Bob Johnson & Peter Knight
"The King Of Elfland's Daughter" 1977
Narrated by Christopher Lee (who also portrays the part of King Of Elfland), this is the story of the ill-advised decision by the people of the land of Erl to demand that their Lord's son, Alveric [Frankie Miller], go to Elfland to steal and marry the King of Elfland's daughter, Lirazel [Mary Hopkin], in order to bear a magic son to rule Erl. Pausing only to get himself a sword forged from a thunderbolt [P.P.Arnold]. Alveric and Lirazel end up happily settled in the mortal world when the King sends a troll [Alexis Korner] with a rune, and Lirazel is forced to return to Elfland, which means Alveric has to go on another quest to find her.
Finally the King relents and in a compromise annexes Erl into Elfland, which leads to the final song 'Beyond The Fields We Know', beautifully sung by Mary Hopkin.
1. The Request
2. Lirazel
3. Witch
4. Alvers Journey Through Elfland
5. The Rune Of The Elf King
6. The Coming Of The Troll
7. Just Another Day Of Searching
8. Too Much Magic
9. Beyond The Fields We Know
Narrated by Christopher Lee (who also portrays the part of King Of Elfland), this is the story of the ill-advised decision by the people of the land of Erl to demand that their Lord's son, Alveric [Frankie Miller], go to Elfland to steal and marry the King of Elfland's daughter, Lirazel [Mary Hopkin], in order to bear a magic son to rule Erl. Pausing only to get himself a sword forged from a thunderbolt [P.P.Arnold]. Alveric and Lirazel end up happily settled in the mortal world when the King sends a troll [Alexis Korner] with a rune, and Lirazel is forced to return to Elfland, which means Alveric has to go on another quest to find her.
Finally the King relents and in a compromise annexes Erl into Elfland, which leads to the final song 'Beyond The Fields We Know', beautifully sung by Mary Hopkin.
1. The Request
2. Lirazel
3. Witch
4. Alvers Journey Through Elfland
5. The Rune Of The Elf King
6. The Coming Of The Troll
7. Just Another Day Of Searching
8. Too Much Magic
9. Beyond The Fields We Know
posted by Lizardson at 12:13 AM
13 Comments:
I am Titus L's sister!
Lucy
wow, you have nice brother.
EXCELLENT addition to the Steeleye family canon.
Lizardson, you doth rock!
SCION
This looks amazing! Thanks so much for all your effort you have put into this blog; its one of my absolute favorites bar none.
Thank you so much, Lizardson! I grew up listening this on vinyl, but it disappeared sometime long ago, and I have never been able to find a copy. You've made my day. My week. My month! My YEAR!
Was reissued some years ago on CD - Edsel, of all labels and Johnson & Knight were rather startled when i showed up at a Steeleye gig here in Atlanta some years back with a copy to be autographed.
I amost got the impression that they hadn't known that it was available - certainly they hadn't known it was available on This Side of the Pond...
Thanks for this. The kind of concept record that really doesn't get made anymore and, although it suffers from occasional bouts of self importance, it's clearly a sincere attempt to do something different, succeeding for the most part. And it has one of Mary Hopkin's best performances in "Beyond the Fields We Know". Worth it for that song alone. Thanks again!
I wore a A Rainbow Coloured Jacket
A Woolen Green Hat made of Five Woolen Squares with Yellow and Blue
Flowers a Tyedyed Scarf round My Neck and Badge with the Song Title
"Too Much Magic" I had The Album but it got lost in the Mists of Time thank you for bringing it back on home to me!!!
Could you repost this.... I missed it first time around.
Oh please, oh Pretty Please, re-post this. I can't seem to find it anywhere! Dungeons and Dragons isn't the same without it.
Yes. Please repost this
Please re-up this one. For my daughter.
This is golden, re up if possible
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