Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne are an English folk rock and progressive rock band from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1968 (originally called Brethren). The original line-up comprised Alan Hull (vocals, guitar, piano), Ray Jackson (vocals, mandolin, harmonica), Simon Cowe (guitar, mandolin, banjo, keyboards), Rod Clements (bass guitar, violin) and Ray Laidlaw (drums). They are best known for the albums Nicely Out of Tune (1970), Fog on the Tyne (1971) which became the biggest selling UK album in 1972, Dingly Dell (1972) and Back and Fourth (1978), and also for the success of songs such as "Meet Me on the Corner", "Lady Eleanor", "Run For Home" and "We Can Swing Together"....

In 1970 Tony Stratton-Smith signed them to Charisma Records and their debut album Nicely Out of Tune was released that year. This album defined their mixture of bright harmony and up tempo folk rock. Neither single released from the album, "Clear White Light" nor "Lady Eleanor", charted; nor did the album itself at first. However the band obtained a strong following from its popular live concerts and built up a following as one of the top festival bands. (Read more at Wikipedia)

Links to Peel
Lindisfarne were appreciated by Peel for both their music and their on-stage demeanour. They were one of the bands who seemed to be enjoying themselves on live gigs and sought to involve their audience, in contrast to the aloofness of many bands of their era. They did six Peel sessions between 1971 and 1974, the period when they peaked commercially. He paid less attention to them after that, although lead singer and main songwriter Alan Hull did four sessions between 1973 and 1976 as a solo artist, and the spin-off band Jack The Lad did eight sessions during the same period.

When John Peel appeared on Top Of The Pops in 1971 as an honorary member of the Faces, wielding a mandolin as they performed Rod Stewart's hit "Maggie May", he was miming to a part which had been played on the original recording session by Ray Jackson, and credited on the original album sleeve to "the mandolin player in Lindisfarne".

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