Steelye Span: 'Now We Are Six' 50th Anniversary
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- Steeleye Span's 'Now We are Six' is considered by many to be their finest album. This new 50th anniversary is here unboxed and reviewed
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my fav folk band hands down ,nice to see the appreciation of this great band,bought maddy a drink many years ago when she played with steeleye in my home town
Steeleye Span sound amazing to these American ears. I think we're not used to the off-the beaten-path British accents (other than the famous Cockney of course) that are so distant from the "Queen's English", and that lends it a special exotic quality. That and the wonderful, unique way they blend folk and rock influence.
Good to see a bit of folk being reviewed, great channel
Nice album, but my favourites are Parcel of Rogues and Commoners Crown. Nice to see Steeleye being reviewed.
Below the Salt for me.
I have the original of this album on vinyl, which i bought at the time. a timeless classic, you are right Bowie plays sax on it.
My favourite Steeleye album is Below The Salt, not only because this album which introduced me to the band.
Great album review as always!
I first saw Steeleye Span at the Brighton Dome when they supported Tull on the Aqualung tour.
This is my favourite Steeleye album, probably in no small part due to Ian Anderson's input.
Another Tull and Steeleye crossover worth checking out is Maddy Prior's first solo album 'Woman in the Wings, which, as well as being co-produced by Anderson has many members of Tull (and Anderson's wife Shona!) performing on it.
Gotta love the 'Span. The first three albums are the best. "Parcel of Rogues" and "Below the Salt" are fantastic too. Never heard this one all the way through but will check it out now. Another great review.
Cracking album
Love this album. In fact my favourite.
As a man who wears some green willow around his hat, I do like a bit of hey nonny no and diddly dee … more please!
My favourite Steeleye album. Thomas the Rhymer is amazing.
lol I have never heard a single thing by this band. But in the 70’s record stores they and Steelers Wheel were always in the vinyl section right before Steely Dan, which I frequented.
And they all three came out about the same time
I'm guessing people can probably tell I'm looking forward to this :)
great album - ordering now! Blimey - you weren't kidding about the font size - as I pored over it with my magnifying glass I was saddened to read of Bob Johnson's death recently...
I will definitely be purchasing the vinyl edition of this great album. Thomas The Rhymer with the expanded version is so good, and I cannot wait to hear the remastered version. I truly love that album, but my favourite album from Steeleye Span was Below The Salt, which was a bloody great LP.
I must say, I'm tempted to get the vinyl version just so I can frame it and put it on my wall
I've loved this album for close to 50 years. I'll be checking this one out.
Can't beat a bit of Span and a must have for my Uriah Heep "friends and family" collection.
Also on the folky radar for me are The Incredible String Band and Pentangle.
Still have my original vinyl and CD which I love, great sound, great cohesion, do I need another🤔
Got several Steeleye albums but not this one, so might be a good time to dive in.
A good album.
This album bridged the gap for me between the Beatles and glam rock of the early 70s to Floyd Genesis and BJH
I really liked this album when it came out, specially the punchy Thomas The Rhymer. But the whole thing was very nice. And of course, by then I already was a Tull fan, and being an Anderson production didn't went unnoticed at all.
Have loved The Span for 55 years now! Still a great band doing it for real and I always turn out to see them when they gig in London or thereabouts (tickets for October already bought). Great album, but a tad spoiled by the silly novelty tracks - I prefer the previous two and the next one "Commoners Crown".
Hooray Steeleye Span 😺The first place I ever heard Gaudete!
Thanks for the review. Can I ask about the sound quality of the BBC tracks? Some of their earlier albums came out with BBC live tracks and they sounded terrible. Like you, I love the box set and would think twice about buying one of the CDs again, unless those live tracks are good enough. Cheers.
Great album but I will always go back to Hark! The village wait which is the most complete and interesting Steeleye album.
Like your vids! curious as a life's in general art 's student of one thing to another..... here's the thing what about say the raw Canvey Island Doctor Feelgood and then wait for it.............Igor Stravinsky what a step eh? to me I love the both that fire my emotions up. My musical choices are also endless. Re your reviews here yeh in to lot's of bands like Yes Genesis(original line up) and other's of 70's but really as old original 'MOD' Love my Soul & Tamla blimey what a rant could go on on on on.............keep it cool tim!
I always find with Steeleye that there are a few tracks on every album I like but few of the albums I like as a whole; the first one probably comes closest, then Below the Salt. This one suffers from two ridiculous tracks at the end.
Remove those tracks and add Long Lankin from the next album and you would have a much better album!
Should have been a special edition with new stereo mixes and a new 5.1 surround sound mix plus demos and instrumental versions and a live concert from that era like the Tull sets. They missed the boat on this one - especially since they JUST released the Chrysalis boxset will all of the remastered albums not too long ago.
Can I ask for your opinion on the ten most perfect albums you like
If only they had got Nigel Pegrum in time for Parcel of Rogues as I think that has slightly better material ('To know him is to love him', and the two songs with the school choir ruin this one for me). However, I will probably get it for the live bonus tracks. One has to wonder at the timing of Ian Anderson producing this and whether it had any influence on the route he took soon after with Songs From The Wood.
Agreed; the choir and "To Know Him" add nothing to the album. Neither IMHO does Mr. Bowie. Interestingly enough, Maddy Prior sings on Tull's "Too Old To Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young To Die", released in 1976 (two years after "Now We Are Six").
@@underwoodvoice9077 I didn't know that. That's interesting how the connection continued.
@@DarkSideOfTheMoule Also the entire Tull line-up at the time (minus Martin Barre) played on Maddy Prior's solo album Woman in the Wings in 1978.
Agree totally Dark Side. Imagine Alison Gross beefed up even more with drums!
@@craigleggett1399 I can imagine that. Or drums on Robbery With Violins.
Hey Nonny Nay is my new word toy.
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I always confuse Lindisfarne and Steeleye Span Why ?
"The ol' speccaroos".
Yep. Know what you mean.
Same here
Time to get a big magnifying glass, I think 😂
Great album. Fav track is Drink Down the Moon. Too bad this 50th anniversary edition seems rather poor on extra’s; a good bonus live set would have been cool.
R.I.P Walter Becker
He’s been dead since 2017 or are you mixing up steely Dan with Steeleye span ?
@@merlinscat it was my…apparently unsuccessful attempt at humor 🙃
@@HughGenvoenni I was originally bemused but then put 2 and 2 together. I'm always up for a bit of japery. 👍
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£18 too much for me. Liked their music but only bought 1 single: Gaudette ( I was a poor kid)
Won`t be buying as I already have a decent sounding cd in a SS collection and also own it on vinyl. Glad to see it being reissued and talked about though!
Sorry, but if you have TWO copies in front of you why don't you know who produced the album ? I've been "playing trombone" a lot the past decade.
Judging from the comments, I seem to sport a minority opinion here. Despite some strong songs and Ian Anderson in the role of (sort of) producer, the band here seemed to have been preoccupied too much with being goofy instead of putting together a cohesive and great album. For me, ultimately, it's one of the weaker albums from their classic years.
I understand where you're coming from. They did the same with their follow-up album Commoners Crown with the Peter Sellers silliness.
@@craigleggett1399 Ennit! New York Girls is ridiculous. I don't know why bands used to do this (ELP always seemed to put a novelty track on each of their albums)
Fully agree, they were trying to be funny but it gets annoying after repeated listens. What was probably just fun comes over as being a bit smug and pleased with yourselves. You want smug, go listen to 10CC
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