Fairport Convention

English Folk-Rock Band, playing songs and instrumentals, both traditional and contemporary. Over the years the line-up has changed many times.

(Richard Thompson has recorded with The Albion Band, Nick Drake, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Swarbrick, Philip Pickett, as a duo with Linda Thompson, solo, and with many artists as a session musician)
(Ashley Hutchings has recorded with Steeleye Span, The Albion Band, Chris Leslie, The Kipper Family and as a soloist).
(Sandy Denny recorded with The Strawbs, Fotheringay, and as a soloist) (Dave Swarbrick has recorded with Martin Carthy as a duo, and has made solo albums) (Dave Pegg has recorded with The Ian Campbell Folk Group. The Albion Band, Jethro Tull, Philip Pickett, Nick Drake, Chris Leslie and solo)
(Simon Nicol has recorded with Ashley Hutchings, Philip Pickett and Chris Leslie) (Iain Matthews also recorded with Matthews Southern Comfort)
(Dave Mattacks has recorded with The Albion Band and Ashley Hutchings)
(Trevor Lucas has recorded with Eclection)
(Bruce Rowland has recorded with Dave Swarbrick and with Joe Cocker's Grease Band)
(Chris Leslie has recorded with Ashley Hutchings and solo)
(Judy Dyble has recorded with Trader Horne and solo)
(Trevor Lucas (1943 - 1989) was married to Sandy Denny)
(Maartin Allcock, previously known as Martin Allcock, has recorded with Jethro Tull, Ralph McTell, Dan Ar Bras and solo)
(Dan Ar Bras played with the band on several occasions but never recorded with them)
(Gerry Conway has also recorded with Jethro Tull, Chris Leslie, Pentangle, Maddy Prior, Tim Hart, Shirley Collins, Fotheringay and Steeleye Span)

Original Studio Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Fairport Convention	1968	Island	ILPS 9024
[Reissue]	1975	?	238 4047
[Reissue]	1990	?	835 230-2/-4
[Reissue on CD with bonus tracks]	2003	Polydor	068 291-2
What We Did On Our Holidays	1968	Island	ILPS 9092
[Reissue]	1989	Carthage	CG LP/C 4430
[Reissue]	1990	Island	IMCD 97
[Reissue]	2003	Island	IMCD 294/063 579-2
Unhalfbricking	1969	Island	ILPS 9102
[Reissue]	1987	Island	CID 9102
[Reissue]	1989	Carthage (LP)	CG LP 4418
[Reissue]	1989	Carthage (Cass)	CG C 4418
[Reissue]	1989	Island (CD)	IMCD 61
[Reissue]	2000	Simply Vinyl	SVLP 164
[Reissue]	2003	Island	IMCD 293/063 596-2
Liege and Lief	1969	Island	ILPS 9115
[Reissue]	1986	Island (LP)	ILPM 9115
[Reissue]	1986	Island (Cass)	ICM 9115
[Reissue]	1986	Island (CD)	CID 9115
[Reissue]	1989	Island	IMCD 60
[Reissue with bonus tracks]	2002	Island	IMCD 291/586 929-2
[Reissue "Deluxe" as 2 CDs with BBC radio tracks]	2007
Full House	1970	Island	ILPS 9130
[Reissue]	1987	Hannibal (LP)	HNBL 4417
[Reissue]	1989	Hannibal (Cass)	HNBC 4417
[Reissue]	1992	Hannibal (CD)	HNCD 4417
[Reissue with bonus tracks]	2001	Island	IMCD 289/586 376-2
Angel Delight	1971	Island	ILPS 9162
[Reissue]	1993	Island	IMCD 166
[Reissue]	?	Island	IMCD 307/982 150-0
Babbacombe Lee	1971	Island	IMCD 308/982 150-1
Rosie	1973	Island	IMCD 309/982 150-2
Nine	1973	Island	IMCD 310/982 796-6
Rising For The Moon	1975	Island	ILPS 9313
[Reissue]	?	?	IMCD 312/982 796-8
Gottle O' Gear	1975	Island	ILPS 9389
Bonny Bunch Of Roses	1977	Vertigo	7 31451 29882 0
[Reissue]	1988	Woodworm
[Reissue]	1992	Vertigo
[Reissue]	2007	Commercial Marketing
[Reissue]	2008	Universal
Tippler's Tales	1978	Vertigo	7 31451 29882 0
[Reissue](CD)	1989	Beat Goes On	BGO CD 72
[Reissue](LP)	1989	Beat Goes ON	BGO LP 72
Farewell Fairwell (aka Encore, Encore)	1979	Gamma	1
[Reissue]	1980	Woodworm	BEAR 22
[Reissue]	1996	Red Steel	SIXCD 0002
[Reissue]	1998	Eagle
[Reissue with extra tracks]	2000	Relix
Gladys' Leap	1986
[Reissue]	1994	Terrapin Truckin'	TRUCKCD 015
[Reissue]	1996	Red Steel	SIVCD 0003
Expletive Delighted	1986	Woodworm	WR 009
[Reissue] (cassette)	1990	Varick
[Reissue]	1994	Terrapin Truckin
[Reissue] (cassette)	1995	Terrapin Truckin
[Reissue]	1996	Red Steel
Red and Gold	1989	New Routes	RUE 002
[Reissue]	1998	HTD
[Reissue]	1999	Transatlantic
[Reissue]	2001	Talking Elephant
Five Seasons	1990	New Routes	NR 005
[Reissue]	1996	H.T.D.	HTDCD 48
[Reissue]	2001	Talking Elephant	TECD 019
[Reissue]	2002	Sanctuary	81217
Jewel In The Crown	1995	Woodworm	WRCD 023
[Reissue]	2004	Talking Elephant
Old New Borrowed Blue	1996	Woodworm	WRCD 024
Who Knows Where The Time Goes?	1997	Woodworm	WRCD 025
[Issued in USA as "Wishfulness Waltz"]	2000	Mooncrest	CRESTCD 48
The Wood and The Wire	2000	Woodworm
[Reissue]	2005	Talking Elephant
AT2/The Boot	2000
XXXV - 1967 - 2002: The 35th Anniversary Album	2002	Eagle
Over the Next Hill	2004	Matty Grooves
Sense of Occasion	2005	Matty Grooves

