Fairport ConventionWhat We Did On Our Holidays

Label:

Island Records – ILPS 9092

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Folk Rock

Tracklist

A1 Fotheringay
Written-ByDenny*
3:03
A2 Mr. Lacey
Written-ByHutchings*
2:50
A3 Book Song
Written-ByThompson*
3:12
A4 "The Lord Is In This Place....How Dreadful Is This Place."
Written-ByDenny*
1:50
A5 No Man's Land
Written-ByThompson*
2:23
A6 I'll Keep It With Mine
Written-ByBob Dylan
5:50
B1 Eastern Rain
Written-ByJoni Mitchell
3:36
B2 Nottamun Town
Arranged ByFairport*
Written-ByTrad.*
3:07
B3 Tale In Hard Time
Written-ByThompson*
3:24
B4 She Moves Through The Fair
Arranged ByFairport*
Written-ByTrad.*
4:09
B5 Meet On The Ledge
Written-ByThompson*
2:49
B6 End Of A Holiday
Written-ByNicol*
1:06

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyIsland Records Ltd.
  • Recorded AtSt Peters Westbourne Grove
  • Produced ForWitchseason Productions Ltd.
  • Engineered AtSound Techniques, London
  • Copyright ©Warlock Music Ltd.
  • Copyright ©Blossom Music
  • Copyright ©Essex Music
  • Pressed ByOrlake Records

Credits

  • CelloClare Lowther (tracks: A3)
  • Design [Sleeve Design]Diogenic Attempts Ltd.
  • ElectronicsProf. Bruce Lacey (tracks: A2)
  • EngineerJohn Wood
  • PerformerSimon Nicol
  • Photography ByRichard Bennett Zeff
  • Photography By [Front]Annie Brown
  • ProducerJoe Boyd

Notes

First issue on pink Island labels with ''bullseye'' logo in front laminated sleeve. Note that the sleeve has 'Made in England' credit and no printer's name. Reissue sleeves are fully laminated.

Contains original white polylined flipback inner sleeve, with center window-hole, text - U.K Patent No. 1,072,844 - and - Foreign Patents Pending - (two lines) on bottom right corner.

A4 recorded at St Peters Westbourne Grove.

All compositions © Warlock Music Ltd. except A6 Blossom Music & B1 Essex Music.

℗ 1968

Runouts are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A variant 1): ILPS+9092+A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B variant 1): ILPS+9092+B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A variant 2): ILPS+9092+A2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B variant 2): ILPS+9092+B3

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What We Did On Our Holidays (LP, Album, Test Pressing) Island Records ILPS 9092 UK 1968
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What We Did On Our Holidays (LP, Album, Stereo) Island Records ILPS 9092 UK 1968
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What We Did On Our Holidays (LP, Album, Stereo, No run-in between B5 + B6) Island Records ILPS 9092 UK 1968
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What We Did On Our Holidays (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Pink/Black Block) Island Records ILPS 9092, ILPS-9092 UK 1969
Fairport Convention (LP, Album, Stereo, Pitman Pressing) A&M Records SP-4185 US 1969

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Reviews

  • plaffey's avatar
    plaffey
    True UK 1st pressings sound fantastic . Plenty of air between instruments makes this pressing incredibly transparent . Island records had a habbit of pressing Incredible sounding records in the 60's and 70's .
    • ShipOfGlass's avatar
      ShipOfGlass
      Mine has the same labels and inner sleeve but is all gloss and back cover says "Printed and made by..." on the back cover (bottom right). Which version do i have?
      • DominicJones's avatar
        DominicJones
        My copy of this has the album label giving the date as 1968.

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