Steeleye Span
Steeleye Span are an English folk-rock band formed in 1969. Still active today, along with Fairport Convention, they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat". They had three Top 40 albums; they achieved a certified gold record with sales of "All Around My Hat".
Throughout their history, Steeleye Span have seen many personnel changes but have maintained a strong continuity of tradition. Their typical album is a collection 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 got completely away from traditional music, which draws upon pan-British traditions.
History
The early years
Steeleye Span began in late 1969, when London-born bass player Ashley Hutchings departed Fairport Convention, the band he had co-founded in 1967. Fairport had been involved in a road accident in 1969 in which the drummer, Martin Lamble, was killed and other band members injured. They convalesced in a rented house near Winchester in Hampshire and worked on the album Liege & Lief. Despite the success of the album, Ashley Hutchings and the band's vocalist Sandy Denny left Fairport Convention.
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ALBUMS
- Wintersmith released: 2014
- A Parcel of Steeleye Span: Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975 released: 2009
- The Best of Steeleye Span released: 2007
- Bloody Men released: 2006
- The Lark in the Morning: The Early Years released: 2006
- Hark! The Village Wait released: 2006
- They Called Her Babylon released: 2004
- Present: The Very Best of Steeleye Span released: 2002
- Heritage released: 2001
- Gone to Australia on Tour 1975-84 released: 2001
- Bedlam Born released: 2000
- Individually and Collectively released: 2000
- The Journey released: 1999
- A Rare Collection 1972-1996 (with Maddy Prior) released: 1999
- Horkstow Grange released: 1999
- Sails of Silver released: 1998
- Collected released: 1998
- The King - The Best of Steeleye Span released: 1996
- Storm Force Ten released: 1996
- A Stack of Steeleye Span released: 1996
- Time released: 1996
- Spanning the Years released: 1995
- The Collection: Steeleye Span in Concert released: 1994
- All Around My Hat released: 1994
- Tonight's The Night...Live released: 1992
- The Collection released: 1991
- The Best of & The Rest of Steeleye Span released: 1990
- All Around My Hat released: 1989
- Live In Nottingham released: 1989
- Tempted and Tried released: 1989
- The Early Years released: 1989
- Portfolio released: 1989
- Back in Line released: 1986
- Sails of Silver released: 1980
- Live At Last! released: 1978
- Rocket Cottage released: 1976
- Commoners Crown released: 1975
- Now We Are Six released: 1974
- Almanack released: 1973
- Parcel of Rogues released: 1973
- Below the Salt released: 1972
- Ten Man Mop or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again released: 1971
- Please to See the King released: 1971
- Cogs, Wheels And Lovers released:
- Live at a Distance released:
- Marrowbones released:
- Rarities & Verities released:
- The Hills of Greenmore released:
- Winter released:
- Original Masters released:
A Parcel of Steeleye Span: Their First Five Chrysalis Albums 1972-1975
Released 2009- Spotted Cow
- Rosebud in June
- Jigs: The Bride's Favourite / Tansey's Fancy
- Sheepcrook and Black Dog
- Royal Forester
- King Henry
- Gaudete
- John Barleycorn
- Saucy Sailor
- Gaudete (single version)
- The Holly and the Ivy
- One Misty Moisty Morning
- Alison Gross
- The Bold Poachers
- The Ups and Downs
- Robbery With Violins
The Best of Steeleye Span
Released 2007- Gaudete
- Saucy Sailor
- Jigs (medley)
- Royal Forester
- Alison Gross
- One Misty Moisty Morning
- The Bold Poachers
- Thomas the Rhymer
- To Know Him Is to Love Him
- Drink Down the Moon
- Now We Are Six
- New York Girls
- Little Sir Hugh
- Black Jack Davy
- Hard Times of Old England
- Cadwith Anthem
- Dance With Me
- All Around My Hat
The Lark in the Morning: The Early Years
Released 2006- A Calling-On Song
- The Blacksmith
- Fisherman's Wife
- The Blackleg Miner
- The Dark-Eyed Sailor
- Copshawholme Fair
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- The Hills of Greenmore
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
- Lowlands of Holland
- Twa Corbies
- One Night as I Lay on My Bed
- The Blacksmith
- Cold, Haily, Windy Night
- Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn / The Hag With the Money
- Prince Charlie Stuart
- Boys of Bedlam
- False Knight of the Road
Gone to Australia on Tour 1975-84
Released 2001- Black Jack Davey
- Sails of Silver
- Let Her Go Down
- Alison Gross
- Barnet Fair
- Gone to America
- Longbone
- Bach Goes to Limerick
- All Around My Hat
- Gaudete
- Sligo Maid
- Cam Ye O'er Frae France
- Bachelor's Hall
- Blackleg Miner
- Spotted Cow / Sailor's Bonnet
- Thomas the Rhymer
- The Mason's Apron
