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Stroll On

Stroll On is the debut album by British singer-songwriter Steve Ashley. It was released in April 1974 in LP format on Gull Records and was critically acclaimed in the UK, being awarded “Contemporary Folk album of the Year” in the leading monthly folk magazine, Folk Review. It has been described as "a masterful, beautifully textured and gentle epic" and "a masterpiece of its kind – a beautiful, rich and deeply atmospheric collection of very English songs, like a musical impression of Dickens, Victorian Christmas cards and Thomas Hardy’s Wessex with a running concept concerning seasonal change". According to the music collectors' magazine Goldmine, it is "one of the key albums in the entire history of English Folk Rock". An extended version with three additional tracks, Stroll On Revisited, was released in 1999 as a CD on Market Square Records.

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Stroll On is the debut album by British singer-songwriter Steve Ashley. It was released in April 1974 in LP format on Gull Records and was critically acclaimed in the UK, being awarded “Contemporary Folk album of the Year” in the leading monthly folk magazine, Folk Review. It has been described as "a masterful, beautifully textured and gentle epic" and "a masterpiece of its kind – a beautiful, rich and deeply atmospheric collection of very English songs, like a musical impression of Dickens, Victorian Christmas cards and Thomas Hardy’s Wessex with a running concept concerning seasonal change". According to the music collectors' magazine Goldmine, it is "one of the key albums in the entire history of English Folk Rock". An extended version with three additional tracks, Stroll On Revisited, was released in 1999 as a CD on Market Square Records.

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  1. release date: 1974 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  3. release date: 1974 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  4. release date: 1974 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  5. release date: 1974 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1974". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. The record states that the release date is "1974". What evidence would count against this claim?
  5. The record states that the release date is "1974". What evidence would count against this claim?
  6. The record states that the release date is "1974". What evidence would count against this claim?
  7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  8. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1304407630

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