Thanks for posting, and the restore work! Brilliant slice of the early days of these icons of British Isles folk music. And Tim Hart's solid body dulcimer is so lovely.
Wonderful! I love peeking back decades to hear a group like this. Martin, who looks about 15, is already well known to the guitar and folk traditional world. I love that everyone plays and sings with their eyes closed. As for weirdness, it isn't weird to me at all.
Wonderful ! The TV of my childhood. Bizarre little programmes called, "Music Room", "Afternoon Lavatory Club", "Let's Probe" etc etc.. You see things like this and it just makes you realise how bloody awful the world is now.
This to me is an excellent nostalgic snapshot of an England long gone.An unusual and eccentric piece of TV ,that seems to combine the politeness and reserve of the 1940s/50s in the mannerisms of the people, together with the colourful fashions of the period and includes good music that is hundreds of years old.
My late dad was just as big a Steeleye fan as I am and would have loved to see this rare gem. I introduced him to their music during my college days, in the mid-'70s, and he collected and treasured their recordings. He died last July at 98, mentally sharp to the end, and during what turned out to be my next to last visit with him, we watched RUclips video of a 2016 Steeleye performance. Many thanks for the upload and the memories from Connecticut!
Steeleye Span was my favourite group in the early 70s and I travelled around to see their performances in the UK including the Lincoln Folk Festival in 1971, and then later in Sydney. Their music still sound fabulous to my ears. Wonderful memories.
Everything about this is fabulous. It transported me back to a wonderful musical era where there was room for all tastes. A simpler time, yet creativity seemed to be in abundance.
There remain so many nice and kind comments on this theme that cheer me when things are a bit rubbish these days. Well done, you lot. It just goes to show that we're not done yet fifty years after our friends started their journey that we yet follow today. My hat off you all.
Now, THIS is what RUclips is for..... I had completely forgotten about The Music Room and this incredibly early outing for Steeleye Span. What a treat! Loved it.
I remember stumbling across this show back in 1970. It was on a Sunday morning, if I remember correctly. I didn't know anything about folk music and I had never heard of Steeleye Span. I was mesmerised. I soon afterwards bought Please To See The King and I have been buying their records ever since. Thank you so much for posting this.
Musty, damp, haunted and ghostly is the only way I can sum up Steeleye Span. They really are the only traditional folk (rock) outfit I go back to after hearing other performers of this genre. Maddy's voice is so perfectly pitched, clear and stable and complements Steeleye's fantastic arrangements.
Bloody hell, John Pearse I had completely forgotten him. He picked out my first guitar for me in 1973 when i started taking lessons. We trotted down Charing Cross Road one afternoon and he picked out a good nylon strung guitar for me. I still remembered the day but had forgotten the person. Thank you for reminding me.
How great. I saw Steeleye Span open for Jethro Tull shortly after this in the States. Just phenomenal. Nice to see them so young and beautiful! Thanks.
Thank you - What a gem! - John Pearse and the dulcimer making as much as the young Steeleye Span. I saw John Pearse several times in the 1960s and bought both his dulcimer books, one when I bought my first Dulcimer in 1966 and the other, which includes how to make one, in 1970 after having had my first go at making one. John Rawlinson
Thank you for this! Aside from the wonderful music and seeing music heroes in their handsome/lovely youth, this is such a wonderful artifact of the times in regard to everything from the tone and the tone and the pace of the show to the guys' hairstyles!
It's so cool to see a music program being presented by someone who clearly cares about and actually thinks about the music being featured. Such a refreshing change from the gushing presentation you see coming from the likes of Ant & Dec, etc...
Brilliant. All of it. Thank you for this Tim. I first learned piedmont style guitar from John Pearse even before his BBC series "Hold Down A Chord", and built my first dulcimer following his instructions on this programme... I still have the instruction manual, and I still play that old dulcimer (I added a body later). And I remember dropping-in on a local farmer to collect some goose feathers, when John used his programme to show how to prepare them for playing the dulcimer. He must have had a significant impact on a whole generation of struggling young folk musicians during the 60's folk revival; and the discovery of international music like "blues", other American folk, "calypso" and similar; and of new ways of playing and performing in the 70's. His encouragement, to all of us in that generation, in our own discovery of music and performance, has been a lifetime companion for me. In my seventies now, I look both forward and back on a lifetime of music pleasure, fed by people like John... and the others in this programme. I was sorry to read of John's persistent illness and eventual death.
