Below The Salt 
Below The Salt (CD)

 
Below The Salt (CD)

Title: Below The Salt
Record Label: Shanachie
EAN: 0016351793028
Genre: General
Product ID: EPID3966021
Description: Though it still contains the rock influence that permeates all the band's work, 1972's BELOW THE SALT is one of Steeleye Span's most traditional folk albums. This is a folkie's delight, containing excellent, thoughtful interpretations of...
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Track Listing
1. Spotted Cow
2. Rosebud In June
3. JIGS: Bride's Favorite, The/Tansey's Fancy
4. Sheep-Crook And Black Dog
5. Royal Forester
6. King Henry
7. Gaudete
8. John Barleycorn
9. Saucy Sailor

Details
Number of CDs:1
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:Independent, Jet Star Phonographics
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
Though it still contains the rock influence that permeates all the band's work, 1972's BELOW THE SALT is one of Steeleye Span's most traditional folk albums. This is a folkie's delight, containing excellent, thoughtful interpretations of eight classic English folk tunes chosen with a historian's eye and a fan's heart by singers Maddy Prior and Tim Hart, plus a dazzling pair of spirited jigs, "The Bride's Favourite" and "Tansey's Fancy," starring fiddler Peter Knight.
The spellbinding "Gaudette," an unaccompanied vocal hymn, is the album's most stunning track, but a simple version of the standard "John Barleycorn" sung by Hart--which simply shred's Traffic's contemporaneous version--is nearly as excellent. Prior's best showcase is the closing "Saucy Sailor," which remained a stage favorite for decades. The modest album title refers to the servants' place at table during medieval times, but at this time, Steeleye Span was second only to Fairport Convention in the world of British folk-rock.

Editorial Reviews
...polished, authentic sounding...
Rolling Stone (01/18/1973)


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