Multi-volume Albums.

Title	Year.	Label.	number.
The Bonny Bunch of Roses/ Tipplers Tales	1992	Vertigo	512 988-4 (cass)
The Bonny Bunch of Roses/ Tipplers Tales	1992	Vertigo	512988-2 (CD)
25th Anniverasy Pack (4 CDs) (*)	1992
Gladys Leap/ Expletive Delighted	1998	Folkprint	FP 002CD

(* "Rosie/ John Babbacombe Lee/ Nine/ Rising For the Moon")

Compilations.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
History Of Fairport Convention	1972	Island	ICD 4
Fairport Chronicles	1976	A & M
Meet On The Ledge	1980
Best Of Fairport Convention	1988		CIDD 4
The Third Leg	1989	Woodworm	(no number)
The Wormwood Years	1992	Woodworm	WR CD/C 015
[Reissue]	1998	Folkprint	FP 003CD
Acoustically Down Under (Woodworm Archives Vol 2)	c 1996
Close To The Wind	1998	Mooncrest
[Reissued on DVD-Audio]	2004	Silverline
Fiddlestix: The Best of Fairport Convention 1972 - 84	1998	Raven
Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years	1999	Island
Rhythm Of The Time	1999	Delta	4700-2
Kind Fortune (2 CDs)	2000	Snapper	SMDCD 214
[Reissue]	2000	Recall
The Fairport Convention Archive	2001	Rialto	RMCD 2312
Anthology	2001	Castle	CMDDD 367
Then and Now: 1982 - 1996 - The Best of Fairport Convention	2002	Metro	METRCD 076
Some of Our Yesterdays: Anth 1985-1995 (2 CDs)	2002	Sanctuary
Fairport Unconventional (4 CDs) (Box Set)	2002	Free Reed	FRQCD 35
[Reissue]	?	Vivid
Shines Like Gold (3 CDs)	2003	Eureka	EURBX 1
Across The Decades	2003	Snapper	SMDCD 484
Chronicles	2005	Island	982 255-7
[Reissued as "Gold"]	2008
A Lasting Spirit. The Collection (3 CDs)	2005	Sanctuary
The Classic Collection (*)	2006	Metro Doubles
The Battle (2 CDs)	2007	Ambitions
Rare Broadcasts (CD + DVD)	2007	Storming
Live Across the Centuries (2 CDs)	2008	Smith&Co

(* Recorded 1974 - 2002. 2 CDs)

Collaborations - "Friends of Peter Bellamy".

