Hurricane Records - Spriguns - Revel Weird And Wild / Time Will Pass

Spriguns - Revel Weird And Wild / Time Will Pass (CD)
Sunrise 7314504081124

Genre: Folkrock
Recorded: 1976/77
Released: 2005

2 records on 1 CD; 12 page booklet; 18 Tracks: Revel Weird and Wild: Trysting Tree, Outlandish Knight, Sir Colvin, Piscie Song, Nothing Else to Do, Hasberry Howard, Lord Lovell, Laily Worm, When Spring Comes In, Time Will Pass: Dead Man's Eyes, All Before, For You, Time Will Pass, White Witch, Blackwaterside, You're Not There, Devil's Night, Letter to a Lady. // 1976 must have been a tough year for a British folk-rock group to get respect. Just ask Steeleye Span, whose Rocket Cottage was roundly blasted by the music press, and Fairport Convention, whose Gottle o' Geer was essentially ignored. Albion Country Band's Battle of the Field was belatedly released to an indifferent press who improperly regarded them as a grade-B rendition of Steeleye and Fairport. The growing buzz concerning the onslaught of punk rock didn't bode well even for the established folk-rock acts, much less those just getting started. So despite Spriguns' unfortunate timing (who released Jack With a Feather in 1975 as Spriguns of Tolgus) they held true to the style popularized by their more successful predecessors, particularly Steeleye Span, as songs like ''Outlandish Knight'' and ''Sir Colvin'' will reveal. That was due in part to producer Tim Hart's belief in the band and also to vocalist Mandy Morton, whose resemblance to Maddy Prior is noteworthy. Spriguns included more piano in their music than Steeleye ever did, but the work of fiddler Tom Ling and electric guitarist Dick Powell paralleled that of their elder counterparts to a tee. ~ Dave Sleger, All Music Guide // This is Spriguns' follow-up to Revel Weird and Wild, and it is much more pop-oriented than that 1976 offering. All but one song was composed by lead singer Mandy Morton, and fiddler Tom Ling, who was a full-time member on Revel Weird and Wild, was relegated to guest musician here; so the traditional or folk elements were noticeably reduced. Robert Kirby's lush orchestration adorns three selections in a manner similar to Sandy Denny's Like an Old Fashioned Waltz. Sandy Roberton, who produced Steeleye Span's early folk albums, opted for a more pop and rock sound, as the implementation of electric keyboards and rock guitar demonstrates. This would be the last album for this band under the name Spriguns, but Morton would resurface in 1979 in another folk-leaning recording, Magic Lady, with her revamped band Mandy Morton and Spriguns. ~ Dave Sleger, All Music Guide

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