Fairport Convention, Festival Cropredy 2002

Talking Elephant Records (2CD) TECD054 (2003) - Woodworm Records (2CD)  WR2CD 039 (13 December 2002)

Un doppio CD, pubblicato nelle due versioni della Talking Elephant e della Woodworm, davvero da non perdere. Registrato nel tradizionale appuntamento di Cropredy il 9 e 10 Agosto 2002, questo concerto contiene esecuzioni di indubbia originalità. Richard Thompson è in gran spolvero e basta ascoltare la sempre più psichedelica "Sloth" per rendersene conto. Il booklet è assai articolato e, oltre alle foto del concerto, presenta un'analisi assai dettagliata dei due giorni del festival.

Tracks CD 1:

"Time Will Show The Wiser" - "One Sure Thing" - "Jack O' Diamonds"

Judy Dyble, Iain Matthews, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway

"It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry"

Iain Matthews, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Vikki Clayton, George Galt

"I'll Keep It With Mine"

Iain Matthews, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Vikki Clayton

"Cajun Woman"

Iain Matthews, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Vikki Clayton, Anna Ryder, Dave Swarbrick

"Million Dollar Bash"

Iain Matthews, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Vikki Clayton, George Galt, Marc Ellington, Dave Swarbrick

"Tam Lin"

Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Vikki Clayton, Dave Swarbrick

"Who Knows Where The Time Goes?"

Iain Matthews, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Vikki Clayton, Dave Swarbrick

"Red And Gold"
Ralph McTell, Chris Parkinson

Tracks CD 2:

"The Widow Of Westmorland's Daughter"

Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie

"Neil's Morris"

Neil Wayne, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie, Andrew Cronshaw, Ian Blake

"The Journeyman's Grace"

Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie

"Walk Awhile"

Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Chris Leslie

"Doctor Of Physick"

Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Chris Leslie

"You Ain't Going Nowhere"

Iain Matthews, Ashley Hutchings, Richard Thompson, Marc Ellington, Roger Hill, Tom Farnell, Eddi Reader, Fraser Spiers

"Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman"

Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Chris Leslie

"Sloth"

Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Chris Leslie

"Rising For The Moon" - "John The Gun" - "Rosie"

Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Vikki Clayton, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Chris Leslie, Maartin Allcock

"The Naked Highwayman"

Simon Nicol, Gerry Conway, Dave Pegg, Ric Sanders, Maartin Allcock

"Meet On The Ledge"

Everyone above plus: Geoffrey Hughes, Blair Dunlop, Bob Fox, Kristina Donahue, John Jones

Recorded at: The Cropredy Festival 2002 - Disc One - Tracks 1-10 : Recorded Friday 9 August 2002 - Disc One - Track 11 and Disc Two : Recorded Saturday 10 August 2002 - Produced by: Dave Pegg - Recorded by: Rob Braviner - Edited & Mastered by: Mark Tucker at Woodworm Studios - Manufactured by: Sound Discs Lmited - Design & Compilation by: The Free Reed Team - Artwork & Origination by: Ian Slater at Snake Lane Design - Written & Researched by: Nigel Schofield - Production Co-ordination by: Neil Wayne