The Best of Lindisfarne [Import]

The Best of Lindisfarne [Import]

Track Listings

1. Meet Me on the Corner

2. Lady Eleanor

3. All Fall Down

4. We Can Swing Together

5. Fog on the Tyne

6. Road to Kingdom Come

7. Scarecrow Song

8. Winter Song

9. Clear White Light

10. January Song

11. Down

12. Wake up Little Sister

13. Together Forever

14. Alright on the Night

15. Go Back

16. Don't Ask Me

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Includes 2 previously unreleased tracks. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Tracks:

Meet Me on the Corner
Lady Eleanor
All Fall Down
We Can Swing Together
Fog on the Tyne
Road to Kingdom Come
Scarecrow Song
Winter Song
Clear White Light
January Song
Down
Wake Up Little Sister
Together Forever
Alright on the Night
Go Back
Don't Ask Me
No Time to Lose
Dingly Dell
Sleeping [#]
Love in a Cage [#]

Album Description

2003 compilation for the British folk rock band features 20 classic tracks including 2 previously unreleased tracks, 'Sleeping' & 'Love In A Cage'. Includes 8-page booklet with a brief history of the band. EMI Gold.

Average customer rating:

Awesome Folk Rock!
The best of a good-time band with a suppressed serious side?
I love Lindisfarne, but the quality of this CD is a bit poor

The Best of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne
Manufacturer: Emi Gold
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000026GK8
Release Date: 2002-11-25

Tracks:

Meet Me On The Corner
Lady Eleanor
All Fall Down
We Can Swing Together
Fog On The Tyne
Road To Kingdom Come
Scarecrow Song
Winter Song
Clear White Light
January Song
Down
Wake Up Little Sister
Together For Ever
Alright On The Night
Go Back
Don't Ask Me

Album Details

Includes 2 previously unreleased tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome Folk Rock!.......2004-01-18

I am a die hard Folkie.I'm a folk singer myself inspired by Dylan,Young,Simon and many other legends.My friend who works at
a big music store here told meto pick this up blindly.I did so and am not regretting at all!It is superb folk rock with all acoustic guitar strumming,piano and Harmonica and ofcourse electric guitar in some songs.Alan is a talented songwriter,indeed!I recommend this CD to any fan of folk and classic rock.This is FOLK ROCK at its BEST!!

The best of a good-time band with a suppressed serious side?.......2001-02-12

The recording quality on this album is not brilliant, but it's no worse than many of its time. There is one track with deliberate crackle and muffled hiss, but I cannot report hearing the movement of the turntable stylus as reported in another review here of this album.

The principal cause of my disappointment with this CD is the quality of the songs. I knew Lindisfarne only by their singles: the foot-tapping 'Meet Me on the Corner' and the excellent ballad 'Lady Eleanor'. Judging by this compilation, it appears that Lindisfarne wrote many more foot-tappers than beautiful ballads. 'Fog on the Tyne' for instance has an intricate instrumental in the middle, but the tune itself is little more than a nursery rhyme or soccer crowd chant. The band seemed to struggle with knowing what direction it should head in. There are shades of Dylan, Neil Young, Steeleye Span, Matthews Southern Comfort and the Strawbs, but the overall feel is of a band heading towards Chas'n'Dave pub rock territory, a segment defined by a duo so obscure that they probably mean nothing to readers outside England.

It turned out that for me, Lindisfarne's best tune, by far, was their first single, 'Lady Eleanor', from their first album. It's always a strong danger signal when a band peak so early. It is strange that a band on the Charisma label -- which also nurtured Genesis and Van Der Graaf Generator -- should drift so quickly away from any pretence at being progressive. But I guess that if you played lots of pubs and clubs in the North-East of England, this is what people wanted to hear.

Occasionally Lindisfarne tried to break out of this playing-to-the-crowd trap, by imitating Dylan or Young, and coming up with some reasonable folk-rock. But it didn't appear to last long. Sorry, lads.

I love Lindisfarne, but the quality of this CD is a bit poor.......1999-03-01

Lindisfarne's "Fog On The Tyne" album has always held a unique and premier position in my vinyl collection. Somehow their unique rock/folk music takes my mind away like no other and simply makes me want to be there in a different time and place! As the vinyl became worn, I was always looking out for the CD replacement and "The Best of Lindisfarne" seems to be the closest I will ever get. However I must say that the quality of the CD recording leaves much to be desired. You can actually hear the needle landing and record scratch clicks on some tracks, and how the "best of .." does not include "Uncle Sam" leaves me a bit bewildered.

