STEELEYE SPAN Ten Man Mop LP PEGASUS 1971 UK orig+book+foc+inner MARTIN CARTHY
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STEELEYE SPAN
MADDY PRIOR, MARTIN CARTHY, TIM HART, PETER KNIGHT, ASHLEY HUTCHINGS
Pivotal English folk-rockers who brilliantly interpreted traditional material before going electric behind Maddy Prior's
ethereal voice. Aside from Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span was the most successful and enduring British folk-rock band.
The parallels between the bands are numerous: both updated traditional British folk material with rock arrangements, both
featured an excellent female lead singer (Sandy Denny for Fairport, Maddy Prior for Steeleye Span), both frequently employed
multi-part harmonies, and both mixed original and traditional songs. Although Fairport was more innovative in its early days,
Steeleye Span was arguably the more interesting band after 1970, when personnel changes had gutted the original
Fairport lineup. Steeleye Span, too, would undergo numerous personnel changes even at their peak. Prior was the constant factor
that gave the group something of a recognizable identity at all phases of their journey. One thing that differentiated Steeleye Span
from their counterparts was that Fairport came to traditional folk from a rock background, whereas Steeleye traveled in the opposite direction
"TEN MAN MOP OR MR RESERVOIR BUTLER RIDES AGAIN"
<A SELECTION OF BALLAD SONG AND AIRS OF THE BRITISH ISLES>
Produced by Sandy Roberton
1971 LP PEGASUS RECORDS PEG 9
MADE IN ENGLAND ORIGINAL PRESSING
Released in a gatefold, embossed cover with booklet and inner sleeve
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: PEGASUS - WHITE LABEL (on Side B) and with 'Pegasus' logo (on Side One) - BLUE TEXT
Catalog on cover: PEG 9
Catalog on label (Side B only): PEG-9 (PEG.9 A / PEG.9 B)
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): PEG 9 A-1U
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): PEG 9 B-1U
On label: RIM TEXT READS "All rights......prohibited"
(Side B only): ?1971
Producer: Sandy Roberton
Rights Society / Publishing: Libra Music / Sparta Florida Music
On Booklet: Photos, Notes, Tracklist & Credits
Old Church Street, London. November MCMLXXI
Pegasus Records, 37 Soho Square, London, W1
Sleeve printed and made by the E.J. Day Group, London and Bedford
tracklisting
Side A: GOWER WASSAIL - JIGS: Paddy Clancey's Jig/Willie Clancy's Fancy
FOUR NIGHTS DRUNK - WHEN I WAS ON HORSEBACK
Side B: MARROWBONES - CAPTAIN COULSTON
REELS: Dowd's Favourite/£10 Float/The Morning Dew - WE WEAVER - SKEWBALL
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RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
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The third Steeleye Span album, Ten Man Mop opens with possibly the most beautifully sung number of their entire history,
"Gower Wassail," which also makes a very strong case for the use of electric guitars in a traditional folk setting.
"Paddy Clancy's Jig/Four Nights Drunk" was the group's first great electric adaptation of traditional dance,
None of the rest is quite that good, highlighted by Maddy Prior's haunting performance on "When I Was on Horseback",
the delightful "Marrowbones," the riveting "Stewball," & the rousing reels "Dowd's Favourite," "£10 Float," & "The Morning Dew."...(AllMusic)
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