Bread, Love And Dreams: Discography

 

 

Acid-folk act coming from Scotland, this time Edinburgh, BREAD LOVE AND DREAM was a trio

lead by Glaswegian David McNiven, joining in with a two-women act: Carolyn Davis on guitar and Angie Rew on flute and lead vocals. They toured around Scotland for a while and started a loyal local following, but they sounded much influenced by another Scot act THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND, which was not surprising since they ruled acid folk and it was not the first band inspired by ISB: indeed the Irish Dr STRANGELY STRANGE sounds much like BL&D. 
                   

Spotted by Decca staff Ray Horricks at the Edinburgh Festival in 68, they were brought down to

London by him to record their first album and it was released in early 69. This self-titled album contained some acid folk with some string arrangements, but the market being flooded by such albums, it sold poorly, enticing guitarist Carolyn Davis to quit. Their 1969 debut album, on Decca Records, included mainly self-penned material. 
                

Decca wanted to cut the band from its roster, but Horricks held good and the group was grudgingly allowed a second chance. Aware of this BL&D first went on the road (sharing stages with MAGNA

CARTA and TYRANOSAURUS REX) and wrote new material for their upcoming album. It was during this time that BL&D developed a working project with the Traverse Theatre Group in Edinburgh. Their director Max Stafford wanted McNiven to adapt one of his pieces Mother Earth to the stage actors. It eventually became Amaryllis, given a twist of name. This piece was then performed in Edinburgh, then London, than on a European tour (Scandinavia, Benelux, France & Spain) to apparently great acclaim. 
                        

Strange Tales Of Captain Shannon was therefore released fall of 70 to critical acclaim, and it contained

the lengthy title track that was again in the ISB mould. As their second album failed to sell, Decca quickly released (botched-up marketing and too few copies pressed) in early 71, Amaryllis, which is arguably their best works, but it fail to sell, or even match the sales of the preceding two albums. Decca dropped the band after an Edinburgh's Royal Court Theatre's presentation and wrote the whole thing down as a tax write-off.
                        

Rew and McNiven married, and the latter went on to write for the BBC comedy unit, as well as film

scores. Rew later ran a touring children’s theatre company called Hullaballoo, working as writer, composer, actor and director. In 1990 McNiven toured with Tracy Nelson. Davis became a full-time student of media studies. 
                 

LINE - UP

                        

David McNiven (4 November 1945 - 18 December 2015, Glasgow, Scotland) - Guitar, Vocals, Piano, Flute
Angie Rew (25 September 1946, Edinburgh, Scotland) - Guitar, Vocals, Organ, African Drums
Carolyn Davis (15 August 1946, Edinburgh, Scotland) - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Tambourine, Buzz Horn

DISCOGRAPHY

Bread, Love and Dreams (London Records, 1969)
The Strange Tale of Captain Shannon and the Hunchback from Gigha (Decca Records, 1970)
Amaryllis (Decca Records, 1971)

BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS - BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS 1969

                          

Some of their songsare fragile, beautiful: like the wings on a butterfly. Although-again like the

butterfly-they impose little flash-points of colour upon the eneryday world surrounding them. Other songs they have written are soaked in the world'srealism, acutely abservant and disturbing as the dab of a styptic pencil.
                           

Bread Love And Dreams – Bread Love And Dreams
Label: Hugo-Montes Production – HMP CD-006
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Unofficial Release, Stereo 2012
Country: UK
Released: 1969
Genre: Rock
Style: Acid - Folk 

TRACKS

                            

01. Switch Out The Sun    3:19
02. Virgin Kiss    3:43
03. The Least Said    3:44
04. Falling Over Backwards    5:45
05. Lady Of The Night    3:13
06. Main Street    2:14
07. Artificial Light (Of All The Living Lies)    3:40
08. Until She Needs You    3:42
09. Mirrors    5:33
10. Poet's Song    2:53
11. The Yellow-Bellied Redback    2:16
12. 95 Octane Gravy    3:17

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BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS - THE STRANGE TALE OF CAPTAIN SHANNON AND THE HUNCHBACK FRON GIGHA 1970

                         

This is their second album released, but it was recorded at the same time as Amaryllis, as the original

idea was to release a double album as their idols Incredible String Band had with WEE Tam & The Big Huge. But there was no way that their label would as they simply didn't believe in this group, only producer Horrick forcing the three albums deal to conclude. 
                          

