It's a great shame the BBC wiped the Top of the Pops recording of this wonderful song. They were at their artistic peak in 71/72 - all I vaguely remember were these guys with very long hair.
Always liked this version better than the one on the album. I used to have the single but someone nicked it. Delighted to find the single version on here, thanks for putting it up.
I was 17 when this record was released and it is is still one of the most evocative records in my collection. It is 40 years since its release and can still cut it for me.
i remember this version too. It's the version i had in 1971 - and then gave away to my childhood sweetheart lol! It's loads better than the other version :) xx
I do remember this version.... I think it is better than the other version.... This group is on elektra records and there is an edited version as well..... Thanks for posting this version.... I remember listening to this song on KGB radio in San Diego on FM Then you couldnt hear this type of song on regular AM stations....
@QueenReigns1 The fact you and you ass fucking family and friends don't own the country and have it all to yourselves so you can presumably father your own grandchildren without having to sign the sex offenders register.
@QueenReigns1 What do you mean ? Should those with Norman blood go back to Normandy? Or all the way to Scandanavia? What about the Angles and Saxons, Jutes and Danes? Shall they go back to Saxony, Juteland, Denmark? Who was in Britain before them? Gauls? Should they go back to Galicia? Or Galatia?Before them was it the Picts? Where should they go back to? Nobody knows much about them. Seems as if Britain has had a lot of immigrants. Who would be left if they went? Boobies and auks?
Wow! For a kid turning16 this song was all mysterious and such.1972 a good year for music
mudrydyr 1 month ago
This is the mix that's on the U.S. vinyl version of "Nicely Out of Tune" that came out on Elektra in the '70s.
nomoremister 1 month ago
@nomoremister Thank you for information! I didn't know!!
vandergraaf78 1 month ago
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nomoremister 1 month ago
Total belter. Saw em live in 1984 for six quid. Best bargain I ever had.
2001perseus 1 month ago 2
This song has got to be one of most the romantic pieces of music ever recorded !
futurethinker123 2 months ago 3
we used to go to the newcastle city hall every christmas in the 80's to see Lindisfarne . brilliant times !!!
Carlitodec14 3 months ago
It's a great shame the BBC wiped the Top of the Pops recording of this wonderful song. They were at their artistic peak in 71/72 - all I vaguely remember were these guys with very long hair.
tonbridgeman 3 months ago
Not heard this version - very different from the "Nicely Out of Tune" album version.
Thanks for uploading.
TerrySleeper 3 months ago
Always liked this version better than the one on the album. I used to have the single but someone nicked it. Delighted to find the single version on here, thanks for putting it up.
tumshfibrox58 4 months ago 5
@tumshfibrox58 You're welcome.
vandergraaf78 4 months ago
love that psychedelic ending.
KingSandwell 4 months ago 4
buuut its alright lady elanor
simbaspyro 5 months ago
Is it just me that thinks this is the Geordie answer to Hotel California
GoweExile 5 months ago
@GoweExile .. It's just you....
Balenzo 5 months ago
@GoweExile Nice one. Spot on.
chardelli 3 months ago
@GoweExile Quite right !!
fleadle34 3 months ago
still my favourite single of all time,so atmospheric.....great story song......
wornormy2 7 months ago
I was 17 when this record was released and it is is still one of the most evocative records in my collection. It is 40 years since its release and can still cut it for me.
Nigel
nigele9 7 months ago 2
class tune ...
mmm888777 7 months ago
My dad named me after this song. I love it so much. I'm so proud to have been called Eleanor after it =o]
giraffestarellie 8 months ago 8
@giraffestarellie I was named after this song too :)
VanillaSkies5793 2 weeks ago
@giraffestarellie same :)
Ellierabbit1 4 days ago
this song is beautiful :)
skittlespaceman23 8 months ago 2
A masterpiece loved it from the start i was 22 in 71.
buggly100 9 months ago 3
i remember this version too. It's the version i had in 1971 - and then gave away to my childhood sweetheart lol! It's loads better than the other version :) xx
jeanie1900 9 months ago
I do remember this version.... I think it is better than the other version.... This group is on elektra records and there is an edited version as well..... Thanks for posting this version.... I remember listening to this song on KGB radio in San Diego on FM Then you couldnt hear this type of song on regular AM stations....
chupas2526 10 months ago 4
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chupas2526 10 months ago
Easy people, don't be fighting on this video please, it's such a shame to see people fighting on such a beautiful song..
sharkboy1456 11 months ago 11
@sharkboy1456 You're right! Please, listen to this song and live in peace :)
vandergraaf78 11 months ago 5
@sharkboy1456 thank you for say it"
Vox572X 9 months ago
slower version (and I think better) than many of the slightly jazzed up later versions of the same song.
tokyostory88 1 year ago
Such a fantastic song. Oh, and fuck you to the racist below.
HullzAngel 1 year ago 2
@HullzAngel
Why is it racist to bemoan the fact that your country is being taken over ?
England is not English and hasn't been for a long time.
Time to kick out the anti England brigade who preach hatred on OUR streets.
QueenReigns1 1 year ago
@QueenReigns1 You dont like it - fuck off up a tall mountain an die like the moaning cunt that you are!
armandin2048 11 months ago
@armandin2048
If I don't like WHAT?...you fuckwit.
QueenReigns1 11 months ago
@QueenReigns1 The fact you and you ass fucking family and friends don't own the country and have it all to yourselves so you can presumably father your own grandchildren without having to sign the sex offenders register.
armandin2048 11 months ago
@armandin2048
Can I take it from your diatribe that you're not English, are you here on a visa, has it expired?
Well in that case..FUCK OFF.
QueenReigns1 11 months ago
@QueenReigns1 What do you mean ? Should those with Norman blood go back to Normandy? Or all the way to Scandanavia? What about the Angles and Saxons, Jutes and Danes? Shall they go back to Saxony, Juteland, Denmark? Who was in Britain before them? Gauls? Should they go back to Galicia? Or Galatia?Before them was it the Picts? Where should they go back to? Nobody knows much about them. Seems as if Britain has had a lot of immigrants. Who would be left if they went? Boobies and auks?
captmark97 11 months ago 2
@captmark97
I don't give a flying fuck where they go.
What we should is kick out all illegal immigrants and stop any more coming in.
But we won't because we're too fucking soft.
QueenReigns1 11 months ago
Lovely Track Lindisfarne a great band it reminds me of England when it was England.Before it was over-run with Immigrants
rarecockneyguvnor 1 year ago
@rarecockneyguvnor
Totally agree.
QueenReigns1 1 year ago
@rarecockneyguvnor unfortunately not so rare cockney wanker
armandin2048 11 months ago