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Dene Wright's Collection

Fairport Convention   09/24/1969

Royal Festival Hall, London, England
Source Audience
Media CD   1 disc
Notes All
J-Card Comment This is the premier performance of Fairport's Liege and Lief material. This was one of the rarest of Fairport shows (and lagga's holy grail) until it surfaced in a wonderous trade. Liege & Lief was the best album ever recorded and this lineup was the best Fairport lineup ever. For that alone, it's worth the bandwidth. Toss in Swarbrick yodeling (or trying to) when they do Talk With Jesus...it's a must have no matter how crappy the sound is!

Seriously, be prepared for one of the worst sounding recordings you'll ever hear, albeit one of the sweetest if you're an L&L freak or a Fairport-with-Sandy-and-Richard completist. While historic, this is not something most people will listen to more than once, so don't download if you want to understand everything they're singing all the time. However, there are a few of us out there who'll drag it out again and again. I do. Some of you might too.

I'll post a sample of one or two or three of the better parts. I have not attempted to correct anything - I'm not good at that - this is exactly what I have.

Unlike many recordings, the taper appears to have not turned off his recorder between all the tracks and some of Sandy's between song chat is relatively clear.

I'll be tracking my Albion Country Band 10/27/72 (with Richard & Linda Thompson in the lineup) which I'd promised and planned on finishing tonight, but it wasn't going to happen, so I hope this will satisfy in the meantime. The ACB will be up tomorrow.

01.Come All Ye
02.Reynardine
03.Sir Patrick Spens
04.Lark in the Morning
05.Farewell Farewell
06.Matty Groves
07.Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
08.Crazy Man Michael
09.Tam Lin
10.Mason's Appron
11.Ballad of Easy Rider
12.Talk With Jesus [cut]

Torrenting is great, but there was nothing like the rush that would come every once in a while when one of these little gems would turn out to be at the other end of a trade. Talk about walking on air...

enjoy,
deborah
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Owned by Dene Wright · Last Updated May 23, 2023