You asked for it! Due to overwhelming public demand we are producing this special limited souvenir edition featuring songs from our sell-out 'Full Circle' tour. Recorded live at Otley Courthouse during the Duo Tour it captures thirty years of musical history. Includes classics like 'Friends', 'Hard Shoulder', 'The Dive', and 'Yeovil Town'.
THIS IS A PRE-ORDER! CDs will be mailed out after 21st May We'll update you on Facebook and our website as the delivery date is confirmed. Just so you know we don't currently have plans for a download.
CD1: FRIENDS, WILLIN’, BEAT ABOUT THE BUSH, COLD FRONTIER, SALLY FREE & EASY, FIRST TRAIN IN THE MORNING, COUNTRY LIFE, THE DIVE, YOU’LL GET BY CD 2: BEST ONE YET, MAN OF WAR, HARD SHOULDER, BLIND FIDDLER, THE RIDE (WINTER YARDS), YEOVIL
PLUS STORIES AND ANECDOTES FROM TOUR
Disc One 1. Haunt You 2. 'Twas On One April's Morning/Isca Rose 3. Mother Tongue 4. Reunion Hill 5. Long Way Home 6. Just Enough to Lose 7.Keys of Canterbury 8. Columbus (Didn't Find America) 9. Home to a Million Thoughts 10. Breme Fell at Hastings 11. Next Best Western 12. IED: Science or Nature 13. Now You Know 14. Country Life 15. You'll Get By Disc Two 1. Cruel River 2. The Old Lych Way 3. Recuardos (Maria) 4. The Lily and the Rose 5. Battlefield Dancefloor 6. The Man I Was 7. King of the World 8. Forfarshire9. Lost 10. Arrogance, Ignorance and Greed 11. Devil's Right Hand 12. Sea Glass 13. Who Gets to Feel Good 14. First We Take Manhattan 15. Hambledon Fair 16. The Best One Yet
Black zip up tour hoodie featuring band and Full Circle Tour logos Size Guide (chest) Medium - 40" Large - 44" XLarge 48" XXLarge - 52" XXXLarge 56"
CD ONE 1. Country Life - Steve Knightley 2. Secret World - Peter Gabriel 3. The Ride - Steve Knightley 4. Columbus (Didn't Find America) - Steve Knightley 5. My Love Feels Real - Track Dogs 6. Where To Now? - Track Dogs 7. Orion Sees - Track Dogs 8. Carolina On My Mind - James Taylor 9. Senor (Tales Of Yankee Power) - Bob Dylan 10. Crow On The Cradle - Sidney Carter 11. Company Town - Steve Knightley CD TWO 1. The Deep End - Track Dogs 2. Only Human - Track Dogs 3. La Banda - Track Dogs 4. Love And War - Track Dogs 5. The Devil's Right Hand - Steve Earle 6. Donna Lola - Track Dogs 7. Recuerdos (Maria) - Steve Knightley 8. Ruby - Cousin Emmy 9. Santiago - Steve Knightley 10. Cousin Jack - Steve Knightley 11. Best One Yet - Steve Knightley 12. Helplessly Hoping - Steve Stills
Banish the lockdown blues and immerse yourself in a double CD of Show of Hands taken from the most successful tour of their long and illustrious career. 'Now We Are Four' Live is a chance to re-live the complete 2019 sell-out show featuring Miranda and Cormac including the famous opening Duos set. Old favourites like ‘Cousin Jack’, ’The Galway Farmer’ and ‘Santiago’ are all here alongside soon to become classics ‘Next Best Western’, ‘Berlin’ and 'You’ll Get By’.
Tracks: Duo Set: 1. You'll Get By 2. Sea Glass 3. Varsovianna 4. The Leavin' Blues 5. Don't Be a Stranger 6. Irish Jig / Cor's celebre 7. The Setting / Mary from Dungloe 8. The Train / Blackwaterside Band Set: 1. Haunt You 2. Battlefield Dancefloor 3. My True Love 4. Just Enough To Lose 5. First We Take Manhattan 6. Make the Right Noises 7. Country Life 8. Dreckley 9. Next Best Western 10. Cousin Jack 11. Santiago 12. The Galway Farmer 13. Lost
Battlefield Dance Floor is the 18th studio album and was co-produced by Mark Tucker and Steve Knightley. It features 13 tracks which include 8 new songs (and a co-write) from Knightley as well as four reinterpretations of songs from Leonard Cohen, Kirsty Merryn, Richard Shindell and Adrian Mannering.
“There are highlights aplenty in these thirteen tracks… This is a brilliant album and you’ll buy it – you know you will.” - RnR ★★★★★
Set list CD from the Spring Duo Tour 2018 featuring songs from the early years and albums of Show of Hands
Released in 2009 and produced by Stu Hanna, ‘Arrogance Ignorance and Greed’ features eight new Steve Knightley songs, plus two covers and two traditional songs.
Released in 2012, this album beautifully balances the English and North American influences which lie at the heart of Show of Hands music. Born out of the band’s love of the acoustic and roots music of both countries, the CD is a journey through the heart of two landscapes united by a common tongue and musical heritage. A touch of Folk, a hint of Blues and a tiny pinch of Country are all here. Martin Simpson, Seth Lakeman, BJ Cole, Andy Cutting, Paul Sartin, Cormac Byrne, Leonard Podolak, Paul Downes, Phil Henry, Hannah Martin, Rex Preston and Jenna have all been enlisted to help us kick-start the old Ford Mustang down the A303 on its journey West! As ever, Miranda adds her wonderful double bass and vocals.
