Conventions

By raysteer on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

I feel the …
I feel the experiment ran aground because the figurehead and the captain left the fiddler at the helm (excuse the excessive imagery), not because it was destined to. Those three creative talents clearly believed they belonged in three different bands, it was maybe that big idea which kept them together long enough to create something special, without it Fotheringay might have been the last Denny/Thompson FP album, and we wouldn’t be having this conversation, I suppose only they know that! (:

By raysteer on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

@jet9491 Thank you …
@jet9491 Thank you for your polite and considered reply. I agree it all depends where you’re coming from, if you enjoy the stuff they did before the “very english electro-folk experiment” it’s clear you would have wanted them to continue and develop in a similar vein. I’m a big fan of the handfull of (IMHO) great works they produced at the beginning of that period, which stand up as great music regardless of genre.

By JoshSigurdsonMusic on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

hey, nice vid, i …
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By jet9491 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

@raysteer We …
@raysteer We obviously have a difference of opinion on this. Nothing wrong with that! I know, however, that many others share my view. Have a look, for example, at the excellent entry on Fairport Convention on the All Music website.

By raysteer on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

@jet9491 Are you …
@jet9491 Are you surprised that musicians of such talent didn’t want to keep on doing covers and messing around with established genres? After all, this song, Fotheringay, is a precurser of the great work they were to produce for a short period later. As a composition I found “I’ll Keep It With Mine” generic and second rate, I’m glad they moved away from that sort of thing.

By MrMichaelrobinson on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

Had the awesome to …
Had the awesome to listen to Fairport Convention live several times and remember a concert in Harlow around 1974 when Sandy was in full flight with Fairport. A voice that will ring down the generations to come and I trust never to be forgotten God Bless you Sandy

By padraigpurseal on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

@dasGagaTier

I …
@dasGagaTier

I have really fond memory of this song. As a nipper in the late 60′s my mother was about to spank me for being bold when this song was played on the radio she was so mesmarised that she stoped and just sent me to my room.
So in the years that followed I have always been just as stung. How right you are such a voice though god rest her she was dead before I was really able to appreciate her

By jt20042 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

AMAZING. Overall I …
AMAZING. Overall I like Unhalbricking better, but WWDOOH is brilliant and this is one of Sandy’s best ever songs. Every Fairport album is great in some way, and the debut is too, but Sandy owns my heart:)

By neohip on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

@jet9491
Each to …
@jet9491
Each to there own!.
I agree that this is the best of the “classic” ( I hate that word!) lineup,I found just as much pleasure if not more from the later stuff.Richard and Sandy may have left,but they never did a truly bad album!.

By michael50ist on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

my goddess
my goddess

By routeoz on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

ha ha ha. good …
ha ha ha. good comment.

By RWJ11 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

Her voice is just …
Her voice is just so sensual, low but so intense, one of the greatest folksingers of all time.
It almost distracts you from Richard Thompson’s fabulous guitar style, which made me want to play in the first place.

By jet9491 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

Believe me, this …
Believe me, this album is the best thing they ever did – every track’s a gem (check out their version of Dylan’s “I’ll Keep It With Mine”) Such a pity that they changed direction so dramatically after ‘Unhalfbricking’.

By KeithEss on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

So true. So true
So true. So true

By peteragain on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

Soothing….

Who …
Soothing….

Who needs to talk to people when you can lock your self in a room with this kind of music?

By Thorsson64 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

Different to the …
Different to the later Albums but just as good. Fantastically played and brilliantly sung. Great musicians don’t need all the modern day tricks to create superb music.

By lightdancermagi on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

so gorgeous!
so gorgeous!

By dasGagaTier on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

one of the best …
one of the best songs of all time, sung by one of the greatest folksingers of all time.

By cjwynes on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

Big fan of …
Big fan of Unhalfbricking and Liege&Lief, checkin’ out this vid to see if the preceding album was any good, and it sounds pretty nice I gotta say.

By caran26 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

This so beautiful …
This so beautiful song was already a favorite of me on YT , but it was removed .
So I really hope this posting will have a better fate and survive for a very long time being enjoyed by many ! I guess you know that this song gave it’s name also to a band Fotheringay with Sandy Denny,Trevor Lucas,Jerry Donahue,Gerry Conway and Pat Donaldson as members.

By paulaontic1 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

This is so …
This is so beautiful….Thank you for posting it…I have walked in the footsteps of this song in my past….

By Helstar91 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

awesome
awesome

By elvissweet on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

oh man I love this …
oh man I love this song, haven’t heard in years now I am back then!

By GarethBuxton on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

One day you’ll meet …
One day you’ll meet on the ledge.

By labrax21 on Jun 7, 2010 | Reply

Thanks. This is a …
Thanks. This is a great song.