Tracks:
Fotheringay
Mr. Lacey
Book Song
The Lord Is In This Place
No Man's Land
I'll Keep It With Mine
Eastern Rain
Nottamun Town
Tale In Hard Time
She Moves Through The Fair
Meet On The Ledge
End Of A Holiday
Throwaway Street Puzzle
You're Gonna Need My Help
Some Sweet Day
Mr Lacey
Book Song
'The Lord Is in This Place, How Dreadful Is This Place?'
No Mans Land
I'll Keep It With Mine
Eastern Rain
Nottamun Town
Tale in Hard Time
She Moves Through the Fair
Meet On the Ledge
End of a Holiday
Throwaway Street Puzzle
You're Gonna Need My Help
Some Sweet Day

Performer Notes:

• Fairport Convention: Sandy Denny, Ian Matthews (vocals); Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol (acoustic & electric guitars); Ashley Hutchings (bass); Martin Lamble (drums).
• WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAYS is the original title of the album that was
• released in the U.S. as FAIRPORT CONVENTION.
• German import is digitally remastered and contains three bonus tracks: non-LP b-side "Throwaway Street Puzzle," the unreleased "Some Sweet Day,"and rarity "You're Gonna Need My Help."
• Personnel: Clare Lowther (cello).
• Audio Remasterer: Paschal Byrne.
• Liner Note Author: Ashley Hutchings.
• Recording information: St Peter's Westbourne Grove.
• Photographers: Eric Hayes; Richard Bennett Zeff; Ashley Hutchings.
• Unknown Contributor Role: Martin Lamble.
• Arranger: Fairport Convention.
• An album that revels in an embarrassment of influences which the band bind, making their own. This was the Fairport that ran with the psychedelic underground, flexing their muscles, a slumbering entity about to wake. This was their beatnik phase, producing such evergreens as Sandy Denny's beautiful 'Fotheringay', the first tangible examples of electrified trad in 'Nottamun Town' and 'She Moves Through The Fair' - neither song, incidentally, British. More significantly, Richard Thompson began to move in his own mysterious way, gifting 'Meet On The Ledge' which has since become their signature. Variety, as they say, is the spice of life and this collection adroitly exploits just that.

Professional Reviews: Uncut (5/03, p.118) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...[With] perennial classics..."

NME (Magazine) (11/6/99, p.38) - 8 out of 10 - "...provides a neat summary of the career of the sporadically brilliant Fairport Convention..."

Producer: Joe Boyd, John Walters

Format: CD (1 Disc); Stereo

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Release Date: 10 March, 2003

Label: IMS-ISLAND

Dimensions: 14.4 x 1 x 13 centimeters (0.06 kg)