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British folk rock group Steeleye Span had a hit in 1973 (No. 14, UK singles chart) with an a cappella recording of the song. Guitarist Bob Johnson had heard the song when he attended a folk-carol service with his father-in-law in Cambridge, and brought it to the attention of the rest of the band. (Unlike the album version which fades up slowly ...
The name Steeleye Span comes from a character in the traditional song "Horkstow Grange" [3] (which they did not actually record until they released an album by that name in 1998). The song gives an account of a fight between John "Steeleye" Span and John Bowlin, neither of whom is proven to have been a real person.
All songs on the album are Traditional, adapted by Steeleye Span; sources as identified by Tim Hart in the album liner notes "Spotted Cow" collected from Harry Cox of Norfolk — 3:09 "Rosebud in June" from the Journals of The Folk-Song Society collected from William King by Cecil Sharp in Somerset, 1904 — 3:42
Its second-highest charting song, "Gaudete" is a Latin chant celebrating Christ's birth. "Harvest Home", off Sails of Silver is a 19th-century Anglican hymn. Although Steeleye Span didn't get around to recording " Lyke-Wake Dirge " until 2002, this medieval song about purgatory was the introduction of their first American tour, while ...
Another Parcel of Steeleye Span: Released: 2 August 2010; Label: EMI; Formats: 3xCD; Original Album Series: Released: 24 November 2014; Label: Chrysalis/Warner Music Group; Formats: 5xCD; All Things Are Quite Silent – Complete Recordings 1970–71: Released: 26 November 2019; Label: Cherry Tree; Formats: 3xCD; Good Times of Old England ...
Johnson left Steeleye Span temporarily in 1977 to work on a concept album, The King of Elfland's Daughter, along with Peter Knight. However, he returned in 1980 to record Sails of Silver . After Tim Hart 's departure from the band in 1980, Johnson became the sole guitarist and a more prominent member, taking on a central role for the albums ...
Prior has recorded session work, albums of her own songs and eclectic styles from medieval (with The Carnival Band), through British folk rock — Steeleye Span and Maddy Prior appeared on television with a regular BBC 4 programme Electric Folk [3] — prog-rock and traditional songs, including session work on Mike Oldfield's Incantations. She ...
A Parcel of Steeleye Span, full title A Parcel of Steeleye Span: Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972–1975, is a 2009 remastered box set of Steeleye Span's first five Chrysalis albums: Below the Salt, Parcel of Rogues, Now We Are Six, Commoners Crown, All Around My Hat.