The One Fairport Convention album to start with:

RobP posted a comment to ne of my MOG p[osts, and in it, he incidentally asked me what one Fairport Convention album to buy to get a good feel for the band.Didn't take me long to come up with the answer:Well, probably the best place to start with Fairport is to get a good feel for the early years - and there just happens to be a collection called "*History of Fairport Convention*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000026FPM/mikewebersweberw, which covers the group from "*What We Did on Our Holidays*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007J36W/mikewebersweberw (first album with the late great Sandy Denny) through "*Unhalfbricking*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00007J36V/mikewebersweberw, "*Liege and Lief*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000002GFT/mikewebersweberw, "*Full House*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NILD/mikewebersweberw and "*Angel Delight*":http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0002HV2MQ/mikewebersweberw. (See my comments about the individual albums in "*my Fairport guide*":http://electronictiger.com/avail/fairportlist.pdf. That's the BIG version - 900+ kb but Pretty Pictures "*or you can click here*":http://electronictiger.com/avail/fairport_txt.pdf for just the text, about 94k)Oh - if you use the links to Amazon that i gave above to buy any, i'll get a tiny commission on the sale; in spite that, i'll point out that i see there are used copies of virtually all of them offered at the same pages for like $6 or $8 vs. $20+, and i really recommend the Cheap Alternative (or if you can find it Even Cheaper somewhere else, do it and don't worry about me).Just get the music.Heck, if you buy one and don't like it, i'll refund you whatever my commission on the sale was...