Album
What We Did On Our Holidays
1969 · Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
What We Did On Our Holidays is a Rock album by Fairport Convention, originally released in 1969. On Gatefold: 76 pressings tracked.
About
What We Did on Our Holidays is the second album release by the band Fairport Convention and was the first to feature Sandy Denny, whose "haunting, ethereal vocals gave Fairport a big boost", according to Allmusic's reviewer. The album also showed a move towards the folk rock for which they became noted, including tracks later to become perennial favourites such as "Fotheringay" and the song traditionally used to close live concert, "Meet on the Ledge". The album has been described by author Richie Unterberger as "a near-ideal balance between imaginative reworkings of traditional folk songs ... quality covers of contemporary folk-rock singer-songwriter, some quite obscure ... and original folk-rock material by various members". Simon Nicol has cited the album as his favourite. The cover features a sketch of the band performing, described in the album credits as "from a blackboard assaulted by Fairport Convention" and the reverse of the original sleeve a photograph of the band performing. The Island Masters 1990 re-release IMCD 97 also features a portrait of Sandy Denny. .
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Tracklist
- 1Fotheringay3:04
- 2Mr. Lacey2:52
- 3Book Song3:13
- 4The Lord Is In This Place1:58
- 5No Man's Land2:29
- 6I'll Keep It With Mine5:53
- 7Eastern Rain3:35
- 8Nottamun Town3:10
- 9Tale In Hard Time3:26
- 10She Moves Through the Fair4:11
- 11Meet On the Ledge2:49
- 12End of a Holiday1:08
- 13Throwaway Street Puzzle3:26
- 14You're Gonna Need My Help (BBC)4:07
- 15Some Sweet Day2:32
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Folk Rock
- warm
- wistful
- pastoral
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ashley HutchingsBASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
- Iain MatthewsVOCALS, CONGAS
- Martin LambleDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION, VIOLIN, TABLA
- Richard ThompsonLEAD GUITAR VOCALS, GUITAR, PIANO, ACCORDION SLIDE GUITAR
- Sandy DennyVOCALS VOCALS, GUITAR, ORGAN, PIANO, HARPSICHORD
- Simon NicolGUITAR, AUTOHARP , DULCIMER , BACKING VOCALS RHYTHM GUITAR
- Andrew HorvitchBACKING VOCALS
- Clare LowtherCELLO
- Kingsley AbbottBACKING VOCALS
- Marc EllingtonBACKING VOCALS
- Paul GhoshBACKING VOCALS
- Pete RossHARMONICA
- Prof. Bruce Lacey
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 76 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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