Fairport Convention - Tam Lin ( Sandy Denny )

[UcaughtWinVirus]

Learned it as a child at my mothers breast- now at 40 it is as real and as vital as it ever was ( to me)------I wish this would play about me as I wander in the trees.............. simply perfect!

[Folkfan1234]

40 years old and as fresh as paint!!

[beckyhigh]

One of the best ever. 

[cuda426hemi]

The entire Liege & Lief LP wafts through the psyche as a Green Dream of organic wood and strings with sweet Sandy as spice on top. WBCN in Boston used to play the crap out of this in '71. I still roll it out today albeit on sterile CD. The vinyl says in wraps.

[ELSPETHAWESOME]

Sorry, that should have been about 40 years!!!!

[ELSPETHAWESOME]

Haven't heard this for about 45 years and it's still as good as ever.

[polskey]

This song gives me goose bumps.

[marcinjersey66]

WFMU, A FREE-FORM RADIO STATION IN NJ. wfmu.org and 91.1 FM in Northern NJ, plays this song often.

[plushsnail]

@marcinjersey66 Hearing this song on WFMU was what got me into this band!

[positivelypeyton]

when i was little i used to sing this tune with never having even heard the song. it was just something that came to me. when by chance i was in a bad place this song comes on. i had never heard it. sandy and i also share a birthday and middle name. its kind of bizarre seeing as i am a 16 year old in the physical. i dunno guess its fate

[positivelypeyton]

sandy denny had the purest voice of her time. way better than jacqi mcshee in my opinion she and grace slick are my inspiration for music somedays

[padraigpurseal]

Now there is a memory of my youth God rest you Sandy, I saw Richard Thompson in Dublin the other day and he did a smashing version of Who knows where the time go's. Thanks for reminding me of that voice

[Gay290787]

Nice song....though I must admit that the Novel :The House Of Lost Souls by F.G. Cottam pointed me to it

[dinerouk]

I prefer Steeleye's version with Maddy's power driving it. But only my opinion



[Pulelube52]

Fairport, never the same after the sad loss.

[mikekadas]

Tam Lin - Fairport Convention [England] - 1969 - "AMG pick. One of their BEST and my favorites. Sandy Denny's vocals equals anything Grace Slick ever did in this time period." - Meet On The Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975) [A&M RecordsDisc 1]-1999.

[nostalgiahistoria67]

A classic from Sandy and the Gang!

[osopolar61]

Great!

[sandydenny411]

She was the best, the very best.....

[909chuck]

My favorite of all their tunes. Powerful version of a trad ballad and full of imagery that got Sandy the Led Zep gig. Bless all the musicians and d*** the addictions that rob us of them.

[SuperNevile]

This has to be the best version by far, especially with those great clipped guitar chords in the background. 7 minutes is too short, have to play it again!

[klanger]

What a perfect voice for this song,her memory will remain

[captspock1]

Happy Halloween-Rest in peace,dear "NIght Bird" Allison Steele

[TumbrelJockey]

She Lives !

[stevefiddler]

Fairport turned me onto folk, though at 16 I didn't realise it.

At 56 now, I have just had a practice with my folk band and am having a glass whilst trawling old folk music.

Bliss!!!!!

[792284001]

@stevefiddler Im eighteen and have been folk all my life.

[rustribbonwizz]

Fairport Convention was absolutely THE finest British folk / rock groups of all time. Saw them in Boston in '70-'71. Sandy Denny had NO match and never will---what a truly tragic loss of incredible & irreplaceable young talent. Liege & Lief was by far their best album in my "opinion". Tam Lin & Matty Groves are timeless classics. Hard to imagine how many years have past by and still how incredibly great they were then, now and always will be! RIP--Sandy Denny---you'll always be beautiful.

[wornpick1]

The ultimate British folk album for 50 years. Incomparable. As good now as 35 years ago. Bless them all.

[RWJ11]

One of my absolute all time favourites...she did have the most magical, sexual voice ever