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Tempted and Tried (Chrysalis 260 258)

Tempted and Tried
Steeleye Span

Dover ADD 9/CCD 9 (LP/CD, UK, September 1989)
Chrysalis 260 285 (CD, UK, 1989)
Shanachie 64020 (LP/CD, US)
BGO Records BGOCD 537 (CD, UK, November 2001)

 Tempted and Tried (BGOCD 537)

Produced by John Etchells, Bob Johnson and Peter Knight
Engineered by John Etchells

Musicians

Maddy Prior, lead vocals, backing vocals;
Peter Knight, violins, mandolin, backing vocals;
Bob Johnson, guitars, lead vocals, backing vocals;
Nigel Pegrum, drums, percussion;
Tim Harries, bass, piano, backing vocals;
Martin Ditchum, extra percussion

Tracks

The Dover/Chrysalis (Dover was a subsidiary of Chrysalis) record and the BGO CD reissue have this track order:

Side 1Side 2
  1. Padstow (Roud 305) (3.02)
  2. The Fox (3.04)
  3. Two Butchers (Roud 17; Laws L4) (4.46)
  4. Following Me (3.35)
  5. Seagull (2.40)
  6. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20) (5.33)
  1. Jack Hall (Roud 369; Laws L5) (3.55)
  2. Searching for Lambs (Roud 576) (4.10)
  3. Shaking of the Sheets (4.10)
  4. Reels: The First House in Connaught / Sailor's Bonnet (2.45)
  5. Betsy Bell and Mary Gray (Roud 237; Child 201) (4.56)

All tracks Trad. arr. Steeleye Span except
Tracks 2, 4, 5 Peter Knight
Tracks 3, 7, 9 Trad. Robert Johnson

As so often, the Shanachie album uses another track order:

Side 1Side 2
  1. Jack Hall (Roud 369; Laws L5) (3.55)
  2. Two Butchers (Roud 17; Laws L4) (4.46)
  3. Padstow (Roud 305) (3.02)
  4. Reels: The First House in Connaught / Sailor's Bonnet (2.45)
  5. Betsy Bell and Mary Gray (Roud 237; Child 201) (4.56)
  1. Shaking of the Sheets (4.10)
  2. Searching for Lambs (Roud 576) (4.10)
  3. Seagull (2.40)
  4. The Cruel Mother (Roud 9; Child 20) (5.33)
  5. Following Me (3.35)
  6. The Fox (3.04)

All tracks Trad. arr. Steeleye Span except
Tracks 1, 2, 6 Trad. Robert Johnson
Tracks 8, 10, 11 Peter Knight