Tall Ships (album)

Tall Ships
Studio album by Show of Hands
Released	1990
Recorded	1990
Genre	Folk progressive folk
Label	Self-released
Producer	Show of Hands
Show of Hands chronology
Show of Hands (1987) Tall Ships (1990) Out for the Count (1991)

Tall Ships is the second album by Show of Hands, released in 1990 on cassette only. It contains the band's 22 minute medley "Tall Ships". Songs from the album appear on Backlog 1987-1991, a 1995 album containing songs from the band's earlier material^[1] for the first time on CD. This was due to Tall Ships going out of print later in 1990.

Steve Knightley said that "Tall Ships" is set in a small West Country fishing village in the years just after the Napoleonic Wars.^[2] Some of "Tall Ships" appears on their debut Show of Hands, albeit in a different recording. The full 22 minute version appears again on Backlog 1987-1991 and Roots - The Very Best of Show of Hands.

The album is sometimes referred to as Tall Ships/Six O Clock Waltz, as "Tall Ships" takes up all of Side A whilst "Six O Clock Waltz" opens Side B.