History Music / LiegeAndLief

Today, [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny it's hard to grasp]] just how radical ''Liege and Lief'' was. The English folk scene was in a deep rut. Anybody producing an amplified instrument, or singing blues, in a folk club was liable to be greeted with stony silence at best and be thrown out at worst. Even the intonation of the singing had to be just so, hence the finger-in-ear stereotype. ''Liege and Lief'' broke the mould forever--but for the band, it was not to last. Sandy Denny had already left by the time it was released, and couldn't be easily replaced. Ashley Hutchings was on his way out, to pursue more traditional sounds with Music/SteeleyeSpan. Music/RichardThompson would stick around for one more album but along with his considerable guitar skills his songwriting was maturing rapidly and he was ready to forge a successful ([[AcclaimedFlop for some values of 'successful']]) solo career. Fairport Convention would continue to record and tour for many years under the guidance of Ashley Hutchings' replacement Dave Pegg, and surviving former members regularly gather at the Cropredy Festival every August, but ''Liege and Lief'' proved to be the band's apogee.

* BalefulPolymorph: Literature/TamLin is transformed by the Queen of Faeries into a snake and a lion in an attempt to stop Janet getting away with him. She's been forewarned, however.

* ChildBallads:

* AllHallowsEve: Janet must rescue Literature/TamLin at midnight as TheFairFolk ride out on this night.

* HumanSacrifice: TheFairFolk are due to pay a tithe to Hell on AllHallowsEve. Literature/TamLin thinks it's going to be him, which is why he wants Janet to rescue him.

# "Literature/LittleMusgraveAndLadyBarnard Matty Groves" - 8:08

# "Matty Groves" - 8:08

* BalefulPolymorph: Literature/TamLin is transformed by the Queen of Faeries into a snake and a lion to stop Janet getting away with him. She's been forewarned, however.