Free Reed FRQCD 35 (4 CD, UK, May 2002)

Un cofanetto imperdibile per chi ama i "fairport". Sicuramente è un po' costoso, 40 sterline per le isole britanniche, la bellezza di 80 euro circa in europa. Ma il contenuto è davvero meritevole: 4 cd contenenti materiali inediti, registrazioni occasionali, trasmissioni radio, in generale materiali mai ascoltati. E' come se una nuova immagine del gruppo ci venga restituita dal recente passato e questo non può non stupire. Oltre ai cd la confezione, elegantissima e ben confezionata, contiene anche un vero e proprio libro scritto da Nigel Schonfield che illustra dettagliatamente, oltre alla storia della band, anche il tipo di materiale presentato.

Tracks CD 1: Fairport - A History

Meet On The Ledge [Richard Thompson] (0:34) Cropredy (Ouverture), 1990 - Wings (excerpt) [Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol] (0:34)  Cropredy, 1997 - If I Had A Ribbon Bow [Prince / Singer] (2:27) single, 1967 - Lay Down Your Weary Tune [Bob Dylan] (3:36) 1st BBC Radio Top Gear session, 1967 - Shattering Live Experence [Simon Nicol] (3:24) BBC Radio Symonds on Sunday session, 1969 - Nottamun Town [trad. arr. Fairport] (3:34) BBC Radio Top Gear session, 1968 - Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan] (2:21) BBC Radio Top Gear session, 1969 - Come All Ye [Sandy Denny / Ashley Hutchings] (5:00) alternate mix of the final Liege And Lief track, 1969 - Tam Lin [trad. arr. Swarbrick] (7:46) BBC Radio Top Gear session, 1969 - Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Swarbrick] (4:00) Cropredy, 1988 - Staines Morris [trad. arr. Fairport] (3:39) Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1970 - Journeyman's Grace [Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick] (3:54) BBC World Service session, 1970 - Angel Delight [comp. Fairport Convention] (4:38) Cropredy 1997 - The Time Is Near [Dave Pegg] (2:40) Live concert by Hill/Farnell line-up, March 14, 1972 - Polly On The Shore [music Dave Dave Pegg, lyrics trad. arr. Swarbrick / Lucas] (3:41) Live performance from promo video, 1973 - Rising For The Moon [Sandy Denny] (4:14) BBC Radio Top Gear session, 1974 - Reynard The Fox [trad. arr. Fairport] (2:51) TV performance, 1987 - Rubber Band [Mike Waterson] (3:08) single, 1980 - Naked Highwayman [Steve Tilston] (4:46) Bottom Line, New Yoer, 1998 - The Wood And The Wire [Chris Leslie / Stonier] (4:23) Cropredy, 1999 - The Crowd [annA rydeR] (2:45) edited version from XXXV, 2001 - One Sure Thing (excerpt) [Harry Brooks / Jim Glover] (2:51) Fairport's first studio recording, 1967

Tracks CD 2: Rareport Convention

Sir B McKenzie [trad. arr. Swarbrick] (1:17) Three Desperate Mortgages, live in Glasgow (1976) - Suzanne [Leonard Cohen] (5:30) BBC Top Gear session, 1968 - Time Will Show The Wiser [Emmitt Rhodes] (2:59) Bouton Rouge, French TV (1968) - Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings] (3:05) Dutch TV, 1969 - Reno, Nevada [Richard Farina] (7:46) Bouton Rouge, French TV (1968) - Percy's Song [Bob Dylan] (5:32) BBC session, 1968 - Dear Landlord [Bob Dylan] (3:46) Unhalfbricking out-take, 1968 - I Don't Believe You [Bob Dylan] (3:43) Nine out-take, 1973 - The Deserter [trad. arr. Fairport] (3:51) BBC radio session with Swarb singing, 1970 - Farewell To A Poor Man's Song [Dave Swarbrick] (4:52) BBC TV, lost Babbacombe Lee song, 1973 - Sad Song [Dave Swarbrick] (5:01) Rosie out-take from the Manor Sessions, 1972 - Autopsy [Sandy Denny] (4:24) BBC Radio Top Gear session, 1969 - Maverick Child [David Rea] (3:53) Rosie out-take, 1972 - Fiddlestix [trad. arr. Fairport] (2:47) Australian single, 1973 - It's Now Or Never [Capurro, Capua, Schroeder, Gold] (4:19) with Steve Tilston, 2001 - The Lady Is A Tramp [Rogers, Hart] (2:10) BBC Top Gear session, 1968 - General Taylor [trad. arr. Fairport] (1:44) Live in Chicago, 1972 - The Accountancy Shanty [David Whetstone] (0:51) Live in Hull, 1989 - A Sailor's Life [trad. arr. Fairport] (9:25) live, 1969

