Exceptional rare clip. Decades of history in my life. This band kept the soul of medieval English song.

RIP Bob Johnson. A legend.

If there was ever a more beautiful voice than Maddy Prior's, I missed it.

@pavelvokhmyanin2288

2 ай бұрын

Sandy Denny could, and Mandy Morton. The English electric- folk female leaders, as Maddy Prior, of course

@philipcharlton3887

11 күн бұрын

@@pavelvokhmyanin2288 and Jacqui McShee.

This is the first time I’ve seen this, it’s brilliant, a very good quality picture. Thanks for sharing 👍

I love this song. I met Peter Knight (the fiddle player here) on a train back in about 1986/7 when I was 15 or 16. He seemed very pleased to be recognised! What a smashing bloke!

@adamdabs

3 ай бұрын

His fiddle playing is peerless in my opinion. He makes the instrument sing.

@mickc6700

24 күн бұрын

​@@adamdabs It was Peter Knight's mandolin that really got me. First time I saw them on telly they played Misty Moisty Morning, and I was instantly hooked on the mandoline (and the band) and took it up. I still play 50 years later.

Maddy Prior and the band is awesome ! - and she dances around like the olde days

maddy prior an aweoe talent the lark in the morning

I so wish the comments weren't turned off on the remastered version on here. I have things to say that need saying, but it shall have to be done here instead. Now, notwithstanding how beautiful is this rendition - which should surprise no-one that is familiar with Steeleye or Maddy - let me say my piece. Across my entire record collection and listening experience, it is very rare indeed for the bass to lift a song from the simply wonderful to the utterly sublime. But that is what happens to this song. Whenever I listen to it (probably a little too often given our respective years) I'm transported by every part of the composition and it's almost sinful to pick out any one instrument.... but the bass.... oh what a melody, what a line. And on a different note altogether, I often wonder what the band thought of this song. Maddy sings it with such soul and devotion, but the lyrics are so vile, aren't they! I wonder if they just thought it would be quite fun and funny to turn such a horrible story into one of their most beautiful pieces ever. Or did they just get lost in the gorgeous score.

@Vortigan07

2 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree! As a keeper of the low end myself, albeit of considerably less ability than Mr. Kemp, my ears are inexorably drawn to the wonderful bassline. And it is indeed a song that's rich in the most beautiful of melodies throughout!

On top of their game, fantastic.

Splendid performance. Blows my mind whenever I listen to this group, since 1968.

@raystonehill2006

7 ай бұрын

Me too . .

That is just incredible no other words - quite Prog-y as well with that guitar riff. Yes and Genesis could have been worried at this point.!

i was lucky enough to see them twice on this tour

before my time but awesome.

RIP Bob Johnston 😞

One of my favourite songs of theirs. Love the Liz Fraser-esque trill at 2:23. Thank you!

@arbonne1805

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure she was stiffling a laugh at that point... being such a jolly tale as it is :)

A haunting song. Unforgettable. Many thanks!

This is brilliant, first time I’ve seen this !

This is unbelievably good. Early 70s? Are you kidding me?

這首歌值得聽一萬遍

@amazonionavalon8252

7 ай бұрын

I love and fully agree with your sentiment ❤

So wonderful to see this performed live! Had no idea this even existed . Thank you so much for sharing this.

Listened to this back in the day at the bottom of the earth in Hobart. now some (nearly) 50 yrs later I see the artists. It was so different in the day.

very well........................................

Depois de tantos anos, primeira vez q vejo a banda! Muito Obrigada por postar! Gratidão eterna pra ti.

