Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou

Subject: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: pavane
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 11:36 AM

Does anyone know if they ever recorded this? I have unearthed an ancient cassette which APPEARS to be their performance which was listed as being on one of their John Peel sessions (16th Jan 1973).

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: Peace
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 11:44 AM

Hello Mary Lou
Steeleye Span on a BBC Radio 1 show


from


Index of Steeleye Span's Songs and TunesSteeleye Span on The Best of British Folk Rock (live); ..... Heir of Linne: Steeleye Span: They Called Her Babylon · Hello Mary Lou: Steeleye Span on a BBC ...
www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/steeleye.span/songs/index.html



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Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: Severn
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 11:44 AM

Who knows how many of their accapella encore surprises went unrecorded. I, for one, saw them do "I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles" one night.

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice)
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 11:49 AM

The Mentioned Peel Session

as far as I can acertain this is the only known recording of Hello Mary Lou..it's certainly not on any official recording...who knows who may have a bootleg hidden away

Charlotte (dusty from the archives)

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: pavane
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 12:04 PM

That's what I thought. So it is a rare item.

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 12:06 PM

And don't forget the killer version of Rave On...which was recorded, a couple of times...oh...and Rag Doll which I believe has also been recorded.

A Steeleye Span History of Rave On



Charlotte (too young to remember The 4 Seasons or Buddy Holly but likes them anyway)

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: pavane
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 12:17 PM

Whereas I can remember Buddy Holly... (But not Al Jolson.)

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 12:24 PM

doesn't remember The 4 Seasons, Buddy Holly, Al Jolson, Dame Nellie Melba or Jenny Lind (The Swedish Nightingale)

Charlotte (remembers where her keys are though)

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: pavane
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 12:25 PM

Only the first chorus was acapella. And I only have half of the song anyway. I taped something much more interesting over the end if it (A group of Chadwell Heath Guides, incuding my sister, singing Squid Jigging Ground, on a radio program)

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: Sandy Mc Lean
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 02:20 PM

Is this the Ricky Nelson hit from the early 60's?

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: GUEST,The Mole Catcher's unplugged Apprentice
Date: 28 Feb 08 - 02:31 PM

Sandy, yes indeed it is. Steeleye very often included an arrangement of an old rock 'n roll standard in their live act, and, as someone has noted, that grand old song I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles as well.

Charlotte (Rave On on Ma and Pa's piano stool))

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: pavane
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 12:01 PM

Written by an obscure songwriter (at the time) called Gene Pitney, I believe.

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: GUEST,JohnB
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 03:03 PM

Including "Live" Bubble machines.
JohnB

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: PoppaGator
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 05:31 PM

I had no idea that Gene Pitney wrote "Hello Mary Lou."

I do know who recorded it, or at least who produced the recording with which *I* am familar: Ricky Nelson. I suppose his name bears mentioning, although perhaps not, if we can assume that everyone already knows anyway.

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: bubblyrat
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 06:08 PM

I always liked Rick (as he became when older ) Nelson.Now I DID know that Mary Lou was written by Gene Pitney----I also know that the yodelly song about a lonely girl on a mountain in Switzerland, a hit for the ultimately suicidal Del Shannon,was written,when not imagining bicycle -borne Enlish "bobbies",by the popular but rather strange Roger Miller ! Dang Me if I didn't.!

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: pavane
Date: 04 Mar 08 - 03:13 AM

I have to admit. at the time of its original release, Hello Mary Lou was one of my favourite songs.

Subject: RE: Steeleye Span Hello Mary Lou
From: pavane
Date: 04 Mar 08 - 04:43 AM

If anyone wants to listen to this clip, PM me and I will let you know how