Bread Love And Dreams – The Strange Tale Of Captain Shannon And The Hunchback From Gigha
Label: Sunbeam Records – SBRCD5047
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2008
Country: UK
Released: 1970
Genre: Rock
Style: Acid - Folk

TRACKS

                  

01. Hymn For Sylvi   5:46
Written-By – McNiven
02. Masquerade   4:56
Written-By – McNiven
03. Sucking On A Cigarette   3:35
Written-By – McNiven
04. He Who Knows All   4:52
Written-By – McNiven
05. The Lobster Quadrille   2:46
Written-By – McNiven, Carroll
06. Butterflyland   5:10
Written-By – Rew
07. Purple Haze Melancholy   3:52
Orchestrated By – Robert Cornford
Written-By – Davis
08. Sing Me A Song   2:15
Written-By – Rew
09. The Strange Tale Of Captain Shannon And The Hunchback From Gigha
Written-By – McNiven   6:59

LINE - UP

David McNiven - vocals, guitar, flute, harmonica
Angie Rew - vocals, guitar, percussion

WITH

Carolyn Davis - vocals & guitar (tracks: 7)
Allan Trajan - organ, piano
Danny Thompson - double bass
Dave Richmond - bass
Terry Cox - drums
Robert Cornford - conductor, orchestration 
Graeme Robertson - orchestration (tracks: 1 to 6, 8, 9)

Flac Size: 230 MB

BREAD, LOVE AND DREAMS - AMARYLLIS 1971

                    

Bread Love & Dreams recorded their most memorable album ‘Amaryllis’ for Decca at the same time

they put together ‘Strange Tale of Captain Shannon and the Hunchback from Gigha’, and with the same lineup that included Danny Thompson and Terry Cox of the Pentangle, but without the lovely voice of Carolyn Davis who had left after the group’s debut release. A hyper rare psych/folk album on the mighty Decca label, this is a beautiful piece of psych/folk music from the Golden Era.
                

Bread, Love And Dreams – Amaryllis
Label: Sunbeam Records – SBRCD5027
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 2006
Country: UK
Released: 1971    
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Acid - Folk

TRACKS

                

01. Amaryllis    21:46   
1.  Part 1: Out Of The Darkness And Into The Night    
2.  Part 2: Zoroaster's Prophecy    
3.  Part 3: Light    
04. Time's The Thief   4:46
05. My Stair-Cupboard At 3 A.M.   3:34
06. Brother John   4:03
07. Circle Of Night   3:18

LINE - UP

David McNiven - vocals, guitar
Angie Rew - vocals, guitar, percussion

WITH

Allan Trajan - organ, piano
Phil Grieve - jaw harp
Danny Thompson - double bass
Dave Richmond - bass
Terry Cox - drums

Flac Size: 203 MB

Anaconda: Sympathy For The Madman 1969

 

In 1969 the leader of British psychedelic legends ARCADIUM created a project exploring the dark edges of progressive folk rock, together with two male and two female whose names are lost in a temporal pea-souper. No recordings were thought to have survived (Miguel Sergides lost all his

belongings in a house fire in the 80s) until the discovery of the sole Anaconda acetate LP in 2019. Overnight it became the second most valuable folk rock LP in the world (after Easton Baveret's Suicide Notes). Its owner has flatly rejected a €7000 (over $8000) offer. The LP is a revelation that reveals a Seygian underworld of British folk rock that links Anaconda to Tea & Symphony, Forest, Lifeblud, Heriom, and Comus. Predating Comus, Anaconda has a very similar sound using violins and flutes but is lace with aching melancholia and themes of alienation. It is a genuine lost masterpiece of folk rock, one of three works of genius by Sergides: Arcadium, Anaconda and The Savanna Silver Band.
                     

MIGUEL SERGIDES

Anaconda - Sympathy For The Madman CD is a psychedelic folk masterpiece, recorded by Arcadium's Miguel Sergideshis. CD edition is limited to 300 copies. This recently rediscovered masterpiece of psychedelic folk melancholia is being hailed as one of the greatest folk rock lps of all time. The recording was made in late 1969 in John Kongos flat. It's a pitty that the only negative thing, is that the production of this great album sucks being very blured and a little bit distorted.
                    

