STEELEYE SPAN – ROCKET COTTAGE LP – Nr MINT A1 UK 1976 FOLK

Steeleye Span – Rocket Cottage
(Chrysalis Records  1976  CHR1123  Green Chrysalis Labels)
Matrix No’s: A2/B(no digit) – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– some slight wear to edges
No Insert

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)

Steeleye Span are an English folk rock band formed in 1969. Still active today, along with Fairport Convention, they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles “Gaudete” and “All Around My Hat”. They had four Top 40 albums and achieved a certified gold record with sales of “All Around My Hat”.

Rocket Cottage is the ninth studio album by British folk rock band Steeleye Span. It was released in 1976 by Chrysalis Records and produced by Mike Batt.

Personnel

Steeleye Span

• Maddy Prior – vocals
• Tim Hart – vocals, guitar
• Bob Johnson – vocals, guitar
• Rick Kemp – bass guitar, vocals
• Peter Knight – violin, mandolin
• Nigel Pegrum – drums

Track listing

1. “London” (Hart, Johnson, Kemp, Knight, Pegrum, Prior) – 4:14
2. “The Bosnian Hornpipes” (Traditional) – 0:57
3. “Orfeo/Nathan’s Reel” (Hart, Johnson, Kemp, Knight, Pegrum, Prior) – 6:00
4. “The Twelve Witches” (Traditional) – 4:32
5. “The Brown Girl” (Hart, Johnson, Kemp, Knight, Pegrum, Prior) – 5:05
6. “Fighting for Strangers” (Traditional) – 4:25
7. “Sligo Maid” (Traditional) – 3:44
8. “Sir James the Rose” (Traditional) – 6:15
9. “The Drunkard” (Traditional, prefaced by Camptown Racetrack) – 7:55