The album led me to other artists and other purchases: the amazing guitarist Richard Thompson and his solo work the super great vocalist (and Richard’s ex-wife) Linda Thompson the early folk-rock-jazz groups, Pentangle and the Strawbs and the angelic vocalist Sandy Denny. I knew virtually nothing about the 1960s and 1970s English folk rock group when I bought Chronicles, a wonderful compilation that sounds like a very well done studio album. ![]() ![]() This is true with Fairport Convention, in a way. I went ‘wow’ and have since collected about 8 or 10 Kinks records, many cut-outs and bargain bin material (Soap Opera anyone?) The Kinks were a band like that, I think my first Kinks record was a Pye label greatest hits. I used greatest hits to learn about an artist that I didn’t know too well and see if it led me to a whole new avenue of music. I am most of the time a fan of ‘best-of’ or ‘greatest hits’ collections. To this end I went down various paths in my musical tastes and purchases. ![]() In other words I wasn’t looking for rare I was looking for cheap. Those of you reading my blog know by now, I wasn’t a collector of records for value’s sake.
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