ANACONDA Sympathy For the Madman (2020 UK 5-track vinyl LP on Seelie Court, a new archival label home to ultra rare British titles dating between 1965-78, all sourced from a private collection.Supposedly just one acetate LP exists for this record previously, valued at Ł7000+ & lost since 1969, the album is confirmed to be a post Arcadium project [vocals by Miguel Sergides] & a missing piece of British psychedelic folk rock on wax [think Comus!].
                  

JOHN CONGOS

CD only subsidiary of Seelie Court , limited 300 copies editions in card Gatefold sleeves, all issued with co operation of the bands/artists, under contract. Mastered by Reynolds Mastering, pressed at The Vinyl Factory, England. Post Arcadium psychedelic folk masterpiece, lost since 1969, just one original acetate LP exists,valued at £7000+, the LP has an intense pagan mood and deals with themes of alienation, notably in Outsider, it sounds very similar to Comus with flutes, violins but replaces the insanity of Comus with dark folked out melancholia. Short at 24 mins. Quite possibly the finest prog-folk lp ever made, with songwriting and lead vocal by Miguel Sergides who crafted the psych LP masterpiece by Arcadium. Accomplished and meticulous prog folk genius.
                                    

Anaconda – Sympathy For The Madman
Label: Seelie Court Digital – scd 001, Seelie Court – scd 001
Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue 2021
Country: UK
Released: 1969    
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Folk Rock, Psychedelic

TRACKS

                           

01. It's Not Me       3:42
02. Riding Alone   4:20
03. Who Are We?       5:36
04. Outrider       3:40
05. Sympathy For The Madman       4:20

LINE - UP

                  

Flute – Alistair 
Performer [Performed By] – Anaconda 
Violin, Guitar – Clive Timperley
Vocals, Percussion – Frances
Vocals, Percussion - Kim
Vocals, Twelve-String Guitar – Miguel Sergides
    

NOTES

Recorded By – John Kongos
Written-By – Miguel Sergides (Real GREEK Name: Michalakis Stelios Sergides)

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ARCADIUM was a British psychedelic group who released one album in 1969. The band was led by Miguel Sergides who was joined by John Albert Parker, Graham Best, Allen Ellwood and Robert Ellwood.

ARCADIUM on Urban Aspirines HERE

The Leaves: Hey Joe 1966 + All The Good That's Happening 1967

 

The Leaves were an American garage folk-rock band formed in the San Fernando Valley,

California, in 1964. One of the first L.A. folk-rock groups to spring up in the wake of the Byrds in the mid-'60s, they are best known for their version of the song "Hey Joe", which was a hit in 1966. Theirs is the earliest release of this song, which became a rock standard.
           

The band was founded by bass player Jim Pons and guitarist Robert Lee Reiner, who were inspired by hearing The Beatles while students at Cal State Northridge (then known as San Fernando Valley State College) in Los Angeles. Originally called The Rockwells, they were in a fraternity together, formed a

group, and taught themselves how to play. Besides Pons and Reiner, the original line-up included John Beck (vocals), Bill Rinehart (lead guitar), and Jimmy Kern (drums); in early 1965, Kern was replaced by drummer Tom Ray. They began by playing surf and dance music at parties. In 1965, The Byrds left their residency at Ciro's on Sunset Strip after making their first hit, and The Leaves (as they were by then known) were chosen to replace them. 
               

                     
They were discovered by popular singer and actor Pat Boone, who got them their first record contract, with Mira Records. More explicitly Stones and Beatles-influenced than the Byrds, they didn't project as

strong an identity as competitors like the Byrds or Love, despite displaying considerable talent for harmony rockers in both the folk-rock and British Invasion styles. After cutting some singles and an album for the tiny Mira label, they moved to Capitol and disbanded after their secind album (All the Good That's Happening, 1967) that offered a more diluted sound. An uneven album, and understandably so because the group was disintegrating at the time it was made.      
                             

 

The band broke up in 1967 when Pons left to join the pop group The Turtles; in the early 1970s, Pons played bass with Frank Zappa. Arlin formed the heavy psychedelic band The Hook[1] and The Robert

Savage Group. The band reunited in 1970 before Pons became a member of Zappa's band. The reunited lineup included Jim Pons on rhythm guitar, John Beck on lead guitar, Buddy Sklar, lead singer from The Hook and The Spencer Davis Group, Al Nichols on bass from the Turtles, and Bob "Bullet" Bailey on drums. The band did some touring, performed at local Los Angeles based nightclubs, then disbanded in 1971.
                   

