Fairport Convention, Cropredy 98
Live at the 1998 Cropredy Festival

Woodworm Records WRCCD031 (UK, 1999)

Un cd prezioso, un live della durata di 73.16 minuti con vari ospiti, quali Dave Cousins, Chris While e Pete Zorn. Molto bella la versione di "The Hiring fair", sempre coinvolgente e intensa la voce di Cousins in "Ringing down the years", interessante la extra track "castle rock". La foto di copertina è di Mike Toole ma la concezione grafica nel suo insieme è opera di Christine Pegg.

Tracks:

Woodworm Swing [Ric Sanders] (3:30) - Close to You [Chris Leslie] (4:43) - The Hiring Fair [Ralph McTell] (7:22) - The Bowman's Retreat [Ric Sanders] (3:02) - Easy to Slip [Lowell George, Martin Kibbee] (4:03) (with Chris While, vocals; PJ Wright, slide guitar; Pete Zorn, percussion, backing vocals; Rabbit Bundrick, Hammond organ; Maartin Allcock, piano) - Jump the Broomstick [Michael Harding] (4:39) (with Chris While, vocals; Pete Zorn, saxophone; PJ Wright, pedal steel guitar; Rabbit Bundrick, piano; Maartin Allcock, Hammond organ) - Ringing Down the Years [Dave Cousins] (8:08) (with Dave Cousins, vocals, acoustic guitar; Rabbit Bundrick, piano; Maartin Allcock, Hammond organ) - Who Knows Where the Time Goes [Sandy Denny] (6:31) (with Chris While, vocals) - John Gaudie [Chris Leslie] (5:58) - Spanish Main [Allcock / Leslie] (4:47) - Matty Groves / Rutland Reel [Trad. arr. Fairport / Ric Sanders] (10:24) - Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (7:32) (with Chris While, vocals; Rabbit Bundrick, piano; Maartin Allcock, Hammond organ)  plus Bonus Studio Track: Castle Rock [Alan Simon] (2:34) (taken from Excalibur, with Dave Mattacks, drums)

Recorded live at Cropredy 98 by Mark Tucker - Mixed by Fairport Concention & Mark Tucker - Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire - Produced by Fairport Convention.

Musicians:

Simon Nicol, guitar, vocals - Dave Pegg, bass, vocals - Ric Sanders, fiddle - Chris Leslie, fiddle, mandolin, batocaster, bouzouki, vocals - Gerry Conway, drums, percussion, with guests Dave Cousins, Chris While, Rabbit Bundrick, Pete Zorn, PJ Wright and Maartin Allcock