Steeleye Span - Hark The Village Wait

Artist:

Steeleye Span

UPC:

016351795229

See Also:

Carthy, Martin Chapman, Michael (Folk) Hutchings, Ashley The Albion Band

Description:

Personnel: Tim Hart (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, banjo, dulcimer, fiddle, harmonium); Terry Woods (vocals, guitar, electric guitar, mandola, mandolin, concertina); Maddy Prior (vocals, banjo, dancer); Gay Woods (vocals, autoharp, concertina, bodhran); Ashley Hutchings (electric bass); Dave Mattacks, Gerry Conway (drums).
Steeleye Span`s debut album, 1970`s HARK! THE VILLAGE WAIT--a "wait" being a medieval village band--is a landmark of British folk-rock, a folk supergroup equivalent to the legendary Masked Marauders. Ashley Hutchings formed Steeleye Span after he left Fairport Convention, following disagreements with Sandy Denny over the latter band`s direction, Martin Carthy naming it in homage to an obscure folk tune called "Horkstow Grange." This lineup also includes singers Tim Hart and Maddy Prior--who would become the band`s core--along with Fairport drummer Dave Mattacks and the highly regarded husband and wife team of Gay and Terry Woods.
Whether newly written, as with the Morris-style "A Calling-On Song," or familiar ballads, the songs are uniformly excellent, as are the performances. This lineup actually disbanded immediately upon completing the album and never performed live, but HARK! THE VILLAGE WAIT is regardless one of the finest British folk-rock albums ever.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Calling-On Song, A
2. Blacksmith, The
3. Fisherman`s Wife
4. Blackleg Miner, The
5. Dark-Eyes Sailor, The
6. Copshawholme Fair
7. All Things Are Quite Silent
8. Hills of Greenmore, The
9. My Johnny Was a Shoemaker
10. Lowlands of Holland
11. Twa Corbies
12. One Night as I Lay on My Bed

Album Information

Release Date:

04/16/1991

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

British Folk Rock

Label:

Shanachie Records

Catalog Number:

79052

Original Release Year:

1970

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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