Wow! I have loved this band for decades, but never before saw such early footage of them. Even at this early stage, they already show their essential distinctive character and sound. Thank you SO much for making this available. I'll be sharing it with many fellow fans of the band.
It is simply incredible to see this footage from so early on in their careers. Little did they know what legends they would become. Thank you so much for posting this!
Now i see where the fast show got it's inspiration for jazz club scetch, this is so of it's time, not auto tune, no computer fiddling, just talent, and being able to play properly!
What a marvellously innocent program. No individual seeking to make a name for themselves. Just a straight forward discusssion/interview, l dare say like many of us wish were the case today, made all the better by people ACTUALLY being able to speak English and make sense. Like the comment below says, this makes us realise how awful things are today.
Great job transferring and cleaning up the video. A few years back I tried to digitize some old VHS tapes and they were irrecoverable. Were not stored particularly well though. Wonderful piece of history
Fantastic. Thank you so much for posting this - I came across it quite by chance. The late John Pearse was an inspiration to a whole generaltion of guitar players, both through his books and the earlier series 'Hold Down a Chord'. I watched Music Room avidly as a 16 year old and actually made the dulcimer, adding a body to it. I must admit I had forgotten the style in which that segment was presented, which is very amusing, looking back It started me off making musical instruments, and I'm still making guitars and repairing them today! I never thought I would see this again. Thank you so much.
Tim, this is fantastic, what can I say many thanks ! I don't think it's possible to get more early '70's and English than this ha ha. I'm a massive folkie and love the 'Span, especially this early stuff. Any idea what time of day this was shown? Maybe after the Clangers or Fingerbobs to keep that eccentric vibe going, though you'd have to turn over to ITV (by getting up and pressing hard a clunky button) as they were BBC programmes....this is Englishness at its very best - understated, over polite, rustic and a bit mad. We've all but lost this magnificent, beautiful character we once had, that this video shows in abundance, and it's lamentable.
Sublime. They rise above the format of the “academic folk” programme. Supergroup indeed. I saw them at Bangor, Gwynedd sometime in winter 1970/71. Thank you for the upload. This was the lineup that changed my musical perspective for the rest of my life. Fifty years later The Lark in the Morning still resonates as much as it ever did. All the other music matters, but if I could lock into one genre and one period in time, this would be it.
Irish and English folk overlapped a great deal...who knows if the words or tune of this was originally composed Irish Scottish or English ...however Paul Brady sings it i think in an earlier version when he was with Irish vocal harmony group "The Johnstons"....check it out
Wow, this is wonderful! I've seen the short 90 second clip of "Lark" many times, but what a treat to see the whole thing. Nice job on the restoration, it looks fine to me. Thanks for the work and post!
Isn't it wonderful what you find on Ytube. Takes me back to when I was a young man, in love with Maddy, in awe of Carthy, and just a huge fan of Steeleye. So thrilled to see it again. Thank you.
Seeing people from one generation appreciating the music of earlier generations. Then seeing this generation able to appreciate them. Let's get this into more people's recommendations! Thank you for this post.
I really enjoyed this, as I love Steeleye Span. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on the dulcimer, and it was an added bonus see the working on a fret board
Thank you so much for uploading this! I have been listening to Steeleye Span all my life: my parents had all their records when I was a small lad. And even though I'm in my late 40s, this was still recorded before I was born. What a treat to hear this. Thank you for not only going to the trouble of transferring it, but for the labor of love to post-process it.
We attended a Maddy Prior concert in the early 2000s and spoke to her afterwards. She was very decent and friendly. Her vocal ability was still excellent. I’m afraid I don’t know much about folk-rock and this is all meant with respect.
Aside from the bizarre DIY woodwork interlude, this is an absolute darling of a recording. What if it were for an hour or more? We are looking and listening to not just an accomplished group of young musicians, but each individual critical in presenting traditional folk music to a modern, accessible form, offering it to the world and keeping it alive. These were Steeleye's gloriously experimental early days, built off the success of the sublime Hart/Prior partnership, before it strayed too far, became a parody, and forgot its roots. Martin Carthy gets the lions share of the interview, yet nothing said about Tim Hart's guitar and vocal genius. This country has much to be proud of in these fine musicians. Thank you so much for restoring and uploading this precious film. Tim Hart. Always remembered with love, respect and gratitude.
