5013929784703

Following Amelia - The 1972 Recordings And More

Plainsong

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Format: 6CD

Cat No: CDLEMBOX247

Release Date:  21 October 2022

Label:  Lemon / Cherry Red

Packaging Type:  Clamshell

No of Units:  6

Barcode:  5013929784703

Genres:  Folk  Rock  

  • Description


    • 118-track, 6CD box set from the legendary British country rock/folk rock band Plainsong.

    • Features a 50th anniversary re-issue of their 1972 debut album ‘In Search Of Amelia Earhart’, digitally remastered from the original reel-to-reel master tapes.

    • Contains over 50% previously unreleased material, including: several rare 1970s BBC recordings, the full original 1972 Folk Fairport concert in Amsterdam, and excerpts from the very first concert by the reformed Plainsong in Mayrhofen, Austria in 1993.

    • Plus 2020 remakes of Amelia songs originally recorded to accompany Ian Clayton’s book In Search Of Plainsong.


    Plainsong, formed in London in late 1971 was comprised of singer Iain Matthews, who with Matthews Southern Comfort had a worldwide hit in 1970 with Joni Mitchell's song ‘Woodstock’; former Liverpool Scene and Everyone guitarist Andy Roberts; piano and bass player David Richards; and the New York guitarist Bobby Ronga. The four met at Iain's north London flat in December 1971 after recording and playing together in various combinations over the previous couple of months. Having decided to form a band, Plainsong worked throughout 1972, touring the UK and Europe, recording numerous sessions for the BBC plus two excellent albums (the second of which remained unreleased until 2005) before breaking up at the end of that year as Iain headed to California to begin a new career as a solo artist.


    With the addition of former Matthews Southern Comfort guitarist Mark Griffiths and singer/ songwriter Julian Dawson, they reformed in 1992, returning to the live stage again in Mayrhofen, Austria in August 1993 – their first concert in 21 years. For a while in the late 1990s, Julian was replaced in the band by Clive Gregson before returning again in 2003.


    This 6CD box set, released some 50 years after their 1972 debut with ‘In Search Of Amelia Earhart’, not only contains that album digitally remastered from the original tapes but also the ‘Now We Are 3’ second album, alongside a host of previously unissued tracks from Iain and Andy’s own archives and from the collections of fans worldwide. Plainsong’s 1972 BBC In Concert special for Bob Harris gets its first official airing on CD, as does the rare Sounds On Sunday radio broadcast, their very last recording together before the break-up.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. For The Second Time
      • 2. Yo Yo Man
      • 3. Louise
      • 4. Call The Tune
      • 5. Diesel On My Tail
      • 6. Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight
      • 7. I’ll Fly Away
      • 8. True Story Of Amelia Earhart
      • 9. Even The Guiding Light
      • 10. Side Roads
      • 11. Raider
      • 12. Along Comes Mary
      • 13. Even The Guiding Light (alternative vocal)
      • 14. IN CONCERT (RADIO 1, 1973)
      • 15. Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight
      • 16. Take Me To The Movies
      • 17. Any Day Woman
      • 18. Call The Tune
      • 19. The Poor Ditching Boy
      • 20. Even The Guiding Light
      • 21. Raider
      • 22. Miss The Mississippi And You

      Disc 2

      • 1. Old Man At The Mill
      • 2. Urban Cowboy
      • 3. The Fault
      • 4. Swinging Doors
      • 5. Keep On Sailing
      • 6. Miss The Mississippi And You
      • 7. Home
      • 8. First Girl I Loved
      • 9. Save Your Sorrows
      • 10. Nobody Eats At Linebaugh’s Anymore
      • 11. The Goodnight Loving Trail
      • 12. All Around My Grandmother’s Floor
      • 13. That’s All It Could Amount To
      • 14. Bold Marauder
      • 15. Keep On Sailing *
      • 16. Urban Cowboy *
      • 17. Nobody Eats At Linebaugh’s Anymore *
      • 18. All Around My Grandmother’s Floor *
      • 19. The Goodnight Loving Trail *
      • 20. Bold Marauder *

      Disc 3

      • 1. 1 Tigers Will Survive
      • 2. 2 Seeds And Stems (Again)
      • 3. 3 For A Spanish Guitar
      • 4. 4 Any Day Woman
      • 5. 5 Truck Driving Man
      • 6. 6 Amelia Earhart's Last Flight
      • 7. 7 Yo Yo Man
      • 8. 8 I’ll Fly Away
      • 9. 9 True Story of Amelia Earhart
      • 10. 10 Seeds And Stems (Again) *
      • 11. 11 Any Day Woman *
      • 12. 12 Take You To The Movies *
      • 13. 13 Blue Blue Day *
      • 14. 14 Miss The Mississippi And You *
      • 15. 15 I Work For Jesus In The Personnel Department *
      • 16. 16 I Don’t Want To Talk About It *
      • 17. 17 Save Your Sorrows *

      Disc 4

      • 1. That's All It Could Amount To
      • 2. Time Between
      • 3. Raider
      • 4. Call The Tune
      • 5. I’ll Fly Away
      • 6. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
      • 7. Miss The Mississippi And You
      • 8. Louise
      • 9. Wreck Of The Old 97
      • 10. Carolina Moon
      • 11. Old Kent Road
      • 12. Even The Guiding Light *
      • 13. Bold Marauder *
      • 14. Nobody Eats At Linebaugh’s Anymore *
      • 15. Home *
      • 16. Miss The Mississippi And You *
      • 17. Old Man At The Mill *
      • 18. Charlie *
      • 19. The First Girl I Loved *
      • 20. Bold Marauder *
      • 21. The Goodnight Loving Trail *
      • 22. True Story Of Amelia Earhart *
      • 23. Yo Yo Man *

      Disc 5

      • 1. And Me *
      • 2. Louise *
      • 3. Even The Guiding Light *
      • 4. Call The Tune *
      • 5. Raider *
      • 6. Charlie *
      • 7. True Story Of Amelia Earhart *
      • 8. Sweet Amelia *
      • 9. Yo Yo Man *
      • 10. The Goodnight Loving Trail *
      • 11. True Story Of Amelia Earhart *
      • 12. Sweet Amelia *
      • 13. Yo Yo Man *
      • 14. Souling Song *
      • 15. Charlie *
      • 16. Old Man At The Mill *
      • 17. Amelia Earharts’ Last Flight *
      • 18. True Story Of Amelia Earhart *
      • 19. Sweet Amelia *

      Disc 6

      • 1. 1 Radio Lady
      • 2. 2 Me And Mr. Hohner
      • 3. 3 Poison Apple Lady
      • 4. 4 Mama Tried *
      • 5. 5 Bold Marauder *
      • 6. 6 Louise *
      • 7. 7 Lowlands Away *
      • 8. 8 The Poor Ditching Boy *
      • 9. 9 Souling Song *
      • 10. 10 Tulips From Amsterdam *
      • 11. 11 Nivram *
      • 12. 12 House Un-American Blues Activity Dream *
      • 13. 13 Raider *
      • 14. 14 For The Second Time *
      • 15. 15 Side Roads *
      • 16. 16 Diesel On My Tail *
      • 17. 17 Even The Guiding Light *
      • 18. 18. Louise *
      • 19. 19 Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight *