Steeleye Span – Below The Salt (VG/VG)

Below The Salt is an LP by Steeleye Span from 1973 released on the Chrysalis label.

About this album

Below The Salt confirms Steeleye Span as one of the essential British folk-rock groups of the early 1970s. The 1972 release draws on traditional songs and ballads, but the band’s sharp electric backing, close harmonies and uncluttered arrangements give the material new force and clarity. Songs such as Gaudete and John Barleycorn helped define Steeleye Span’s reputation for making old English repertoire feel immediate rather than museum-bound. Arriving during the band’s formative period, the record strengthened their standing in the folk revival and remains one of their most admired statements of how tradition and rock instrumentation could work together.

Genre: Folk

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