What a strange thing this is. The obsession with ‘solid dulcimers’ didn’t make sense until I realised that Steeleye Span were incidental to a whole dulcimer building segment, and if anything that just makes it weirder… I have no idea who financed it, but I’m bloody glad they did.
Thank you for this gift to us. A beautiful example of educational independent TV and musical ingenuity inhabiting the same place. Love Steeleye Span. Very progressive for their time, yet so unassuming. Love the posh accents 😂.
Thanks so much for this, Steeley Span are one of, if not my favourite bands. The format is a bit strained though, the presenter feels ill at ease at times, might have been better after a few pints, & filmed in the snug at The Rose & Crown. instead of his gaff. Bit weird too, half woodwork lesson, half session. That aside the music is superb, I adore Maddy's voice, IMHO she's the best folk vocalist bar none, the rest of the bands voices compliment each other so well. I'd have been 5 as the time but sincerely wish I could go back in time, don my flairs, corduroy jacket, have a smoke, a few pints and watch a few bands. This is the next best thing, cheers.
I only got to see steeleye span once.it was at the madison square garden in ny. with fairport convention and rennasaince.talk about a dream line up. I yelled out your beautiful and got maddie to laugh 😂.
I love the way this supposedly relaxed format is so stilted. At this time it was the same when footballers were interviewed. They always came over like naughty schoolboys
This I Band is my first musical memory. My parents played them a lot when I was a baby. Saw them live about 20 years ago in Atlanta. During intermission I ran down to the stage to get her to sign a copy of an album I had. It was an old promo record (All Around My Hat)from a college radio show. She said, “oooh an oldie but a goodie”…loved that! Still one of my favourite bands. Thanks for posting this.
What a lovely and, historic, recording. I was 13 in 1970 and did not catch on to Steeleye until I saw them on TV later in the 70's: a wonderful studio appearance. I can only remember 'Gaudete' from that programme. It would be wonderful to see that recording, has anyone out there got a copy? Over the years I collected every recording I could get and then duplicated them with CD as technology advanced. Have seen them live in many incarnations over the years. Really good to see all the positive comments and all the comments reflecting how important the group has been in people's lives...
I found an excerpt of this recording (the first minute or so of "Lark In The Morning") here on YT, way back in (!) 2008. It inspired me to get a solid electric dulcimer made for me, which I demoed on my YT channel in 2009 (clip is still up). I really have to record more with that little fella... many thanks for finding and posting this complete recording!
Oh, great discovery! Until now I had to be satisfied with a short cut-off part of this recording (lark in the morning only) . This is soo much better. Thank you for uploading.
Great restoration on this...👌 The music's not so bad either (lol)! I absolutely love what the girl is wearing and you can see all the detail in this as well as hear it too!!
I was living in Scotland in 1972-1974 and heard the line-up of the Albion Country Band that included Martin Carthy and Ashley Hutchings play in a small venue in Dumfries, I believe. Loved it....
It's probably what they are referring to is the line up on this programme. The original Steeley Span was Ashley Hutchings, Maddy Prior, Tim Hart, Gay and Terry Woods who released 'Hark the village Waits' after which Gay and Terry Woods left and were replaced by Martin Carthy and Peter Knight.
This was the 70s...far from the "Me Too Movement"...an era where the Yorkshire ripper got away with police incompetence due to the chauvinistic dismissal of respect for young women at the time among the detectives in the polices back then and also the ignorance of many people in general...
Another time , another world ….quieter , gentler , kinder …. Miss it terribly
Me too
You obviously didn't work in an office in the 70's. It certainly wasn't kinder there.
@@marktrickett5081 Yes ...of course it is through rose tinted glasses....Sorry to hear that Mark
@@indiakhetri Oh yes, poor poor Mark 😭
I agree.
Maddy Prior has one of the most beautiful voices I have ever heard. And it got even richer and more resonent in later years.
See her and the band 4 months ago and she's still great as ever
I couldn't agree with you more....her vocals on Mike Oldfield's Incantations is superb.
@@frankrudd6346 Oh thats great I'm going to see them next month!
