Fairport Convention
What We Did On Our Holidays
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Fairport Convention

What We Did On Our Holidays
Rare 1969 UK Pink Label (With Circle Logo To The Left) First Pressing Housed In A Front Laminated Cover. Only The Very Earliest Pressings Came In This Delicate Cover. Later Pressings Had Both Front And Back Laminated. The Delicate Cover Has Some Very Minor Wrinkles To The Laminate, But Retains Its Full Gloss. The LP Appears Virtually Unplayed With Glossy Surfaces. There Is A Small Spot Of Sticker Residue On The Label. Has Closed In Similar Condition At Over $700 On The Bay. “Sandy Denny's Haunting, Ethereal Vocals Gave Fairport A Big Boost On Her Debut With The Group. A More Folk-Based Album Than Their Initial Effort, What We Did On Our Holidays Was Divided Between Original Material And A Few Well-Chosen Covers. This Contains Several Of Their Greatest Moments: Denny's "Fotheringay," Richard Thompson's "Meet On The Ledge," The Obscure Joni Mitchell Composition "Eastern Rain," The Traditional "She Moves Through The Fair," And Their Version Of Bob Dylan's "I'll Keep It With Mine." And More Than Simply Being A Collection Of Good Songs (With One Or Two Pedestrian Ones), It Allowed Fairport To Achieve Its Greatest Internal Balance, And Indeed One Of The Finest Balances Of Any Major Folk-Rock Group. The Strong Original Material, Covers Of Little-Known Songs By Major Contemporary Songwriters Such As Dylan And Mitchell, And Updates Of Traditional Material Were Reminiscent Of The Blend Achieved By The Byrds On Their Early Albums, With Fairport Convention Giving A British Slant To The Idiom.” Richie Unterberger, AMG.

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