Steeleye Span Live 1975 TV Concert

[@johnfrancis2215]

Took me back in time, anyone remember Pentangle

[@DjNikGnashers]

My favourite band of all, 5 amazing musicians, who's total is even more than the sum of their parts.

[@danielyoung5137]

Yes. JohnRenborne brought some of the group to sing at the WOW hall in Eugene, Oregon about 20 years ago. So incredibly good l never forgot it.

[@aimeelovric]

Maddy prior will never not captivate me.

[@peteruthe8913]

Finest Folk. My Youth. Steeleye , Pentangle , Clannad .Beautiful Ladys .Beautiful voices. Times never come back.

[@rdm1955]

Fell in love with Steeleye Span in the mid 70’s and still love their music today. Always sends me to a happy place. Incredible music. Incredible talent.

[@kevinmcgrath7183]

I saw them open for Jethro Tull in the early 70's. They were dressed as Mummers & lit from above for the first number. I was blown away!

[@p.c.173]

Well, if no one else will comment about Nigel Pegrum (the drummer) I will!! He is having the time of his life and is a joy to watch. I do hope someone will tell him his name still gets in print! What a nice guy he was.

[@samaelcoral7297]

If i remember correctly, he began his career with early Uriah Heep...

[@trewinlaws1953]

I first saw him playing for Gnidolog in the early 70s

[@manjacovus5342]

He was the "Six" on their album "Now We Are Six": they hadn't previously had a permanent drummer.

[@samaelcoral7297]

@@trewinlaws1953 oh yep,i heard of' em.prog band?

[@martinrodzzz5329]

@@samaelcoral7297 They became "The Pork Dukes" (on the quiet) to cash in on the punk craze!

[@soaringvulture]

The rule: If you can play the fiddle like Peter Knight, you can dress however you want.

[@Mortimer50145]

LOL. He always appears to be happy - until he starts to speak when he introduces a song and comes over as petulant and miserable as sin. But he plays a mean violin, so we can forgive him anything.

[@godfreyberry1599]

Hear, hear!.

[@gw8486]

Have seen Peter Knight a couple of times in Feast of Fiddles in recent years. Well worth a look (touring some smaller venues in the UK in 2023). Sure I heard Dave Harding playing the bassline to 'Throw Down the Sword' by Wishbone Ash between tunes.

[@bustedfender]

Yeah, but he couldn’t drink like Swarb.

[@feduppelin4]

@soaringvulture I am blaming the Irish for that one :)😊

[@eivinstens6091]

Such great musicians. They're not made like that anymore.

[@jonathanhaynes1662]

Two years late and a dollar short...........but I am still a raging Steeleye Span fan. The mixture of English and British history stories, fables intertwined with what can only be described as heavenly and, sometimes raucous music. I saw them (and Fairport) several times. It is sad to see the past artists passing on to a higher place for their heavenly music being appropriate for their location. RIP - Bob Johnson and Tim Hart. Steeleye Span are a very great, precious and important legend of this Country.

[@JanetCaterina]

That drummer looks happy. I'll have some of what he's having

[@hughmcinally907]

Absolutely priceless. Thank God for Rockpalast, they have saved a trove of absolute gems.

[@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888]

Your imaginary god played no role in this. Give credit to humans.

[@dada1952]

Get a life...@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888

[@JimWhitaker]

@@fdfsdfsvsfgsg4888 True but a bit grudging.

[@igalflint]

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tullochgorum6323]

Was at an informal singing session at a festival a couple of years back when an older lady sat down beside me and joined in. I gradually realised it was Maddy Prior! Still singing for the love of it all these years later...

[@NickBayley-iq4gb]

For me the best line up- all superb musicians and the albums from `73- 76 were gold dust.

[@edwardprice140]

2023, why is this still great ? I love it.

[@rodneycooperLMSCoach]

This is original talented musicianship we will never see again. Thank goodness we have them on film.

[@JelMain]

Steeleye are touring this autumn. Maddy's also teaching, search Stone Barn, in the wilds above Hexham, with her daughter Rose ready to step in when the time comes. I've worked with her several times in her other configuration, The Carnival Band, which is truer to her personal roots in Methodism.