@@peterrobin1881 Have to admit i prefered Jesse may Smart but the new violinist is very good
Thank you for all your lovely comments folks. I'm thrilled you've enjoyed it :-)
Thanks for posting, and the restore work! Brilliant slice of the early days of these icons of British Isles folk music. And Tim Hart's solid body dulcimer is so lovely.
That was quite emotional and beautiful. Thank You
Thanks Tim, I am covered in 'goose bumps' watching this.
Was the 1000billuon vhs kkkggg deck did it with 50 mega watts and 85 billion amps and a few volts
Jaysus you must be boring
Wonderful! I love peeking back decades to hear a group like this. Martin, who looks about 15, is already well known to the guitar and folk traditional world. I love that everyone plays and sings with their eyes closed. As for weirdness, it isn't weird to me at all.
British folk music on TV! Only 2 channels then 100+ now, but no folk. Fabulous, thanks for posting.
No we had 3 channels.BBC2 came in 6 years before this broadcast.
@@sharonlee4773 You are right, I never realised BBC2 was that old, but we certainly could not get it on our tv in 1970.
@@mildandbitter Yes ours too.Hence those immortal words-See whats on the other side!
I prefer this gentle television. And never get bored with Steeleye perfoming these songs
Wonderful !
The TV of my childhood. Bizarre little programmes called, "Music Room", "Afternoon Lavatory Club", "Let's Probe" etc etc..
You see things like this and it just makes you realise how bloody awful the world is now.
Thanks for posting! Damn...this is a precious jewel from within the RUclips treasure chest. ❤☮🌎
This to me is an excellent nostalgic snapshot of an England long gone.An unusual and eccentric piece of TV ,that seems to combine the politeness and reserve of the 1940s/50s in the mannerisms of the people, together with the colourful fashions of the period and includes good music that is hundreds of years old.
My late dad was just as big a Steeleye fan as I am and would have loved to see this rare gem. I introduced him to their music during my college days, in the mid-'70s, and he collected and treasured their recordings. He died last July at 98, mentally sharp to the end, and during what turned out to be my next to last visit with him, we watched RUclips video of a 2016 Steeleye performance. Many thanks for the upload and the memories from Connecticut!
Beautiful account.
Lovely memories Mr HMG 💙💙💙
I first heard of them through Terry Pratchett.
@@colinmoore7460 ☺️👍
I miss my pops too. I still can smoke him on guitar. 😁
This is an absolute gem!I first saw Steeleye Span in 1975 and have been a fan ever since.It's really good to see this early footage of them.
Steeleye Span was my favourite group in the early 70s and I travelled around to see their performances in the UK including the Lincoln Folk Festival in 1971, and then later in Sydney. Their music still sound fabulous to my ears. Wonderful memories.
Everything about this is fabulous. It transported me back to a wonderful musical era where there was room for all tastes. A simpler time, yet creativity seemed to be in abundance.
There remain so many nice and kind comments on this theme that cheer me when things are a bit rubbish these days. Well done, you lot. It just goes to show that we're not done yet fifty years after our friends started their journey that we yet follow today. My hat off you all.
Maddie Pryor and Martin Carthy harmonizing ... wow ;)
I love Steeleye Span ... a wonderful down to Earth folk group that got a little electric with the beautiful voice of Maddy Prior. Thanks for posting.
Now, THIS is what RUclips is for..... I had completely forgotten about The Music Room and this incredibly early outing for Steeleye Span. What a treat! Loved it.
Saw them a couple of days ago in Dorset - Maddie still going strong!
I remember stumbling across this show back in 1970. It was on a Sunday morning, if I remember correctly. I didn't know anything about folk music and I had never heard of Steeleye Span. I was mesmerised. I soon afterwards bought Please To See The King and I have been buying their records ever since. Thank you so much for posting this.
Did you ever make the dulcimer?
Musty, damp, haunted and ghostly is the only way I can sum up Steeleye Span. They really are the only traditional folk (rock) outfit I go back to after hearing other performers of this genre. Maddy's voice is so perfectly pitched, clear and stable and complements Steeleye's fantastic arrangements.
Bloody hell, John Pearse I had completely forgotten him. He picked out my first guitar for me in 1973 when i started taking lessons. We trotted down Charing Cross Road one afternoon and he picked out a good nylon strung guitar for me.
I still remembered the day but had forgotten the person. Thank you for reminding me.
