Line Out - Comments on Ian Matthews British Folk Also-Ran http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran There are so many folk singers in the ‘70s who just missed making a bigger splash. Pretty good songwriting, nice voices and good production work, but the public just seemed to be overloaded with them. So they made their... Copyright 2008 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:42:35 -0800 Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:32:33 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dougsf Since you like Matthew's Southern Comfort, look for Plainsong's In Search of Amelia Earhart if you don't own it already. Probably the IM related LP I listen to the most in its entirety.

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c871571 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c871571 Dust Bin Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:35:31 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Also weird you actually used the sentence "later that same year...", but didn't mention the album of that name. "To Love" off that one is fantastic.

Anyhow, great post. I don't ever see the first LP around and didn't know much about it.

]]> Dougsf http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c871608 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c871608 Dust Bin Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:58:16 -0800 Comment by terry miller i was trying to stick to the solo stuff. i love plainsong's "amelia" album, but that is a post in and of itself. (a british guy starts a group and does a concept album about how amelia earhart is really alive andspying on the japanese during ww2. then group breaks up because one of them is on the drink.)

]]> terry miller http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c871614 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c871614 Dust Bin Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:04:39 -0800 Comment by nipper Also...with a bit of effort all these GREAT LPs are findable for LESS than $10 each!

]]> nipper http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c872775 http://lineout.thestranger.com/2007/12/ian_matthews_british_folk_alsoran#c872775 Dust Bin Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:32:33 -0800