Track Listing: 1. Haunt You (Knightley/Lakeman) 2. CompanyTown (Knightley) 3. Now You Know (Knightley) 4. Katrina (Hoban) 5. Cruel River (Knightley) 6. Aunt Maria (Knightley / Cecil Sharpe Project) 7. Coming Home (Knightley) 8. Reunion Hill (Shindell) 9. No Mans Land (Knightley) 10. Seven Curses (Dylan) 11. Home To A Million Thoughts (Knightley) 12. Who Gets To Feel Good (Knightley) 13. Stop Copying Me (Knightley) 14. King of The World (Knightley) 15. Thanks (Knightley/Gilbert)
A decade after the first ‘Covers’ album was released, the band recorded a second CD of cover versions of the songs that have occasionally featured in live shows. It was recorded in three sessions in October and intentionally stays very close to the ‘live-trio’ sound with minimal overdubs and production changes. Recorded in 2010
Track Listing 1. You Stay Here – Richard Shindell 2. Youngstown – Bruce Springsteen 3. Dakota – Kelly Jones 4. Boys of Sumer – Don Henley 5. The Devils Right Hand – Steve Earle 6. Tunnel of Love – Mark Knopfler 7. Secret World – Peter Gabriel 8. 2-4-6-8 Motorway – Tom Robinson 9. King Of El Paso – Box Scaggs 10. Cocaine Blues – Rev. Gary Davis 11. First And Last – Ros Carrock 12. No Woman No Cry – Bob Marley 13. AIG 2 – Steve Knightley
Show Of Hands are England’s most successful acoustic roots duo – Steve Knightley and Phil Beer. Their widespread appeal is based on the combined power of Steve’s original songs, the quality of their vocals and harmonies, and their multi-instrumental virtuosity. Their performances feature guitars, mandocello, fiddle, cuatro, viola and concertina. In 2003 they were nominated as both ‘Best Group’ and ‘Best Live Act’ at the Radio 2 Folk Awards. “Country Life” is their most ambitious and exciting project to date. The keenly awaited new studio album of 13 original songs includes a bonus ‘enhanced CD’ featuring the promotional video for the title track and footage of Show of Hands live at the Royal Albert Hall. This in a smartly packaged, eight-fold digipack with a 12 page illustrated lyric booklet.
Disc: 1 1. Country Life (Knightley) 2. Hard Shoulder (Knightley) 3. Suntrap (Knightley) 4. Smile She Said (Knightley) 5. Reynardine (Knightley, lyrics trad) 6. Seven Days (Knightley, Witts) 7. Tommy (Phelps) 8. Be Lucky (Knightley) 9. Drake (Knightley) 10. I Promise You (Knightley) 11. Adieu, Sweet Lovely Nancy (Knightley) 12. Red Diesel (Knightley) 13. Don’t Be a Stranger (Knightley)
Disc: 2 1. Country Life – The Promo CD
Produced in 2003, The Path is an instrumental journey around the West Country coastline. 2003 marked the Silver Jubilee of the South West Coast Path and as part of the celebrations Show of Hands recorded their first ever instrumental album – a series of musical portraits of key locations around our beautiful coastline.
Track Listing: 1. Foreland Point (Knightley) 2. Braunton Burrows (Downes) 3. Buck’s Mills (Clifford) 4. Port Isaac (Knightley) 5. Carbis Bay (Beer) 6. Lands’ End (Knightley) 7. Lamorna Cave (Downes) 8. Pendennis Castle (Beer) 9. Charlestown (Clifford) 10. Rame Head (Knightley) 11. Hallsands (Clifford) 12. Paignton (Knightley) 13. The Exe Estuary (Knightley) 14. Lyme Regis (Beer) 15. Golden Cap (Knightley/Beer) 16. The Foreland – Reprise (Knightley)
Lie of the Land is Show of Hands’ second studio album featuring ‘The Preacher’, ‘Captains’ and ‘Exile’. Produced in 1995, engineered and mixed by Gerard O’ Farrell, the album features Sarah Allen on whistle, Matt Clifford on piano and keyboards and Nick Scott on pipes. Voted ‘Q’ magazine ‘Folk Album of the Year’ in 1997. Track Listing: The Hunter (Knightley) Unlock Me (Knightley) The Well (Knightley) The Keeper (Knightley) Captains (Knightley) Weary (Knightley) Ratcliffe Highway (Trad. arr. Knightley/Beer) Safe as Houses (Knightley) The Man in Green (Knightley) The Preacher (Knightley) M Ferguson (Trad. arr. Knightley/Beer) Exile (Knightley)
Recorded at the Bull Hotel in Bridport in 1992. Tracks include some great early Knightley originals, along with a version of the ‘Blind Fiddler’ and ‘Exile’, a duet with Polly Bolton.
Track Listing: 1. Silver Dagger (Trad) 2. Blind Fiddler (Trad) 3. Don’t It Feel Good (Knightley) 4. I Still Wait (Knightley) 5. Exile (Knightley) 6. Yankee Clipper (Trad) 7. Man Of War (Knightley) 8. Bonnie Light Horseman (Trad) 9. I’ll Put A Stake Through His Heart (Knightley) 10. Low Down In The Broome (Trad) 11. Six O’Clock Waltz (Knightley) 12. Sit You Down (Knightley) 13. Wolf At The Door (Knightley) 14. Caught In The Rain (Knightley / Clifford) 15. Santiago (Knightley) 16. It’s All Your Fault (Knightley)
A unique memorial concert in Exeter Cathedral, exactly 100 years after the first day of the Battle of the Somme. Poetry read by Jim Carter and Imelda Staunton. Also featuring Chris Hoban and The Lost Sound Chorus.