The band toured the UK for several months, also visiting Denmark, performing the "Liege & Lief" material before recording it in the studio (also including a performance recorded for BBC radio's "Top Gear"). However, in November 1969, even before the album was released on 2 December, both Hutchings and Denny quit the band: Hutchings to further pursue traditional music in a new band Steeleye Span, and Denny to form her new venture Fotheringay, with more emphasis on her own original compositions. Subsequent to these departures, only Hutchings was replaced (by newcomer Dave Pegg) and thus it was a reduced, 5-man version of the band that went on to record their follow-up album, "Full House", the next year.