I remember making this dulcimer and I even still have the book and plans
How different were we back then, the serious and reserved shyness of the English folk artist, so typical of that period, and of course…..REAL talent!
They look to me like they’re bored out of their minds.
How great. I saw Steeleye Span open for Jethro Tull shortly after this in the States. Just phenomenal. Nice to see them so young and beautiful! Thanks.
I saw them twice on that tour -- still one of my favorite concert experiences.
Just lovely. I got a little choked up over Lark in the Morning. It brought back a lot of memories. - thankyou
Thank you - What a gem! - John Pearse and the dulcimer making as much as the young Steeleye Span. I saw John Pearse several times in the 1960s and bought both his dulcimer books, one when I bought my first Dulcimer in 1966 and the other, which includes how to make one, in 1970 after having had my first go at making one. John Rawlinson
Thank you for uploading this gold dust rarity
Thank you for this! Aside from the wonderful music and seeing music heroes in their handsome/lovely youth, this is such a wonderful artifact of the times in regard to everything from the tone and the tone and the pace of the show to the guys' hairstyles!
It's so cool to see a music program being presented by someone who clearly cares about and actually thinks about the music being featured. Such a refreshing change from the gushing presentation you see coming from the likes of Ant & Dec, etc...
Sublime..how the years have passed…Christmas isn’t Christmas without Gaudete.
Brilliant. All of it. Thank you for this Tim. I first learned piedmont style guitar from John Pearse even before his BBC series "Hold Down A Chord", and built my first dulcimer following his instructions on this programme... I still have the instruction manual, and I still play that old dulcimer (I added a body later). And I remember dropping-in on a local farmer to collect some goose feathers, when John used his programme to show how to prepare them for playing the dulcimer. He must have had a significant impact on a whole generation of struggling young folk musicians during the 60's folk revival; and the discovery of international music like "blues", other American folk, "calypso" and similar; and of new ways of playing and performing in the 70's. His encouragement, to all of us in that generation, in our own discovery of music and performance, has been a lifetime companion for me. In my seventies now, I look both forward and back on a lifetime of music pleasure, fed by people like John... and the others in this programme. I was sorry to read of John's persistent illness and eventual death.
What a fantastic lineup. I grew up with Steeleye Span thanks to my father and saw them live about four or so years ago and they were still excellent.
Thanks for posting. Have loved Steeleye Span since the 70's here in America.
Wow! I have loved this band for decades, but never before saw such early footage of them. Even at this early stage, they already show their essential distinctive character and sound. Thank you SO much for making this available. I'll be sharing it with many fellow fans of the band.
It is simply incredible to see this footage from so early on in their careers. Little did they know what legends they would become. Thank you so much for posting this!
You can just sense the love they have for the music they play.
What a musical gem this is! Thank you for enriching my life. 🌹
Now i see where the fast show got it's inspiration for jazz club scetch, this is so of it's time, not auto tune, no computer fiddling, just talent, and being able to play properly!
What a marvellously innocent program. No individual seeking to make a name for themselves.
Just a straight forward discusssion/interview, l dare say like many of us wish were the case today, made all the better by people ACTUALLY being able to speak English and make sense.
Like the comment below says, this makes us realise how awful things are today.
Great job transferring and cleaning up the video. A few years back I tried to digitize some old VHS tapes and they were irrecoverable. Were not stored particularly well though.
Wonderful piece of history
A great time for British folk, one of many fine, inimitable groups. I still listen and love them. Thanks for post.
Fantastic. Thank you so much for posting this - I came across it quite by chance. The late John Pearse was an inspiration to a whole generaltion of guitar players, both through his books and the earlier series 'Hold Down a Chord'. I watched Music Room avidly as a 16 year old and actually made the dulcimer, adding a body to it. I must admit I had forgotten the style in which that segment was presented, which is very amusing, looking back It started me off making musical instruments, and I'm still making guitars and repairing them today! I never thought I would see this again. Thank you so much.
The days of regional tv companies and only three channels nationally. Less really was more!
What a great group and what a great picture of how we used to think about music
Incredible performance - from a lifetime ago.
People standing around, being generally awesome. Long career ahead.
Great to see the full version of this at last!
Yep! I've seen clips off it but the whole episode gives it so much context.
Wow,this was out of the ordinary
and was very cool to see.
Going on 50 years old,
moved on to another galaxy now.
