 Please to See the King
Steeleye Span B&C CAS 1029 (LP, UK, March 1971)
Mooncrest CREST 8 (LP, UK, 1974/76)
Produced by Sandy Roberton, September Production Ltd
Engineers: Vic Gamm, Jerry Boys, Roger Mayer, Bob Potter,
Roger Quested
ensemble
Maddy Prior, vocals, spoon, tabor, tambourine, bells;
Martin Carthy, vocals, guitar, banjo, organ, bells; Tim Hart, vocals, guitar, dulcimer, bells; Ashley Hutchings, vocals, bass guitar, bells; Peter Knight, vocals, fiddle, mandolin, organ, bass guitar, bells LP Sleeve NotesThanks to: Steeleye Span Mk. 1 and the Folk Song Journals for The Blacksmith; Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould and Stephen Sedley for Cold, Haily, Windy Night; Martin Byrnes and Sean O'Shea for Bryan O'Lynn and The Hag with the Money respectively; Brigid Tunney for Prince Charlie Stuart; Tom Walsh of the Combine Harvester via Tommy Gilfellon for Boys of Bedlam; Willie Whyte and Francis James Child for False Knight on the Road; Mr Kent via Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Folk Song Journals for The Lark in the Morning; A Yorkshire girl via Percy Grainger, Bert Lloyd and the Watersons for Female Drummer; Two old ladies in Pembrokeshire via Andy Nisbet for The King and Mr Hilton via Ralph Vaughan Williams and the Folk Song Journals for Lovely on the Water. |  tracks
side one
1. The Blacksmith (4:49)
2. Cold, Haily, Windy Night (4:37) 3. Jigs: Bryan O'Lynn / The Hag with the Money (3:21) 4. Prince Charlie Stuart (4:17) 5. Boys of Bedlam (4:22)
side two
1. False Knight on the Road (2:45)
2. The Lark in the Morning (4:33) 3. Female Drummer (4:05) 4. The King (1:31) 5. Lovely on the Water (5:20) |