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Baker's Dozen

Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives

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Fairport Convention –Unhalfbricking
Fairport Convention –Liege & Lief
Fairport Convention –What We Did On Our Holiday

All three albums are pure magic, and I could run out of superlatives trying to talk about them. My favourite rendition of ‘Reynardine’ as well as a great ‘Tam Lin’. ‘Sailor’s Tale’ has probably been the biggest influence on the most recent Earth records, ‘Meet On The Ledge’ is so fucking good. ‘Cajun Queen’ is rocking in all the right ways, everybody is firing on all cylinders on these tracks. ‘She Moved Through The Fair’ is so good and so scary and so sublime. ‘The Lord Is In This Place And This Place Is Terrible…’ is pure witchery, ‘Come All Ye Rolling Minstrels’ is the finest mission statement of any band, and ‘Farewell’ and ‘Madman Michael’ are the two saddest songs of all time.

Selected in other Baker’s Dozens: Lord Spikeheart, Tom Ravenscroft
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