I love Halloween...

[amanuensis1]

You know what would be the coolest Halloween costume? You go as Janet from the "Tam Lin" ballad--since the key action takes place on Halloween--and you dress in a bodice-y gown but you dress pregnant and go carrying a stuffed dummy that's this sewn-together combo of lion/dragon/python/man, and make a point of not putting the dummy down all evening.

Damn, I'll never get that together by Monday.

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Re: Okay, I'm a Tam Lin fanatic

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Well, you can get Outgrabe's off their website... I have the Les Barker parody (which is a MUST), the Current 93 gothy version, Steeleye Span's, Pyewacket's, Rick Lee's, and I might have to re-rip it but I have the Tempest version as well. Also the Three Weird Sisters song "Discovery", which is a creepy song from Tam Lin's point of view as he plots using Janet to serve his plans.

Re: Okay, I'm a Tam Lin fanatic

[amanuensis1.livejournal.com]

Outgrabe: Found!

Les Barker, Current 93, Steeleye Span, Pyewaket, Rick Lee: Can't find in a downloadable (purchasable) format. Will keep looking!

Tempest: Oh! I forgot, I do know that one; just that I have it on cassette.

Three Weird Sisters: Found on iTunes! Ooh, I listened to the sample and that's neat. I may have to purchase that one.

Thank you so much for letting me know about these! I'll keep looking for more!

Re: Okay, I'm a Tam Lin fanatic

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Steeleye Span's is from the album Tonight's the Night: Live!, and if you like Steeleye Span, it's a good album in general. Not at all like the Fairport/Tempest/Outgrabe arrangement.

IIRC the Pyewacket and Rick Lee are much like the Anne Briggs version.

Current 93 was a limited edition of about 500 copies, although it's possible they may have reprinted. It's very distinctive, being in a rather gothier style than most versions. I can send you the MP3 if you like.

The Les Barker one (actually recorded by the Mrs. Ackroyd Band) may or may not be in print, Amazon US doesn't have it but Amazon UK might. www.tam-lin.org has the lyrics, and if you can't find a copy I can send an MP3 of it as well. It's an utterly delightful parody that deserves hearing.

The Broadside Electric Band version is dissimilar to any other one I've heard. It's on the album Amplificata, and I was able to buy it off Amazon US a few months ago, although it was supposedly the last one they had in stock. Another "well worth it in general" album.

Oh! Medieval Baebes has a version on their latest, Mirabilis. Done in their usual "Enya does Gregorian Chants" style. Totally in print. iTunes probably has it, eMusic and Audio Lunchbox might as well.