Red Blinders: Vinyl LP Coil Richard Thompson left Fairport Convention

Richard Thompson left Fairport Convention

Including the singles ‘I Bow Down’ and ‘Baboo’

it feels like everyone wants each other to succeed

THE BBC TOP GEAR SESSION FROM 1968 (INCLUDING THE “LOST” PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED VERSION OF “OCTOPUS”) & THE SINGLE TRACKS ‘PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO’ & ‘FIREBRAND’ A FACSIMILE 180 GRAM VINYL LP OF “THE AEROSOL GREY MACHINE” HOUSED IN THE WITHDRAWN UK GATEFOLD SLEEVE DESIGN (CUT AT ABBEY ROAD STUDIOS) A 7-INCH SINGLE OF THE VERY RARE WITHDRAWN RELEASE “PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO” b/w ‘FIREBRAND” A BOOK WITH MANY PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN PHOTOS AND CUTTINGS AND AN ESSAY BY SID SMITH FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH PETER HAMMILL A 1968 POSTER DESIGNED BY PETER HAMMILL

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Red Blinders: Vinyl LP Coil Richard Thompson left Fairport ConventionYou can imagine John Peels hurriedly inaccurate summation of a cold and unforgiving Swedish winter as he juxtaposes the big jumper like welcoming warmth of Hater. Their lush and tempered guitars are an almost Marr approved Smiths like foil for Caroline Landahls beautifully accented and accentuated vocal its a heartwarming brew. We know little of their home town, Malmo, Peel might have mused, caught up in Haters minor chord world weariness, other than