Fairport Convention - Live at the BBC
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Artist: Fairport ConventionEdition: Music CD
Format: Import, Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2007-04-16
Music Label: Universal UK
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Close the Door Lightly When You Go - Fairport Convention, Anderson, Eric
- I Don't Know Where I Stand - Fairport Convention, Mitchell, Joni
- Some Sweet Day - Fairport Convention, Bryant, Felice
- You Never Wanted Me - Fairport Convention, Frank, Jackson C.
- Nottamun Town - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Marcie - Fairport Convention, Mitchell, Joni
- Night in the City - Fairport Convention, Mitchell, Joni
- Jack O' Diamonds - Fairport Convention, Carruthers, Ben
- Gone, Gone, Gone - Fairport Convention, Everly, Don
- Suzanne - Fairport Convention, Cohen, Leonard
- If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Eastern Rain - Fairport Convention, Mitchell, Joni
- Fotheringay - Fairport Convention, Denny, Sandy
- I Still Miss Someone - Fairport Convention, Cash, Johnny
- Bird on a Wire - Fairport Convention, Cohen, Leonard
- Tried So Hard - Fairport Convention, Clark, Gene [1]
- Reno Nevada - Fairport Convention, Farina, Richard
- Book Song - Fairport Convention, Matthews, Ian
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? - Fairport Convention, Denny, Sandy
- You're Gonna Need My Help - Fairport Convention, Morganfield, McKinl
- Fotheringay - Fairport Convention, Denny, Sandy
- Shattering Live Experience - Fairport Convention, Nicol, Simon
- Cajun Woman - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Autopsy - Fairport Convention, Denny, Sandy
- Si Tu Dois Partir - Fairport Convention, Dylan, Bob
- Percy's Song - Fairport Convention, Dylan, Bob
- Reynardine - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Tam Lin - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Sir Patrick Spens - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss the F - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- The Lady Is a Tramp - Fairport Convention, Rodgers, Richard
- Walk Awhile - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Doctor of Physick - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Sir Patrick Spens - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- The Bonny Bunch of Roses - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Dirty Linen (Jigs and Reels) - Fairport Convention, Swarbrick, Dave
- Now Be Thankful - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- The Journeyman's Grace - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Now Be Thankful - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Tokyo - Fairport Convention, Donahue, Jerry
- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - Fairport Convention, Swarbrick, Dave
- Possibly Parsons Green - Fairport Convention, Lucas, Trevor
- Rosie - Fairport Convention, Swarbrick, Dave
- John the Gun - Fairport Convention, Denny, Sandy
- Fiddlestix - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Rising for the Moon - Fairport Convention, Denny, Sandy
- Down in the Flood - Fairport Convention, Dylan, Bob
- Let's Get Together - Fairport Convention, Powers, Chet
- One Sure Thing - Fairport Convention, Brooks, Harvey
- Lay Down Your Weary Tune - Fairport Convention, Dylan, Bob
- Chelsea Morning - Fairport Convention, Mitchell, Joni
- Violets of Dawn - Fairport Convention, Anderson, Eric
- If (Stomp) - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Time Will Show the Wiser - Fairport Convention, Rhodes, Emitt
- If I Had a Ribbon Bow - Fairport Convention, Prince, Huey
- Meet on the Ledge - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Light My Fire - Fairport Convention, Morrison, Jim
- Flatback Caper - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Open the Door Richard - Fairport Convention, Dylan, Bob
- The Deserter - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- The Hangman's Reel - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Tam Lin - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Sir William Gower - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Banks of the Sweet Primroses - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Sickness and Diseases - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard
- Bridge Over the River Ash - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Lord Marlborough - Fairport Convention, Traditional
- Angel Delight - Fairport Convention, Mattacks, Dave
Music reviews of Live at the BBC
Music Review: Fairport at the Beeb
Rating: 4 Stars
For the many Fairport Convention die-hard fans out there like me, this 4 CD set is a treasure trove of gems recorded for BBC programs between 1968 and 1974. It covers a variety of the different lineups, but most importantly includes plenty of contributions by the immortal Sandy Denny, Ian Matthews and Richard Thompson. Judy Dyble is also there. It should be noted that the material released on the Heyday album is duplicated here.
If you don't have any Fairport music this is probably not the place to start, but if you are a seasoned campaigner then this could well be for you
Description of Live at the BBC
2007 four CD box set that includes all of the British Folk legends' surviving BBC radio recordings, which were taped between 1967 and 1974. It was thought, until recently, that very few of these recordings from this time remained in the BBC's archive, but a few years ago a box was discovered on a shelf at the BBC. It is a marvelous addition to the Fairport collection and is timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the formation of the band The Fairports, the single best British Folk-Rock band of the late '60s, did more than any other act to develop a truly British variation on the Folk-Rock prototype by drawing upon traditional material and styles indigenous to the British Isles. While the revved-up renditions of traditional British Folk tunes drew the most critical attention, the group were also talented songwriters as well as interpreters. They were comfortable with conventional harmony-based Folk-Rock as well as tunes that drew upon more explicitly traditional sources and they boasted some of the best singers and instrumentalists of the day. 69 tracks. Universal. 2007General CDs
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