar with these tunes. In addition, as I mentioned earlier, modern recordings have a few inherent advantages in sound quality over their 1970's recordings.

In any case, those old-school Span fans who have not been happy with their modern recordings ought to pick this up. Even if the performances aren't quite what they might have once been, the material is certainly top-notch.

5 out of 5 stars This is a very.......2003-02-16

good CD. These are new versions of old recordings, and, of course, have a different sound, but Steeleye Span fans will not be disappointed. Pricey, but good.
The Best Christmas... Ever! { Various Artists } {Import }
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    		The Best Christmas... Ever! { Various Artists } {Import }
    Band Aid , Wham , Elton John , Jackson 5 , Slade , Mike Oldfield , Jona Lewie , Mel and Kim , Gary Glitter , and Shakin' Stevens
    Manufacturer: VIRGIN RECORDS
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
    HolidayHoliday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music | General Christmas | Today's Deals | Box Sets | Children's Music | Classical Instrumental | Halloween | Hanukkah | Kwanzaa | Opera & Vocal | Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Pop Vocal
    ASIN: B000MG5BII

    Product Description

    TRACKS DISC ONE: 1. Do They Know It's Christmas - Band Aid 2. Last Christmas - Wham 3. Step Into Christmas - John, Elton 4. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Jackson Five 5. Merry Xmas Everybody - Slade 6. In Dulci Jubilo - Oldfield, Mike 7. Stop The Cavalry - Lewie, Jona 8. Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree - Wilde, Kim 9. Another Rock 'n' Roll Christmas - Glitter, Gary 10. Merry Christmas Everyone - Shakin' Stevens 11. Mary Had A Little Boy - Snap 12. Christmas Wrapping - The Waitresses 13. Ring Out Solstice Bells - Jethro Tull 14. Saviour's Day - Richard, Cliff 15. Mull Of Kintyre - Wings 16. Spaceman Came Travelling - De Burgh, Chris 17. Winter's Tale - Essex, David 18. Keeping The Dream Alive - Freiheit 19. Sadeness - Enigma 20. Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy - Crosby, Bing & David Bowie DISC TWO: 1. White Christmas - Crosby, Bing 2. Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow - Martin, Dean 3. . Christmas Song -Fitzgerald, Ella 4. Winter Wonderland - Day, Doris 5. Warm December - London, Julie 6. Merry Christmas Darling - Carpenters 7. Santa Baby - Kitt, Eartha 8. Happy Holiday - Williams, Andy 9. Lonely Pup (In A Christmas Shop) - Faith, Adam 10. Blue Christmas - Miles Davis 11. Blue Christmas - Nelson, Willie 12. Silver Bells - Reeves, Jim 13. Mary's Boy Child - Belafonte, Harry 14. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Como, Perry 15. We Wish You a Merry Christmas - The Weavers 16. The Twelve Days of Christmas - The Spinners 17. Gaudete - Steeleye Span 18. In the Bleak Midwinter - Jansch, Bert 19. Silent Night Holy Night - Temptations 20. Only You - Flying Pickets 21. Walking In The Air - Jones, Aled 22. What Are You doing New Year's Eve?- O'Hara, Mary Margaret
    The King: The Best of Steeleye Span
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      		The King: The Best of Steeleye Span
      Steeleye Span
      Manufacturer: Mooncrest
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
      Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
      Folk RockFolk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
      FolkFolk | Imports | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B00000JO98
      Release Date: 2000-01-01

      Tracks:

      1. Calling Song
      2. Fisherman's Wife
      3. Copshawholme Fair
      4. All Things Are Quite Silent
      5. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
      6. Fly up My Cock
      7. TWA Corbies
      8. One Night as I Lay on My Bed
      9. Cold, Haily, Windy Night
      10. Prince Charlie Stewart
      11. Lark in the Morning
      12. King
      13. Rave On
      14. Ploughboy and the Cockney
      15. Gower Wassail
      16. Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig/Willie Clancy's Fancy
      17. Skewball
      Best of Steeleye Span
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • This compilation had an eye for providing great value!
      		 Best of Steeleye Span
      Steeleye Span
      Manufacturer: EMI Gold
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
      Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
      Folk RockFolk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
      FolkFolk | Imports | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B00006DICT
      Release Date: 2007-05-21