Said the Lord unto his Lady as he rode over the moss "Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin Be sure the doors are bolted well Lest Lankin should creep in" Said the Lord unto his Lady as he rode away "Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the hay Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin Be sure the doors are bolted well Lest Lankin should creep in" "Where's the master of the house?", says Long Lankin "He's 'way to London", says the nurse to him "Where's the lady of the house?", says Long Lankin "She's up in her chamber", says the nurse to him "Where's the baby of the house?", says Long Lankin "He's asleep in the cradle", says the nurse to him "We will pinch him, we will prick him We will stab him with a pin And the nurse shall hold the basin For the blood all to run in" So they pinched him and they pricked him Then they stabbed him with a pin And the false nurse held the basin For the blood all to run in "Lady, come down the stairs," says Long Lankin "How can I see in the dark?", she says unto him "You have silver mantles", says Long Lankin "Lady, come down the stairs by the light of them" Down the stairs the lady came, thinking no harm Lankin, he stood ready to catch her in his arms There was blood all in the kitchen There was blood all in the hall There was blood all in the parlor Where my lady she did fall Now Long Lankin shall be hanged From the gallows, oh, so high And the false nurse shall be burned In the fire close by Said the Lord unto his Lady as he rode over the moss "Beware of Long Lankin that lives amongst the gorse Beware the moss, beware the moor, beware of Long Lankin Make sure the doors are bolted well Lest Lankin should creep in"

@janetdidonato9963

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Rather incredibly good. It's a shame that all their early performances weren't captured in HD by time travellers with good taste.

Ah, Bernard the false nurse (for the hard-of-thinking "And the false nurse shall be burn-ed on the fire close by"). Strange that Nursie in Blackadder 2 reveals that her real name is Bernard. Wonder if there's a connection. That aside, Long Lankin was my favourite Steeleye song and always fun to perform in folk clubs where they might frown on rocky chords. I always loved Bob Johnson's labour-saving guitar playing. Never seen this Rockpalast gig before; Steeleye Span at the height of their powers.

Brilliant - an instant flashback to being a child and being transfixed by her voice.

Wonderful. One of the best murder ballad

Fantastic!

Great instrumental love this. Blood in Da kitchen. There's Blood in the Hall. There's Blood in the parlor. Blood on Da wall. Where my Lady did Fall. Long Lankin was hanged on a Gibbet so High. Left out like Laundry to Dry. So uncompose to identify to the naked under the human eye. With a lifeless Disguise. And the False nurse was burned on Fire close by.

can't believe that this just showed up on recommendations. a band that i love an in particular this incarnation (plus or minus nigel)

The Shivering Truth 🤣

such Medieval treachery ! "and the false nurse shall be burn-ed...." ........ahhhhh, Maddy.......

Is that Bob Johnson singing the male lead vocals (namely the murder part)?

@rogueriderhood1862

9 ай бұрын

Yes, Bob Johnson was a bit of a fan of murder ballads!

@KBAFourthtime

9 ай бұрын

@@rogueriderhood1862 That must explain why he did the lead vocals on the verses for another one titled "Lady Diamond."

@rogueriderhood1862

9 ай бұрын

@@KBAFourthtime Yes, also 'Edwin' another fine murder ballad.

That fiddler 100% sold his soul to the devil. And I'm so glad.

@KyleRucker-uz5wk

Жыл бұрын

My Turn My Turn. 😂😂😂😂

So very nice to hear a Woman singing in a woman's voice and Not the endless fake little girl's voice of men's fantasies of the current age! We really did have better music back then.

Odd to see Maddy singing from a seat.

@kentholmberg1818

Жыл бұрын

Just like Jacqui!

@paulramon3353

7 ай бұрын

a sprained foot maybe - it is really unusual

@cherade99

29 күн бұрын

It was an hour long set and she danced a lot on other tunes, for this song she needed her full voice!

My girlfriend left me for Long Lankin.

@Jacktors

2 жыл бұрын

@@slagmilkcard that drummer is awesome!! You kidding me . Love that guy!

@Jacktors

2 жыл бұрын

@@slagmilkcard Nigel Pegrum. Look up the bbc steel eye span special played at this kinda castle. The guy is awesome

@KyleRucker-uz5wk

Жыл бұрын

😢😢😢

Ive always thought of this tune as mournful but never understood until quite recently the horror of the subject matter via the lyrics.

False nurse! God damn!

Stoned much? Awesome.