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
The Transports	2004

Live Albums.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Hey Day: The BBC Radio Sessions	1969
House Full - Live	1970
Live Convention - A Moveable Feast	1974	Island	IMCD 311/982 796-7
Before The Moon (Live in Denver)(released 2002)	1974	Burning Airlines	PILOT 133
Who Knows?	1975
Moat On The Ledge - Live At Broughton Castle	1981
Here Live Tonight	1986	Friends of Fairport Convention (Australia)	FOFC 1
More Live Tonight	1986	Friends of Fairport Convention (Australia)	FOFC 2
In Reel Time - Live 87	1987	Island	ILPS 9883
25th Anniversary Concert (2 CDs)	1994	Woodworm
Cropredy 98	1998
From Cropredy to Portmeiron (live)	2002	Talking Elephant	TECD 042
Cropredy 2002	2002	Talking Elephant	TECD 054
[Reissue]	2003	Castle	CMEDT 815
Cropredy Capers (Box Set)	2004
Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (Live 1986 and 1987) (1 CD + 1 DVD)	2004	Shakedown
[Reissue]	2005	Recall
Journeyman's Grace (Live in Coventry)	2005
Over The Desk	2006
Live at the BBC (4 CDs)	2007
On the Ledge: 35th Anniversary Concert (Live) (2 CDs)	2007	Dream Catcher
Best of the BBC Recordings	2008	Commercial Marketing

Various artists - Dougie McLean, Cara Dillon, Bert Jansch, Roy Harper, Steve Ashley, Gordon Giltrap, Andy Irvine and Fairport Convention.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
The Wildlife Album	2005

Anthology - Waterson:Carthy, Barry Dransfield, A.L. Lloyd, Anne Briggs, Shirley Collins, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Incredible String Band, Magna Carta, Lindisfarne, Sandy Denny, Oak, Richard Thompson et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	number.
Anthology of English Folk (5 CDs)	2007?	Deja Vu

Anthology, Various artists - Fairport Convention, Morris On, Grandson of Morris On, Great Grandson of Morris On, et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
A Touch of Morris	2007	?

Anthology - Ian Campbell Folk Group, Fairport Convention, The Dylan Project and Dave Pegg.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number.
A Box of Pegg's (4 CDs) (*)	2007

Anthology, Various artists - The Morris On Band, Chris Parkinson, John Kirkpatrick, Chris Leslie, Ric Sanders Group, Jim Moray, Ric Sanders Group, Ken Nicol, Eliza Carthy and Saul Rose, Jim Causley, Show Of Hands, Fairport Convention, et al.

Title.	year.	Label.	No.
Mother of All Morris	2007	?

DVDs.

Title	year.	Label.	Number
Cropredy Capers (video)	1987	Intech	Intech 001
In Real Time (Live '87) (video)	1987	IVA	IVA 001
Legends (video)	1991	Castle	Vid CMP 6013
Beyond the Ledge	1999
Cropredy Festival 2001	2002
The 35th Anniversary Concert	2003
Live Legends	2004
Live at Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury	2005
The Ultimate Collection	2007
Fairport Convention and Matthews Southern Comfort (*)	2007	Voiceprint

(* Film made in 1970 by Director Tony Palmer. Concert in Maidstone).

Best Albums(*).

Title.	year.
Liege and Lief	1969
What We Did On Our Holidays	1968
History Of Fairport Convention (compilation)	1972
Full House	1970
Jewel In The Crown	1995
Five Seasons	1990
Gladys' Leap	1986
The Bonny Bunch Of Roses	1977

(*)This is based partly on critical opinion and partly my own. The best albums are generally considered to be the ones with Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson on them.

Singles.

