Poll: Favourite MWF or MF Track?

[Geoff Alderton LH]

Hi all. Has to be 'Music Makes My Day' for me. A John Farrar classic. Very well recorded LP. Sounds fantastic played back on a good vinyl system.
Regards Geoff.

[alewis41]

Nearly a week into our Poll, Lady of the Morning is in the lead but dark horse Faithful is making a late run with Music Makes My Day and Marmaduke just behind,

"Remember", as someone used to say (Hughie Green?), "it's your vote that counts!".

[AlanMcKillop]

You can guess what's going to happen at the end Andrew.

[alewis41]

You can guess what's going to happen at the end Andrew.

Indeed. I was waiting for someone to bring that up! Of course if it turns out I've forgotten to include one of their songs, one that really should have been on the list in the first place, I'd be happy to cancel the vote and start over

[alewis41]

So Lady of the Morning has surged into an impressive lead with just under 24 hours to go. With a total on only 53 votes for 769 members there's still time for a shock result.

[stratmantd]

A possible reason for people not voting, certainly in my case, is that it is virtualy impossible to choose one track over all the others.

[Moderne]

I'm amazed and very pleased that 53 votes have been cast. Also surprised that Hank's epic tour de force - You're Burning Bridges - hasn't got any votes. Although Hank's songwriting had been steadily developing through the 60s, nothing could have prepared us for that!

[alewis41]

A short time left if anyone would like to make it a nice round number of 60 votes...

[alewis41]

Polling is now closed

Thank you to all who voted, as Clive indicated it is encouraging to see that there are many MWF fans amongst our members. Lady of the Morning is a clear and worthy winner -What an uplifting song that is, and what a great body of work the three of them put together in a short period of time. Even though they were largely ignored by the public at the time, their songs were critically acclaimed and received new attention when they were eventually first released on CD (thank you Colin Miles). Both Cliff and Olivia made great use of the material, of course, but the original tracks are unsurpassed.

As a teenager I can remember scrutinizing the Marvin & Farrar album in the HMV shop in Cheltenham. Nearly 30 years later I got to talk to Mo Foster and John Farrar about those days, which was a great thrill. Quotes from my interview with John were actually included in the sleevenotes for the recent BGO M&F re-release (used without my permission and without crediting me as the source, but that's another story). I know John has fond memories of those days and with the emergence of YouTube we can once again enjoy their television appearances during the early 1970's. It's been nearly 40 years since the first MWF album was released, but the music still sounds fantastic.