Album: All Around My Hat by Steeleye Span (1975)
Genre: Rock | Style: Folk
Record Label: Chrysalis
Format: Album

Description: "All Around My Hat" is a 1975 album by Steeleye Span, their eighth and highest-charting, reaching number 7 on the UK charts, and staying on the charts for 6 months. It briefly made the band a household name in England. In the United States it became the band's first album to chart, reaching number 143.
The title track was Steeleye Span's highest-charting single, reaching number 5 in the UK charts, with "Black Jack Davy" as a B-side.
The song "Dance with Me" is a version of a Scandinavian ballad Herr Olof och Älvorna.
The album cover and back was designed by John 'Connor, a friend of Hart's, using an anamorphic projection that distorted the facial features of the band members but which looks correct when viewed from the side through special pinholes in the lyric sheet.

Artist Background: Steeleye Span formed in 1969 from members of Fairport Convention and out of the ashes of Sweeney's Men creating a distinctive fusion of both British folk with electric rock music. The resulting first version of the band was formed by ex-Fairport bassist Ashley Hutchings and built around two pairs of vocalists, Tim Hart and Maddy Prior and Gay & Terry Woods. Rhythm was to be supplied largely by Hutchings' bass, and without drums. Tensions between the band grew during the production in 1970 of ... Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Folk style.

Music Scene: Emerged in the 1960s era. Associated with Rock movement. Known for Folk style.

Tags: Rock, Folk, 1970s, Album, Chrysalis

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"All Around My Hat" is a 1975 album by Steeleye Span, their eighth and highest-charting, reaching number 7 on the UK charts, and staying on the charts for 6 months. It briefly made the band a household name in England. In the United States it became the band's first album to chart, reaching number 143.
The title track was Steeleye Span's highest-charting single, reaching number 5 in the UK charts, with "Black Jack Davy" as a B-side.
The song "Dance with Me" is a version of a Scandinavian ballad Herr Olof och Älvorna.
The album cover and back was designed by John 'Connor, a friend of Hart's, using an anamorphic projection that distorted the facial features of the band members but which looks correct when viewed from the side through special pinholes in the lyric sheet.

All Around My Hat

Steeleye Span

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