Track Listing 1. Fotheringay 2. Mr Lacey 3. Book Song 4. Lord Is In This Place 5. No Man's Land 6. I'll Keep It With Mine 7. Eastern Rain 8. Nottamun Town 9. Tale In Hard Time 10. She Moves Through The Fair 11. Meet Me On The Ledge 12. End Of A Holiday 13. Throwaway Street Puzzle 14. You're Gonna Need My Help 15. Some Sweet Day
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Joe Boyd | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes Fairport Convention: Sandy Denny, Ian Matthews (vocals); Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol (acoustic & electric guitars); Ashley Hutchings (bass); Martin Lamble (drums).WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAYS is the original title of the album that wasreleased in the U.S. as FAIRPORT CONVENTION.German import is digitally remastered and contains three bonus tracks: non-LP b-side "Throwaway Street Puzzle," the unreleased "Some Sweet Day,"and rarity "You're Gonna Need My Help."An album that revels in an embarrassment of influences which the band bind, making their own. This was the Fairport that ran with the psychedelic underground, flexing their muscles, a slumbering entity about to wake. This was their beatnik phase, producing such evergreens as Sandy Denny's beautiful 'Fotheringay', the first tangible examples of electrified trad in 'Nottamun Town' and 'She Moves Through The Fair' - neither song, incidentally, British. More significantly, Richard Thompson began to move in his own mysterious way, gifting 'Meet On The Ledge' which has since become their signature. Variety, as they say, is the spice of life and this collection adroitly exploits just that.
Editorial Reviews 4 stars out of 5 - ...[With] perennial classics...NME (11/6/99, p.38) - 8 out of 10 - ...provides a neat summary of the career of the sporadically brilliant Fairport Convention... Uncut (05/01/2003)
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