As much as I love watching and listening to them - I also love that there are still folks who really appreciate them. We may be small in numbers, but we're around!
One rainy evening in 1972 I was driving home to Grimsby from Bangor in North Wales. I drove up Lindum Hill and was just about to accelerate out onto the road towards Market Rasen when a man stepped out into the road and flagged me down. He asked for directions to the cathedral and told me that a folk group was performing there. I told them to follow me and I guided them there. I decided to stay and see what all the fuss was about. It was the Amazing Blondel. I watched them perform Celestial Light in the cathedral that night and have been a fan ever since .
Mmm, I have also been a fan from those early 70's years when I attended a little acoustic concert at The Room At The Top in Redruth, Cornwall. Viv Gilbert
That's a beautiful story. I wish mine was as serendipitous but.. my school friend and I really loved Quintessence and I was in love with Cat Stevens. We bought tickets to see Cat Stevens in 1971 (75p) at Liverpool Stadium (so many brilliant concerts there). We'd never heard of Amazing Blondel and weren't even sure how to pronounce 'Blondel' (first syllable or second?). We were blown away by Amazing Blondel, Cat Stevens and Quintessence. Cat was headlining but he gave the spot to Quintessence because of the amazing vibe. Best. Concert. Ever.
I discovered Amazing Blondel in 1974 while at school, BBC "In Concert" series. Ran out and bought Mulgrave Street right away and been a fan since! Great music!
I have been longing to see Amazing Blondel since the early 70's and this has brought back so many wonderful memories. They are quite simply my favourite group of amazing musicians. This always makes me cry!
Saw them at the Lanchester Poly in the 70's. An interesting aside from my usual fare of Captain Beefheart, Groundhogsd, NRPS, The Doors etc. Appreciate them even more now.
John Gladwin was my guitar teacher for many years while I was a border in Caistor Grammar School in the 80ies. He was very pleasantly surprised when I told him (in 1981) that I had one of his albums "Eventide" - I was only 12 at the time - so that was fairly unusual - their music not being really "mainstream" in any sense of the word.
I thought that claudio's comment was worthy of translating, it reads: Music of other remote times, almost of a more serene planet, of a humanity that had something to transmit. Their music is soul companionship.
Oh, wow! This is a wonderful piece of music from a terrific group. First saw them at Skipton Castle when they were supporting Julie Felix, but they played this and totally blew me away! Been a fan every since - nearly wore out the three vinyl LPs until CDs came along and now this .....! Thanks so very much for posting.
I have just discovered Amazing Blondel today, and I've spent the last two hours scouring the internet for any song of theirs that I can find. How had I not heard of them sooner?
I was in Town Choice Folk Group from Edinburgh. 1971 We turned professional and we used to sing Love Sonnet , Spring Season and Under the Greenwood tree, W e travelled to somewhere in Yorkshire and on announcing we were singing an Amazing Blondell song, someone in the audience said, 'Oh they live nearby and were here kast week'. We had no idea where they came from and that came as a surprise. We just liked their music. Quite unique. Good to now they kept going for so long.
For anyone that has driven across the Trent Bridge at Dunham, the sight of the celestial light of Lincoln cathedral is indeed a heavenly sacred sight. Absolutely nailed it chaps. Loved this song in the 70s and its great to hear it again.
It was 1972. I was in the Dutch army, located in Seedorf (Germany, Niedersachsen). On my way to the compound I heared the music of Lindisfarne. It was a distance of about 400 kilometers and about a four hour drive. And all that time Lindisfarme accompanied me together with the sweet thoughts of my German girlfriend Jutta.
Musica d'altri remoti tempi , quasi di un pianeta più sereno , di un'umanità che aveva qualcosa da trasmettere . La loro musica è una compagnia dell'anima .
Listening to John Gladwin's voice after all these years sent shivers down my spine and took me back to when I first saw them at, I think, Skipton Castle in 1970 and then whenever they came to Sheffield and Leeds. They were one of the the best live bands I ever saw. This should be adopted Lincolnshire's 'national' anthem. Thank you John, Terry and Eddie for a near-lifetime of listening joy.
I attended an intimate session at The Room at the Top in Redruth, Cornwall many years ago in the early Seventies and have also been a lifelong fan. Such musicianship.
This wonderful video was my very much belated introduction to Amazing Blondel several months ago. I have been listening to music since my teen years in the USA early 70's but somehow missed them. I am jealous of those who have enjoyed their music all these years, yet I am delighted to know of it now.