This looks and sounds so good it’s hard to believe it’s such old Television footage.
Seems like only yesterday! (Well, apart from us all looking a bit older.) Many thanks.
Wonderful video! Thanks for doing this digital restoration, it's a treasure. Just as Maddy Prior is!
Tim, this is fantastic, what can I say many thanks ! I don't think it's possible to get more early '70's and English than this ha ha. I'm a massive folkie and love the 'Span, especially this early stuff. Any idea what time of day this was shown? Maybe after the Clangers or Fingerbobs to keep that eccentric vibe going, though you'd have to turn over to ITV (by getting up and pressing hard a clunky button) as they were BBC programmes....this is Englishness at its very best - understated, over polite, rustic and a bit mad. We've all but lost this magnificent, beautiful character we once had, that this video shows in abundance, and it's lamentable.
AMAZING TO SEE THIS, THE PROGRAM THAT MADE ME A FAN AT 17 YEARS OLD, THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING THIS.
I too started to be a fan at that time, I was 23!
Sublime. They rise above the format of the “academic folk” programme. Supergroup indeed. I saw them at Bangor, Gwynedd sometime in winter 1970/71. Thank you for the upload.
This was the lineup that changed my musical perspective for the rest of my life. Fifty years later The Lark in the Morning still resonates as much as it ever did. All the other music matters, but if I could lock into one genre and one period in time, this would be it.
Irish and English folk overlapped a great deal...who knows if the words or tune of this was originally composed Irish Scottish or English ...however Paul Brady sings it i think in an earlier version when he was with Irish vocal harmony group "The Johnstons"....check it out
Wow!❤ This is unbelievable! Thanks for sharing!🥲
Wow, this is wonderful! I've seen the short 90 second clip of "Lark" many times, but what a treat to see the whole thing. Nice job on the restoration, it looks fine to me. Thanks for the work and post!
Isn't it wonderful what you find on Ytube. Takes me back to when I was a young man, in love with Maddy, in awe of Carthy, and just a huge fan of Steeleye. So thrilled to see it again. Thank you.
I've been in love with Maddy Prior since I first heard Please to See the King.
Seeing people from one generation appreciating the music of earlier generations. Then seeing this generation able to appreciate them. Let's get this into more people's recommendations! Thank you for this post.
I have loved Steeleye Span since they started! So glad to see this recording! It's amazing! Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed this, as I love Steeleye Span. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on the dulcimer, and it was an added bonus see the working on a fret board
How meets The Old Grey Whistle Test. Nice.
Thank you so much for uploading this! I have been listening to Steeleye Span all my life: my parents had all their records when I was a small lad. And even though I'm in my late 40s, this was still recorded before I was born. What a treat to hear this. Thank you for not only going to the trouble of transferring it, but for the labor of love to post-process it.
looks llike the staff room at my primary school.
That's brilliant! Great band though, but love the humour :)
🤣
A wonderful piece of musical history. Thank you.
Love Martin Carthy's harmonizing.
We attended a Maddy Prior concert in the early 2000s and spoke to her afterwards. She was very decent and friendly. Her vocal ability was still excellent. I’m afraid I don’t know much about folk-rock and this is all meant with respect.
Good restoration job.
Wooosh - back 52 years we zoom.
Aside from the bizarre DIY woodwork interlude, this is an absolute darling of a recording. What if it were for an hour or more?
We are looking and listening to not just an accomplished group of young musicians, but each individual critical in presenting traditional folk music to a modern, accessible form, offering it to the world and keeping it alive.
These were Steeleye's gloriously experimental early days, built off the success of the sublime Hart/Prior partnership, before it strayed too far, became a parody, and forgot its roots.
Martin Carthy gets the lions share of the interview, yet nothing said about Tim Hart's guitar and vocal genius. This country has much to be proud of in these fine musicians.
Thank you so much for restoring and uploading this precious film.
Tim Hart. Always remembered with love, respect and gratitude.
@Tim Vickerstaff Thank you for putting your expertise at work , and for sharing it too!
So amazingly awkward in the way of its time. And a treasure. Thanks so much for uploading this!
What a strange thing this is. The obsession with ‘solid dulcimers’ didn’t make sense until I realised that Steeleye Span were incidental to a whole dulcimer building segment, and if anything that just makes it weirder… I have no idea who financed it, but I’m bloody glad they did.
