tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post8560143524025534459..comments2024-03-28T22:32:50.562+00:00Comments on Liberal England: Steeleye Span: Boys of BedlamJonathan Calderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-29589516818094406992010-11-15T18:50:46.311+00:002010-11-15T18:50:46.311+00:00Mark: Fair enough, though when thinking about popu...Mark: Fair enough, though when thinking about popular folk rock groups of the 1970s it is the obvious comparison to make.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-25221013992970220822010-11-15T18:13:09.086+00:002010-11-15T18:13:09.086+00:00If your gold standard for female vocalists is Sand...If your gold standard for female vocalists is Sandy Denny, then you're setting the bar too high for everyone - except perhaps Ella Fitzgerald from a different genre.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-51754327714542867932010-11-15T13:04:29.763+00:002010-11-15T13:04:29.763+00:00I'm dipping into that Electric Eden too. Hope ...I'm dipping into that Electric Eden too. Hope to read most of it over Christmas.<br /><br />You're a bit tough on Maddy, but not entirely wrong!Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08575886209036717590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-66658462793361609872010-11-15T12:16:32.092+00:002010-11-15T12:16:32.092+00:00I bought it when it came out. I particularly remem...I bought it when it came out. I particularly remember "The Blacksmith". But mine had a different cover than the one on your YouTube embed. A plain cover with large writing on it. Unless my brain has exploded and it was a different album....Paul Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00525444717679391831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-25252170273190318502010-11-14T20:26:58.339+00:002010-11-14T20:26:58.339+00:00Thanks, Lang Rabbie.Thanks, Lang Rabbie.Jonathan Calderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730157683743989696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-86891776253174550902010-11-14T19:44:24.096+00:002010-11-14T19:44:24.096+00:00Maddy Prior is the greatest. So you can shove your...Maddy Prior is the greatest. So you can shove your forgiveness where the sun don't shine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-44339821544032051372010-11-14T16:23:40.211+00:002010-11-14T16:23:40.211+00:00I suspect any article was probably written or cont...I suspect any article was probably written or contributed to by Patricia Allderidge who spent twenty years trawling through the Bedlam archives:<br /><br />"I have therefore come to the conclusion that, on the whole, historians of psychiatry actually do not want to know about Bethlem as a historical fact because Bethlem as a reach-me-down historical cliché is far more useful. <br /><br />…Bethlem as the ultimate symbol of all that is evil is far too useful a space-filler to be risked in the refining fires of academic research: and it does not really matter too much what it symbolizes, so long as it is sufficiently discreditable to be credible."Lang Rabbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05480523735113854989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606798.post-84062272664531098782010-11-14T15:42:53.066+00:002010-11-14T15:42:53.066+00:00It all sounds like Bagpuss to meIt all sounds like Bagpuss to meAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com