      Tracks:

      1. Gaudete
      2. All Around My Hat
      3. Thomas the Rhymer
      4. Alison Gross
      5. Little Sir Hugh
      6. Cam Ye O'er Frae France
      7. Long Lankin
      8. Gone to America
      9. Let Her Go Down
      10. Black Jack Davy
      11. Bach Goes to Limerick

      Album Description

      2002 release is the definitive collection of the highly popular folk rock act's most prolific period, chronologically showcasing the five albums they recorded for Chrysalis from 1972-75 ('Below The Salt', 'Parcel Of Rogues', 'Now We Are Six', 'All Around My Hat' & 'Commoner's Crown'). Guest appearances include David Bowie playing sax on 'To Know Him Is To Love Him' & Peter Sellers who's featured on 'New York Girls'. Tracks from the best selling, 'All Around My Hat' are extensively featured. 19 tracks & over 70 minutes.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars This compilation had an eye for providing great value!.......2005-04-13

      Although I'm not extremely well-versed in the details of the Steeleye Span catalogue, I find this to be a great 78 minute focused representation of much of their best. If you are not sure if this is your thing, give it a try (offered here for under $10)...you will find this to be some great music I predict (my hippie mother played much of this stuff when I was a kid in the 60's and 70's - it's a different take on that great psychedelic era). Anyone who is or has been into Fairport Convention, Pentangle, Jethro Tull, Celtic or bluegrass music or any of the female singer-songwriter genre artists will probably enjoy this. It often rocks, but also explores beautiful harmonies and melodies. The musicianship is excellent and much originality is shown throughout. The songs really get stuck in your head and many have excellent storylines. It has a couple of early songs and borrows heavily from "Below the Salt", "Parcel of Rogues", "Now we are six" and "All Around My Hat" giving a generous sampling to consider future purchases. It's a grower - Great buy, I love it!!
      Present: The Very Best of Steeleye Span
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        		Present: The Very Best of Steeleye Span
        Steeleye Span
        Manufacturer: Park
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
        Progressive RockProgressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B00007B8QK
        Release Date: 2003-01-07

        Tracks:

        1. Sir James the Rose
        2. Hard Times of Old England
        3. Cam Ye O'er Frae France
        4. Thomas the Rhymer
        5. Lyke Wake Dirge
        6. Black Jack Davey
        7. Two Magicians
        8. Blackleg Miner
        9. All Around My Hat

        Tracks:

        1. When I Was on Horseback
        2. John Barleycorn
        3. Long Lankin
        4. Misty Moisty Morning
        5. Let Her Go Down
        6. Gaudete
        7. Weaver and the Factory Maid
        8. Drink Down the Moon
        9. King Henry
        The King: The Best of Steeleye Span
        Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
        • Many of the best from a phenomenal band! Superb!
        • You mean the Worst of Steeleye Span
        		 The King: The Best of Steeleye Span
        Steeleye Span
        Manufacturer: Mooncrest Records UK
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
        Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | International | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Celtic | International | Styles | Music
        Folk RockFolk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
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        Folk RockFolk Rock | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
        ASIN: B00005Y9AI
        Release Date: 1996-11-05

        Tracks:

        1. Calling Song
        2. Fisherman's Wife
        3. Copshawholme Fair
        4. All Things Are Quite Silent
        5. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
        6. Fly up My Cock
        7. TWA Corbies
        8. One Night as I Lay on My Bed
        9. Cold, Haily, Windy Night
        10. Prince Charlie Stewart
        11. Lark in the Morning
        12. King
        13. Rave On
        14. Ploughboy and the Cockney
        15. Gower Wassail
        16. Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig/Willie Clancy's Fancy
        17. Skewball

