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Fitter Stoke wrote: Hello again all. First post in a while:
Fairport Convention ‘Unhalfbricking’ - for me, THE epochal Fairports release, even more than ‘Liege & Lief’. I first heard this in 1977 shortly after ‘Marquee Moon’ and, once I’d heard ‘Sailor’s Life’, knew exactly where Television had gleaned their guitar sound. As for dear Sandy, well, she never sang nor wrote better than she did here. ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes’ is near perfect, but ‘Autopsy’ (written partly in five time) even finer: the “come lend your time to me” sequence, followed by Richard Thompson’s sublime solo, just floors me
The space between hearing Marquee Moon and A Sailor's Life was around 30 years for me (MM first). And yes the first thing that sprang to my mind when I heard ASL was exactly as you say ... And it is good to see these things written down by someone else. It really is about as blatantly similar as the Stranglers 'Walk On By' vs The Doors (anything but the easiest comparative - 'Light My Fire').
Agreed ‘Unhalfbricking’ beats the hell out of L&L for me. The predecessor 'What We Did On Our Holidays' has some wonderful moments in it too. Shame that ‘Who Knows Where The Time Goes’ didn't quite meet the (as then unreleased) version that Sandy did with the Strawbs though.
Likewise post Marquee Moon Television didn't really do much either ...
Maybe someday I'll get round to listening to post Sandy Fairports ... bar the odd comp I have around.
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