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The trajectory that Fairport Convention took in the space of four albums and two years is one of the most remarkable in British popular music.
These records contain some of the most storied names not just in British, but world music. From a bunch of school friends setting out to be 'the British Jefferson Airplane', over the course of their frst quartet of releases, the group metamorphosed into the leading exponents of British folk rock. In the way American folk and blues had looked back to gospel songs and spirituals, Fairport mined a seam a traditional English folk song, and then combined them with rock rhythms to create something ground- breaking and quickly emulated.For many, this is the frst time the considerable talents of Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, Ian Matthews, Dave Swarbrick and Dave Mattacks would have been heard on record.
Tracklist
Time Will Show The Wiser
I Don't Know Where I Stand
If (Stomp)
Decameron
Jack O'Diamonds
Portfolio
Chelsea Morning
Sun Shade
The Lobster
It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft
One Sure Thing
M1 Breakdown