Adored by the New-Folk elite, this short lived, butextremely influential folk-rock outfit only last about ayear and a half, but the music has stood the test of time.Fronted by former Fairport Convention singer IainMatthews, Plainsong found him and his muse continuingto explore the British strain of folk rock pioneered by hisformer band while looking toward the West Coastcountry-rock of Gene Clark and Gram Parsons, a path hewould follow more during his solo career. A hugeinfluence on everyone from Devendra Banhart andVetiver to Appendix Out and Four Tet. This 40 track 2CDset includes the only official album, In Search of AmeliaEarhart (never available on CD in the US), theunreleased second album, plus various live tracks. T R A C K L I S T I N G :Disc One: 1. For The Second Time 2. Yo Yo Man 3. Louise 4. Call TheTune 5. Diesel On My Tail 6. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight 7. I'll Fly Away8. True Story Of Amelia Earhart 9. Even The Guiding Light 10. Side Roads11. Raider 12. Seeds And Stems 13. Tigers Will Survive 14. Spanish Guitar15. Time Between 16. Truck Driving Man 17. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry18. Wreck Of The Old 97Disc Two : 1. Old Man At The Mill 2. Urban Cowboy 3. The Fault 4.Swinging Doors 5. Keep On Sailing 6. Miss The Mississippi 7. Home 8. FirstGirl I Loved 9. Save Your Sorrows 10. Nobody Eats At Linebaugh's Any More11. The Goodnight Lovin' Trail 12. All Around My Grandmothers Floor 13.That's All It Could Amount To 14. Amelia Earhart's Last Flight 15. Any DayWoman 16. Poor Ditching Boy 17. Even The Guiding Light 18. True Story OfAmelia Earhart 19. Raider 20. Miss The Mississippi