[@carolmoscicke4958]

I saw them in Chicago in the late seventies. Met Nigel Pegrum in the bar and asked him to send me the lyrics to "Cam Ye O'er Frae France." True to his word he did. I still cherish his handwritten reply.

[@samb1123]

Maddie Prior has such a beautiful voice. True and clear.

[@jimmymalone9139]

No she has not. But i like her. Are you perving her?😂😂😂

[@hamishanderson6738]

Prefer more vibrato myself.

[@donaldasayers]

@@jimmymalone9139 Nails on a blackboard to me.

[@fossie32]

I'm with ya, great voice

[@GrandadRufus]

I much prefer Sandy Denny as a vocalist, though I also have a soft spot for Annie Haslem

[@jasdig567]

Maddy Prior has a voice that is simply spellbinding!

[@Maguirearch]

She was also quite a looker back then...

[@lunzie01]

And don't forget Tim Hart's amazing voice. (The Dalesman's Litany, for example.)

[@nightw4tchman]

She's a really nice lady. Worked with her a few times. The lot of them are to be fair.

[@Mortimer50145]

I saw her (without SS) at the Nettlebed Folk Club in Oxfordshire about 25 years ago. The (female) friend I was with came back from the Ladies just before the start of the concert and said she had just been treated to an amazing performance by Maddy who was using the acoustics in there to warm up her voice. Except she didn't *know* it was Maddy (she'd no idea what Maddy looked like) and just said "there was a woman in there who was as mad as a box of frogs, singing her heart out"... and then Maddy came onto the stage and my friend realised who she'd heard practicing! Nettlebed had a great atmosphere. I heard Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy performing there, not long after Swarb had "come back from the dead" (a national newspaper ran an obituary for him several years too early, after Swarb was in hospital with lung problems). I remember how small and hunched he looked - but it didn't stop him making his violin sing just like in the old days, even though he was hooked up to an oxygen cylinder (the audience was asked not to smoke that evening because of the oxygen!)

[@tombelanovic7686]

Oh yeah! Heavenly!

[@nilssvenske7024]

I didn't know that this one existed. When the group sing together it's totally brilliant. And this is what I call the "real" line-up of Steeleye Span. It's so fun to see an energic, young and even here longhaired Nigel Pegrum on drums. This concert made my day.

[@johnmh1000]

The group's version of Gaudete is then, now and for ever out of this world. It is not of this world, it is out of time. Thanks to them for their skill and magic...

[@chrisblood7395]

Steeleye Span. The classic lineup. LIVE. Man... don't get no better than this....

[@frankdudley301]

These people make me proud to be British.

[@lindsayheywood7195]

Nothing much else does at the moment!

[@richardwoodward3949]

I absolutely love Steeleye Span, it takes me to my childhood and listening with my mum. And my daughter now loves Steeleye Span too. Peter Knight’s violin playing and Maddy Prior’s voice are spellbinding.

[@ronnieshaw7394]

Herself looking just marvelous

[@lolliemoon8]

So blessed to have enjoyed this in the 70s. I saw Steeleye last week in Sidmouth quite a different experience these days. Great to be in Maddie's presence though.

[@danielherrera5258]

I saw the group in the summer of 1973 when they opened for Jethro Tull during the Passion Play tour in Albuquerque, NM. They came out in these very tall Druid style costumes. Completely unexpected but a very well remembered set. Between the two of them, this was the best concert I have ever been to in all my years.

[@kriskelley5216]

same cept it was San ANtonio Tx

[@Wotsitorlabart]

@@kriskelley5216 These comments from Maddy Prior might trigger a few memories then: "Five nights at the LA Forum with Jethro Tull, 18,000 seats [18-22 July 1973]. We were opening our set with the Lyke Wake Dirge, a grim piece of music from Yorkshire concerning purgatory and we all dressed in dramatic mummers ribbons with tall hats. The effect was stunning. Five gaunt figures in line across the front of the stage, lit from below casting huge shadows, intoning this insistent dirge alarmed some members of the audience whose reality was already tampered with by 70s substances. It was most satisfying".

[@roryobrien4401]

I'll bet. It's amazing how their sound is so similar to Jethro but Passion Play was a waste of vinyl

[@DavidMichaelMarek]

Me, too! Except, it was in Dallas. Good tastes!

[@1ouncebird]

@@roryobrien4401 I was there at one of the shows at the Forum in 1973 and was amazed by Steeleye Span. Those costumes for their opening were amazing and their set was an eye opener for me. By the way...... Jethro Tull tore it up that night and for me A Passion Play is their absolute best album. It was an amazing night.

[@Maguirearch]

Allot of rock/ folk/ country Music in the late 60s to mid seventies was so raw, organic and pure in the way it was recorded...that old fashioned analogue tape sound with the old fashioned distance miking and Mike placing techniques sounds so much better than the terribly over technical over digitalized recordings we get nowadays ....

[@JAP42]

It was the brilliant production values & camera work of the German show RockPalast. Stunning, particularly for almost 50 years ago.

[@wesmcgee1648]

75 was the best year of my life.

[@stevefrost3484]

Below The Salt & Parcel Of Rogues are my 2 favourite albums......

[@richardlloyd7860]

Magnificent Maddy

[@brucemendelson8306]

How could anyone not fall in love with Maddy????

[@smeg1959]

Saw Steeleye Span when they toured Australia in 1982 (with the line-up in the video here) and again in 1984 (same line-up minus Tim Hart). After the '84 concert at the Dallas Brooks Hall in Melbourne, I got to meet the band backstage. All wonderfully warm and welcoming, even including a chat about the cricket! I saw Maddy again in 2002 at the Port Fairy Folk Festival where fellow folk illuminaries Fairport Convention also performed. I knew Tim Hart passed away in 2009, but so sad to read of Bob Johnson's passing in December 2023. RIP to two great musicians.

[@brontologos]

Saw them in Melbourne in the Town Hall. Never saw a concert audience in that hall up and dancing before.

[@ianbennett1491]

I love the voice of Maddy Prior.x

[@davidrogers9749]

Maddy,s voice is as amazing to day as it was all those years ago

[@JohnFiocchi]

Traditional Irish Folk is one of my favorite styles of music. The melodies, the Jigs and the lyricism is fascinating! Ireland is a place I want to be. I have always dreamed about the place. As a teenager in the 70s i collected every Steeleye Span album. I saw them twice in the states. I couldn't make it to Ireland, but I saw Steeleye Span

[@thomasmorrissey8348]

Hey John , I’m from Ireland ,but i don’t think steeleye span is , I think they are from England ! Just saying 🇮🇪

[@JohnFiocchi]

@thomasmorrissey8348 Yes that is true!! I forgot about that

[@tonylaverick7865]

@@thomasmorrissey8348 Correct and just for the record, most of the repetoire is English folk song and dance music.

[@judytergis8343]

Steeleye Span blew my mind in 1974 when I was introduced to them on their Below the Salt album by my husband to be, Buck. I was amazed! Our 4 children grew up listening to them and we can still sing their songs together, "more meat, more meat, ya King Henry more meat you bring for me" incredible.

[@justgivemethetruth]

"more meat, more meat, ya King Henry more meat you bring for me" .... Hahahaha, LOL, yep, they're great. Saw them backing up Jethro Tull in 1973 and been a fan ever since .... Alison Gross, she must be, the ugliest witch in the North Country!

[@feduppelin4]

@Judy the old Folk Stories are amazing ... to me it shows us how we don't know how fast s*** rolls downhill. Which is another subject, but it's nice to hear it Amplified. I think this band made a really big difference

[@MTGallagher]

Just out of the Navy. Heard Steeleye Span first time. Blew me away.

[@lemming9984]

BTS was my first Steeleye album too. I had been transfixed by their TOTP performance of Gaudete. I saw them a few times live, always great - apart from a very lacklustre performance at the Fairport Annual Reunion in the 80s.

[@victorabril290]

Maddy Prior It's incredible her voice captivates me, she's one of my favorite singers. Steeleye Span forever thanks for this video.❤❤

[@robertdean621]

This is great. Such a pity there is so little footage of Steeleye at their peak . Bob Johnson and Tim Hart RIP

[@StevieReidEFC]

Absolutely fantastic. Peter Knight going full Stanley Unwin at the end rounded it off perfectly. Thank you so much!

[@tobias9822]

Saw them in October 1977 at the Tower Theater in Philly. This is THE lineup for all time. What a great band with such an original sound!

[@brianbull5423]

Great to see and hear Steeleye just as I remember them from concerts, TV programmes and albums in the 70's. I still play their stuff and it still inspires me. Maddie has one of the greatest voices ever.

[@iainmacmillan2548]

Steeleye at their superb best.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

I first heard Fairport Convention in California in 1973. By 1979, I was helping out at the fencing concession at the Renaissance Faire. It was then that I found Steeleye Span. 20 years of teaching fencing and cavorting at the Faire. For six years of that time, I lived remote on the Sonoma Coast over the Pacific Ocean in a little cabin. I played Steeleye Span practically every day. It was such a magical time of my life. These Steeleye videos seem to have just come up, at last in my feed. I love it. Thanks for the upload.

[@UKArtlover]

Sounds like the most fantastic hippy time ! Thanks for the story !

[@paulcannell7188]

My late Mum’s favourite band and one of mine as well.

[@TheEnglishLoungeLizard]

Manic. Fantastic. Utterly marvellous. Wonderful.

[@slatkodudacky3250]

One of my favorite Bands abuot 1975 and the one who actual brought my interest in Folkmusic ! In the year of this TV record I ended my school"Career":-)

[@armandbourgoignie1345]

I"m 58, I was 10 when I got to know them, and I loved them and will do til I die.

[@aadlandsbergen9779]

i hear them for the first time with please to see the king in 1971 and was still of the voice of maddy prior and the happy and musical artists,this was the best line up,with drummer nigel pegrum,bob johnson (Rip) tim hart (Rip) maddy prior and rick kemp,iam now 67 and still enjoy listening to them

[@StephenCondron-vb4gc]

Gaudetr I have sung this. And I love it. Thanks

[@ujangasli2909]

I saw them in Heidelberg, Germany in 1975. Small audience in a small room filmed by German tv. This could be it. Perfect live mix. Could hear every instrument and vocals clearly. Great band.

[@jupitermoongauge4055]

Absolutely awesome. What a great band. Folk rock pioneers.

[@pyewackett3822]

Blimey!!! What a find, thanks for posting.

[@banjotramp1]

No band ever has been as good as they were making horrible murder ballads sound so sweet. I used to listen to them in my much younger days, this video brought it all back. Maddie's singing still can make the hairs on the back of my neck stand at attention.

[@ianwood-zi7fh]

I have got my best memories of going to barn dances in the 70s Best memories listening to folk music especially steeleye span😊

[@ianwood-zi7fh]

I remember going to see the span live and Maddy dancing up and around in the audience absolutely amazing magnificent superb😊

[@catherinewilliams3850]

Just love this, went with my partner to see them at our local theater some years ago, Maddy was amazing, in the interval when she should have been having a break she was in the foyer selling raffle tickets for a cancer charity. I'm in tears watching this wishing I could go back in time, and missing my soul mate he passed away suddenly last February.

[@seamusoflatcap]

She did vocals at a Mike Old Oldfield concert I went to in 1979. When she wasn't on stage at one point, she wandered through the crowd chatting to people. An absolutely charming lady.

[@catherinewilliams3850]

@@seamusoflatcapYes she is lovely.

[@briankeenan4901]

Odd, I saw Maddie here in Chicago about 6 years ago with my soul mate. My mate passed away 4 years ago. I can't watch this or any Span things without crying for hours , missing my lady. Maddie and my Wendy really hit it off and I have pics of them holding hands. Lovely band, Lovely memories. God Bless

[@petdoe8938]

Blessed be ❤

[@bigtone1348]

I arrived at Steeleye Span via Michael Chapman's Wrecked Again album. Below the salt is a great album.

[@StephenCondron-vb4gc]

Brilliant ensemble

[@kennydevenney512]

Apart from all around my hat i never listened to this band before,boy did i miss a trick,great musicians,great band

[@moonbeamchaos]

Never too late!