 

THE LEAVES - HEY JOE 1966
                                 

The Leaves – Hey Joe
Label: One Way Records – OW 29307
Format: CD, Album, Reissue 1993
Country:U S
Released: 1966
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage Rock, Folk Rock

TRACKS

                

01. Dr. Stone    2:20
02. Just A Memory    2:16
03. Get Out Of My Life Woman    2:45
04. Girl From The East    2:55
05. He Was A Friend Of Mine    3:22
06. Hey Joe!    2:48
07. Words    2:28
08. Back On The Avenue    3:04
09. War Of Distortion    2:07
10. Tobacco Road    2:08
11. Good Bye, My Lover    3:08
12. Too Many People    3:12

BONUS TRACKS

13. Be With You    2:02
14. You Better Move On    2:23
15. That's A Different Story    2:28
16. Love Minus Zero    2:27
17. Funny Little World    2:06

LINE - UP

Bass – Jim Pons
Drums – Tom "Ambrose" Ray
Guitar – Bobby Arlin 
Guitar – Robert Lee Reiner
Vocals – John Beck 

Flac Size: 475 MB

THE LEAVES - ALL THE GOOD THAT'S HAPPENING 1967
            

The Leaves – All The Good That's Happening
Label: Grapefruit Records – CRSEG 019, Grapefruit USA – CRSEG 019
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered 2010
Country: UK
Released: 1967    
Genre: Rock
Style: Garage, Folk-Rock

TRACKS

                   

01. Twilight Sanctuary   2:30
02. One In The Middle   (Written-By – Paul Jones)   2:30
03. On The Plane   2:33
04. Officer Shane   2:50
05. Let's Get Together   3:20
06. Introduction To A Cartoon Show   0:35
07. With None Shoes   2:17
08. To Try For The Sun   2:53
09. Codine   (Written-By – Buffy St. Marie)   3:54
10. Flashback (The Rhythm Thing)   4:30
11. The Quieting Of Oliver Tweak (The Stone Freak)   2:30
12. Lemmon Princess   2:13

LINE - UP

Lead Guitar, Vocals – Robert (Peppermint) Arlin
Tambourine, Drums – Thomas (Ambrose) Ray
Vocals, Bass – Jim Pons
Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Sitar, Tambourine – John Beck (Hipshot)

Flac Size: 349 MB

Steeleye Span: Discography 1970 - 1975

 

Steeleye Span are a British folk rock band formed in 1969 in England by Fairport Convention bass player Ashley Hutchings and established London folk club duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. The band

were part of the 1970s British folk revival, and were commercially successful in that period, with four Top 40 albums and two hit singles: "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat". A highly influential British band who helped deliver folk-rock to the mainstream in the mid-'70s, Steeleye Span have enjoyed a lengthy tenure at the vanguard of British roots music, innovating their country's traditional songs while adding a host of their own original material to its canon.
                   

Steeleye Span have seen many personnel changes, with Maddy Prior being the only remaining original

member of the band. Their musical repertoire consists of mostly traditional songs with one or two instrumental tracks of jigs and/or reels added; the traditional songs often include some of the Child Ballads. In their later albums there has been an increased tendency to include music written by the band members, but they have never moved completely away from traditional music, which draws upon pan-British traditions.
                 

Along with Fairport Convention, with whom they share many similarities, they are the most

recognizable and enduring group to have sprung from Britain's late-'60s folk-rock movement. After a few fits and starts in the early '70s, the group hit their stride with inventive albums like Parcel of Rogues (1973) and Now We Are Six (1974), eventually finding significant U.K. chart success with the 1975 hit "All Around My Hat" and its accompanying album.
                  

Commercially, their star began to fade at the end of the '70s, though they managed to remain a popular

touring act for decades to come, consistently experimenting with their sound and occasionally hitting new creative peaks with quality albums like Tempted & Tried (1989), Bloody Men (2006), and Wintersmith (2013), the latter of which returned them to the U.K. charts after a multi-decade gap.
          

