FOTHERINGAY "Fotheringay" 1970 UK PINK ISLAND 1st PRESS

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FOTHERINGAY "Fotheringay" 1970 UK PINK ISLAND 1st PRESS
BARELY PLAYED BEAUTIFUL SANDY DENNY CLASSIC


FOTHERINGAY
Fotheringay

HERE WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL UK PINK ISLAND (ILPS 9125) FIRST PRESSING (1970) OF FOTHERINGAY'S SUPERB EPONYMOUS DEBUT LP PRODUCED BY THE LEGENDARY JOE BOYD

PRESSED ON QUALITY MID-WEIGHT VINYL WITH DEEP CUT GROOVES WHICH DELIVER BEAUTIFUL, DEEP, RICH AUDIO, THE ALBUM HAS THE FIRST PINK ISLAND LABELS WITH THE MATRIX: ILPS 9125 A-2U, ILPS 9125 B-2U AND IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATTE GATEFOLD COVER
A VERY NICE 1970 UK FIRST PRESSING IN BARELY PLAYED CONDITION

When Sandy Denny departed Fairport Convention, insisting that she wanted to concentrate upon her own songwriting rather than pursue the band's exploration of traditional English music, she never meant she also intended abandoning the folk idiom itself. Although all but two of the songs on this, her first post-Fairport project, are indeed original compositions, it is readily apparent that, like former bandmate Richard Thompson, her greatest talents lay distinctly within the same traditions as the poets and balladeers of earlier centuries, while the fact that fully one-half of Fotheringay itself would eventually join Fairport illustrates the care that went into the band's formation. Even the group's name resonates -- "Fotheringay" was also one of Denny's best-loved Fairport songs. Listening to the album, too, one can see and hear the mothership all over the show, from the tight dynamics of "The Sea" to the simple beauty of "Winter Winds" and on to the showpiece "Banks of the Nile," a Napoleonic Wars-era ballad set firmly in the storytelling mold of "A Sailor's Life," "Tam Linn," and the post-Denny Fairport's own "Bonnie Bunch of Roses." The presence of producer Joe Boyd and guest vocalist Linda Peters complete the sense of a family affair.

Where Fotheringay and Fairport drift apart is in the instrumentation -- one of Fairport's most-endearing talents, after all, was the sense of ramshackle adventure that the bandmembers brought to their recordings. Fotheringay was far more "musicianly," packing a perfectionism that comes close, in places, to stifling the sheer exuberance of the music. The overuse of Trevor Lucas' distinctly mannered vocals, too, reveals the album in a disappointing light -- great guitarist though he was, his voice offers nothing that you could not hear in any amateur folk club, any night of the week, rendering Dylan's "Too Much of Nothing," Gordon Lightfoot's "The Way I Feel," and his own "Ballad of Ned Kelly" little more than makeweights. Such failings are completely overshadowed, of course, by the triumphs that are Denny's finest contributions -- the best of which close the album on a peak unheard since "The Sea," back at the beginning of the cycle. "The Banks of the Nile" rates among the loveliest and most evocative performances of her entire career, while the hauntingly hypnotic "Two Weeks Last Summer" and a moody "Gypsy Davey" draw out an expressiveness that had similarly been in short supply elsewhere on the record. The end result is an album that, while every Denny fan should hear it, is best experienced sliced and diced across the various compilations that purport to tell the story of Fairport Convention. Bereft of the faults that never make those collections, Fotheringay deserves every kind word that has ever been sent in the band's direction.


Track Listing:
Side 1: Nothing More / The Sea / The Ballad of Ned Kelly / Winter Winds / Peace in the End
Side 2: The Way I Feel / The Pond and the Stream / Too Much of Nothing / Banks of the Nile

LABELS: BEAUTIFULLY CLEAN and BRIGHT with NO wear and only a few (very) light spindle traces. THIS COPY HAS SEEN LIGHT PLAY ONLY
VINYL Visual: The surfaces have their original DEEP, LIKE NEW, GLOSSY SHEEN and are practically UNMARKED
VINYL Audio: SUPERB audio delivery - CRYSTAL CLEAR, SHARP and RICH. On first inspection the LP looks virtually MINT but there is a tiny, tiny scratch on the first track which took me by surprise (as I hadn't noticed it) on play-grading the LP as it clicked sharply (if only THREE times) as it was passed over (it did not skip on my system and I have an ORTOPHON cartridge with a 1.75 gram tracking weight). Otherwise the playback is pretty much PERFECT and the LP plays with SUPERB CLARITY, NO groove-wear and NO distortion. Must be graded EXCELLENT because of the scratch (albeit extremely tiny) but overall a much, MUCH higher grading. NOT over-graded in ANY way as I use strict RECORD COLLECTOR grading standards (please refer to my feedback and 'about me' page). In fact, apart from the aforementioned tiny scratch I would say that the audio is NEAR MINT
SLEEVE: The 1st issue gatefold sleeve is in EXCELLENT condition with just some rubbing to the spine but all the text is still CLEAR and BOLD and a little ring wear to the back. There are also a couple of marks on the front (see close up pic). Otherwise, a SUPERB, CLEAN and CRISP sleeve

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A VERY NICE FIRST PRESS COPY OF THIS BEAUTIFUL LP AND ONE WHICH PLAYS TO A VERY, VERY HIGH STANDARD (apart from that pesky, tiny 3 click scratch!!!) SO IF YOU CAN LIVE WITH THAT (and it is pretty minor) THIS REALLY IS A BEAUTIFUL COPY!!
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