Fairport Convention-Fairport Convention (1968)


 

Artist: Fairport Convention

Title: Fairport Convention

Label: Polydor

Format: CD

Cat: 835  230-2

Year of Release: 1968

Country and Year of Edition: US 1990

Sell Price: $4.58 VG+/VG+ 7/11/24

Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/24 VG+/NM $2.37

Low: $2.00

Median: $4.60

Average: $4.97

High: $7.69

Current low price: $4.67

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17

Have/Want: 227/59

Where Sold: Swanton, VT

Time it took to sell: 11 years

Where and When Purchased: Sounds on St. Marks NYC early 90's $7.99 sticker still on it

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A-

Sad To See It Go: No

The debut from Fairport Convention is up there with their best but maybe not quite the level of the next few Unhalfbricking, What We Did On Our Holiday and Liege & Lief.

The album kicks off with a cover of Emmit Rhodes band The Merry-Go-Round, "Time Will Show The Wiser."  It sounds more like the style of "Open My Eyes" by Nazz.  Then you get a ballad from Joni Mitchell's Clouds album "I Don't Know Where I Stand."  Another Clouds appearance is an album standout, the oft-heard and covered "Chelsea Morning" abiet rocked up a bit.

As for the bands material, I guess "Jack O' Diamonds" was the standout.  I've had a few listens today and the rest of the material still doesn't stand out for me the way the others do outside of it being enjoyable atmospheric British Folk Rock.

They put a more distinctive stamp on it later.

For further review:

Fairport Convention-House Full (1986)

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