Thanks for your comments and I’m glad you are able to catch up through these videos. I will try and post more as soon as I can but in the meantime please enjoy the other videos here. Darryl
Fortunately i have kept all my "plastic" & these guys are amongst my nostalgic collection of mid 60s to early ninties vinyl, lovely to see this video reminded me of the gigs they did 74/75 i think, at the free trade hall Manchester. must dig out ticket stubs & progs . Where has Jo Gladwins long golden locks gone? whoops!!! same place mine went, how time flies. VERY TALENTED MUSICIANS, this is my fav track. From a METALHEAD,Sabbath, Hendrix to Enter Shikari!!! cds to mp3s. Mellow thnx 4 postin
As a student, in the mid 1970s, seeing the cathedral illuminated up on high, from the train, told me that finally I was nearing my end of term destination, Cleethorpes (from London, Kings Cross).
The harmonies on this track are in my opinion the best in any genre of music. As good as ever. I have Mulgrave St as well as the England album.The change in appearance & time has been kind as well.
Brings back memories seeing them on the University Circuit when I was a student in the early seventies......now I have discovered them due to my love of Great Danes. Someone put their record up on Facebook with the brindle Great Dane and I searched for them on CZcams. Must get their music as I will probably appreciate more now lol!
I remember seeing them perform as an opening act to a group I went to see. I think it was Free. They stole the show. Their performance was far better than that of Free.
omg - used to see them at the Kirk M'bro in the 70s - one night John's lute(?) wouldnt work and he threw it down on the the stage in temper lol Wonderful live band,,still got the vinyl,,,miss the 70s
My first experience with Amazing Blondel: I fell in love with Cat Stevens when I was 12. Then he disappeared (he had TB). In 1971 he came back looking even more wonderful and sounding even better! Lady D'Arbanville the single from Mona Bone Jakon, the album. My sister bought that album for me for my 16th birthday (thanks Kath!). We had moved to Liverpool and Cat Stevens was playing at the Liverpool Stadium!! I persuaded my best friend to buy a ticket so that we could go and see him and so off we went. This has to have been the best coming of age concert ever. I had never heard of Amazing Blondel and there they were playing the most beautiful music - with extremely crude jokes in between songs :). Cat Stevens was headlining but Quintessence was supposed to follow Amazing Blondel. Instead, Cat came next because he gave the energy to Quintessence. OMG. Such an amazing concert. Every time Amazing Blondel or Quintessence came to Liverpool, my friend and I were there in the stalls. I'm going to have Celestial Light played at my 'Death to Crem' transition.
Wow, wow and WOW! I had an "obscure" piece on a cassette tape from years ago. The sound quality was poor and I had a real struggle to make out the lyrics and then try to find something on the internet. After a while I came across this recording. I'm hooked!
I used to have two albums by Amazing Blondel both of which disappeared from my collection at the end of the 70's somehow... I was just watching a wonderful French film entitled AFTER MAY ( directed by Olivier Assayas ) which contains some amazing music by such people as Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers and towards the end of the film, this wonderful song by Amazing Blondel... A marvellous film honouring great music of the very early 70's and the times of teenage revolution in France... I'm now going to hunt down an old cassette tape I made years ago which has an Amazing Blondel album on it ( England I think ! )
I saw them at Stirling University in the early '70s and remember their humour - "a shawm sounds like a tuned fart" and "'Fantasia Lindum' translates from the Latin as 'disease of the bowel'"!
After I was captivated by them, I used to look out for them coming back to play in Liverpool. I used to see things like 'they were banned from a certain town due to crude jokes'. We loved their crude jokes - a complete balance to their beautiful music!
As much as I love watching and listening to them - I also love that there are still folks who really appreciate them. We may be small in numbers, but we're around!
One rainy evening in 1972 I was driving home to Grimsby from Bangor in North Wales. I drove up Lindum Hill and was just about to accelerate out onto the road towards Market Rasen when a man stepped out into the road and flagged me down. He asked for directions to the cathedral and told me that a folk group was performing there. I told them to follow me and I guided them there. I decided to stay and see what all the fuss was about. It was the Amazing Blondel. I watched them perform Celestial Light in the cathedral that night and have been a fan ever since .
Mmm, I have also been a fan from those early 70's years when I attended a little acoustic concert at The Room At The Top in Redruth, Cornwall. Viv Gilbert
Keith Fox
wow what a beautiful story i glad you stopped for the guy wonderful I was told to buy there first album and was not disapionted
How beautifully serendipitous!
