From: landauer%morocco@Sun.COM (Doug Landauer) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steeleye Span Discography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This posting contains three lists of album titles, each in what I believe to be chronological order, with the year where I know it. The personnel are listed in brackets following the name. A companion posting will list the songs on each album. Some of this information came to me last November, from Ken Josenhans (krj@msudoc.ee.mich-state.edu), to whom I apologize for having let it sit so long ... ... Doug "I've been busy" Landauer ... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - First, we have a list of personnel: AH - Ashley Hutchings NP - Nigel Pegrum GW - Gay Woods PK - Peter Knight JK - John Kirkpatrick RJ - Robert Johnson JT - June Tabor (never in SS) RK - Rick Kemp MC - Martin Carthy TH - Tim Hart MP - Maddy Prior TW - Terry Woods It seems that some of the older albums are now being published in the U.S. by Shanachie Records, Dalebrook Park, Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steeleye Span: SS-1. 1970 Hark! The Village Wait [MP TH GW TW AH] SS-2. 1971 Please to See the King [same as H!TVW] SS-3. 1971 Ten Man Mop (or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again) [unknown] SS-4. 1972 Below the Salt - [MP TH PK RJ RK] SS-5. 1973 Parcel of Rogues - 1973 - [same as BtS] SS-6. 1974 Now We Are Six - [MP TH PK RJ RK and NP] SS-7. 1975 Commoner's Crown - [same as NWA6] SS-8. 1975 All Around My Hat - [same as NWA6] SS-9. 1976 Rocket Cottage - [same as NWA6] SS-10. 1977 Storm Force Ten - [MP TH RK MC NP JK] SS-11. 1978 Live at Last - [same as SF10] SS-12. 1981 Sails of Silver - Takoma [MP TH RJ RK PK NP] SS-13. 1982 On Tour - [?] SS-14. 1986 Back In Line - [?] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steeleye Collections: CO-1. ???? The Steeleye Span Story (called "Original Masters" in the U.K.) - a two-record collection on Chrysalis. CO-2. 1974 Rave On - A real hodge-podge CO-3. ???? Recollections - Chrysalis (Australia) L 37753 CO-4. ???? Individually and Collectively CO-5. ???? The Steeleye Span Collection - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maddy Prior, Solo, Duets or Band Leader: MP-1. 1968 Folk Songs of Olde England (Volume I) [MP TH] MP-2. 1968 Folk Songs of Olde England (Volume II) [MP TH] MP-3. 1971 Summer Solstice [MP TH] MP-4. 1977 Silly Sisters [MP JT] MP-5. 1978 Woman in the Wings [MP] MP-6. 1978 Changing Winds [MP] MP-7. 1981 Lovely in the Dances: Songs of Sydney Carter [various + MP] MP-8. 1982 Hooked on Winning ["The Maddy Prior Band"] MP-9. 1983? Going for Glory ["Maddy Prior and the Answers"] Steeleye Span Songography - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - This is a (nearly) complete list of the songs that are on all the Steeleye Span albums. The albums are listed in the same order as in the "Steeleye Span discography". I have marked with asterisks the songs to which I know most or all of the words (and that I could therefore be bribed into typing in someday). This set of songs is similar to, though not quite identical to, the set of songs that I consider to be their better ones. ### SS-1 -- Hark! The Village Wait (1970; originally on UK RCA SF 8113, later on Mooncrest; Chrysalis in the US after 1976.) A Calling-On Song * All Things are Quite Silent The Blacksmith The Hills of Greenmore Fisherman's Wife My Johnny was a Shoemaker The Blackleg Miner Lowlands of Holland Dark-eyed Sailor Twa Corbies Copshawholme Fair One Night as I Lay on My Bed ### SS-2 -- Please to See the King (1971; Mooncrest CREST 8 in the UK, Big Tree in the US (with one of the worst pressings ever manufactured); Chrysalis in the US after 1976.) The Blacksmith False Knight On The Road Cold, Haily, Windy Night The Lark in the Morning * Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn/The