- Sum Waves / The Devil's Dream
The Journey
Released 1999- Calling on Song
- Blacksmith
- Fisherman's Wife
- Dark-Eyed Sailor
- Blackleg Miner
- Lowlands of Holland
- Cold, Haily, Windy Night
- Prince Charlie Stewart
- Jigs (Bryan O'Lynn & The Hag With the Money)
- Gower Wassail
- Lark in the Morning
- John Barleycorn
- The Ups and Downs
- Edward
- Cam Ye O'er Frae France
- All Around My Hat
A Rare Collection 1972-1996 (with Maddy Prior)
Released 1999- The King
- Thomas the Rhymer
- Elf Call
- Gaudete
- Lanercost
- I Live Not Where I Love
- The Boar's Head Carol
- Montrose
- The Holly & The Ivy
- Like the Wind
- I Have a Wish
- Rag Doll
- Rave On
- Fire on the Line
- Somewhere Along the Road
- Autumn to Spring Medley
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray
- Stookey
- The Royal Forester
- All Round My Hat
Collected
Released 1998- All Arround My Hat (live)
- Blackleg Miner
- Dark-Eyed Sailor
- The Hills of Greenmore
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
- One Misty Moisty Morning (live)
- The Blacksmith (live)
- Jigs- Bryan O'Lynn-The Hag With the Money
- False Knight on the Road
- Female Drummer
- The King
- Lovely on the Water
- Rave On
- Four Nights Drunk
- When I Was on Horseback
- Marrowbones
- Reels- Dowd's Favourite-£10 Float-The Morning Dew
- Gaudete (live)
- King Henry (live)
The King - The Best of Steeleye Span
Released 1996- A Calling On Song
- Fisherman's Wife
- Copshawholme Fair
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
- Fly Up My Cock
- TWA Corbies
- One Night as I Lay on My Bed
- Cold, Haily, Windy Night
- Prince Charlie Stewart
- The Lark in the Morning
- The King
- Rave On
- The Ploughboy and the Cockney
- The Gower Wassail
- Jigs: Paddy Clancey's Jig / Willie Clancy's Fancy
- Skewball
A Stack of Steeleye Span
Released 1996- Blackleg Miner
- Dark-Eyed Sailor
- The Hills of Greenmore
- Lowlands of Holland
- The Blacksmith
- Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn / The Hag with the Money
- Boys of Bedlam
- False Knight on the Road
- Female Drummer
- Lovely on the Water
- Four Nights Drunk
- When I Was on Horseback
- Marrowbones
- Captain Coulston
- Reels: Dowd's Favourite / 10 Pound Float / The Morning Dew
- Wee Weaver
Spanning the Years
Released 1995- The Blacksmith
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
- The King
- Lovely on the Water
- Marrowbones
- Rave On
- Gaudete
- John Barleycorn
- Alison Gross
- Robbery With Violins
- Rogues in a Nation
- Cam Ye O'er Frae France
- Thomas the Rhymer
- To Know Him Is to Love Him
- New York Girls
- Long Lankin
- Black Jack Davy
- Hard Times of Old England
- All Around My Hat
- London
The Early Years
Released 1989- Blacksmith
- Prince Charlie Stuart
- Marrowbones
- Reels
- Western Wynde
- Dark Eyed Sailor
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- Rave On
- Lovely on the Water
- Wee Weaver
- The Brisk Young Butcher
- Boys of Bedlam
- The Blacksmith
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
- Jigs
- When I Was on Horseback
- Cold Haily Windy Night
- Ploughboy and the Cockney
- One Night as I Lay on My Bed
- Horn of the Hunter
Rarities & Verities
- Hello Mary Lou
- Three Drunken Maidens
- Gaudete
- The Ups and Downs
- One Misty Moisty Morning
- General Taylor
- Hares on the Mountain
- John Barleycorn
- Rave On
- Silver Spear
- Lay Down Your Weary Tune
- Bonny Moorhen
- General Taylor
- The Holly and the Ivy
- The Boar's Head Carol
- The Mason's Apron
- Picnic
- E-flat English
- We Poor Labouring Men
The Hills of Greenmore
- Blackleg Miner
- Dark-Eyed Sailor
- The Hills of Greenmore
- Lowlands of Holland
- The Blacksmith
- Boys of Bedlam
- False Knight on the Road
- Lovely on the Water
- Four Nights Drunk
- When I Was on Horseback
- Captain Coulston
- Wee Weaver
- Rave On
- The Brisk Young Butcher
- All Things Are Quite Silent
- My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
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Gower Wassail
by: Steeleye SpanA-wassail, a-wassail throughout all the town
Our cup it is white and our ale it is brown
Our wassail is made of the good ale and cake
Some nutmeg and ginger, the best we could bake
Chorus
Fol dedol dol dedol Dol dedol dol de dol
Fol de de ro Fol de da ri
Sing too ra li o
Our wassail is made of the elderberry bough
And so my good neighbors we'll drink unto thou
Besides all on earth, you have apples in store
Pray let us come in for it's cold by the door
Chorus
We hope that your apple trees prosper and bear
So that we may have cider when we call next year
And where you have one barrel we hope you'll have ten
So that we may have cider when we call again
Chorus
There's a master and a mistress sitting down by the fire
While we poor wassail boys stand here in the mire
Come you pretty maid with your silver headed pin
