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Evanston 1975

Fairport Convention: Evanston 1975 (Leftfield LFMCD654)

Evanston 1975
The Illinois Broadcast
Fairport Convention

Leftfield Media LFDMD654 (CD, France, 2000)

From a live FM broadcast recorded at Amazing Grace, Evanston, Illinois, on 5 September 1975, early show;
The performance is OK but the sound quality is quite mediocre.

I found this CD on Amazon but apparently it is the first of three CDs of the bootleg Amazing Grace, Chicago 1975. According to some online comments, the 5 September 1975 late show on CDs 2-3 was quite bad as the band was totally drunk.

Musicians

Sandy Denny: vocals;
Dave Swarbrick: vocals, fiddle;
Dave Pegg: bass, backing vocals;
Jerry Donahue: electric lead guitar, backing vocals;
Trevor Lucas: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Bruce Rowland: drums

Tracks

  1. Rising for the Moon (5.28)
  2. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (8.32)
  3. Hexhamshire Lass (Roud 3182) (2.58)
  4. One More Chance (9.11)
  5. Brilliancy Medley (2.27)
  6. Cherokee Shuffle (2.10)
  7. Down in the Flood (4.31)
  8. Sloth (17.57)
  9. Iron Lion (5.15)
  10. Sir B. McKenzie (7.25)
  11. Pick Me Up (5.20)

Tracks 1, 4 Sandy Denny;
Track 2 trad.;
Tracks 3, 5 Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Jerry Donahue;
Track 6 Ray Edenton, Tommy Jackson;
Track 7 Bob Dylan;
Track 8 Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson;
Track 9 Trevor Lucas;
Track 10 Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Simon Nicol;
Track 11 Bryn Haworth