TalkAwhile - The Folk Corporation Forum

There's an interesting new Iain/Plainsong book out on Route soon...the Ltd Ed comes with a CD of a previously unheard Plainsong concert, recorded at the Folk Fairport cafe in Amsterdam in April 1972.

http://www.route-online.com/all-books/in-search-of-plainsong.html

Looks good. It was a fabulous , and well played, album. Never saw them live but have seen most of those who passed through the ranks at some time or other.

This was my route into all things Fairport, and therefore folk. My dad had the original album so this will be a nice birthday present for him. And I can then borrow it from him and never give it back, like I did the album :)

Thanks for the link.

Partly mine as well.  Up in Virginia, I had a group of friends I'd visit whenever the Dead were playing around the area (which was often).  We'd all converge at Willy's house in the country.  He had a great collection of used, eclectic records he had taken chances on from the dollar bends.  A ragged copy of Amelia was one of those albums and Angel Delight was another. Both were cherished favorites that would always find their way to the turntable as the night wore on.  We didn't know who in the hell they were, but we knew they were damn good and fit our mojo and scene perfectly.

At this point, my quest for putting together the FotheringPortConfusion puzzle soon after became one of the most enjoyable obsessions of my record buying youth.  In the early 80's, all those records were rare birds, and finding one was always a hoot.  

I remember Willy's baffled face as I informed him how the two bands were actually connected.  I don't recall us even considering Plainsong being British until then.