Fairport Convention, The Five Season

CD UK New Routes RUE CD 005 (December 1990) New Routes RUE CD 005 (December 1990) - CD Woodworm Records WRCD 019 (December 1991) - CD HTD Records HTD CD 48 (December 1995) - CD Transatlantic TRACD 334 (January 2000) (Export only) - CD Talking Elephant TECD 019 (10 August 2001)

Iniziano gli anni novanta e i cinque alfieri che compongono il gruppo non demordono e, raggiunto ormai un notevole affiatamento, non finiscono di stupire. I "tradizionali arrangiati" che compongono questo nuovo disco ("Claudy banks", "The Card song" e "Shuffle the pack") sono senz'altro brani di buon livello. Oltre ad essi vale la pena di segnalare "Gold" di Peter Blegvad e, per chi avesse acquistato il cd, la splendida bonus track dal titolo "Caught a whisper". La copertina originale è molto fiabesca, quella degli ultimi cd (in basso) forse troppo patinata.

Tracks:

Claudy Banks (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 5'53" - Cup Of Tea! (Martin Allcock) / A Loaf Of Bread (Martin Allcock) / Miss Monahan's (Trad. Arr. Martin  Allcock) 3'16" - All Your Beauty (Barry Lowe / Martin White) 2'55" - Sock In It (Dave Whetstone) 5'29" - Gold (Peter Blegvad)  5'06" -  Ginnie (Huw Williams) 4'10" - Mock Morris '90 : The Green Man / The Cropredy Badger / Molly On The Jetty (Ric Sanders) 4'53" - The Card Song (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) / Shuffle The Pack (Ric Sanders) 4'26" - The Wounded Whale (Archie Fisher. Arr. Martin Allcock) 6'43"

Musicians:

Simon Nicol: Vocals, Electric, 12-String Electric & Acoustic Guitars - Martin Allcock:: Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Mandola, Mandolin, Vocals - Ric Sanders: Violin - Dave Mattacks:  Drums, Organ, Keyboards, Clavinet, Bass Synthesizer, Electric Piano Vocals, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Piano, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion - Dave Pegg

Recorded:April-August 1990 at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael,  Oxfordshire - Produced by:Dave Mattacks and Simon Nicol - Engineered by:Tim Matyear - Mixed by:Barry Hammond with Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks