Ian Matthews - Stealin Home

[David W]

Just bought a picture disc of this album in a second hand store for £3.

Worth the money or not?

DW

[davidmjs]

Just bought a picture disc of this album in a second hand store for £3.

Worth the money or not?

DW

You decide... https://www.discogs.com/sell/release/922649

[Will S]

For many years it was the only IM album I owned, having found it in a secondhand shop in Sheffield in the late 80s (the US release - goodness knows how it got there).  I've always enjoyed it as an album though it isn't anything groundbreaking.

[David W]

Looking forward to.giving it a spin, I have often wondered what if Ian had not left FC giving them a really charismatic front man.

DW

[davidmjs]

Looking forward to.giving it a spin, I have often wondered what if Ian had not left FC giving them a really charismatic front man.

DW

He's got a great voice and I love a fair chunk of his work (and always enjoy his guest spots), but he doesn't ever show much interest in the English folk tradition...so there's a fairly fundamental schism between almost everything Fairport did after the summer of '69 and his own career.

[Peter Allen]

Iain was exactly the right singer  to be the foil to Judy and Sandy but he moved on at the right time for both Fairport (as they moved to English trad from Jefferson West Coast) and for himself ( Americana and "Woodstock" around the corner)

I think CBS pushed Ian to be more mainstream , his Vertigo LP's are more collectable , but that's more to do with the swirl label design and scarcity
His voice remains superb 50 years on from his big hit , and as David says anytime he's rejoined Fairport on stage  his contributions have been A1