Title.	year.	Label.	Number
If I Had a Ribbon Bow/ If (Stomp)	1968	Island
Meet on the Ledge/ Throwaway Street Puzzle	1968	Island
Si Tu Dois Partir/ Genesis Hall	1969	Island	WIP6064
If (Stomp)/ Chelsea Morning	1970
Now Be Thankful/ Sir B McKenzie's Daughter's Lament for the 77th Mounted (*)	1970
Walk Awhile/ Sir Patrick Spens	1970
The Journeyman's Grace/ The World Has Surely Lost It's Head	1971
John Lee/ The Time Is Near	1971
Sickness and Diseases/ Wizard of Worldly Game	1971
Rosie/Knights of the Road	1973
White Dress/ Tears	1975
Rubber Band/Bonny Black Hare	1979
Meet On The Ledge/ Sigh bheg sigh mhor	1987

(*) Full title: Sir B McKenzie's Daughter's Lament for the 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From the Straights of Loch Knombe, In the Year of Our Lord 1727, On the Occasion of The Announcement of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleahe.

Session recordings.

Performer.	Title	year.	Label.	number.
Steve Tilston	Reaching Back (Box)	2007

Hit Albums.

Title.	year.	Highest position.
Unhalfbricking	1969	12
Liege and Lief	1970	17
Full House	1970	13
Angel Delight	1971	8
Rising for the Moon	1975	52
Red and Gold	1989	74

Hit single.

Title.	year.	Highest position.
Si Tu Dois Partir/ Genesis Hall	1969	21

Album tracks.

The History Of Fairport Convention (compilation) Recorded 1969 - 1972. Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandolin, mandocello, vocals), Simon Nicol (electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, dulcimer, piano) Dave Pegg (bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Richard Thompson (guitar, vocals), Sandy Denny (vocals), Ashley Hutchings (bass), Iain Matthews (vocals), Martin Lamble (drums), Dave Mattacks (drums).

Title.	Author.
1. Meet On The Ledge (song)	Richard Thompson
2. Fotheringay (song)	Sandy Denny
3. Mr Lacey (song)	Ashley Hutchings
4. Book Song (song)	Richard Thompson/Iain Matthews
5. Sailor's Life (song)	Traditional
6. Si Tu Dois Partir (song)	Bob Dylan
7. Who Knows Where The Time Goes (song)	Sandy Denny
8. Matty Groves (song)	Traditional
9. Crazy Man Michael (song)	Richard Thompson/Dave Swarbrick
10. Medley: The Lark In The Morning/ Rakish Paddy/ Foxhunter's Jigs/ Toss The Feathers (instrumental)	Trad
11. Now Be Thankful (song)	Dave Swarbrick/ Richard Thompson
12. Walk Awhile (song)	Swarbrick/ Thompson
13. Sloth (song)	Thompson/ Swarbrick/ Mattacks/ Nicol/ Pegg
14. Bonny Black Hare (song)	Trad
15. Angel Delight (song)	Fairport
16. Bridge Over The River Ash (instr)	Trad
17. John Lee (song)	Dave Swarbrick
18. Breakfast In Mayfair (song)	Simon Nicol
19. Hanging Song (song)	Swarbrick/ Pegg
20. The Hen's March/ The Four Poster Bed (instr)	Trad/ Trad

The Bonny Bunch Of Roses Recorded 1977. Released on CD in 1992. The combined playing time of 'The Bonny Bunch Of Roses' and 'Tipplers Tales' is 76 minutes 43 seconds. Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandolin, mandocello, vocals), Simon Nicol (electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, dulcimer, piano) Dave Pegg (bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Bruce Rowland (drums, percussion, electric piano).

Title.	Author.
1. James O'Donnells Jig (instrumental)	Dave Pegg
2. The Eynsham Poacher (song)	Traditional
3. Adieu Adieu (song)	Traditional
4. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (song)	Traditional
5. The Poor Ditching Boy (song)	Richard Thompson
6. General Taylor (song)	Traditional
7. Run Johnny Run (song)	Ralph McTell
8. The Last Waltz (song)	Dave Swarbrick
9. Royal Seleccion No 13 (Haste To The Wedding/Morpeth Rant/Toytown March/Dashing White Sargeant) (instrumental)	Trad/ Trad/ unknown/ Trad

Tipplers Tales. Recorded 1978. Released on CD in 1992. Dave Swarbrick (fiddle, mandolin, mandocello, vocals), Simon Nicol (electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, dulcimer, piano) Dave Pegg (bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, vocals), Bruce Rowland (drums, percussion, electric piano).

