TIM HART & MADDY PRIOR
''HEYDAYS, DISC TWO''
2003
106:42
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DISC ONE (75:31)
''FOLK SONGS OF OLDE ENGLAND - VOL. 1 (1968)"
1 Lish Young Buy-A-Broom 03:03
2 Adieu Sweet Lovely Nancy 02:36
3 Maid That's Deep In Love 04:11
4 The Rambling Sailor 02:23
5 Bruton Town 04:12
6 Farewell Nancy 02:04
7 The Dalesman's Litany 04:50
8 The Brisk Butcher 02:47
9 The Stately Southerner 02:21
10 Who's The Fool Now 02:31
11 A Wager, A Wager 02:35
12 Babes In The Wood 02:18
13 Adam And Eve 00:53
"FOLK SONGS OF OLDE ENGLAND - VOL. 2 (1969)"
14 My Son John 01:29
15 Earl Richard 03:57
16 Paddy Stole The Rope 03:07
17 The Gardener 03:36
18 Bay Of Biscay 02:22
19 Queen Eleanor's Confession 04:47
20 Horn Of The Hunter 02:59
21 Copshawholme Fair 03:54
22 Oats And Beans 00:41
23 Fiddler's Green 04:07
24 Capt. Wedderburn's Courtship 04:11
25 Turkey Rhubarb 00:39
26 Bold Fisherman 02:46
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DISC TWO (31:11)
''SUMMER SOLSTICE'' (1971)
1 False Knight On The Road 02:58
2 Bring Us In Good Ale 03:46
3 Of All The Birds 00:50 (Thomas Ravenscroft)
4 I Live Not Where I Love 04:20
5 The Ploughboy And The Cockney 03:34
6 Westron Wynde 00:24
7 Sorry The Day I Was Married 01:25
8 Dancing At Whitsun 03:36
9 Fly Up My Cock 01:41
10 Cannily Cannily 02:21 (Ewan MacColl)
11 Adam Catched Eve 00:20
12 Three Drunken Maidens 02:11
13 Serving Girls Holiday 03:38
Traditional Tracks, Except 2-3, 2-10
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Arranged By (String Arrangements) – Robert Kirby On Track 2-08
Banjo (5-string Banjo) – Maddy Prior On Tracks 1-01 to 1-26
Bass – Pat Donaldson
Bass (String Bass) – John Ryan (6)
Dulcimer, Harmonium, Percussion (Tabor), Psaltery – Tim Hart On Tracks 2-01 to 2-13
Fiddle, Banjo – Tim Hart On Tracks 1-01 to 1-26
Mandolin – Andy Irvine On Tracks 2-01 to 2-13
Percussion, Bells – Gerry Conway
Vocals – Maddy Prior
Vocals, Guitar – Tim Hart
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REVIEW/AMG
James Christopher Monger
British folk icons Tim Hart and Maddy Prior recorded two albums of traditional music together before joining the seminal folk-rock band Steeleye Span. In 1967 the duo released Folk Songs of Olde England, Vol. 1 on the small but influential Tepee Records label. Recorded in mono, the album featured minimal arrangements of obscure songs from the yet to be plundered Cecil Sharp and English Folk Dance & Song Society libraries -- the source of many of the burgeoning scene's most famous recordings -- and showcased the pair's impeccable vocal skills. Folk Songs of Olde England, Vol.2 followed in 1969 -- this time in stereo -- and introduced the first rendering of John Connolly's "Fiddler's Green" as well as "Copshawholme Fair," which appeared on Steeleye Span's debut, Hark! The Village Wait. During the recording of the group's second record, Please to See the King, Prior and Hart finished their third and finest LP, Summer Solstice. Featuring 13 songs and boasting arrangements by Robert Kirby, the record is considered by many to be one of the most important folk releases of the decade. Castle's Heydays anthology collects all three of these landmark albums -- the first two have been long out of print -- on a two-disc set with extensive liner notes and interviews with the artists. This is a must for any fan of British folk music.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG (TIM HART)
James Christopher Monger
Folk Songs of Olde England, Vol. 1
English folksinger and multi-instrumentalist Tim Hart was born in Lincoln, a county town of Lincolnshire, England, on January 9, 1948. The son of a vicar, Hart was best known for his work with groundbreaking British folk-rock outfit Steeleye Span, of which he was a founding member. He began his musical career in the early '60s playing in a band called the Rattfinks while attending St. Albans School (also home to the Zombies). In 1966 he began touring English pubs and folk clubs with vocalist Maddy Prior. The two released a pair of well-received albums (Folk Songs of Olde England, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) before joining Steeleye Span in 1969. The band, formed by Prior, Hart, and ex-Fairport Convention bassist Ashley Hutchings, and rounded out by husband-and-wife team Gay and Terry Woods, released its critically acclaimed debut album, Hark! The Village Wait, in 1970. Steeleye Span saw more than a few members come and go throughout its long tenure (still touring as of 2010), but Hart and Prior served as the ensemble’s backbone through 1982 -- the pair managed one more release as a duo, 1971’s lush Summer Solstice, which featured string arrangements from famed arranger Robert Kirby. As a solo artist, Hart released an eponymous record in 1979 with help from a handful of Steeleye members, as well as a pair of nursery rhyme collections in 1981. Health problems led to a 1988 move to warmer climates, specifically the island of La Gomera, part of Spain’s Canary Islands, where he began focusing on family, writing, and photography. In 2008 he was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. He passed away in his island home the following year on Christmas Eve.
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BIOGRAPHY/AMG) (MADDY PRIOR)
Chris Nickson
Maddy Prior has established herself, by dint of both talent and time, as one of the leading female singers in British folk (and folk-rock). Born in St. Albans, outside London, she developed an interest in traditional English music as a teenager and through friends, found her way to the treasure trove of material at Cecil Sharpe House and also to Ewan MacColl, the de facto leader of the folk revival. In the late '60s, she met Tim Hart, an accomplished singer and instrumentalist, and together they recorded three albums which made little impact at the time, not even setting the folk clubs buzzing. However, they had played some folk festivals, including Keele, where they met Fairport Convention bassist Ashley Hutchings, who was about to form a new band. Prior and Hart became part of the ensemble known as Steeleye Span, who would become an ongoing institution of British folk-rock, with Prior as one of its constants -- she even married Rick Kemp, the bass player who replaced Hutchings.
Woman in the Wings
In 1976, she teamed with another young folk singer, June Tabor, under the Silly Sisters moniker, to record the first of what would be two albums, also remaining with Steeleye until the group officially disbanded in 1978. After that, she embarked on her solo career, her debut, Woman in the Wings, being produced by Jethro Tull leader Ian Anderson. She also began another career, as the mother of two children, but still joined a reunited Steeleye in 1980, continuing to juggle band and solo work and evening forming her own group, the Carnival Band, who've supported her on record and tour since 1987. When Prior experienced some voice problems in 1993, Gay Woods, who also been an original Steeleye vocalist, rejoined the band. Prior continued to record more frequently alone, including the albums Year, Flesh and Blood, and Ravenchild and Arthur the King, many of which were concept records. She continued to tour and record with Steeleye Span throughout the early part of the 21st century. Her longtime friend and original collaborator Tim Hart passed away in 2009.
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