Pray open the door and let us come in
Chorus
It's we poor wassail boys so weary and cold
Please drop some small silver into our bowl
And if we survive for another new year
Perhaps we may call and see who does live here
Chorus
We know by the moon that we are not too soon
And we know by the sky that we are not too high
And we know by the star that we are not too far
And we know by the ground that we are within sound
Latest News for: steeleye span
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Steeleye Span announced 15 new events
Fri 25th Apr. Alnwick Playhouse Sat 26th Apr. Harrogate Theatre Sun 27th Apr. Plowright Theatre, Scunthorpe Tue 29th Apr.
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They've got you, babe! From Cher to Miranda via Bowie's hairdresser - star studded memoirs ...
Me and Mr Jones by Suzi Ronson (Faber £20, 304pp). Me and Mr Jones is available now from the Mail Bookshop ... He also wore women’s frocks ... Ziggy Stardust ... Such Fun! ... Mike has worked closely with The Hollies, Steeleye Span, David Essex, and Cliff Richard ... .
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The Closest Thing To Crazy by Mike Batt: From the Wombles to Windsor! As if ...
The Closest Thing to Crazy. By Mike Batt (Nine Eight Books £22, 368pp) ... Otherwise, it hasn't always been easy ... Batt has worked closely with The Hollies, Steeleye Span, David Essex, Cliff Richard, and he says of Sting ... People loved the sheer silliness ... .
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At the Edinburgh festival, an extraordinary show lays bare the enormity of grief
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Win The Wombles Golden Album on Vinyl
Wearing costumes made by Batt’s mother, Elaine, the band - with musicians such as Chris Spedding and members of Steeleye Span donning the costumes alongside Mike as Orinoco - would regularly appear on Top of the Pops, Crackerjack and Blue Peter ... .
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The Hideous Ecstasy Of Fear: Diamond Dogs At 50
The 1970s. England, like everywhere else, is pulling in different directions ... Ziggy had to die ... He was a man in demand (Adam Faith wanted him for session work, Steeleye Span got him, Lindsay Kemp hoped he would play the lead in Oscar Wilde’s Salome).
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The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end
Both Bob Dylan and Paul Simon owe him a significant debt, while the likes of Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and the Albion Country Band might not have had their collective pioneering sense of adventure without his pivotal guiding presence ... .
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Steeleye Span announced 13 new events
Thu 2nd May. Burnley Mechanics Theatre Fri 3rd May. City Varieties, Leeds Sat 4th May.
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New Celtic Rock compilation to be released
... while British rock and folk rock bands who were influenced by Celtic music such as Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span, Pentangle, East Of Eden, Wishbone Ash, Faces and Trees are also represented.
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Single Luck - Steeleye Span 2001
Go to the source via the article link to view the video or lcik the video icon ....
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Steeleye Span - Storm Force Ten (1977) [Complete LP]
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Steeleye Span: Whitley Bay tickets now on sale
Tickets for one Steeleye Span date now on sale.. Thu 3rd Oct. Playhouse Whitley Bay </ul> ... .
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‘Tiger’ burning bright: an interview with Mary Timony
It’s hard to imagine what the current female-driven music scene would be like without Mary Timony ... Timony made time for an interview shortly before the album was released. BLADE ... and Boston ... I moved to D.C ... I love Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span.
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Indie rock star Mary Timony heads to Crystal Ballroom
I’ve always loved English folk music — things like Fairport Convention, Richard Thompson and Steeleye Span.” She wound up recording with Dave Mattacks, the legendary UK drummer (now locally based) who’s played with all the above ... ....
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'Streets of London' singer Ralph McTell returns to New Zealand
McTell was last in New Zealand 20 years ago with Steeleye Span. It was "quite a tour", he said. One of the highlights was going backstage at another theatre to see Billy Connolly, who was also touring at the time ... That was all part of the mystery ... ....
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