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If you think that Folk Rock was ony Fairport Convention, then listen to this CD assortment from Steeleye Span, (Steeleye Span used a similar blend of electric and acoustic instruments to Fairport, and gave ancient folk music a new twist). Covering a good proportion of their best work over their many albums, you can't go wrong with this. The best era of Span was in my mind from the Now We Are Six album time, indeed the track like Thomas the Rhymer is from that album. Gaudete (quoted by Alan (aha!) Partridge), is a great acapella track with counter harmonies, All around my hat is a folk rock hoot, real finger in ear stuff Thomas the Rhymer has great heavy rock guitar phrasing with great arrangement of the band musical parts, Alison Gross is a bit weird but listen to it, Little SIr Hugh (From Commoners Crown) is a great track, Cam ye O'er Frae France is great Scottish sounding vibe with some unusual dialect usage, Long Lankin at 8:10 is long but a masterpiece, the guitars particularly sound so fluid and free, Bach Goes to Limerick is a great bit of Mandolin work! The above are my favourites off the best of CD. You should also buy Now We Are Six which features besides Thomas the Rhymer, Seven Hundred Elves, Mooncoin Jig ( mandolins in harmony and counter harmony) One of the best Folk arrngements ever! There are other great tracks on Six as well like Edwin for instance. I tried playing along to this when i was learning the guitar a long while ago and I haven't heard Steeleye for years until buying this again, I really would recommend these 2 CD's. If you really listen deep to them try and separate out the instruments and voices in your mind, you will appreciate the complex arrangements, superb vocals and musician ship. All in all great music!Read full review
Great quality product which does a superb job of presenting Steeleye Span to a (fairly) new listener. Although quite early in their career, it really IS a "best of" for it's time and is a great showcase of their skill. It has already prompted me to purchase another of their CD's and I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes music with words, a beat and most importantly a tune!
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Tried it and found it jumps on a number of tracks , just to be sure it wasn’t my cd player at fault tried it in another player same thing happens so must be a faulty
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A good album, and a great sound,
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Great album at a great price.
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