Liege And Lief
This album regularly tops the polls of best folk and folk-rock albums of all time and for very good reason. Liege and Lief set the standard for so many of the elements of folk rock that we now expect and marks the arrival not only of Sandy Denny as one of the UK's finest voices but also of Richard Thompson as a true innovator on the guitar. Add to that a cracking rhythm section and some inspired fiddling and you get a band that's capable of everything from the taught, menacing thump of Tam Lin to the gentle washes of sound that underpin the sublime Reynardine.
Listening to the guitar solos on the longer tracks reminded me of recent disc of the Day #9 - Televisions Marquee Moon. You could drop the needle (so to speak - we are on CD here after all) at a random point in the solos to title track Marquee Moon and swear you're hearing Richard Thompson.
Brilliant stuff.
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