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What We Did on Our Holidays
Studio album by Fairport Convention
Released	January 1969
Recorded	June-October 1968
Genre	Rock
Length	38:07
Label	Hannibal/Island
Producer	Joe Boyd
Professional reviews
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Fairport Convention chronology
Fairport Convention (1968) What We Did on Our Holidays (1969) Unhalfbricking (1969)
Singles from "What We Did on Our Holidays"
"Meet on the Ledge" b/w "Throwaway Street Puzzle" Released: December 1968, Island Records WIP 6047 "I'll Keep It With Mine" b/w "Fotheringay" Released: 1969, USA-only

What We Did on Our Holidays is the title of the second album release by the band Fairport Convention. This album included the vocals of Sandy Denny unlike their previous (and first) album, Fairport Convention. This album contains some very memorably early Fairport tunes. Sandy Denny's vocals are moving, especially their take on "She Moves Through the Fair". When Richard Thompson was asked to sign this CD in the early 90's at a show in Detroit, MI, he responded "Oh, I forgot about this album, and I had no idea it was released on CD. Mind if I take a look at it?"

In the USA, the album was released by A&M Records (SP-4185). It contained an identical tracklisting but featured new cover art, and was retitled "Fairport Convention."

Side 1

1. "Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny)
2. "Mr Lacey" (Ashley Hutchings)
3. "Book Song" (Iain Matthews/Richard Thompson)
4. "The Lord Is in This Place...How Dreadful Is This Place" (Ashley Hutchings/Richard Thompson/Sandy Denny)
5. "No Man's Land" (Richard Thompson)
6. "I'll Keep It With Mine" (Bob Dylan)

Side 2

1. "Eastern Rain" (Joni Mitchell)
2. "Nottamun Town" (Traditional, arr. by Sandy Denny/Iain Matthews/Richard Thompson/Simon Nicol/Ashley Hutchings/Martin Lamble)
3. "Tale in Hard Time" (Richard Thompson)
4. "She Moves Through the Fair" (Traditional, arr. by Sandy Denny/Iain Matthews/Richard Thompson/Simon Nicol/Ashley Hutchings/Martin Lamble)
5. "Meet on the Ledge" (Richard Thompson)
6. "End of a Holiday" (Simon Nicol)

When What We Did on Our Holidays was remastered and reissued, it included three bonus tracks:

1. "Throwaway Street Puzzle" (Ashley Hutchings/Richard Thompson)
2. "You're Gonna Need My Help" (McKinley Morganfield)
3. "Some Sweet Day" (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant)

"The Lord Is In This Place...How Dreadful Is This Place" is based upon "Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground" by Blind Willie Johnson

"Throwaway Street Puzzle" originally released as one side of the 1968 Island Records, UK single, WIP-6047

"You’re Gonna Need My Help" was recorded live for BBC Radio's "Symonds on Sunday" show, producer John Walters and engineer Tony Wilson; first transmission: February 9, 1969.

• Produced by Joe Boyd for Witchseason Productions, Ltd., London
• Recorded at Sound Techniques, London and Olympic Studio No. 1, London except "The Lord Is In This Place..." recorded at St. Peter's Church, Westbourne Grove, West London. Further work recorded at Morgan Studios
• Engineered by John Wood

• Sandy Denny (as Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny) - Vocals, Acoustic & 12-String Acoustic Guitars, Organ, Piano, Harpsichord
• Iain Matthews - Vocals, Congas
• Richard Thompson - Electric, Acoustic & 12-String Acoustic Guitars, Piano Accordion, Vocals
• Ashley Hutchings - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Simon Nicol - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Autoharp, Electric Dulcimer, Backing Vocals
• Martin Lamble - Drums, Percussion, Violin, Tabla & Footsteps

with:

• Bruce Lacey & his Robots on "Mr. Lacey"
• Claire Lowther - Cello on "Book Song"
• Kingsley Abbott - Coins on "The Lord Is In This Place...," Backing Vocals on "Meet on the Ledge"
• Paul Ghosh, Andrew Horvitch & Marc Ellington - Backing Vocals on "Meet on the Ledge"
• Peter Ross - Harmonica on "Throwaway Street Puzzle"