Steeleye Span - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 7-1-1974

Here's another Ebbets Field radio broadcast. I'm going to keep going posting these nearly daily until I run out. This time, is the British folk-rock band Steeleye Span.

This band was formed in late 1969, when bassist Ashley Hutchings left the band Fairport Convention. He wanted to go in an even more traditional direction, despite the fact that Fairport was also moving in a traditional direction at the time. But the most visible person in the band soon turned out to be Maddy Prior, who sang most of the songs. The band become one of the most important bands in the British folk revival of the early 1970s.

By 1973, the band gained a full-time drummer and pursued more of a rocking sound, while still covering many traditional folk songs. Also in 1973, they had a surprise hit with "Gaudete." It made the Top Twenty in Britain, despite the fact that is was sung acappella while being completely in Latin!

Here's the band's Wikipedia page:

Steeleye Span - Wikipedia 

At the time of this concert, they had released the album "Now We Are Six" earlier in 1974, with the title referencing the fact the band had grown to six members. Naturally, they played some songs from that album, including their one hit at the time, "Gaudete." However, note that the band was much less popular in the U.S., which would explain why they were booked at the small Ebbets Field venue. As an example, their "Now We Are Six" reached Number 13 in the British album chart, but didn't make the U.S. album chart at all.

One year after this, the band would have their biggest hit with "All Around My Hat." It's a shame that's not here, but it makes sense in terms of the year.

By the way, note that the song "John Barleycorn" performed here is a very different one than the one made famous in 1970 by Traffic. That would be a bizarre coincidence, except that name has a historic general meaning in Britain to symbolize alcohol, especially alcoholic drinking, so it's a generic name like "Uncle Sam." I believe both songs with that title are hundreds of years old. 

The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and 17 minutes long. 

01 talk (Steeleye Span)
02 We Beg Your Leave (Steeleye Span)
03 Tunes [Instrumental] (Steeleye Span)
04 Alison Gross (Steeleye Span)
05 talk (Steeleye Span)
06 Cam Ye O'er Frae France (Steeleye Span)
07 talk (Steeleye Span)
08 John Barleycorn (Steeleye Span)
09 talk (Steeleye Span)
10 Little Sir Hugh (Steeleye Span)
11 talk (Steeleye Span)
12 Drink Down the Moon - The Cuckoo (Steeleye Span)
13 talk (Steeleye Span)
14 Two Magicians (Steeleye Span)
15 Robbery with Violins [Instrumental] (Steeleye Span)
16 Summer Is Acumen In (Steeleye Span)
17 Staines Morris (Steeleye Span)
18 McBride (Steeleye Span)
19 One Misty Moisty Morning (Steeleye Span)
20 Gaudete (Steeleye Span)
21 Thomas the Rhymer (Steeleye Span)
22 talk (Steeleye Span)
23 The Musical Priest - The Steel Spear [Instrumental] (Steeleye Span)
24 talk (Steeleye Span)
25 Sea Shanties (Steeleye Span)
26 talk (Steeleye Span)
27 The Royal Forester (Steeleye Span)
28 The Mason's Apron [Instrumental] (Steeleye Span)
29 talk by emcee (Steeleye Span)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/PbaQjgvN 

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/9i1oYzw1Bdpww2X/file

The cover image shows lead singer Maddy Prior in a concert in England in 1974.