Sounding as robust as ever, the group celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2019 with a new album, Est'd

1969, and a lengthy U.K. tour. Released in 2022, the generously appointed Good Times of Old England collated the band's output from 1972 to 1983 and featured the highly sought-after concert recording of Live at the Rainbow Theatre 1974. Steeleye Span continued celebrating 50 years since the release of their classic Folk Rock albums by touring throughout November and December 2023, including a concert at the Cadogan Hall in London on 18 December 2023.
             

2024 is the 55th anniversary of the band and there have been further tours in May and October, both

supported by a new album 'The Green Man Collection' and featuring new violinist Athena Octavia. It contains six newly recorded tracks in addition to songs from their last two studio albums. It features a new version of 'Hard Times of Old England' with a guest appearance of Francis Rossi (Status Quo) on guitar and vocals.
                

01. STEELEYE SPAN - HARK! THE VILLAGE WAIT 1970

                    

Hark! The Village Wait is the debut album by the British folk rock band Steeleye Span, first released in 1970. It is the only album to feature the original lineup of the band, as they broke up and reformed with an altered membership immediately after its release, without ever having performed live. This was

probably the best singing edition of Steeleye Span, with Gay Woods and Maddy Prior melding beautifully on tracks like "Dark-Eyed Sailor" and "My Johnnie Was a Shoemaker," and Terry Woods adding some realistic coarseness on "The Hills of Greenmore." The sound is fully electric here (with superb playing on the epic "Lowlands of Holland"), if not as aggressive or well crafted as later albums -- Hart, Hutchings, and Woods comprise a good core band, and Gerry Conway and Fairport Convention's Dave Mattacks sit in on drums.
              

Steeleye Span – Hark! The Village Wait
Label: Shanachie – 79052, Shanachie – SHANACHIE 79052
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: US
Released: 1991
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Folk

TRACKS

              

01. A Calling-On Song    1:12
02. The Blacksmith    3:40
03. Fisherman's Wife (Words By – Ewan MacColl)   3:14
04. Blackleg Miner    2:47
05. Dark-Eyed Sailor    5:58
06. Copshawholme Fair    2:34
07. All Things Are Quite Silent    2:39
08. The Hills Of Greenmore    4:01
09. My Johnny Was A Shoemaker    1:11
10. Lowlands Of Holland    6:00
11. Twa Corbies    2:06
12. One Night As I Lay On My Bed    3:30

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior - vocals, 5-string banjo
Tim Hart - vocals, electric guitar, electric dulcimer, fiddle, 5-string banjo, harmonium
Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar
Terry Woods - vocals, electric guitar, concertina, mandola, 5-string banjo, mandolin
Gay Woods - vocals, concertina, autoharp, bodhran

GUEST MUSICIANS

Gerry Conway - drums (tracks 2–3, 5–8)
Dave Mattacks - drums (tracks 4, 10–12)

Flac Size: 230 MB

02. STEELEYE SPAN - PLEASE TO SEE THE KING 1971 (2CD) 2006

              

The debut of Steeleye Span (Mark II), with Peter Knight on fiddle and Martin Carthy on guitar, is more solid in almost every area from repertory to production. The group still had its feet in both modern and

traditional sounds simultaneously, so Please to See the King mixes very beautiful, distinctly archaic sounding songs such as "Boys of Bedlam" with amplified, electric numbers like the rousing, ironic "Female Drummer" (which was a highlight of their concerts). Although a second female voice would've been nice, the singing and harmonizing (with help from some careful overdubbing) is still impressive and the performances are tighter, the group's overall sound reflecting the quintet's status as a working band and their experience performing these songs on-stage.
                 

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior - vocals, spoons, tabor, tambourine
Tim Hart - vocals, guitar, dulcimer
Peter Knight - violin, mandolin, vocals, organ, bass
Ashley Hutchings - bass, vocals
Martin Carthy - vocals, guitar, banjo, organ

Steeleye Span – Please To See The King
Label: Castle Music – CMQDD 1253
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Reissue, EDC 2006
Country: UK
Released: 1971
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Folk

CD1.

