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Fairport Convention - One Sweet Day (1968)

Track listing:
  1. It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry-I Don't Know Where I Stand 6:29
  2. You Never Wanted Me-Impromptu Song-Some Sweet Day 9:18
  3. Close The Door Lightly When You Go 2:53
  4. Reno Nevada 2:07

Notes

Whittlesey Barn Barbecue
Whit Sunday

Sandy Denny
Ashley Hutchings
Martin Lamble
Simon Nicol
Richard Thompson
Ian Matthews


Richard Thompson in the foreword to Pamela Murray Winter's unpublished biography of Sandy Denny:
"Fairport Convention in 1968 was a repository of shy, retiring North London intellectuals. Teaming up with Sandy was like a Mini colliding with a lorry-load of bricks. She taught us to express our musical passions, gave us a real voice at the sharp end of our creativity, and we played our hearts out with little thought of anything else."

This tape was recorded only 2 1/2 weeks after Sandy joined Fairport. It was their 2nd live performance together, but still it sounds like they been together for ages. And they really played their hearts out.