Amazing, restoration! Thank-you!
Maddy one of those female singers who can really cast a spell
Fantastic.
Thank you so much for this episode.
It's been my RUclips highlight not just this year but ever.
Fantastic stuff! Thank you so much for finding, restoring and sharing this!
Thank you for this gift to us. A beautiful example of educational independent TV and musical ingenuity inhabiting the same place. Love Steeleye Span. Very progressive for their time, yet so unassuming. Love the posh accents 😂.
Thanks so much for this, Steeley Span are one of, if not my favourite bands. The format is a bit strained though, the presenter feels ill at ease at times, might have been better after a few pints, & filmed in the snug at The Rose & Crown. instead of his gaff. Bit weird too, half woodwork lesson, half session.
That aside the music is superb, I adore Maddy's voice, IMHO she's the best folk vocalist bar none, the rest of the bands voices compliment each other so well. I'd have been 5 as the time but sincerely wish I could go back in time, don my flairs, corduroy jacket, have a smoke, a few pints and watch a few bands. This is the next best thing, cheers.
I only got to see steeleye span once.it was at the madison square garden in ny. with fairport convention and rennasaince.talk about a dream line up. I yelled out your beautiful and got maddie to laugh 😂.
What a gem of a recording. Thank you for posting it.
I got to see them once. Their music was the sound of my young adult life. Thanks for sharing this.
Proud to have danced with Maddy at a Toronto concert in 1974!
I love the way this supposedly relaxed format is so stilted. At this time it was the same when footballers were interviewed. They always came over like naughty schoolboys
This I
Band is my first musical memory. My parents played them a lot when I was a baby. Saw them live about 20 years ago in Atlanta. During intermission I ran down to the stage to get her to sign a copy of an album I had. It was an old promo record (All Around My Hat)from a college radio show. She said, “oooh an oldie but a goodie”…loved that! Still one of my favourite bands. Thanks for posting this.
I got my Steeleye Span CD out of my grandmothers collection.
What a lovely and, historic, recording. I was 13 in 1970 and did not catch on to Steeleye until I saw them on TV later in the 70's: a wonderful studio appearance. I can only remember 'Gaudete' from that programme. It would be wonderful to see that recording, has anyone out there got a copy? Over the years I collected every recording I could get and then duplicated them with CD as technology advanced. Have seen them live in many incarnations over the years. Really good to see all the positive comments and all the comments reflecting how important the group has been in people's lives...
Priceless on every level
Goosebumps!
I've been looking for the complete version of this show for years, thanks for the upload :)
I found an excerpt of this recording (the first minute or so of "Lark In The Morning") here on YT, way back in (!) 2008. It inspired me to get a solid electric dulcimer made for me, which I demoed on my YT channel in 2009 (clip is still up). I really have to record more with that little fella... many thanks for finding and posting this complete recording!
We were all young once.....................
Oh, great discovery! Until now I had to be satisfied with a short cut-off part of this recording (lark in the morning only) . This is soo much better. Thank you for uploading.
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for this.
Great restoration on this...👌
The music's not so bad either (lol)!
I absolutely love what the girl is wearing and you can see all the detail in this as well as hear it too!!
Best video I've seen for years. Thank You so much for sharing
Great stuff. Really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing!
I was living in Scotland in 1972-1974 and heard the line-up of the Albion Country Band that included Martin Carthy and Ashley Hutchings play in a small venue in Dumfries, I believe. Loved it....
This is history! Consider that Ashley says the band have been together only two months, which means he had only recently left Fairport.
It's probably what they are referring to is the line up on this programme. The original Steeley Span was Ashley Hutchings, Maddy Prior, Tim Hart, Gay and Terry Woods who released 'Hark the village Waits' after which Gay and Terry Woods left and were replaced by Martin Carthy and Peter Knight.
The goose quill moment is pure gold. Brilliant video.
Thank you so much for bringing this to the world. It's wonderful.
I notice Maddy wasnt asked anything! Lovely to hear Span performing from my favourite LP - Please to See the King. Thanks for sharing.
This was the 70s...far from the "Me Too Movement"...an era where the Yorkshire ripper got away with police incompetence due to the chauvinistic dismissal of respect for young women at the time among the detectives in the polices back then and also the ignorance of many people in general...