                 

01. The Blacksmith    4:46
02. Cold, Haily, Windy Night    4:35
03. Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn / The Hag With The Money    3:17
04. Prince Charlie Stuart    4:14
05. Boys Of Bedlam    4:19
06. False Knight On The Road    2:43
07. The Lark In The Morning    4:30
08. Female Drummer    4:02
09. The King    1:28
10. Lovely On The Water    5:19

TOP GEAR RADIO SESSION 27/6/70        

    
11. The Blacksmith    4:23
12. Female Drummer    3:15
13. Rave On (Written-By – Tilghman, Petty, West)  1:22
14. I Was A Young Man    3:51
15. The Lark In The Morning    3:41

STUART HENRY SHOW RADIO SESSION 23/7/70        

16. The King    1:26
17. Prince Charlie Stuart    4:10
18. Bold Poachers    5:27

Flac Size: 367 MB

Track No 16 (The MIssing Track): The King Take it HERE

CD2. FOLK ON ONE RADIO SESSION 17/10/70        

                

  
01. College Grove/Silver Spear    2:51
02. Lay Down Your Weary Tune    4:20
03. False Knight On The Road    3:22
04. Hitler's Downfall/The Hag With The Money    1:58
05. Female Drummer (Mk2)    3:50
06. Wee Weaver    4:23
07. Reel    2:36

STUART HENRY SHOW RADIO SESSION 4/2/71        

08. Female Drummer (Mk2)    4:12
09. General Taylor    3:36
10. Farther Along    3:10
11. Two Reels    2:32

TOP GEAR RADIO SESSION 27/3/71        

12. Let's Dance    1:45
13. Bring 'Em Down/A Hundred Years Ago    2:40
14. Lark In The Morning    3:52

BBC TV PERFORMANCE (DATE UNKOWN)        

    
15. The King    1:24
16. Bryan O'Lynn/The Hag With The Money    2:13
17. The Blacksmith    3:49

Flac Size: 225 MB

03. STEELEYE SPAN - TEN MAN MOP,  OR MR. RESERVOIR BUTTLER RIDES AGAIN 1971 (2CD 2006)

                  

The first song on the album 'Gower Wassail' kicks off with a rockish backbone but it is when it comes to singing and song construction unmistakably folk. Even jigs have a strong distinctive bass based rhythm, fiddle is not allowed to roam on its own. This album is the best example of the folk rock with stress on both words. Simply speaking this album would not be half as good without electric guitars.

Every song is a gem and it is definitely among top 20 albums of the 1971. Gorgeous Maddy Prior's voice highlights the peak of this beautiful record 'when I was on horseback' but music is as gorgeous and as delicate. Maddy Prior's voice finds another somewhat darker even chilly dimension on 'Captain Coulston' another highlight although production somehow throws her voice behind the screeching music half drowning it. 'Wee Weaver' provides more of lovely Maddy Prior's vocals but stylistically its minimalism could have worked better on other band's or on her solo projects. 'Skewball' ends the album on a high note adding more tough electric guitars bordering on riffs and it also showcases that guys can sing too.
                  

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior - vocals, spoons, tabor
Tim Hart - vocals, dulcimer, guitars, organ, 5-string banjo, mandolin
Peter Knight - fiddle, tenor banjo, mandolin, vocals, timpani
Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar
Martin Carthy - vocals, guitar, organ

Steeleye Span – Ten Man Mop Or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again
Label: Castle Music – CMQDD 1252
Format: 2 x CD, Album, Reissue 2006
Country: UK
Released: 1971    
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Folk

CD1

 

        
01. Gower Wassail    5:28
02. Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig / Willie Clancy's Fancy    3:11
03. Four Nights Drunk    3:06
04. When I Was On Horseback    6:13
05. Marrowbones    4:28
06. Captain Coulston    5:06
07. Reels: Dowd's Favourite / £ 10 Float / The Morning Dew    03:47
08. Wee Weaver    2:41
09. Skewball    3:31

BONUS TRACKS        

    
10. General Taylor (Studio Outtake)    3:31
11. Rave On (Single)    1:54
12. Rave On (Alternate Version)    1:24
13. Rave On (Alternate Version II)    2:07

Flac Size: 289 MB

CD2. BBC Radio 1 In Concert With John Peel    

              