[@Stanleytone-04]

I truly love this band. They allow you to time travel.

[@nl12689]

After seeing and hearing this I am a fan...

[@calldyuk1751]

Stunning, they translate so well live, this is more than music, a sort of therapy for me,relaxing, it takes me into another world.

[@rustyshimstock8653]

Nigel Pegrum strikes the drums so smartly!

[@EdVanMeyer]

Fabulous,some of their greatest known music is on here, I still love it.

[@laxtonssuperb8771]

Fantastic!

[@wilofsherwood1811]

Superb. 55 minutes of pure therapy.

[@constantinohebrerocuevas8418]

My God! What a version of Long Lankin! I'm crying.

[@richardsainsbury54]

Wow - wonderful. I used to go to a small club somewhere near Liverpool St in the early 70’s to hear them. Tim and Mandy would come and sit with us between sets. Her father used to be script writer foe Z cars!

[@richardsainsbury54]

Maddy - bl predictive text!

[@alanthorne3921]

A great find and surprise.I saw Steeleye around this time and as a young lad being mesmerised by Maddy Prior both for her vocals and otherwise.

[@daveschmitt4241]

This. Is. So. Good. Thank you brings back great memories. I was 14 in 75. I discovered fairport and Steeleye just a few years later. They, and others, inspired a life long live of traditional music. Love. This.

[@danieljackson1938]

What an Uplifting and Genius gig,.,. Brilliant,. Love it,.,. Thankyou,.,.,.,.,.,..

[@manjacovus5342]

Steeleye Span at their peak. So heartbreaking: my youth is indelibly tied up with theirs. Why do people have to get old? Anyway, what's so extra-special about this show is not merely that they were playing live, but that it was unedited, one single performance -- what a wonderful record of a wonderful lineup.

[@skylarks5794]

Just great. I'm captivated as if at the actual gig.

[@reghunt2487]

What an amazing set! Real music, and truly live. And Maddy, yay!

[@garethsheehan7913]

Absolutely magnificent and blessed ambassadors of folk rock to millions welLworth a listen😊😊😊l

[@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712]

Maddy Prior, Annie Haslam & Sandy Denny (rip)...the three Folkrock princesses.

[@marcwordsmith]

does Jacqui McShee have a place in that pantheon too?

[@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712]

@@marcwordsmith Wow, didn't know her, thanks for the heads-up. I never listened to Pentangle, doing it now.

[@marcwordsmith]

@@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712 :-) "Trees They Do Grow High" is one of my favorite vocals of hers

[@incorrectobydefault2392]

@@tomsuzyinfluencerinfj2712 Pentangle is at the same level with Fairport Convention & Steeleye Span. Really great stuff!

[@JAP42]

How about June Tabor? She & Maddy Prior put out a few albums in the mid-late '70s as Silly Sisters.

[@douglasalan5783]

I had the rare privilege of seeing Steeleye in Oxford August 1977. The classic lineup, with Martin Carthy on guitar in place of Bob Johnson. The band were in top form, as they are here.

[@grgaln]

Oh my god,I haven't heard Steeleye Span for years.

[@beejay461]

Many thanks for posting this. Live performances from this period of Steeleye's career are like gold dust.

[@eileencullen8682]

Many thanks

[@harleyandthehummingbirds]

Thank you!!! 🙏✨

[@mushroom_coloured_stepthro]

This was the era that we saw them, met them after for autographs too...Nigel was still jumping around back then with his energy! ♥Peter Knight.

[@lawrencetalbot55]

I love this sound, it stands out in my mind as unique and very desirable. Very enjoyable and memorable. The singer is excellent, the band is tight and the drummer is in the pocket. Great sound!!

[@neilmclaughlin9811]

wonderful live performance of some of my favorite Steeleye songs, glad I stumbled onto it

[@arneemilbredland2339]

A million thanks for posting. Takes me way back to the time og innosence and hope.

