TIM HART & MADDY PRIOR--Summer Solstice--Import LP

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HIGHLY ACCLAIMED UK import album by TIM HART & MADDY PRIOR entitled "Summer Solstice".

"Recorded during Steeleye Span Mark II's early days, Summer Solstice -- the most advanced of the three albums that they recorded together early in their careers -- has a very different feel from the Steeleye work of the era. Tim Hart (vocals, guitar, dulcimer, harmonium, psaltery, tabor) and Maddy Prior (vocals) are working with Sweeney's Men (whence Steeleye Mark I's Terry Woods came) alumnus Andy Irvine and Steeleye Mark I guest drummer Gerry Conway. The sound is mostly fairly spare, just Hart and Prior backed by Irvine on mandolin, John Ryan on string bass, Pat Donaldson on electric bass, and Conway on percussion. The only exception is "Dancing at Whitsun," which features a very tasteful backing orchestral arrangement. Hart and Prior do a version of "False Knight on the Road" that's very different in pacing and nuance from Steeleye's, and a beautiful, droning rendition of "Bring Us in Good Ale." Their voices mesh wonderfully on "Sorry the Day I Was Married," and Prior gets a chance to shine as a solo on "Westron Wynde," "Fly Up My Cock," and the two most Steeleye-like track here, "Cannily, Cannily" and "Three Drunken Maidens"." - Bruce Eder, AMG

PLAYLIST:
Side1
1-False Knight On The Road  2-Bring Us In Good Ale  3-Of All The birds  4-I Live Not Where I Love  5-The Ploughboy And The Cockney  6-Westron Wynde
Side 2
1-Sorry The Day I Was Married  2-Dancing At  Whitsun  3-Fly Up My Cock 4-Cannily Cannily  5-Adam Catched Eve  6-Three Drunken Maidens  7-Serving-Girls Holiday

Released on B&C Records (CAS 1035) in 1971. It is from MY PERSONAL COLLECTION, NEVER PLAYED and is visually grades Near Mint (nice shiny vinyl with no visible imperfections). The gatefold cover is lightly dinged on the corners. Actual item pictured.

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