01. False Knight On The Road    4:13
02. The Lark In The Morning    4:50
03. Rave On    2:37
04. Three Reels: Dowd's Favourite / The £ 10 Float / Musical Priest    4:01
05. Captain Coulston    5:15
06. Handsome Polly-O    2:39
07. Two Sea Shanties: (Bring 'Em Down / Haul On The Bowline)    2:53
08. Four Nights Drunk    3:04
09. When I Was On Horseback    6:09
10. I Live Not Where I Love    4:40
11. Three Reels: (The Wind That Shakes The Barley / Pigeon On The Gate / Jenny's Chickens)    3:40
12. Female Drummer    4:19
13. General Taylor    4:04
14. Four Reels: (College Grove / Silver Spear / Ballymurphy Rake / Maid Behind The Bar)    3:41

Flac Size: 246 MB

04. STEELEYE SPAN - A PARCEL OF STEELEYE SPAN - THEIR FIRST FIVE CHRYSALIS ALBUMS 1972 - 1975

                      

Steeleye Span – A Parcel Of Steeleye Span (Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975)
Label: EMI – 50999 6 85436 2 4
Format: 3 x CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: Europe
Released: 2009
Genre: Rock
Style: Folk Rock
             

DISC 1.
Steeleye Span – A Parcel Of Steeleye Span (Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975)  

          

STEELEYE SPAN - BELOW THE SALT 1972

                  

Below the Salt is the fourth studio album by Steeleye Span and their first after they joined the Chrysalis

label. The album takes medieval influence and combines it with the band's British folk rock style. The lineup on the album includes Bob Johnson and Rick Kemp making their debuts in the band. By this point, Ashley Hutchings had left the band, leaving Tim Hart and Maddy Prior as the only remaining founding members.
                  

01. Spotted Cow     3:04
02. Rosebud In June    3:39
03. Jigs: The Bride's Favourite / Tansey's Fancy    3:09
04. Sheepcrook And Black Dog    4:42
05. Royal Forrester    4:32
06. King Henry    7:08
07. Gaudete    2:23
08. John Barleycorn    4:46
09. Saucy Sailor    5:48
10. Gaudete (Single Version)    2:23
11. The Holy And The Ivy (Single B Side)    2:22
Written-By – Robert Johnson, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, Tim Hart

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior - vocals
Tim Hart - vocals, Appalachian dulcimer, guitar
Peter Knight - violin, viola, mandolin, banjo, piano, vocals
Rick Kemp - bass, drums, vocals
Bob Johnson - guitar, vocals

STEELEYE SPAN - PARCEL OF ROGUES 1973

                  

Parcel of Rogues is the fifth studio album by English folk rock group Steeleye Span. It was released in

1973 by Chrysalis Records. The album was their most successful album thus far, breaking into the Top 30. The album grew out of a theatrical project the band undertook, a version of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Kidnapped, staged in Edinburgh. The book and play were set against the backdrop of the Scottish Jacobite movement, and in the course of developing the play, the band came across a considerable amount of 18th-century Scottish poetry that they mined for the album.         
                  

  
12. One Misty Moisty Morning    3:28
13. Alison Gross    5:26
14. The Bold Poachers    4:34
15. The Ups And Downs    2:42
16. Robbery With Violins   1:45

Flac Size: 377 MB

DISC 2.
Steeleye Span – A Parcel Of Steeleye Span (Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975) CD2.

                  

01. The Wee Wee Man    3:56
02. The Weaver And The Factory Maid    5:19
03. Rogues In A Nation    4:31
04. Cam Ye O'er Frae France    2:45
05. Hares On The Mountain    4:31
06. Bonny Moorhen (From The "Parcel Of Rogues" Sessions)    4:14

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior - vocals
Tim Hart - vocals, guitar, Appalachian dulcimer
Bob Johnson - vocals, guitar
Rick Kemp - bass guitar, drums
Peter Knight - violin, viola, mandolin, piano, recorder, harmonium

STEELEYE SPAN - NOW WE ARE SIX 1974 (REMASTER 2 CD 2012)

                 

Now We Are Six is the sixth studio album by British folk rock band Steeleye Span. Its title (borrowed

from Winnie-the-Pooh author A. A. Milne's collection of poems for children) refers to both its sequence among their albums, and the band's size, in light of the addition of drummer Nigel Pegrum. The album was released in 1974 through Chrysalis Records. It reached number 13 in the UK albums chart. Nigel Pegrum also contributed flute and oboe parts.
                    

PART 1.        

