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Come All Ye: The First Ten Years

Fairport Convention: Come All Ye: The First Ten Years (Universal 574 847-9)

Come All Ye: The First Ten Years
Fairport Convention

Universal 574 847-9 (7 CD, UK, 28 July 2017)

Tracks

* = previously unreleased

CD 1

  1. Time Will Show the Wiser (3.07)
  2. Decameron (3.46)
  3. Jack o’ Diamonds (3.31)
  4. One Sure Thing (2.57)
    all four from Fairport Convention (1968)
  5. I Don’t Know Where I Stand (3.36)
  6. You Never Wanted Me (3.15)
    5.-6. BBC Session: John Peel’s Top Gear, 2 June 1968
  7. Fotheringay (3.03)
  8. I’ll Keep It With Mine (5.50)
    7.-8. from What We Did on Our Holidays (1969)
  9. Mr Lacey (2.57)
    Sandy solo vocals version, from the Sandy Denny Box Set (2010)
  10. * Eastern Rain (3.48)
    Sandy solo vocals version
  11. * Nottamun Town (Roud 1044) (1.48)
    a cappella version
  12. Meet on the Ledge (2.49)
    from What We Did on Our Holidays (1969)
  13. Throwaway Street Puzzle (3.28)
    B side of the single Meet on the Ledge (1969)
  14. Reno, Nevada (2.23)
    BBC Session: David Symonds, 6 January 1969
  15. Suzanne (5.25)
    BBC Session: John Peel’s Top Gear, 9 January 1969
  16. A Sailor’s Life (Roud 273; Laws K12; G/D 6:1245) (11.22)
    first version, without Swarb, from the Sandy Denny Box Set (2010)
  17. Genesis Hall (3.41)
    from Unhalfbricking (1969)
  18. * Autopsy (4.35)
    alternative take
  19. * Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (5.18)
    alternative take

CD 2

  1. Dear Landlord (4.06)
    from Unhalfbricking (1969)
  2. Si Tu Dois Partir (2.25)
  3. Percy’s Song (5.25)
    2.-3. BBC Session: John Peel’s Top Gear, 6 April 1969
  4. Ballad of Easy Rider (4.56)
    from the Liege and Lief recording sessions; first released on (guitar, vocal) (1976)
  5. * The Deserter (Roud 493; G/D 1:83) (4.40)
    rehearsal version
  6. Come All Ye (5.27)
    take 1, from the Sandy Denny Box Set (2010)
  7. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.33)
    from Liege and Lief (1969)
  8. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (7.46)
    take 1, from the Sandy Denny Box Set (2010)
  9. Farewell, Farewell (2.38)
    from Liege and Lief (1969)
  10. The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (6.42)
    take 1 / edit, from the Liege and Lief deluxe reissue (2007)
  11. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (7.46)
  12. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.44)
  13. Medley: The Lark in the Morning / Rakish Paddy / Foxhunter’s Jig / Toss the Feathers (4.23)
    11.-13. from the BBC Session: John Peel’s Top Gear, 27 September 1969
  14. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (10.45)
    Full House out-take

CD 3

  1. * Walk Awhile (3.50)
  2. * Dirty Linen (3.55)
  3. * Sloth (12.18)
  4. * The Journeyman’s Grace (4.47)
  5. * Sir B. McKenzie (4.30)
    1.-5. live in concert on Pop Deux, 5 December 1970)
  6. * Flatback Caper (5.56)
  7. * Doctor of Physick (3.50)
    6.-7. live at the Troubadour, LA, 1970
  8. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman (5.28)
    (guitar, vocal) version (1976)
  9. * Bonnie Black Hare (Roud 1656; G/D 7:1427) (3.08)
    alternative take
  10. Lord Marlborough (Roud 233) (3.21)
  11. Banks of the Sweet Primeroses (Roud 586; G/D 8:1841) (4.06)
    10.-11. from Angel Delight (1971)
  12. Breakfast in Mayfair (3.06)
    from “Babbacombe” Lee (1971)
  13. * Little Did I Think (1.50)
  14. * John Lee (1.47)
  15. * Cell Song (4.27)
  16. * Time Is Near (2.48)
  17. * Dream Song (3.15)
  18. * Farewell to a Poor Man’s Son (5.16)
    13.-18. live from The Men They Couldn’t Hang (1975)

