Fairport Convention, 25th Anniversary Concert

 

Woodworm Records WRDCD 022 (May 1993) (in double CD box) - Festival Records D46031 (March 1996) (First issue was in Slimline 2-CD Box. Later issues in thick 2-CD boxes).


Un doppio cd di notevole interesse questo del 25esimo anniversario: nel cd1 troviamo anche la voce di Robert Plant nel brano di Bob Dylan "Girl from North Country"; nel cd2 arriva Richard Thompson con la splendida "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman". Di notevole interesse è anche la versione di Matty Groves con una strabordante chitarra elettrica. Il progetto grafico  è di Mike Toole, le foto del booklet sono invece opera di John Bright.

Tracks Disc 1:
Insult To Injury (Linda Thompson / Betsy Cook) 4'10" - I Wandered By a Brookside (Music: Barbara Berry, Words: Trad. Arr. Chris Leslie) 4'54" - Con Casey's Jig / Tripping Up The Stairs (Trad. Arr. Martin Allcock) 3'47" - It'll Take More Than The Blues (Tim Bricheno / Andy Cousins / Julianne Regan) 3'50" - Close To The Wind (Stuart Marson) 6'20" - Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan) 4'15" - Claudy Banks (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 5'34" - John Barleycorn (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 5'33" - The Deserter (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 4'52" - Million Dollar Bash (Music - Bob Dylan : Words - Ashley Hutchings / Bob Dylan) 4'09" - Tam Lin (Trad. Arr. Dave Swarbrick) 8'11" - Crazy Man Michael (Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick) 4'44" - Sloth (Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick) 12'21"


 Tracks Disc 2:
Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman (Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick) 5'31" - Bridge Over The River Ash (Cherwell) (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 2'15" - The Journeyman's Grace (Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick) 4'40" - The Hexhamshire Lass (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 2'34" - Rosie (Dave Swarbrick) 4'47" - Me With You (Dave Swarbrick) 2'55" - Polly On The Shore (Music - Dave Pegg : Words - Trad. Arr. Trevor Lucas / Dave Swarbrick) 5'12" - Adieu Adieu (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 2'21" - The Hiring Fair (Ralph McTell / Dave Mattacks) 7'21" - Red And Gold (Ralph McTell) 6'44" - Matty Groves (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) / The Rutland Reel (Ric Sanders) / Sack The Juggler (Ric Sanders) 10'01" - Si Tu Dois Partir (Bob Dylan) 3'26"