Hag Female Drummer with the Money Prince Charlie Stuart The King Boys of Bedlam * Lovely on the Water * ### SS-3 -- Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again (1971; Mooncrest CREST 9 in the UK; Chrysalis in the US after 1976, I assume) Gower Wassail Marrowbones * Jigs: Paddy Clancy's Jig/ Captain Coulston Willie Clancy's Fancy Reels: Dowd's Favorite/L- (pound sign)10 Four Nights Drunk * Float/The Morning Dew When I Was On Horseback Wee Weaver Skewball ### SS-4 -- Below the Salt (1972; Chrysalis 1008 in UK and US) Spotted Cow * King Henry * Rosebud in June * Gaudete * Jigs John Barleycorn * Sheep-crook and Black Dog * Saucy Sailor Royal Forester * ### SS-5 -- Parcel of Rogues (1973; Chrysalis 1046) One Misty Moisty Morning * The Wee Wee Man Alison Gross * The Weaver and the Factory Maid * The Bold Poachers Rogues in a Nation The Ups and Downs (Aylesbury) * Cam Ye O'er Frae France * Robbery with Violins Hares on the Mountain * ### SS-6 -- Now We Are Six (1974; Chrysalis 1053) Thomas the Rhymer The Mooncoin Jig Two Magicians * Drink Down the Moon/The Cuckoo * Edwin Long A-Growing Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star Now We Are Six Seven Hundred Elves To Know Him is to Love Him ### SS-7 -- Commoner's Crown (1975; Chrysalis 1071) Little Sir Hugh Galtee Farmer * Bach goes to Lmerick Demon Lover Long Lankin Elf Call Dogs and Ferrets * Weary Cutters * New York Girls ### SS-8 -- All Around My Hat (1975; Chrysalis 1091) Black Jack Davy The Wife of Usher's Well Hard Times of Old England Sum Waves (Tunes) Cadgwith Anthem Dance with Me All Around My Hat Batchelor's Hall Gamble Gold (Robin Hood) ### SS-9 -- Rocket Cottage (1976; Chrysalis 1123) London Fighting for Strangers The Bosnian Hornpipes Sligo Maid Orfeo * / Nathan's Reel Sir James the Rose The Twelve Witches The Drunkard The Brown Girl ### SS-10 -- Storm Force Ten (1977; Chrysalis 1151) Awake, Awake The Black Freighter Sweep, Chimney Sweep Some Rival The Wife of a Soldier Treadmill Song The Victory Seventeen Come Sunday ### SS-11 -- Live at Last (1978; Chrysalis 1199) The Atholl Highlander's / Montrose / Walter Bulwer's Polka The False Knight on the Road Saucy Sailor/Black Freighter Rag Doll The Maid and the Palmer Hunting the Wren ### SS-12 -- Sails of Silver (1981; US: Takoma 7097; UK Chrysalis 1304) Sails of Silver Where Are they Now My Love Let Her go Down Barnet Fair Longbone Senior Services Marigold/Harvest Home Gone to America Tell me Why (not the Beatles') ### SS-13 -- On Tour (1982; Chrysalis (Australia) L 37968) Incomplete song list for this one, quoting Ken Josenhans: The source for this is Down Home Music's 1984 catalog titled "Folk Music of the British Isles, Ireland and Europe". From the catalog: "Wonderful album recorded live in February 1982 at the Opera Theatre, Adelaide, Australia. The group are in top form with spirited renditions of, mostly, songs previously recorded in the studio. -- The King / Sails of Silver / Let Her Go Down / Bach Goes to Limerick / I Have A Wish / I Live Not Where I Love / Gaudete / Black Jack Davy / Long Bone, etc." ### SS-14 -- BACK IN LINE (1986; Shanachie 79063 in US) Edward Blackleg Miner (live) Isabel White Man Lady Diamond Lanercost A Cannon (sic) by Telemann Scarecrow Peace on the Border Take My Heart - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Steeleye Collections with otherwise-unavailable material: ### CO-1 -- A two-record collection known as ORIGINAL MASTERS in the UK and THE STEELEYE SPAN STORY in the US, on Chrysalis. Both versions contain "Bonny Moorhen", previously unreleased. I believe the song order varies between the US and UK version. The UK version has a live version of "The Wife of Ushers Well". Song list for the UK version, from an LP inner-sleeve ad: 1: 3: Sir James the Rose Cam Ye O'er Frae France Black Jack Davy Bonny Moorhen All Around My Hat Alison Gross The