That's a beautiful story. I wish mine was as serendipitous but.. my school friend and I really loved Quintessence and I was in love with Cat Stevens. We bought tickets to see Cat Stevens in 1971 (75p) at Liverpool Stadium (so many brilliant concerts there). We'd never heard of Amazing Blondel and weren't even sure how to pronounce 'Blondel' (first syllable or second?). We were blown away by Amazing Blondel, Cat Stevens and Quintessence. Cat was headlining but he gave the spot to Quintessence because of the amazing vibe. Best. Concert. Ever.
I discovered Amazing Blondel in 1974 while at school, BBC "In Concert" series. Ran out and bought Mulgrave Street right away and been a fan since! Great music!
Fantasia Lindum was my go to album for years and years and finding it again. Good stuff guys.
Brings back many happy images of the 70s. Absolutely magickal, and superb musicians who deserve a wider fame than they did in those far off days.
The 70s had the very best music!
I have been longing to see Amazing Blondel since the early 70's and this has brought back so many wonderful memories. They are quite simply my favourite group of amazing musicians. This always makes me cry!
Saw them at the Lanchester Poly in the 70's. An interesting aside from my usual fare of Captain Beefheart, Groundhogsd, NRPS, The Doors etc. Appreciate them even more now.
John Gladwin was my guitar teacher for many years while I was a border in Caistor Grammar School in the 80ies. He was very pleasantly surprised when I told him (in 1981) that I had one of his albums "Eventide" - I was only 12 at the time - so that was fairly unusual - their music not being really "mainstream" in any sense of the word.
He'll be pissed off that you can't spell boarder
@@SuperAllanjames I was living on the edges of society.
@@SuperAllanjamesAt least he wasn't board by the music 😉😁
From Japan. I've been listening Blondel . I like their sound much
Loved these guys in the 70's great to hear them again, lost none of their magic, still as fresh as those halcyon 70's days.
Saw them supporting Free in 1971 at The Stadium, Liverpool 😊
❤wonderful music ! Thanks
Very elegant and delightful.
I realle love Amazing Blondel! They are the greatest, so harmonic and just .. well plainly awesome :)
I thought that claudio's comment was worthy of translating, it reads:
Music of other remote times, almost of a more serene planet, of a humanity that had something to transmit. Their music is soul companionship.
Evokes wonderful memories of the 70s and the girls I loved in those far-off days who also loved their magickal music.
Oh, wow! This is a wonderful piece of music from a terrific group. First saw them at Skipton Castle when they were supporting Julie Felix, but they played this and totally blew me away! Been a fan every since - nearly wore out the three vinyl LPs until CDs came along and now this .....! Thanks so very much for posting.
Wonderful band!
Time flies but you are always young at heart. Fresh is your music like a spring day
I'm an Italian fan, too. I discovered them as an adolescent and have loved them ever since. Celestial music.
Discovered the Blondels in the mid 80s. Better late than never, say I.
WONDERFUL!!!
Only 34 years have passed since I first saw them(Marquee 9th of August 1974, + Ian Fleming)and the atmosphere is still the same.
Ciao!!
I have just discovered Amazing Blondel today, and I've spent the last two hours scouring the internet for any song of theirs that I can find. How had I not heard of them sooner?
This is almost impossibly beautiful
Saw them live in St Pauls Cathedral in January 1973, and would have loved to have seen them play live again.
I was lucky enough to be there 9th July 2004. This is still one of my the best memories. Happy that the recordings were so great too
I was in Town Choice Folk Group from Edinburgh. 1971 We turned professional and we used to sing Love Sonnet , Spring Season and Under the Greenwood tree, W e travelled to somewhere in Yorkshire and on announcing we were singing an Amazing Blondell song, someone in the audience said, 'Oh they live nearby and were here kast week'. We had no idea where they came from and that came as a surprise. We just liked their music. Quite unique. Good to now they kept going for so long.
First heard Amazing Blondel in 1970/71 at Maria Grey College of Education in Twickenham. Loved them then and ever since.
What an amazing treasure! And then that 3-part harmony)))!!!
Saw AB twice in England in 70s - miss those days
For anyone that has driven across the Trent Bridge at Dunham, the sight of the celestial light of Lincoln cathedral is indeed a heavenly sacred sight. Absolutely nailed it chaps. Loved this song in the 70s and its great to hear it again.