Average customer rating:

Awesome Folk Rock!
The best of a good-time band with a suppressed serious side?
I love Lindisfarne, but the quality of this CD is a bit poor

The Best of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne
Manufacturer: Disky Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

Folk | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0000071MA
Release Date: 1998-06-30

Tracks:

Meet Me on the Corner
Lady Eleanor
All Fall Down
We Can Swing Together
Fog on the Tyne
Road to Kingdom Come
Scarecrow Song
Winter Song
Clear White Light
January Song
Down
Wake up Little Sister
Together Forever
Alright on the Night
Go Back
Don't Ask Me

Album Details

Includes 2 previously unreleased tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Awesome Folk Rock!.......2004-01-18

The best of a good-time band with a suppressed serious side?.......2001-02-12

I love Lindisfarne, but the quality of this CD is a bit poor.......1999-03-01

Average customer rating:

Seventies folk-rock from Newcastle

The Best of Lindisfarne
Lindisfarne
Manufacturer: EMI Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music

British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Pop | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music

Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music

Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music

Country | Imports | Stores | Music

Folk | Imports | Stores | Music

Rock | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0009WXGDW
Release Date: 2005-08-16

Tracks:

Lady Eleanor
All Fall Down
Meet Me On The Corner
Fog On The Tyne
Road To Kingdom Come
January Song
Poor Old Ireland
Court In The Act
Train In G Major
Alright On The Night
Scarecrow Song
Winter Song
Clear White Light (Part 2)
Juke Box Gypsy
Warm Feeling
Ghost In Blue Suede Shoes
Can't Do Right For Doing Wrong
Call Of The Wild
Run For Home

Album Description

Newcastle's finest have been keeping the folk-rock flame alive for over three decades! This album is a full career retrospective drawing on material from various line-ups and labels over the years and includes all their biggest hits from 'Lady Eleanor' in 1970 to 'Run For Home' in 1979. 19 total tracks including 'All Fall Down', 'Poor Old Ireland', 'Winter Song', 'Juke Box Gypsy', 'January Song', 'Warm Feeling' & 'Road To Kingdom Come'. EMI. 2005.

Album Details

Newcastle's Finest have Been Keeping the Folk-rock Flame Alive for Over Three Decades. This Album is a Full Career Retrospective Drawing in Material from Various Line-ups and Labels Over the Years. This Album Includes all their Biggest Hits from 'lady Eleanor' in 1970 to 'run for Home' in 1979.

Customer Reviews:

Seventies folk-rock from Newcastle.......2005-08-22

Formed in 1967 and originally named the Downtown Faction (a name that didn't last very long), Lindisfarne built their reputation at colleges and festivals before recording their first album. Alan Hull (guitar, vocals), Rod Clements (bass, violin), Ray Jackson (mandolin), Simon Cowe (guitar) and Ray Laidlaw (drums) were the members of the group, which took its name from an island off the Northumbrian coast.

Good-time folk-rock music was their trademark. The original group recorded three albums for Chrysalis. Their first album (Nicely out of tune) is considered by many to be their finest work although their second (Fog on the Tyne) established their popularity, going to number one on the UK album charts. Their third album (Dingly Dell) has some good moments but is weaker than the earlier albums. That album and a subsequent unsuccessful American tour created tensions that caused the group to split. Three members left to form their own group (Jack the Lad) while the remaining two members retained the name Lindisfarne and recruited replacements although this group disband after one album (Happy daze). In 1978, the five original members re-united and recorded an album (Back and Fourth) on a different label. .Although it was an encouraging comeback, it was their last great album.

Their run of hit singles began with two UK top five hits (Meet me on the corner, Lady Eleanor) and a minor UK hit (All fall down) in 1972, but they didn't return to the charts until their 1978 comeback, at which point Run for home made the UK top ten, also becoming their only American top forty hit, and Juke box gypsy became a minor UK hit. They have returned to the UK charts just once since then, having their biggest hit (number two) when they backed Gazza (a Newcastle-born footballer) on a new version of Fog on the Tyne. This recording is not featured in this compilation but the original version of the song (curiously, never released as a single) is included.

This compilation contains a selection of their best music including all their seventies hits together with their best album tracks. If you enjoy folk-rock music of the sixties and seventies, the music of Lindisfarne will surely appeal to you.

Average customer rating:

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?.

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