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Steeleye Span - The Hills of Greenmore (1971)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Blackleg Miner 2:47
  2. Dark-Eyed Sailor 5:56
  3. The Hills of Greenmore 4:02
  4. Lowlands of Holland 6:01
  5. The Blacksmith 4:46
  6. Boys of Bedlam 4:20
  7. False Knight on the Road 2:45
  8. Lovely on the Water 5:20
  9. Four Nights Drunk 3:05
  10. When I was on Horseback 6:14
  11. Captain Coulston 5:06
  12. Wee Weaver 2:40
  13. Rave On 1:26
  14. The Brisk Young Butcher 2:48
  15. All Things Are Quite Silent 2:39
  16. My Johnny was a Shoemaker 1:08
CD2
  1. Prince Charlie Stuart 4:16
  2. A Calling On Song 1:15
  3. Western Wynde 0:26
  4. Twa Corbies 2:08
  5. One Night As A I Lay On My Bed 3:31
  6. Cold Haily Windy Night 4:37
  7. The Lark In The Morning 4:32
  8. Gower Wassail 5:27
  9. Jigs. Paddy Clanceys Jig Willie Clanceys Fancy 3:10
  10. Reels. Downd's Favourite Ten Pound Float The Morning Dew 3:45
  11. Copshawholme Fair 2:36
  12. Fly Up My Cock 1:43
  13. The King 1:29
  14. The Ploughboy And The Cockney 3:37
  15. Skewball 3:30

Notes

The Hills of Greenmore - An Anthology
Steeleye Span

Recall SMDCD 209 (2 CD, UK, 1998)


Issued under licence from Trojan Recordings. This release 1998 Snapper Music

Just another CD compilation (this time on 2 CD) of the first Steeleye Span and
Tim Hart & Maddy Prior albums. With £10 at e.g. Musikfolk quite cheap.

Tracks
CD 1
01.The Blackleg Miner
02.The Dark-Eyed Sailor
03.The Hills of Greenmore
04.Lowlands of Holland
05.The Blacksmith
06.Boys of Bedlam
07.False Knight on the Road
08.Lovely on the Water
09.Four Nights Drunk
10.When I Was on Horseback
11.Captain Coulston
12.Wee Weaver
13.Rave On
14.The Brisk Young Butcher
15.All Things Are Quite Silent
16.My Johnny Was a Shoemaker

CD 2
17.Prince Charlie Stuart
18.A Calling-On Song
19.Westron Wynde
20.Twa Corbies
21.One Night As I Lay on My Bed
22.Cold, Haily, Windy Night
23.The Lark in the Morning
24.Gower Wassail
25.Jigs: Paddy Clancy's Jig / Willie Clancy's Fancy
26.Reels: Dowd's Favourite / £10 Float / The Morning Dew
27.Copshawholme Fair
28.Fly Up My Cock
29.The King
30.The Ploughboy and the Cockney
31.Skewball


#1-5, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21 and 27 were originally released on Hark! The Village Wait
#6-8, 17, 22, 23 and 29 were originally released on Please to See the King
#13 was originally released as a single
#9-12, 24-26 and 31 originally released on Ten Man Mop or Mr Reservoir Butler Rides Again
#14 was were originally released on Tim Hart and Maddy Prior: Folk Songs of Old England Vol. 1

With the plethora of not only studio releases but also greatest-hits packages available for this important band, this compilation on Recall is a godsend. While it doesn't cover the band's entire career, it does include almost every track from their first three titles, plus non-album tracks from the same time. During this 1970-1971 period, Steeleye Span sounded most like Liege & Lief-era Fairport Convention, but with considerably less drums (if any) and more vocals. Lead singer Maddy Prior has to be one of the best-kept secrets of folk — she sounds like a mix between Sandy Denny and Linda Thompson on this early material. This release is another in Recall's line of definitive budget retrospectives, with previous editions covering artists as diverse as Motörhead, Bert Jansch, the Small Faces, and Pentangle. Once initiated, fans will want to investigate Steeleye's post-1972 work (especially the U.K. hit "All Around My Hat"), but this is an ideal starting point for discovering the only band who gave the seminal Fairport Convention a run for their money in the folk-rock realm of England.