Second Spring/Matthews Southern Comfort

Valley Hi/Some Days You Eat the Bear and Some Days the Bear Eats You As a member of Fairport Convention in the late '60s, Ian Matthews helped create a superb fusion of traditional British folk and modern California country-rock. After leaving Fairport in 1969, Matthews was a restless soul, founding two bands in a matter of three years (Southern Co...	If You Saw Thro' My Eyes One of the Founding Members of Fairport Convention, Ian Matthews Left that Group in 1969 (During the Recording of Unhalfbricking) to Pursue a Solo Career. Originally Released on Vertigo, 1971's If You Saw Thro' My Eyes was Matthews' Fourth Post-fairport Release and his Most Accom...	Later That Same Year 2008 digitally remastered reissue of the third and final album Matthews Southern Comfort, originally released in 1970. Ian Matthews then pursued a long and successful solo career while Southern Comfort (the name the band continued with after Matthews left) produced two albums bef...	Tigers Will Survive 1971 Found Former Fairport Convention Lead Singer Ian Matthews Not Only Extremely Prolific but Surprisingly Consistent. Tigers Will Survive, Originally Released on Vertigo in November of that Year, is No Exception. Featuring Backing from British Band Quiver (Which Included Bruce ...	Plainsong The original line-up of Plainsong featuring former Fairport Convention lead singer Iain Matthews and guitarist Andy Roberts was only together for about 18 months in the early 1970's - but in that brief period - they recorded the classic album In Search of Amelia Earhart and a sec...
Go for Broke/Hit and Run 2006 digitally remastered two-fer featuring his two albums recorded for Columbia (1975's Go For Broke and Hit And Run from '76). Formerly the vocalist for Fairport Convention, both of these albums mix top-notch original material mixed with a handful of choice cover versions. St...	Stealin' Home/Siamese Friends Matthew's two late '70s albums for the short-lived Rockburgh label. Ian Matthews has built a strong critically-acclaimed career on both sides of the Atlantic from his days in Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort, through to his many solo albums. Matthew still continu...	The Essential Collection	Fotheringay Fotheringay's Only Album, the Beautiful Self Titled "Fotheringay" Has Long Been Regarded as One of the Finest Achievements of British Folk Rock. Released in 1970, Soon after Sandy Denny Left Fairport Convention, the Album Includes Some of her Finest Vocal Performances. For this R...	What We Did On Our Holidays Their second album captures Fairport Convention poised between the more embryonic, American-influenced rock of their debut and the more pronounced British folk-rock that would follow. Newly arrived vocalist Sandy Denny contributes her haunting songs and indelibly husky voice, Ian...

Spiritual, Moving, Beautiful
No one sings a song like Ian Matthews -- his sweet tenor and gentle delivery wraps itself around a song cycle here that is extraordinary. Mixing in rock, olde-english folk ballads, covers (including a signature take on James Taylor's Something in the Way She Moves), soaring harmonies and distinctive pedal guitar work, these two long out-of-print albums are a revelation! Heady, dreamy, swirling melodies that will transport the listener to another place -- this release is a must-have for sensitive, thoughtful music fans.