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Steeleye Span Discography

• Records of Steeleye Span, Tim Hart, Maddy Prior, Ashley Hutchings, Gay and Terry Woods, Martin Carthy, Peter Knight, Bob Johnson, Rick Kemp, Nigel Pegrum

• Singles of Steeleye Span, Tim Hart, Maddy Prior, Gay and Terry Woods, Peter Knight, Bob Johnson, Rick Kemp

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• An older Steeleye Span discography from 1987 by Horst Pohle
• The Great Rock Discography by M.C. Strong
• Discography from the May 1998 issue of Record Collector

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Original Steeleye Span records

Steeleye Span live recordings

Steeleye Span videos

Steeleye Span compilations

Steeleye Span high class compilations

These are compilations of the above records with additional original tracks that are (or were) not available elsewhere. Some of these added tracks are live recordings:

Other good compilations of original recordings:

Steeleye Span Mk 1 and 2 budget compilations

There are lots of cheap - in every sense - compilations which contain very nearly only tracks from the 1970/71 period of Steeleye Span Mk 1 and 2. This is not bad in inself as these are fine songs, but these compilations more often than not claim to give an overview over the whole Steeleye Span history which is clearly wrong and after more than 30 years of their existence quite silly. Not recommended.

Steeleye Span Mk 3 and 4 budget compilations

More cheap compilations of Steeleye's heyday of the years 1972-76. Putting the label “Best of” in the sense of “Most sold” to these collections makes some sense. However, I'd rather recommend the 2 CD set Spanning the Years if you want a fairly recently overview.

Anthologies including Steeleye Span

• Clogs (LP, 1972)
• Chrysalis Promo Box Set (5LP, 1972)
• Electric Muse - The Story of Folk Into Rock (4LP, 1975)
• Songs of London (LP, 1979)
• Feed the Folk (LP, 1985)
• Where Would You Rather Be Tonight? (LP, 1986)
• Buddy's Buddys: The Buddy Holly Songbook (CD, 1992)
• Ashley Hutchings: The Guv'nor Vol 1 (CD, 1994)
• Planète Celtique (CD, 1994)
• Troubadours of British Folk, Volume 1: Unearthing the Tradition (CD, 1995)
• Troubadours of British Folk, Volume 2: Folk Into Rock (CD, 1995)
• The Best of British Folk Rock (CD, 1996)
• New Electric Muse - The Story of Folk Into Rock (3CD, 1996)
• New Electric Muse II - The Continuing Story of Folk Into Rock (3CD, 1997)
• Park Taster (CD, 1997)
• The Best of the Cambridge Folk Festival (CD, 1998)
• A Stroll Through the Park (CD, 1999)
• Martin Carthy: The Carthy Chronicles (4 CD, April 2001)
• The Legend of Sweeney's Men (2 CD, 2004)
• Folk Awards 2005 (2 CD, 2005)
• The Fairport Companion: Loose Chippings from the Fairport Family Tree (2 CD, 2005)

Budget anthologies including Steeleye Span

More often than not this are repackagings of the Mooncrest recordings from the early '70s.

• Rave On / The Best and the Rest of Folk Masters (LP, 1974 / CD, 1990)
• Walking on the Moon (CD, 1991)
• Folk Heritage (CD, 1991)
• Folk Heartbeat - 16 Original Folk Classics (CD, 1995)
• Essential Folk (CD, 1995)
• Heart of England: The Legends of English Folk (CD, 1998)

Cover versions of Steeleye Span songs

• Ougenweide: Sol (1996)
• Status Quo: Don't Stop (1996)
• Celtic Brew: Could Be Worse (1997)
• Kadril: De Andere Kust (2005)

Where to get these records?

I recommend ordering albums and videos either directly from Maddy Prior's and Steeleye Span's record company, Park Records, or from Musikfolk Limited, an excellent international folk mail order shop. Disclaimer: I don't work for or get paid by these companies. I'm just a satisfied customer.