It was 1972. I was in the Dutch army, located in Seedorf (Germany, Niedersachsen). On my way to the compound I heared the music of Lindisfarne. It was a distance of about 400 kilometers and about a four hour drive. And all that time Lindisfarme accompanied me together with the sweet thoughts of my German girlfriend Jutta.
so beautiful!! thank you for sharing it!! love
My goodness....I love them to the moon and back!!! Thank you for the Music, you are truly...AMAZING!!!
Really celestial
Musica d'altri remoti tempi , quasi di un pianeta più sereno , di un'umanità che aveva qualcosa da trasmettere . La loro musica è una compagnia dell'anima .
I always get the shivers when I play stuff it is just beautiful 💜💜💜
Jeeeezzz, they still does it AMAZINGLY.
Amazing and lovely. Harmonies so good,many years have passed, keep it going lads.
Listening to John Gladwin's voice after all these years sent shivers down my spine and took me back to when I first saw them at, I think, Skipton Castle in 1970 and then whenever they came to Sheffield and Leeds. They were one of the the best live bands I ever saw. This should be adopted Lincolnshire's 'national' anthem. Thank you John, Terry and Eddie for a near-lifetime of listening joy.
I attended an intimate session at The Room at the Top in Redruth, Cornwall many years ago in the early Seventies and have also been a lifelong fan. Such musicianship.
This wonderful video was my very much belated introduction to Amazing Blondel several months ago. I have been listening to music since my teen years in the USA early 70's but somehow missed them. I am jealous of those who have enjoyed their music all these years, yet I am delighted to know of it now.
Thanks for your comments and I’m glad you are able to catch up through these videos. I will try and post more as soon as I can but in the meantime please enjoy the other videos here. Darryl
Great👍
from barcelona, beautiful song , fantastic !!!!
Their hairs might be gone but their voices are still there.
Still listen to their early 70s albums on vinyl of course.
the most beautiful sound to come from man x
Reminds me of the incredible string band for some reason
Fortunately i have kept all my "plastic" & these guys are amongst my nostalgic collection of mid 60s to early ninties vinyl, lovely to see this video reminded me of the gigs they did 74/75 i think, at the free trade hall Manchester. must dig out ticket stubs & progs .
Where has Jo Gladwins long golden locks gone? whoops!!! same place mine went, how time flies.
VERY TALENTED MUSICIANS, this is my fav track.
From a METALHEAD,Sabbath, Hendrix to Enter Shikari!!! cds to mp3s.
Mellow thnx 4 postin
simply beautiful
Göttlich schöne Musik
Classic Blondel... Fantasia Lindum... bought their album when I was in high school in NYC. Nobody knew who they were in my class. Long story.
My uncle introduced me to this some years ago, are'nt we lucky........Beautiful
I'm not sure there will ever be another band like amazing blodel...simply beautiful music . Would love to see more live videos
Not as young as in 1970's, but still as young as in medieval ages.
Funny isn't it how all the men from the 70s had really long hair and beards, yet today they are quite bald (James Taylor included!)
@@TheGreatPresenter - Yes, unless you can do this: czcams.com/video/jNElKwNe6SY/video.html
i remember when they called themselves "vulgar blondel", saw them a few times and they were always amazing
??? They Suck!!! They're try hards.
As a student, in the mid 1970s, seeing the cathedral illuminated up on high, from the train, told me that finally I was nearing my end of term destination, Cleethorpes (from London, Kings Cross).
Beautiful heavenly music
The harmonies on this track are in my opinion the best in any genre of music. As good as ever. I have Mulgrave St as well as the England album.The change in appearance & time has been kind as well.
That guitar outro, always gives me shivers awesome
Nonrecurring English feeling...!!Gorgeous.
Brings back memories seeing them on the University Circuit when I was a student in the early seventies......now I have discovered them due to my love of Great Danes. Someone put their record up on Facebook with the brindle Great Dane and I searched for them on CZcams. Must get their music as I will probably appreciate more now lol!
These guys are amazing!
still amazing!
Discovering this incredible song thanks to the film Something in the Air
I remember seeing them perform as an opening act to a group I went to see. I think it was Free.
They stole the show. Their performance was far better than that of Free.
Dio mio , che arte !!
