While I've been big fans of similar bands like Fairport Convention and Pentangle for ages, for some reason I never got around to listening to Lindisfarne until getting this album ready to post. I've only known a couple of their big hits ("Meet Me on the Corner" and "Lady Eleanor") which are very good songs. I liked what I heard, so hopefully I'll post more of their stuff in the future.
Lindisfarne peaked early. Formed in 1968, they released the albums "Nicely Out of Tune" (1970), "Fog on the Tyne" (1971), and "Dingly Dell" (1972), which all made the Top Ten in the British album charts. "Fog on the Tyne" in particular was the best selling album in Britain that year. However, artistic differences were growing with the album "Dingly Dell," and it didn't result in any big hits. In early 1973, the band split up, with the main songwriter, Alan Hull, staying, but three of the other four members leaving to form the band Jack the Lad. Even Hull put most of his musical energies into a solo career. The band's next album, "Roll on Ruby" in 1973, didn't even make the British album charts, which was a drastic decline in commercial success. (An Alan Hull solo album also released that year did much better.) The band then broke up after one more album. The original band members did get back together in the late 1970s, and had some success, including a hit single. Many more reunions and break-ups followed, with most of the original members gradually falling away.
Given all that, the timing of this radio show is fortuitous. The band had released the third of their successful and acclaimed albums a few months earlier, but were still some months away from breaking up. Five of the songs here are from that third album, "Dingly Dell," while the rest generally come from the first two albums. However, one of the band's best known songs from this ear, "Fog on the Tyne," wasn't performed.
Here's their Wikipedia entry:
Lindisfarne (band) - Wikipedia
The music here is unreleased. The sound quality is very good.
This album is 58 minutes long.
01 Meet Me on the Corner (Lindisfarne)
02 talk (Lindisfarne)
03 All Fall Down (Lindisfarne)
04 Plankton's Lament (Lindisfarne)
05 Bring Down the Government (Lindisfarne)
06 talk (Lindisfarne)
07 Turn a Deaf Ear (Lindisfarne)
08 talk (Lindisfarne)
09 Lady Eleanor (Lindisfarne)
10 talk (Lindisfarne)
11 Go Back (Lindisfarne)
12 talk (Lindisfarne)
13 Newcastle Brown Ale (Lindisfarne)
14 talk (Lindisfarne)
15 Alright on the Night (Lindisfarne)
16 talk (Lindisfarne)
17 Scotch Mist [Instrumental] (Lindisfarne)
18 talk (Lindisfarne)
19 Clear White Light (Lindisfarne)
20 talk (Lindisfarne)
21 Together Forever (Lindisfarne)
22 talk (Lindisfarne)
23 No Time to Lose (Lindisfarne)
24 talk (Lindisfarne)
25 Oh No, Not Again (Lindisfarne)
26 talk (Lindisfarne)
27 We Can Swing Together (Lindisfarne)
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The cover photo is from an appearance on an unknown British TV show in 1972.
Oh Boy, oh boy, oh boy ... can't to listen to this. These guys were great live - I must have seen them live at least half a dozen times when I lived in the UK in the late 60's and early 70's. They likes to party and have a good time on stage. Where FC would do a lot of traditional music this was all original folk material. I have always rated their album "Fog on the Tyne" very highly. Thanks, many, many thanks.
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