Steeleye Span, Below the Salt - 39m 29s

Tracks & Durations

1. Spotted Cow	3:06
2. Rosebud in June	3:41
3. Jigs: The Bride's Favorite/Tansey's Fancy	3:10
4. Sheep-Crook and Black Dog	4:44
5. Royal Forester	4:34
6. King Henry	7:09
7. Gaudete	2:25
8. John Barleycorn	4:47
9. Saucy Sailor	5:47

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Review

Like Fleetwood Mac would five years later, Steeleye Span had lost its most celebrated members, Fairport Convention alumnus Ashley Hutchings and guitarist Martin Carthy, when they reconvened in a comparatively anonymous lineup that proved to be their most successful. This 1972 album found vocalist Maddy Prior and guitarist Tim Hart (who'd worked as a duo prior to joining Steeleye) taking the reins, with violinist Peter Knight providing an instrumental foil for the then-drummerless quintet's electric and acoustic guitars. Prior's regal alto and a carefully chosen program of traditional songs (including a medieval Christmas hymn, "Gaudete," that's among the few rock songs extant boasting a Latin lyric) sustain the album's decidedly pre-industrial mood. Below the Salt stands as a British folk-rock classic. --Sam Sutherland

Other Versions

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Below the Salt

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 39m 29s

Below the Salt

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 39m 30s (+0m 1s)

Below the Salt

Tracks: 9, Disk length: 39m 45s (+0m 16s)

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