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Liege & Lief

	Liege & Lief Fairport Convention Island ILPS 9115 (LP, UK, December 1969) A&M SP 7257 (LP, USA, 1969) Island IMCD 60 (CD, UK, September 1986) Island ILPM 9115 (LP ’25 Years Collection’ reissue, UK, October 1986) A&M CD4257 (CD, USA, November 1988)
	Island IMCD 291 (CD with bonus tracks, UK, May 2002) Island 530 111-1 (2 CD, UK, August 2007)

Recorded at Sound Techniques Studio, October 16 - 2 November 1969;
Engineered by John Wood, Sound Techniques Ltd.;
Produced by Joe Boyd, Witchseason Productions Ltd.,
with special thanks to the English Folk Dance & Song Society at Cecil Sharp House

Musicians

Sandy Denny: vocals;
Ashley Hutchings: bass;
Dave Mattacks: drums;
Simon Nicol: guitar, vocals;
Dave Swarbrick: violin, viola, vocals;
Richard Thompson: guitar, vocals

Tracks

Note: The 1986 Island CD lists all tracks as shown on both cover and CD but No. 5 & 6 are actually joined to a single track.

LP Side 1

1. Come All Ye (5.00)
2. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.31)
3. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (8.08)
4. Farewell, Farewell (2.37)

LP Side 2

5. The Deserter (Roud 493; G/D 1:83) (4.22)
6. Medley: The Lark in the Morning jig / Rakish Paddy reel / Foxhunter’s Jig slip jig / Toss the Feathers reel (4.07)
7. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (7.11)
8. Crazy Man Michael (4.37)

All tracks trad. arr. Fairport Convention except
Track 1 Sandy Denny / Ashley Hutchings;
Track 4 Richard Thompson;
Track 8 Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick

2002 CD Bonus Tracks: Recording session out-takes

9. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (4.00)
10. The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (Take 1; 7.48)

Track 9 trad. arr. Fairport Convention;
Track 10 Richard Fariña / trad.

CD 2 of the 2007 reissue: Recording session out-takes and BBC sessions

1. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.59)
2. The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (Take 4; 5.59)
3. Ballad of Easy Rider (4.53)
4. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (7.46)
5. Medley: The Lark in the Morning jig / Rakish Paddy reel / Foxhunter’s Jig slip jig / Toss the Feathers reel (4.13)
6. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.44)
7. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.19)
8. The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (Take 1; 7.50)
9. The Lady Is a Tramp (2.11)
10. Medley: The Lady Is a Tramp / In Other Words (Fly Me to the Moon) (2.21)

Tracks 1, 8 recording session out-takes;
Track 2 recording session out-take; also released on Sandy Denny’s Who Knows Where the Time Gues?;
Track 3 recording session out-take; also released on Richard Thompson’s (guitar, vocal), on Sandy Denny’s No More Sad Refrains, and on Fairport’s 2003 CD reissue of Unhalfbricking;
Tracks 4-7, 9 recorded for John Peel’s BBC Top Gear Show on 23 September 1969, bc. 27 September 1969; also released on Live at the BBC;
Track 10 previously unreleased

All tracks trad. arr. Fairport Convention except
Tracks 2, 8 Richard Fariña / trad.;
Track 3 Roger McGuinn;
Tracks 9, 10 Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart