FAIRPORT CONVENTION/ROSIE ILPS 9208 (-73) UK

 After the, to my taste, groundbreaking folk rock opera album "Babbacombe Lee"  https://monolover.blogspot.com/2016/03/fairport-conventionbabbacombe-lee-ilps.html  this comes through as lot less ambitious and also a little less folk-rocking then most of their other earlier stuff. At this time all founding members were gone and new here was songwriter/ vocalist/guitarist Trevor Lucas and guitarist Jerry Donahue, both earlier in Fotheringay  https://monolover.blogspot.com/2019/09/fortheringay-6339-010-70-germany_23.html  - which could explain the slightly more pop orientated style here. What saved that for me was Sandy Denny, who does a guest apperance here, but sadly only on the title track where she sings background together with Linda Peters. Those two did a lot good together on The Bunch's "Rock On" album https://monolover.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-bunchrock-on-sil-934574-72-new.html and it would have saved a lot to have them up front on all of it here. But it is what it is and there are still things for me to enjoy. Title track emotional enough, "Mathew, Mark, Luke & John" good and rather heavy English folk, "Hungarian Rhapsody" more pop than folk yet charming, "Knights Of The Road" country rock with nice guitars. The audio on this press is top notch - loud and clear. Issued and reissued all over the world on LP and CD through the years, also cassette and 8-track. First US on A&M (SP-4386). EU CD on Island (982 150-2) came with five live tracks as bonus. Premiere UK had label as shown here in a thin matt cover.  (FÄHZ*)  (BRYF*)