UK folk rock/prog band with big domestic following through the seventies and early eighties. One of the first goups to use rock backing to melodies originating in or inspired by English folk tunes. Here most of the numbers are self-penned, but the setting and melodic idioms mainly traditional. This debute album didn't draw much attention at first. Sales started to pick up over a year later after the huge success with their second album "Fog On The Tyne". Listening today I like this a lot more. It has everything a good debute should - zesty songwriting combined with lots of energy and good will. There's some tickling vocal harmonies and partly odd arrangements making it more towards prog than straight folk rock. Recording sounds rather simple with not too many overdubs and the audio clear and natural. Favorite tracks - "Clear White Light - Part 2" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfhMZeb-1oo ), "Road To Kingdom Come" and "Lady Eleanor". First US on Elektra (EKS-70499) came with a totally different cover design and the song "Alan In The River With Flowers" re-titled "Float Me Down The River". Early UK had label as shown here and thin glossy sleeve, some with poster. (CÄX*)
Lady Eleanor is one of the greatest songs ever recorded! Single version is different -
SvaraRaderahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zny53R1cJE
Yes great song great album. I still dig "Clear Light part 2" most. It's odd.
SvaraRaderaI've heard the alternate version of "Lady Eleanor" on Youtube. Makes it worth to have the single too, but I've never seen that in real life.