Folk goes pop by way of The Wombles. A version of the sung produced by Mike Batt, who also created The Wombles’ band, and was a top five hit back in 1975, just after The Wombles had albums in the UK charts for more weeks than any other act in 1974. Blimey.
Links:
- Stream “All Around My Hat” at Spotify
- Steeleye Span’s site
- The “Electric Eden Ether Reprise… from the wild woods to broadcasts from the pylons…” post at A Year In The Country and an earlier visit to Mike Batt and Steeleye Span’s almost toppermost of the poppermost collaboration