Tracks CD 3: A Fairport History

Sir Patrick Spens [trad. arr. Fairport] (3:44) BBC Radio Top Gear session, 1969 - Wat Tyler [Ralph McTell, Simon Nicol] (6:25) Live in York, February 16, 1992 - Flowers Of The Forest [Jane Elliott, trad. arr.] (4:00) live in London, December 9, 1977 - Fotheringay [Sandy Denny] (3:10) BBC Symonds on Sunday session, 1969 - To Althea From Prison [Richard Lovelace, Dave Swarbrick] (5:03) Cropredy, 1984 - Red And Gold [Ralph McTell, arr. Fairport] (6:45) Cropredy, 1996 - Lord Marlborough [trad. arr. Fairport] (3:23) El Pea version, 1971 - Adieu Adieu [trad. arr. Fairport] (2:28) Anne Lorge Gilles TV Show, 1976 - Here's To Tom Paine [Steve Tilston] (4:35) live at Weston-super-Mare, February 11, 1977 - Bonny Bunch Of Roses [trad. arr. Fairport] (14:52) La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, June 23, 1977 - Breakfast In Mayfair [Simon Nicol] (3:58) BBC TV special ``The Man They Could Not Hang'' (Babbacombe Lee documentary), 1973 - Battle Of The Somme [trad. arr. Fairport] (4:51) LA Troubador, 1970 - Summer Before The War [Huw Williams] (4:17) BBC In Concert, 1990 - Get Together [Chester Powers] (2:54) First Radio Session: BBC Top Gear, 1967 - Genesis Hall [Richard Thompson] (3:48) Cropredy, 1993 - Jewel In The Crown [Julie Matthews] (3:31) - Apollo Theatre, Oxford, 1995

Tracks CD 4: Classic Convention

Walk Awhile [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (3:58) Bumpers version, 1970 - John Gaudie [Chris Leslie] (4:55) Live at the Bottom Line, 1998 - The Hexamshire Lass [Trad. arr. Fairport] (2:26) Capital Radio, with Dan Ar Bras, 1976 - Slip Jigs and Reels [Steve Tilston] (5:05) Apollo Theatre, Oxford, 1995 - Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (5:35] Broughton Castle, 1982 - Crazy Man Michael [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] alternate mix of the final Liege And Lief track, 1969 - Rosie [Dave Swarbrick] Melbourne Assembly Hall, 1996 - Farewell, Farewell [Richard Thompson] (2:29) alternate mix of the final Liege And Lief track, 1969 - Now Be Thankful [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (3:06) BBC Sound Of The 70s session, 1970 - Hiring Fair [Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks] (6:45) Cropredy, 1989 - Stranger To Himself [Sandy Denny] (3:09) Live, 1975 - Sloth [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (18:04) Live, 1975 - Who Knows Where The Time Goes? [Sandy Denny] (4:13) BBC Radio session, 1968 - Matty Groves [trad. arr. Fairport] (7:36) specially compiled multi-version - Meet On The Ledge [Richard Thompson] (2:38) BBC Radio session, 1968