CD 4

  1. Sweet Little Rock ’n’ Roller (3.55)
    live at the Troubadour, LA, 1970
  2. The Bunch: That’ll Be the Day (2.00)
    from Rock On (1972)
  3. * The Bunch: Think It Over (2.33)
    Rock On out-take
  4. * Maverick Child (4.03)
  5. * Sad Song (As Long As It Is Mine) (5.06)
  6. * Matthew, Mark, Luke & John (3.05)
    David Rea vocal version
  7. * Rattle Trap (2.05)
  8. * Sheep in the Meadow (Roud 3064) (4.07)
  9. * Rosie (6.34)
    David Rea vocal version
  10. * Country Judy Jane (2.33)
    4.-10. from the aborted recording sessions with David Rea
  11. * Me With You (3.23)
  12. * My Girl (4.05)
  13. * To Althea from Prison (2.23)
    11.-13. Manor Studio versions
  14. Knights of the Road (3.56)
  15. The Plainsman (3.20)
    14.-15. from Rosie (1973)
  16. * Matthew, Mark, Luke & John (3.44)
  17. * Brilliancy Medley / Cherokee Shuffle (3.52)
    16.-17. live on BBC Old Grey Whistle Test, 17 April 1973
  18. Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (4.56)
    from Nine (1973)
  19. * Fiddlestix (The Devil in the Kitchen) (2.49)
    without orchestra
  20. * Possibly Parsons Green (3.42)
    Australian 7" single version
  21. Bring ’Em Down (5.56)
    from Nine (1973)

CD 5

  1. Sloth (11.33)
    live at Sydney Opera House, 1974
  2. John the Gun (5.03)
  3. Down in the Flood (3.27)
  4. Rising for the Moon (4.16)
    2.-4. BBC Session: John Peel, 6 August 1974
  5. * After Halloween (2.59)
    Byfield home demo, alternative take
  6. Restless (4.00)
    from Rising for the Moon (1975)
  7. White Dress (3.24)
    live on LWT, 9 August 1975
  8. Stranger to Himself (2.53)
    from Rising for the Moon (1975)
  9. Dawn (4.11)
    alternative version, from the Sandy Denny Box Set (2010)
  10. * One More Chance (7.52)
    alternative take
  11. All Along the Watchtower (4.19)
    live at Chateau Neuf, Oslo, 1975
  12. When First Into This Country (Roud 1081; G/D 7:1469) (2.30)
  13. Take Away the Load (Sandy’s Song) (3.37)
    from Gottle o’ Geer (1976)
  14. * Royal Seleccion No. 13: The Parade of the Tin Soldiers / Haste to the Wedding / Clarke’s Hornpipe / The Dashing White Sergeant (4.15)
  15. * Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (2.27)
    14.-15. live on A World of Music with Anne Lorne Gillies, 26 November 1976
  16. Reynard the Fox (Roud 190) (2.59)
    from The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977)
  17. * The Poor Ditching Boy (3.41)
  18. * Flowers of the Forest (Roud 3812) (3.55)
    17.-18. live in concert on STV, Scotland, 1976

CD 6: Live at Fairfield Halls, Croydon, London, 16 December 1973

  1. * Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (5.13)
  2. * Furs and Feathers (5.11)
  3. * Tokyo (3.09)
  4. * Cell Song (5.05)
  5. * The Claw (3.01)
  6. * Far from Me (3.47)
  7. * Brilliancy Medley / Cherokee Shuffle (4.14)
  8. * Days of 49 (6.21)
  9. * Fiddlestix (The Devil in the Kitchen) (3.07)
  10. * Dirty Linen (4.34)
  11. * Matthew, Mark, Luke & John (6.34)
  12. * Possibly Parsons Green (3.38)
  13. * Sir B. McKenzie (6.22)
  14. * Down in the Flood (3.45)
  15. * Something You Got (2.59)

CD 7: Live at The Troubadour, LA, 1974

  1. Down in the Flood (3.17)
  2. The Ballad of Ned Kelly (3.59)
  3. Solo (5.40)
  4. It’ll Take a Long Time (5.35)
  5. She Moves Through the Fair (Roud 861; Henry H141) (4.13)
  6. The Hen’s March Through the Midden / The Four Poster Bed (3.20)
  7. The Hexhamshire Lass (Roud 3182) (2.44)
  8. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (4.33)
  9. Six Days on the Road (3.38)
  10. Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (4.19)
  11. John the Gun (5.10)
  12. Down Where the Drunkards Roll (4.23)
  13. Crazy Lady Blues (4.02)
  14. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (7.01)
  15. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (6.58)
  16. That’ll Be the Day (3.23)