Steeleye Span, Collection

Not entirely exhaustive, but the best one yet posted as far as I've seen. Download .tor to see file list (Not going to write it out for you, sorry) I'll try to seed as long as I can, but I don't expect much traffic.

udp://tracker.openbittorrent.com:80
udp://open.demonii.com:1337
udp://tracker.coppersurfer.tk:6969
udp://exodus.desync.com:6969

riffraffselbow (2008-04-20)

Sorry for stopping seeding for a bit there, my net was acting up.

wildcat.nl (2008-04-26)

Is this a band? Never heard of them before ..

riffraffselbow (2008-04-28)

@wildcat.nl: Steeleye Span is one of the first bands (another notable one being Fairport Convention) to start the British Electric Folk genre. Most of their earlier songs were effectively covers of folk songs that have been around for hundreds of years, but redone with electric bass, and sometimes electric guitar. Definitely a "niche" band, but I figured I'd share my collection as a decent amount of this stuff cannot be found anywhere on thepiratebay or even demonoid.

riffraffselbow (2008-04-28)

One last thing: If you want to get a feel for how they sounded in their prime, grab All Around My Hat. It's probably their most accessible album, and it has a good variety of songs (the namesake being the best known one).

mikelzel (2008-05-03)

Excellent collection. However, am stuck at 81%. Can anyone seed?

larrry0608 (2008-05-05)

Yes, I'm stuck on 89%. Please please please seed.

mordhena (2008-05-06)

Please seed. I am stuck on 89% I will seed too once completed.

mikelzel (2008-05-06)

I got as far as 90,5% today. There are still packets coming in very occasionally.

riffraffselbow (2008-05-09)

I just got a cease and desist all torrenting form letter from my ISP, so I'm going to finish up to 1.00 and quit. sorry.

riffraffselbow (2008-05-09)

By the way, those on the leading end of the torrent should have ~96%

riffraffselbow (2008-05-09)

I just want to say one more time: Sorry for the slow speed. Original seeder has a 512kbit up line that he has to share with an internet phone that needs ~256 when running, and also likes to browse the internet while seeding.

riffraffselbow (2008-05-09)

@Kenmurton: You're right! I never even noticed! Must have been a mistake in ripping. Sorry!

ergot (2008-07-21)

OMG thanks so much this is awesome!
BTW, since somebody mentioned Fairport Convention, I wanted to throw in a recommendation of The Incredible String Band, another early Brit psych folk group (also one of Led Zep's main acoustic influences). They changed my life.

JorgeX (2008-12-14)

thankyou for seeding this collection - I have been searching their music since years here in germany - had some of their lps long time ago, but you know, when you get divorced, you normally are loosing all the music and books you like - even if your spoosy didnt like it, but she knows, you love it :-)

riffraffselbow (2008-12-15)

FYI, it's all in 128kbps CBR, ripped with iTunes. I'd re-rip, but I no longer have access to the disks. It's too bad what.cd won't let me upload them there (Which is funny considering they only have 2 or 3 of these albums), but they only allow 192+.
I'm glad people enjoyed this.

yumekichigai (2009-07-24)

My parents introduced me to this when I was little and I still love it... after download, I'll keep seeding as long as I can ^_^

vandergraaf100 (2009-12-11)

Amazing collection here! Thanks very much Riff!

throwing_wheel (2010-08-10)

Thanks very much. I have this all on records and it's been many years since I've heard any of this music. Amazing to think that such music is unknown, literally not known and unimagined by most people in their 20s and younger.

throwing_wheel (2010-08-10)

Corrections - I don't have all of this, so thanks for the music I never heard and never knew existed.
I meant young people in the USA. Who knows, maybe there are countries or regions where this is the cool music.
This is wonderful to have this in electronic form. Now I can play songs over and over, ceaselessly, relentlessly, to the great consternation and irritation of my kids, without further wearing out the media and without having to get up over and over.
The quality is not as high as I get on my stereo, so, I either have to upgrade my computer's speakers (I recently upgraded my sound card) or pipe it to my stereo.
It's nice to have such problems. Thanks again.

Zejock (2010-12-09)

Thanks for allowing this trip down memory lane :-)

Sandy1945 (2012-02-05)

Steeleye Span were a bit more than a 'niche' band at one time Riffi. Unfortunately, when I retired nearly 7 years ago I flogged off my collection of LP's - well most of them - on ebay. I've regretted this action and am endeavouring to get my collection reinstated - at a far higher cost than I got when I sold them!

CaptPugwash (2013-04-23)

Fantastic! Thankyou riffraffselbow. I D.L.'d this on the gamble that the album "Back In Line" was on the list & it is.
I was Steeleye's Tour Sound Engineer from 1984 - 1988-ish & the live track on Back in Line was recorded by me. There was talk of releasing the whole gig (at Nottingham Royal Concert Hall) but, as with a lot of things, it never happened. I was, & still am, amazed that any of those live tracks made the cut, as they were recorded onto a normal (for the day) TDK Chrome C90 Cassette!
Anyway, they were a great Band to tour with & a lot of curry was eaten. Sorry, excuse the "Text-Waffle" there... Memories Ahh!! Thankyou for the upload of a hell of a lot of their stuff & my verdict after just skimming the surface is:
D.L. Time: 1.5 hours - That's fucking quick for 23 albums with my connection!
Audio: 9/10 - Only coz they're Mp3
Thanks again & I'll Seed for a good while.
Cheers!

Markolf (2014-01-21)

Riffraff thank you! I have been looking for some of these for the last 25 years! Thanks!
I'll keep seeding this as long as I have a connected computer.