Fairport Live Convention

Live album by Fairport Convention

Released

July 1974

Recorded

December 1973 - January 1974

Island ILPS 9285

Trevor Lucas & John Wood

Fairport Convention chronology

Nine
(1973)

Fairport Live Convention
(1974)

Rising for the Moon
(1975)

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Review scores
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Fairport Live Convention is a folk rock album by Fairport Convention originally released in 1974 by Island Records. It was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, the London Rainbow and the Fairfield Halls, Croydon by John Wood and mixed down at Sound Techniques, London. It was produced by Trevor Lucas & John Wood.

The album was titled A Moveable Feast in the United States and Canada and Fairport Convention Live '75 in Germany.

The original UK LP issue included an inner sleeve photograph of the band posing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, with Dave Mattacks sporting a shirt bearing the prominent legend "Harrison Birtwistle where its at".

Track listing

Side one

(as rendered on the original release)

"Matty Groves" (Traditional; arranged by Denny, Pegg, Mattacks, Lucas, Swarbrick, Donahue)
"Rosie" (Swarbrick)
"Fiddlestix" (Traditional; arranged by Lucas, Swarbrick, Donahue, Mattacks, Pegg)
"John the Gun" (Denny)
"Something You Got" (Chris Kenner)

Side two

"Sloth" (Thompson, Swarbrick)
"Dirty Linen" (Traditional; arranged by Swarbrick)
"Down in the Flood" (Bob Dylan)
"Sir B. MacKenzie" (Swarbrick, Thompson, Nicol, Mattacks)

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

"The Hexhamshire Lass" (Bob Davenport, Traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) – 4.09
"Polly on the Shore" (Traditional; arranged by Dave Swarbrick, Trevor Lucas) – 5.12
"Bring 'Em Down" (Trevor Lucas) – 11.39
"Far From Me" (John Prine) – 3.16
"That'll Be the Day" (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 3.19

Personnel

Sandy Denny – vocals, piano
Trevor Lucas – acoustic guitars, vocals
Jerry Donahue – electric guitar, vocals
Dave Swarbrick – fiddle, vocals
Dave Pegg – bass guitar
Dave Mattacks – drums

Also credited on the original LP sleeve - stage mix by Phil Benton and Roger Proctor, photographs by Stephen Westlund and design co-ordination by Fabio Nicoll Associates and Dave Mattacks.

References

↑ Eder, B. (2011). "A Fairport Live Convention - Fairport Convention | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 28 July 2011.

External links

Fan site with trivia and reissue details

Fairport Convention

Simon Nicol Dave Pegg Ric Sanders Chris Leslie Gerry Conway Richard Thompson Ashley Hutchings Shaun Frater Martin Lamble Judy Dyble Iain Matthews Sandy Denny Dave Swarbrick Dave Mattacks Roger Hill Tom Farnall David Rea Trevor Lucas Jerry Donahue Paul Warren Bruce Rowland Dan Ar Braz Bob Brady Roger Burridge Maartin Allcock Discography

Studio albums	Fairport Convention (1968) What We Did on Our Holidays (1969) Unhalfbricking (1969) Liege & Lief (1969) Full House (1970) Angel Delight (1971) "Babbacombe" Lee (1971) Rosie (1973) Nine (1973) Rising for the Moon (1975) Gottle O'Geer (1976) The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977) Tipplers Tales (1978) Gladys' Leap (1985) Expletive Delighted! (1986) In Real Time: Live '87 (1987) Red & Gold (1988) The Five Seasons (1990) Jewel in the Crown (1995) Old New Borrowed Blue (1996) Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1997) The Wood and the Wire (2000) XXXV (2001) Over the Next Hill (2004) Sense of Occasion (2007) Festival Bell (2011) By Popular Request (2012) Myths and Heroes (2015)

Singles	"If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968) "Meet on the Ledge" (1968) "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969) "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969) "If (Stomp)" (1970) "Now Be Thankful" (1970)

Live albums	Fairport Live Convention (1974) Live at the L.A. Troubadour (1977) Farewell Farewell (1979) Moat on the Ledge - Live at Broughton Castle (1982) House Full (1986) Heyday (1987) 25th Anniversary Concert (1992) Cropredy 98 (1999) The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2004) Journeyman's Grace (2005) Live at the BBC (2007) Off the Desk (2008) Live at Cropredy 08 (2009) Babbacombe Lee - Live Again (2012)

Compilations	History of Fairport Convention (1972) Tour Sampler (1975) Fairport Chronicles (1976) The Woodworm Years (1991) A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 - 1969 Meet On the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975 Some of Our Yesterdays Fairport Convention (2002 compilation) Then & Now 1982 - 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention Rhythm of the Times (2003) Across the Decades (2003)

Box sets	The Cropredy Box (1998)

Related articles	Fairport's Cropredy Convention (Cropredy Festival) Fairport's Cropredy Convention Line-ups (Cropredy Festival) Electric folk Jethro Tull

Sandy Denny

Solo albums	The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Sandy Like an Old Fashioned Waltz Rendezvous Gold Dust

Live albums	Gold Dust 19 Rupert St

Compilations	It's Sandy Denny Who Knows Where the Time Goes? The Best of Sandy Denny The Attic Tracks 1972–1984 The BBC Sessions 1971–1973 Listen Listen - An Introduction to Sandy Denny No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology The Best of Sandy Denny (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection) The Collection A Boxful of Treasures Where The Time Goes - Sandy '67 Live at the BBC The Best of the BBC Recordings The Music Weaver: Sandy Denny Remembered Sandy Denny The Notes and the Word: A Collection of Demos and Rarities

Albums with the Strawbs	All Our Own Work Sandy Denny and the Strawbs All Our Own Work: The Complete Sessions Remastered

Albums with Fairport Convention	What We Did on Our Holidays Unhalfbricking Liege & Lief Fairport Live Convention Rising for the Moon Heyday: the BBC Radio Sessions 1968–69

Albums with Fotheringay	Fotheringay Fotheringay 2

Albums with The Bunch	Rock On

Collaborations	Alex Campbell and His Friends Sandy and Johnny (split album with Johnny Silvo) Don't Stop Singing (Thea Gilmore)

Guest appearances	Led Zeppelin: "The Battle of Evermore" The Who: Tommy The Young Tradition: Galleries Stefan Grossman: Ragtime Cowboy Jew

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