Se penso alla nullita' sociale degli ultimi 40 anni..che tempi che erano !! Grandi Amazing Blondel ! ❤️❤️❤️
omg - used to see them at the Kirk M'bro in the 70s - one night John's lute(?) wouldnt work and he threw it down on the the stage in temper lol Wonderful live band,,still got the vinyl,,,miss the 70s
Siete ancora fomidabili!
Vi avevo sentiti in Italia (Travagliato - Brescia, 1972).
Complimenti, vi ascolterei ancora
Lovely! Thank goodness for CZcams. My dad introduced me to this band years ago. I'm so glad he did. :-)
My first experience with Amazing Blondel: I fell in love with Cat Stevens when I was 12. Then he disappeared (he had TB). In 1971 he came back looking even more wonderful and sounding even better! Lady D'Arbanville the single from Mona Bone Jakon, the album. My sister bought that album for me for my 16th birthday (thanks Kath!). We had moved to Liverpool and Cat Stevens was playing at the Liverpool Stadium!! I persuaded my best friend to buy a ticket so that we could go and see him and so off we went. This has to have been the best coming of age concert ever. I had never heard of Amazing Blondel and there they were playing the most beautiful music - with extremely crude jokes in between songs :). Cat Stevens was headlining but Quintessence was supposed to follow Amazing Blondel. Instead, Cat came next because he gave the energy to Quintessence. OMG. Such an amazing concert. Every time Amazing Blondel or Quintessence came to Liverpool, my friend and I were there in the stalls. I'm going to have Celestial Light played at my 'Death to Crem' transition.
Qualche anno in più, meno capelli, ma sempre grandi.
Grandissimi !! Sempre magia...
@@manerg8171 Mi associo.Grandi
Fantastic music, beauty!
Still as amazing after all these years!
Ars longa, saeta brevis!
Lovely!
saw them in the 70s in st.paul's cathedral, unbelievable
Brilliant......
Wow, wow and WOW! I had an "obscure" piece on a cassette tape from years ago. The sound quality was poor and I had a real struggle to make out the lyrics and then try to find something on the internet. After a while I came across this recording. I'm hooked!
I have bought their music on CD, it should still be available.
Semplicemente fantastici!!!
These guys are trully AMAZING!
Luv from Brazil, guys!
Amazing!
GRANDIIII!!! QUESTA E' PURA POESIA!! Armando Pace, Roma, Italy
Saw them in 1968 at Maidstone Art College and they've stayed in my memory ever since. Shame my ex-wife knicked their LP.
I remember that tour! 1972? I saw them at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens
Great
I used to have two albums by Amazing Blondel both of which disappeared from my collection at the end of the 70's somehow... I was just watching a wonderful French film entitled AFTER MAY ( directed by Olivier Assayas ) which contains some amazing music by such people as Syd Barrett, Kevin Ayers and towards the end of the film, this wonderful song by Amazing Blondel... A marvellous film honouring great music of the very early 70's and the times of teenage revolution in France... I'm now going to hunt down an old cassette tape I made years ago which has an Amazing Blondel album on it ( England I think ! )
Wonderful singing and playing.
Wonderful?????????? Dude they're the worst singers and instrument players I have ever heard.
+Daniel Kleyn if they're the worst you've heard, you're not trying hard enough, Doooood!
Warms my Saxon English blood
Whatever it is, it makes them both smile!
Great Music@@@@@
Brilliant!
Realmente encantadores. Yo los acabo de descubrir por la radio. ¡Son fantásticos!
Amazing 😎
Considering what the musical landscape offers today, I wonder which planet do these minstrels come from, faboulous! PS
A recent film ‘Personal Shopper’ by the same director also has a track ‘The leaving of the Country Lover’ featured on it.
Ah, this brings back memories, I have this LP. I think they've lost a bit of hair since the 70's!
Lovely sound,takes me back a while.If anything this as good as the original,different though,more melodic.
What a great voice the lead singer still has,but,then men do not go through menopause.
Meravigliosi!!!!
^_^
Buetifull
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I saw them at Stirling University in the early '70s and remember their humour - "a shawm sounds like a tuned fart" and "'Fantasia Lindum' translates from the Latin as 'disease of the bowel'"!
After I was captivated by them, I used to look out for them coming back to play in Liverpool. I used to see things like 'they were banned from a certain town due to crude jokes'. We loved their crude jokes - a complete balance to their beautiful music!
Someone once married me because I had the complete Amazing Blondel catalog. left the albums when I last moved. Big mistake. SO was marrying the dude.
Shame you have not the hair...love the music as ever❤️