[@MrAlguitar]

Arrgh! My first concert, Brighton Dome, 1975, Now We Are 6! Actually, the first band I saw there was 'Gryphon', in support; still going strong, still brilliant, but nothing compares to Rick Kemp's insouciance bass playing, magicking a pick out of nowhere, Nigel Pegrum's manic drumming, never ever a feature of SS previously, their beautiful harmonies and Maddy Prior's wonderful voice and stage presence. I'm back there, 48 years ago. Thank you to to the Rockpalast crew for keeping and showing this, in high quality sound and vision, and for all the other fantastic concerts they show.

[@gregoryk6654]

incredible - we are so fortunate to have this footage !

[@ahenshawful]

Stellar musicianship

[@agornath1]

I thought the title said Steely Dan . LOL Great fun band , I enjoyed it very much.

[@soaringvulture]

That ain't a bad band either. But Steeleye Span is one of a kind.

[@daf827]

Superb. I had the pleasure of seeing Steeleye in Oxford, August 1977. The classic lineup, but the great Martin Carthy was on guitar. Unforgettable show.

[@phildxyz]

Met Maddy a couple of years ago when she was performing in Shaftesbury Dorset. She is a lovely person and still has a stunning voice!

[@briane5706]

I met Maddy Prior in 2016 and thanked her for the 1976 Hammersmith Odeon Christmas gig when they dropped the whole nights box office takings from the ceiling. Pound notes everywhere!

[@manjacovus5342]

​@@briane5706I so nearly went to that, but opted for the following night. Grrrr!

[@mhoy09]

Thank you for sharing this, Steeleye Span at its peak, I went to see this lineup in Skien, Norway Ibsenhouse in 1975....i think)

[@BrianWMay]

Steeleye at their best. Saw them a few times during this period. Met Tim Hart and Maddie Prior when they were a duo in 1969 at Ashley House folk club in 1969. Great stuff.

[@inglepropnoosegarm7801]

This is completely marvellous.

[@iandix2734]

Just BRILLIANT!

[@Mortimer50145]

When Maddy started dancing in the intrumental break of Cam' Ye O'er Fr France (37:30), I was praying that she wouldn't trip over the hem of her long dress ;-) She was having FUN!

[@outinthesticks7235]

Saw Steeleye in 1975 in a tiny club in denver called ebbits field. Been in love with Maddy and Steeleye Span ever since. Saw Maddy do a show in 1990s at denvers bontanical gardens. God Bless Steeleye Span.

[@michaelshea8086]

I was also at that concert. Have some great photos from that concert. Thank God they allowed photography at concerts in the good old days!

[@outinthesticks7235]

@michaelshea8086 I'd love to see those pix.

[@clouddog2393]

Saw Steeleye supporting Jethro Tull in '71. My first ever gig . Tull had just released" Aqualung "and Steeleye" Please to see the King ". A brilliant concert and two classic albums .

[@DannyBowie-xs1ck]

I also saw them during that tour at the students union hall in Liverpool. Paid 14 shillings to see what became my all time favorite bands. I was 17 at the time and this was my first concert. I have been a fan of both bands ever since. Moved to Canada in 1981 and never saw them live again. Fortunately with KZbin and my album and CD collection I can listen to them whenever the mood takes me and I want to return to the days of my youth in Liverpool.

[@DannyBowie-xs1ck]

Actually the album steeleye span was promoting at that time was below the salt, still in my opinion one of the best that they produced.

[@clouddog2393]

@@DannyBowie-xs1ck Hi Danny . l was 17 also in '71 and like you became a fan of both bands . Steeleye got me into folk / rock and Tull into prog/rock . Have got all the Steeleye albums . Happy days the early '70's and great bands around too . Saw so many great gigs . Take care .

[@rjwh67220]

Getting Robert Johnson to play with them was the best decision imaginable!

[@rjwh67220]

That and deciding to o use a drummer.

[@patrichmond7533]

RIP Bob, thank you for the music

[@horstkarsch2321]

Vielen Dank für dieses großartige Video! Ein später Trost, für ein nicht stattgefundenes Konzert in den 70.ern in Köln, von Steel. Span. Das ist echt meine Musik!!

[@normanrussell5526]

So beautiful, so mesmerising, very English talented troubadours. Just listen to this recording, as good if not better than a studio equivalent recording. I weep at the lack of present day so-called musicians, where are they, they don't exist. Thank god for our past pure musical artists, they give me something to please me.