Lindisfarne
 Lindisfarne's
first three albums, released on Charisma between 1970 and 1972,
are all bona-fide classics full of boozy, raggle-taggle charm and
endearing amateurism, in a sense, yet made impregnable then and
now by Geordie poet, songwriter and vocalist Alan Hull's searing combination of
canny observation, pathos, wit and vitriol.
Famously, a period of working in a mental institution prior to
joining the band inspired his writing of the bulk of the material on the first
two albums - with the Fog On The Tyne LP delivering a
feel-good Top 10 single in Meet Me On The Corner, and
becoming the best selling album in Britain for 1971.
The third album, Dingly Dell, was seen as a
disappointment at the time and the band split.
They re-grouped at Christmas 1977 and have more or less carried
on treading the boards ever since, albeit now without the late
Alan Hull, guitarist Simon Cowe and singer Ray Jackson.
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