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25th Anniversary Concert

Fairport Convention: 25th Anniversary Concert (Woodworm WRDCD022)

25th Anniversary Concert
Fairport Convention

Woodworm Records WRDCD022 (2 CD, UK, 1993)

Produced by Dave Pegg;
Recorded live from the sound desk direct to DAT at Cropredy Festival on 14/15 August 1992;
Edited by Tim Matyear at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire;
Final edit and mastering at Chop ’Em Out, London;
Package design and cover photography by Mick Toole;
Inlay photography by John Bright

Musicians

Simon Nicol: lead vocals [1, 5, 7-8, 22-24], vocals [2, 4, 10, 13-14, 16, 18-19, 21, 25], acoustic guitar [1-14, 16-19, 21-25], viola [15];
Dave Pegg: bass [1-4, 6-8, 13-14, 16-24], vocals [1-2, 4, 8, 13-14, 16, 18-19, 25], drums [5], second fiddle [15];
Dave Mattacks: drums [1-4, 7-14, 16-21, 23-25], keyboards [6, 22], bass [15];
Maartin Allcock: keyboards [1-2, 7, 17, 23, 25], acoustic guitar [6], electric guitar [7, 16, 21-22, 24], bouzar [3, 8], bass [5], vocals [5], big breaths [8];
Ric Sanders: keyboards [1, 7, 23-24];
Chris Leslie: lead vocals [2], fiddle [2-5, 7-8, 22-24];
Geoff Hughes: bodhrán [3];
Julianne Regan: lead vocals [4];
Robert Plant: lead vocals [6];
Vikki Clayton: lead vocals [9, 11-12], vocals [10, 25];
Richard Thompson: lead vocals [14], vocals [10, 13, 25], electric guitar [9-13, 25];
Dave Swarbrick: lead vocals [16-19], vocals [10, 13-14, 21], fiddle [9-21,25];
Ashley Hutchings: lead vocals [10], vocals [25], bass [9-12, 25];
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar [17-20], vocals [25];
Bruce Rowland: tambourine [18], washboard [19], vocals [25];
Ralph MacTell: lead vocals [20], acoustic guitar [20]

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Insult to Injury (4.10)
  2. I Wandered by a Brookside [Richard Monckton Milnes] (Roud 2418) (4.54)
  3. Con Casey’s / Tripping up the Stairs (3.47)
  4. It’ll Take More Than the Blues (3.50)
  5. Close to the Wind (6.20)
  6. Girl from the North Country (4.15)
  7. Claudy Banks (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (5.34)
  8. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.33)
  9. The Deserter (Roud 493; G/D 1:83) (4.52)
  10. Million Dollar Bash (4.09)
  11. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (8.11)
  12. Crazy Man Michael (4.44)
  13. Sloth (12.21)

CD 2

  1. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman (5.31)
  2. Bridge Over the River Ash (Cherwell) (2.15)
  3. The Journeyman’s Grace (4.40)
  4. The Hexhamshire Lass (Roud 3182) (2.34)
  5. Rosie (4.47)
  6. Me With You (2.55)
  7. Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (5.12)
  8. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (2.21)
  9. The Hiring Fair (7.21)
  10. Red & Gold (6.44)
  11. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) / The Rutland Reel / Sack the Juggler (10.01)
  12. Si Tu Dois Partir (3.26)

Track 1 Linda Thompson, Betsy Cook;
Track 2 words Richard Monckton Milnes, music Barbara Berry;
Track 3 trad. arr. Maartin Allcock;
Track 4 Bricheno, Cousins, Regan;
Track 5 Stuart Marson;
Tracks 6, 10, 25 Bob Dylan;
Tracks 7-9, 15, 17, 21, 24a trad. arr. Fairport Convention;
Track 11 trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick;
Tracks 12-14, 16 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick;
Tracks 18-19 Dave Swarbrick;
Track 20 music Dave Pegg, lyrics trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Trevor Lucas;
Track 23 Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks;
Track 23 Ralph McTell;
Tracks 24bc Ric Sanders