Summer Solstice
by Tim Hart & Maddy Prior
- Type: Album
- Released: 4 June 1971
- Label: B&C
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 32:04
- Community rating: 3.77/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Recorded during a brief hiatus from their primary duties in Steeleye Span, 'Summer Solstice' finds Tim Hart and Maddy Prior returning to a stripped-down, traditionalist approach[cite: 1]. The arrangements emphasize pure acoustic instrumentation and their striking, intertwining vocal harmonies[cite: 1]. This intimate session highlights the foundational roots of the British folk revival before electric instrumentation became the norm[cite: 1].
Genres
Descriptors: Folk, acoustic, a-cappella, melodic, british, traditional, folk, medieval, unadorned, harmonies, vocal
Tracklist
- False Knight on the Road (3:03)
- Bring Us in Good Ale (3:51)
- Of All the Birds (0:53)
- I Live Not Where I Love (4:25)
- The Ploughboy and the Cockney (3:40)
- Westron Wynde (0:27)
- Sorry the Day I Was Married (1:29)
- Dancing at Whitsun (3:40)
- Fly up My Cock (1:45)
- Cannily Cannily (2:25)
- Adam Catched Eve (0:25)
- Three Drunken Maidens (2:14)
- Serving Girls Holiday (3:41)
Credits
- Tim Hart - primary artist, vocals, guitar, dulcimer, harmonium, psaltery, snare [tabor], arranged by
- Maddy Prior - primary artist, vocals, arranged by
- John Ryan - double bass [string bass]
- Pat Donaldson - electric bass
- Andy Irvine - mandolin
- Gerry Conway - percussion, bells
- Traditional - written-by
- Robert Kirby - arranged by [string arrangements]