Wife of Ushers Well (live) The Mooncoin Jig Fighting for Strangers Drink Down the Moon 2: 4: Thomas the Rhymer Skewball Seven Hundred Elves Lovely on the Water Long Lankin Jigs: The Bride's Favorite/Tansey's Fancy Elf Call One Misty Moisty Morning Saucy Sailor Gaudete ### CO-2 -- Various artists, RAVE ON (1974; Mooncrest CREST 17) (A real hodge-podge of stuff; I haven't listened to it in ages.) Side One: Steeleye Span / Rave On (A capella version of the Buddy Holly song, otherwise unavailable Tim Hart & Maddy Prior / The Ploughboy and the Cockney TH & MP / Western Winds Shirley Collins / Banks of the Bann Steeleye Span / Cold Haily Windy Night Shelagh McDonald / Let No Man Steal Your Thyme (Who is this person???) Steeleye Span / Lovely on the Water Side Two: Shirley Collins / Just As The Tide Was Flowing TH & MP / Cannily, Cannily Martin Carthy / Matt Hyland TH & MP / Of All the Birds Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick / The Bank Steeleye Span / Marrowbones ### CO-3 -- RECOLLECTIONS (Chrysalis (Australia) L 37753) From the Down Home catalog: "An exciting collection of 18 tracks features unfamiliar and rare material - several tracks only previously available on singles, special edited versions of "Elf Call" and "Montrose" not issued elsewhere. verbal Christmas greetings from the group, Maddy's recollections on the origin of the group and a previously unissued bit of foolishness that was recorded at one of their regular sessions." ### CO-4 -- Individually and Collectively (No more info, sorry) ### CO-5 -- The Steeleye Span Collection (No more info, sorry) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Maddy Prior: In Duets, Solo, as Band Leader ### MP-1 -- Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, FOLK SONGS OF OLDE ENGLAND volume 1 (1968 is the date on the label; Mooncrest CREST 23 is probably a re-issue) Lish Young Buy-A-Broom The Dalesman's Litany Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy The Brisk Butcher Maid That's Deep In Love The Stately Southerner The Rambling Sailor Who's The Fool Now Bruton Town A Wager A Wager Farewell Nancy Babes in the Wood Adam and Eve ### MP-2 -- Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, FOLK SONGS OF OLD ENGLAND volume II (the label on my copy reads (P)1968 Teepee Musical Industries; again, Mooncrest CREST 26 is probably a reissue) My Son John Horn of the Hunter Earl Richard Copshawholme Fair Paddy Stole the Rope Oats and Beans and Barley Grows The Gardener Fiddler's Green The Bay of Biscay Captain Wedderburn's Courtship Queen Eleanor's Confession Turkey Rhubarb The Bold Fisherman ### MP-3 -- Tim Hart and Maddy Prior, SUMMER SOLSTICE (1971, Mooncrest CREST 12) False Knight on the Road Sorry the Day I Was Married Bring Us In Good Ale Dancing at Whitsun Of All The Birds Fly Up My Cock I Live Not Where I Love Cannily Cannily The Ploughboy and the Cockney Adam Catched Eve Westron Wynde Three Drunken Maidens Serving Girl's Holiday ### MP-4 -- Maddy Prior and June Tabor, SILLY SISTERS [Musicians: Martin Carthy, Nic Jones, Tony Hall, Andy Irvine, Johnny Moynihan, Gabriel McKeon, Danny Thompson, John Gillaspie, Brian Golbey] Doffin' Mistress The Grey Funnel line Burning of Auchidoon Geordie Lass of Loch Royal The Seven Wonders * The Seven Joys of Mary * Four Loom Weaver My Husband's got no Courage In Him The Game of Cards Singing the Travels Dame Durdan Silver Whistle Quoting Ken Josenhans again: (June Tabor has four solo albums out on Topic (Shanachie in the US, I think); AIRS AND GRACES, ASHES AND DIAMONDS, A CUT ABOVE, and ABYSSINIANS. Plus an EP of John Peel radio sessions. She has not given up her mundane careers to pursue a professional musician's life; for a long time she remained a librarian, and according to Folk Roots is now a restauranteur. Also according to Folk Roots, these days she mostly works with Andrew Cronshaw.) ### MP-5 -- Maddy Prior, WOMAN IN THE WINGS (1978, Chrysalis 1185) (All songs written by Prior. Some contributions from Ian Anderson and others in Jethro Tull. Quality control problems start here, in my opinion, though this album is still nice.) Woman in the Wings Deep Water Cold Flame Long Shadows Mother and Child I Told You So Gutter Geese Rosettes Rollercoaster Catseyes Baggy Pants ### MP-6 -- Maddy Prior, CHANGING WINDS (1978, Chrysalis 511203 (that's my Holland issue. Both 5 & 6 were reissued on Takoma in the US.) To Have And To Hold The Sovereign Prince Pity the Poor Night Porter Ali Baba Bloomers The Mountain Accapella Stella In Fighting Canals Another Drink ### MP-7 -- Various artists, LOVELY IN THE DANCES: SONGS OF SYDNEY CARTER (1981, Plant Life PLR 031. I don't know where else to put this. Sydney Carter's songs are religious (Lord of the Dance is the best known; that's here) and Prior gets four lead or duet vocals on this set. John Kirkpatrick also gets four, and other musicians include Robert Johnson, Peter Knight, Rick Kemp and Nigel Pegrum. A wide variety of musical styles here; this one I think is well worth checking out. George Fox Lord of the Dance Julian of Norwich The Cocks are Crowing Carol of the Creatures John Ball Holy Horses The First of My Lovers Like the Snow Bitter Was the Night Friday Morning Come, Love, Carolling I Used to Dance I Come Like a Beggar ### MP-8 -- The Maddy Prior Band, HOOKED ON WINNING (1982, Plant Life PLR036 (UK). The band is Prior, Rick Kemp, Ritchie Close, Mick Dyche and Gary Wilson. The band is not very good. (Well, I guess I could admit to liking maybe half of this...) Long Holiday Friends Information Station Reduced Circumstances Face to Face Nothing but the Best Roll On The Day Love's Not Just A Word Back Into Caberet Girls on the Town Commit the Crime Anthem to Failure ### MP-9 -- Maddy Prior and the Answers, GOING FOR GLORY (1983?, Spindrift SPIN 104. I didn't buy this one, and Down Home doesn't give any information about it. It's still in print, though.) >From: krj@msudoc.ee.mich-state.edu (Ken Josenhans) Date: 11 Sep 87 21:07:32 GMT Lines: 34 One correction and some additions: In article <27685@sun.uucp> landauer@sun.com (Doug Landauer) writes: >This posting contains three lists of album titles, each in what I believe >to be chronological order, with the year where I know it. The personnel >are listed in brackets following the name. > SS-2. 1971 Please to See the King [same as Hark! The Village Wait] No, for the second album the personnel were Maddy Prior, Martin Carthy, Tim Hart, Ashley Hutchings and Peter Knight. (Gay and Terry Woods only lasted for the first LP.) > SS-3. 1971 Ten Man Mop (or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again) [unknown] Personnel same as Please to See the King. > SS-14. 1986 Back In Line - [?] Maddy Prior, Rick Kemp, Peter Knight, Bob Johnson, Nigel Pegrum. Vince Cross is credited on synth on four songs, but I don't know if he's formally a group member now. >Steeleye Collections: There is another early collection, roughly contemporaneous with Individually and Collectively, called Almanack; but I'll let others hack on the collection info, as I don't have most of them. Thanks for pulling this together, Doug; are you going to post the Ashley Hutchings list, or should I? (Does anyone want to see it?) Path: nancy!eecae!super.upenn.edu!rutgers!iuvax!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uiucdcsp!clark Date: 14 Sep 87 16:39:00 GMT Amplifying on Doug Landauer's list of Steeleye Span album contents: INDIVIDUALLY...& COLLECTIVELY (Charisma CS-5) 1. The Lark in the Morning --SS 2. I was a Young Man --MC 3. Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn, The Hag with the Money --SS 4. Dancing at Whitsun --TH 5. Betsy Bell & Mary Gray --MC, MP 6. Female Drummer --SS 7. General Taylor --SS (side 2) 1. Four Nights Drunk --SS 2. False Knight on the Road --TH, MP 3. Famous Flower of Serving Men --MC 4. Three Drunken Maidens --TH, MP 5. When I was on Horseback --SS I have no data on what these sound like; my album is in my don't-touch- until-I-afford-good-equipment box. Does anyone know if the songs that overlap with SUMMER SOLSTICE are the same, identical studio versions? --Ernest Clark From: krj@convex.cl.msu.edu (Ken Josenhans) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This is an discography-with-comments which I posted last October, when we last had this conversation. Think of it as recycling. I've noted which albums are *not* available on CD in the USA. 1. HARK! THE VILLAGE WAIT first album, only one with Gay and Terry Woods. One of my favorites. The dual-female harmonies are VERY NICE. Have not heard CD reissue. (Terry Woods is now in The Pogues.) 2. PLEASE TO SEE THE KING sound has always been so-so on this one; some of the performances are great. This lineup includes Martin Carthy. (The UK CD version on the Mooncrest label reportedly includes their single release of Buddy Holly's "Rave On". You can also get this bonus track on a nice Action Replay sampler called THE BEST AND THE REST OF FOLK MASTERS which I've found in a mall store.) 3. TEN MAN MOP Accptable sound, good performances. Still includes Martin Carthy. Possibly the most traditional-sounding Steeleye album. 4. BELOW THE SALT On CD, possibly the best combination of sound quality and music quality. 5. PARCEL OF ROGUES One of the highest points of their career, but the transfer to CD was somewhat shoddy -- a few audible burbles, and an annoying level of hiss throughout. You'll want this eventually, though. My sentimental favorite, it was the first Steeleye Span album I heard, and I went back the next day and bought two more... 6. NOW WE ARE SIX The album that added drummer Nigel Pegrum. One of my less favorite Span discs, I have not heard the reissue. 7. COMMONERS CROWN [not on CD in US] The best of the albums that Andy Whitman describes as "Celtic boogie"; my judgement is that it's outstanding. Reportedly on CD in the UK; I hope a quality American CD release follows, I'll buy it in an instant. 8. ALL AROUND MY HAT Steeleye's most pop album, I don't like it much and haven't heard the US CD. 9. ROCKET COTTAGE [not on CD in US] Another pop effort, but with a few winning tracks. 10. STORM FORCE TEN [not on CD in US] Longtime guitarist Bob Johnson and fiddler Peter Knight depart; they are replaced by Martin Carthy and John Kirkpatrick. The return of Carthy's singing, and the addition of Kirkpatrick's accordion, made this an excellent if somewhat quirky disk. Two songs are by Brecht/Weill, rather than the usual Trad. Arr. This may be the hardest Steeleye album to find (except for a live Australia-only release, not listed here); if it was ever released in the US, its in-print life was very short. 11. LIVE AT LAST [not on CD in US] Nice live album concludes group's original career. The 11 original Steeleye albums all have *something* to recommend them. The reunion discs issued since the 1978 breakup are a little less fortunate: 12. SAILS OF SILVER [not on CD in US] Wretched. Yuck. Steeleye tries to write their own songs. 13. BACK IN LINE A few songs are passable, but still far below earlier efforts. I have not heard the US CD. The new UK/Canadian CD issue adds three live tracks which are not on the US Shanachie release. 14. TEMPTED AND TRIED Finally, a Steeleye reunion disc worth playing -- well, half or so of it, anyway. Tim Hart is gone, and they miss him badly. But this is the first reunion disc that doesn't embarrass them. The Shanachie CDs should not be hard to find at decent record stores; they should also be available from all of the major US folk music mail order firms. Send e-mail for my list of such sources. -- --Ken Josenhans BITNET: 13020KRJ@MSU Internet: 13020KRJ@msu.edu