Fantasia Lindum

by Amazing Blondel

Fantasia Lindum cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: June 1971
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 36:34
  • Community rating: 3.69/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim Capaldi, Eddie Baird, Terence Alan Wincott

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Rooted in meticulous period authenticity, 'Fantasia Lindum' presents an elaborate suite heavily inspired by Elizabethan and Renaissance musical traditions. The acoustic trio employs lutes, crumhorns, and harpsichords to craft a uniquely lush and romantic branch of the progressive folk tree.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, Acoustic, medieval, progressive, suite, acoustic, traditional, male-vocals, chamber

Tracklist

  1. Fantasia Lindum (20:25)
  2. To Ye (3:30)
  3. Safety in God Alone (4:24)
  4. Two Dances: Almaine/Bransle for My Lady's Delight (2:01)
  5. Three Seasons Almaine (3:36)
  6. The Siege Of Yaddlethorpe (2:36)

Credits

  • Amazing Blondel - primary artist
  • Jim Capaldi - drums
  • Edward Baird - lute [1st], vocals, glockenspiel, dulcimer, guitar
  • John David Gladwin - lute [2nd], lead vocals, double bass, theorbo [theorboe], written-by, double bass lute theorbo, lead vocals vocal, double bass lute theorbo instrument
  • Eddie Baird - glockenspiel guitar lute, vocal, glockenspiel guitar lute instrument
  • Terence Alan Wincott - Written-By, crumhorn harmonium harpsichord percussion piano recorder woodwind instrument, vocal

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