Title.	Author.
1. Ye Marriners All (Bottom Of The Punch Bowl/ East Nuke Of Fyfe/ Ye Marriners All) (2 tunes and one song)	Trad/ Trad/ Trad
2. Three Drunken Maidens (song)	Trad
3. Jack O'Rion (Jack O'Rion/Turnabout/Tiree/Miss Stevenson's/Do It Now/March of the Last/ Turnabout) (song with 6 tunes)	Trad/Dave Swarbrick/Dave Swarbrick/Dave Swarbrick/DS/DS/DS)i
4. Reynard The Fox (song)	Trad
5. Lady Of Pleasure (song)	Allan Taylor
6. Bankrupted (instrumental)	Dave Pegg
7. The Widow Of Westmoorland (song)	Trad
8. The Hair of The Dogma (instr)	Dave Pegg
9. As Bitme (instr)	Dave Pegg/ Bruce Rowland
10. John Barleycorn (song)	Trad

Chronicles. Compilation of recordings from 1968 to 1975. Released on 2 CDs in 2005. The live-up for each track is not given. Joe Boyd produced the albums "Fairport Convention" and, "Full House". John Wood and Fairport Convention produced "Angel Delight" and "Nine". Simon Nicol produced "Babbacombe Lee". Trevor Lucas produced "Rosie". Trevor Lucas and John Wood produced "Live Convention". Glynn Johns produced "Rising For The Moon".

First CD

Title.	Author.	Original album
1. Time Will Show The Wiser	Emmett Rhodes	Fairport Convention
2. If (Stomp)	MacDonald/Richard Thompson	Fairport Convention
3. Chelsea Morning	Joni Mitchell	Fairport Convention
4. Reno, Nevada	Richard Farina	Fairport Convention (bonus)
5. She Moves Through The Fair	Traditional	What We Did On Our Holidays
6. Fotheringay	Sandy Denny	What We Did On Our Holidays
7. Tale In Hard Times	Richard Thompson	What We Did On Our Holidays
8. Meet On The Ledge	Richard Thompson	What We Did On Our Holidays
9. Cajun Woman	Richard Thomspon	Unhalfbricking
10. A Sailor's Life	Traditional	Unhalfbricking
11. Si Tu Dois Partir	French version of Bob Dylan's "If You Gotta Go, Go Now"	Unhalfbricking
12. Who Knows Where The Time Goes	Sandy Denny	Unhalfbricking
13. The Ballad Of Easy Rider	Roger McGuinn	Unhalfbricking (bonus)
14. Come All Ye	Sandy Denny/ Ashley Hutchings	Liege And Lief
15. Matty Groves	Traditional	Liege And Lief
16. Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (take 1)	Words by Richard Farina, tune traditional	Liege And Lief (bonus)

Second CD

Title.	Author.	Original album
1. Tam Lin [Child Ballad 39]	Traditional	Liege And Lief
2. Farewell, Farewell	Richard Thompson	Liege And Lief
3. The Flowers Of The Forest	Traditional	Full House
4. Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman	Richard Thompson/ Dave Swarbrick	Full House
5. Sloth	Dave Swarbrick/ Richard Thompson/ Dave Mattacks/ Simon Nicol/ Dave Pegg	Full House
6. Walk Awhile	Richard Thompson/ Dave Swarbrick	Full House
7. Now Be Thankful	Richard Thompson/ Dave Swarbrick	Full House (bonus)
8. Sir Patrick Spens [Child Ballad 59]	Traditional	Full House
9. The Bonny Black Hare	Traditional	Angel Delight
10. John Lee	Dave Swarbrick	Babbacombe Lee
11. Rosie	Dave Swarbrick	Rosie
12. Tokyo [instrumental]	Jerry Donoghue	Nine
13. Bring 'Em Down	Trevor Lucas	Nine
14. Down In The Flood (live)	Bob Dylan	Live Convention
15. Dirty Linen (Live) [instrumental] (Last Night's Fun/ unknown/ Drops of Brandy)	Traditional	Live Convention
16. Rising For The Moon	Sandy Denny	Rising For The Moon
17. White Dress	Dave Swarbrick/ Ralph McTell	Rising For The Moon
18. Stranger To Himself	Sandy Denny	Rising For The Moon

Websites

www.fairportconvention.co.uk
www.fcfansite.fsnet.co.uk

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Last updated on 16/07/2008