Steeleye Span, Time Span, LP UK Mooncrest 1977 - CRD1

A double compilation of early tracks by Steeleye Span, Martin Carthy, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior. They are important for collectors as the track General Taylor was never released on other records. Time Span is a re-packaging of the two LPs Almanack and Individually and Collectively. It's a compilation with good graphics, by Norman Beckett, and contains a short history of the group accompanied by B/W photos.The Cambra album Steeleye Span (1984) has the same tracks as Time Span but in a different order. It also claims that all tracks were from this group and doesn’t acknowledge the members’ solo and duo tracks.

Una doppia compilation che include tracce di Steeleye Span, Martin Carthy, Tim Hart e Maddy Prior. Sono importanti per i collezionisti poiché la traccia General Taylor non è mai stata pubblicata su altri dischi. Time Span è un re-packaging dei due LP Almanack e Individually and Collectively. È una compilation con una buona grafica, di Norman Beckett, e contiene una breve storia del gruppo accompagnata da foto in bianco e nero. L'album Steeleye Span (1984) della Cambra ha le stesse tracce di Time Span ma in un ordine diverso:in esso si afferma inoltre che tutte le tracce provenivano da questo gruppo e non riconosce le tracce soliste e in duo dei membri.

Tracks: Individually and Collectively / Almanack / Time Span - Almanack Side 1 / Time Span Side 1: The Hills of Greenmore (Roud 2883) My Johnny Was a Shoemaker (Roud 1388; G/D 8:1848) Wee Weaver (Roud 3378) Reels: Dowd’s Favourite / £10 Float / The Morning Dew False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3) Lowlands of Holland (Roud 484; G/D 6:1116; Henry H180) - Almanack Side 2 / Time Span Side 2: All Things Are Quite Silent (Roud 2532) Jigs: Paddy Clancy’s Jig / Willie Clancy’s Fancy Prince Charlie Stuart (Roud 3099; Henry H533) Gower Wassail (Roud 209) Skewball (Roud 456; Laws Q22) - Individually and Collectively Side 1 / Time Span Side 3: The Lark in the Morning (Roud 151) Martin Carthy: I Was a Young Man (Roud 1572; G/D 7:1291) Jigs: Bryan O’Lynn/The Hag with the Money Tim Hart: Dancing at Whitsun Martin Carthy & Maddy Prior: Betsy Bell and Mary Gray (Roud 237; Child 201; G/D 6:1257) Female Drummer (Roud 226; G/D 1:182; Henry H497) General Taylor (Roud 216) - Individually and Collectively Side 2 / Time Span Side 4: Four Nights Drunk (Roud 114; Child 274; G/D 7:1460; Henry H21ab) Tim Hart & Maddy Prior: False Knight on the Road (Roud 20; Child 3) Martin Carthy: Famous Flower of Serving Men (Roud 199; Child 106; G/D 1:163) Tim Hart & Maddy Prior: Three Drunken Maidens (Roud 252) When I Was on Horseback (Roud 2; Laws Q26)