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Many of the best from a phenomenal band! Superb!.......2002-10-10

        Steeleye Span had the genius to find fantastic old folk music -- full of emotional impact that grabs you as if you're living these old stories, and as contemporary as the human drama itself -- and fill them full life and rhythm, using traditional instruments (some of which were constructed especially for the band's remaking of this ancient music) and electrified bass and guitar, with a strong beat.
        Their cup of creativity was full early on, brimming with energy and ebullience, and this collection has the gems! Taken mostly from their first album, Hark! The Village Wait -- their first album, and by many accounts their best -- and Ten Man Mop, the album includes some of the most amazing songs you'll ever hear if you're a fan of folk music.
        Just try to resist the urge to do a little dance while 'Blackleg Miner' is playing; try not to tap your fingers and daydream while 'The Hills of Greenmore,' "A mighty song" as the group says in the original liner notes, is running through your mind; see if you don't feel Irish for a few minutes while Paddy Clancy's and Willy Clancy's jigs are reeling out of your loudspeakers; just try to resist the heart-tugs of 'My Johnny Was A Shoemaker" despite its two-minute length.
        This is powerful, musical, and very grand stuff. If you've never heard Steeley Span, this album will give you a great intro into the best folk and folk-rock group in the world. If, like me, you've seen the group live many times, it'll remind you of how great their music is and how different it is and how uniquely brilliant it is from anyone else you can think of.
        This is *listenable* and fabulous music to the max! Enjoy!

        1 out of 5 stars You mean the Worst of Steeleye Span.......2002-03-20

        I have been a die hard Steeleye Span fan for years. This is the only album of theirs I have ever heard that I did not want to play again. It is an incredible collection of poorly written and poorly performed songs. They are unmistakeably Steeleye Span songs, but most are notably unmemorable.
        The Best of & the Rest of Steeleye Span
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          		The Best of & the Rest of Steeleye Span

          Manufacturer: Action Replay
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B000008L4E
          Release Date: 1995-12-01
          The Best of & the Rest of Steeleye Span
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            		The Best of & the Rest of Steeleye Span
            Steeleye Span
            Manufacturer: Action Replay
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            Binding: Audio CD

            British FolkBritish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B00005YBNF
            Release Date: 1995-12-01

            Tracks:

            1. Blacksmith
            2. Prince Charlie Stuart
            3. Marrowbones
            4. Reels
            5. Western Wynde
            6. Dark-Eyed Sailor
            7. All Things Are Quite Silent
            8. Rave On
            9. Lovely on the Water
            10. Wee Weaver
            11. Brisk Young Butcher
            12. Boys of Bedlam
            13. Blacksmith
            14. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
            Best of British Folk [Prism]
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              		Best of British Folk [Prism]

              Manufacturer: Prism Leisure
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD
              ASIN: B0007KHUXI

              Product Description

              1) Fairport Convention: "Both Sides Now"; 2) Steeleye Span: "The Fox"; 3) Lindisfarne: "The Guitar Never Lies"; 4) Jacqui McShee's Pentangle: "The House Carpenter"; 5) Jack O' Diamonds: "Wild Willy Barrett"; 6) Magna Carta: "Rings Around The Moon"; 7) Fairport Convention: "It'll Take A Long Time"; 8) Tir-Na-Nog: "Time Is Like A Promise"; 9) The Famous Jug Band: "Where Have You Been So Long"; 10) Steve Ashley: "Family Love"; 11) Lindisfarne: "Coming Good"; 12) The Albion Band: "Cell Song" (from Babbacombe Lee); 13) The G.P.s: Pretty Boy Floyd; 14) Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where The Time Goes?.

              Music Review:

              1. Black Dog
              2. Bleecker & Macdougal [Import]
              3. Bleeds/Basher [Import]
              4. Blinding
              5. Buried Land
              6. Cestující v noci / Traveller in the Night
              7. Chalk
              8. Christmas in the Northwest 5
              9. Clemency
              10. Close to the Bone

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