This album really surprised me. I had never heard it before. I expected the familiar sounds of Fairport Convention's taditional folk. Instead I was pleasantly surprised to hear something different. This was more folk rock than the later stuff by this band. many of the cuts could have been from the Byrd's Notorius Byrd Brothers or something from early Jefferson Airplane. This could have easily fit in with the West coast sound. Not much here of traditional British folk.
Probably a lot of this can be attributed to the songs they chose to record. They do Joni Mitchell, Emitt Rhodes and Bob Dylan. This before Sandy denny joined the band and they are clearly trying to find a niche. Ian Matthews shines in the vocals he contributes. They will soon develop that style we know so well as Fairport convention now. This is interesting and somewhat experimental and well worth a listen.
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