                

07. Seven Hundred Elves    5:16
08. Drink Down The Moon    6:25
09. Now We Are Six   2:20
Vocals – The St. Eleye Primary School Junior Choir
10. Thomas The Rhymer    6:40
11. The Mooncoin Jig    3:53
12. Edwin    4:42
13. Long-A-Growing    4:01
14. Two Magicians    4:25
15. Twinkle Twinkle Little Star   1:32
Vocals – The St. Eleye Primary School Junior Choir
16. To Know Him Is To Love Him   2:41
Alto Saxophone – David Bowie - Written-By – Phil Spector
17. The Wife Of Ushers Well (Live 1974)    4:44

PART 2. BONUS CD

                 

 
18. Just As The Tide
19. Let Her Go Down
20. Edward
21. Two Constant Lovers
22. Prince Charlie Stuart
23. Cam Ye O'er Frae France
24. Creeping Jane
25. Cold Haily, Windy Night
26. Bonny Black Hare
27. All Around My Hat
28. Gaudete

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior – vocals
Tim Hart – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric dulcimer, banjo
Peter Knight – vocals, violin, mandolin, tenor banjo, acoustic guitar, piano
Bob Johnson – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
Rick Kemp – vocals, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
Nigel Pegrum – drums, tambourine, oboe, recorder, flute, synthesizer

GUEST MUSICIAN

David Bowie – alto saxophone on "To Know Him Is to Love Him"
Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) – producer

Flac Size: 785 MB

DISC 3.
Steeleye Span – A Parcel Of Steeleye Span (Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975) CD3.
             

STEELEYE SPAN - COMMONER'S CROWN 1975

                  

Commoners Crown is the seventh studio album by British folk rock band Steeleye Span, released in

1975 by Chrysalis Records. It was their second album with the band's most commercially successful line-up. The album reached number 21 in the UK album charts. The album's title refers to a sculpture produced by Shirtsleeves Studio, which appears on the cover of the album. The sculpture is composed of hundreds of tiny human figures assembled to form a crown. The tiny figures also decorate the liner notes.         
                

  
01. Little Sir Hugh    4:44
02. Bach Goes To Limerick   3:41
Written-By – Robert Johnson, Maddy Prior, Nigel Pegrum, Peter Knight, Rick Kemp, Tim Hart
03. Long Lankin      8:40
04. Dogs And Ferrets    2:43
05. Galtee Farmer    3:46
06. Demon Lover    5:53
07. Elf Call    3:55
08. Weary Cutters    2:03
09. New York Girls  (Ukulele – Peter Sellers)   3:12

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior - vocals
Tim Hart - vocals, guitar, appalachian dulcimer
Bob Johnson - vocals, guitar
Rick Kemp - bass guitar, drums
Peter Knight - violin
Nigel Pegrum - drums, flute

GUEST MUSICIAN

Peter Sellers - ukulele on "New York Girls"

STEELEYE SPAN - ALL AROUND MY HAT 1975

              

All Around My Hat is a 1975 album by Steeleye Span, their eighth and highest-charting; it reached number 7 on the UK Albums Chart, and stayed on the chart for six months. It was produced by Mike

Batt, who also produced their follow-up album Rocket Cottage. It briefly made the band a household name in the UK. In the United States it became the band's first album to chart, reaching number 143. The title track was edited to just over three minutes long for single release (omitting the final verse) and became their highest-charting single, reaching No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart, with "Black Jack Davy" as its B-side.         
                  

  
10. Black Jack Davy    4:15
11. Hard Times Of Old England    5:11
12. Cadgwith Anthem    2:44
13. Sum Waves (Tunes)   4:00
Written-By – Robert Johnson, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, Rick Kemp, Tim Hart
14. The Wife Of Usher's Hall    4:32
15. Gamble Gold (Robin Hood)    3:40
16.All Around My Hat   4:07
Written-By – Robert Johnson, Maddy Prior, Peter Knight, Tim Hart
17. Dance With Me    3:52
18. Bachelor's Hall    5:47

LINE - UP

Maddy Prior - vocals
Tim Hart - guitar, vocals, dulcimer
Bob Johnson - guitar, vocals
Rick Kemp - bass guitar, vocals
Peter Knight - violin, vocals, mandolin
Nigel Pegrum - drums, flute

Flac Size: 473 MB