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Fairport Convention: 4 Play (Shirty SHIRTY3)

4 Play
Fairport Convention

Shirty SHIRTY3 (CD, UK, July 2012)

Edited and produced by Dave Swarbrick;
Tracks 1, 3, 10, 13 recorded in Belgium in 1979;
Track 2 recorded in Milan probably on 25 July 1979*;
Tracks 4-6, 9, 11-12, 14-17 recorded in Australia in 1977;
Track 7 recorded at Drury Lane on 29 March 1977;
Track 8 recorded at Nottingham University, date unknown;
Mastered by Andie Thomson at Gighouse Studios;
Music and photographic materials from the Swarbrick Archives;
Sleeve design by Paul Leather;
Logo design by Jill Swarbrick Banks

Musicians

Simon Nicol: guitar, dulcimer, vocals;
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, vocals;
Bruce Rowland: drums

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Walk Awhile (4.23)
  2. The Journeyman’s Grace (5.05)
  3. Dirty Linen (4.30)
  4. The Poor Ditching Boy (3.50)
  5. The Bonny Bunch of Roses (Roud 664; Laws J5; G/D 1:155) (15.16)
  6. Run Johnny Run (4.56)
  7. Jams O’Donnell’s Jig (2.42)
  8. General Taylor (Roud 216) (4.54)
  9. Sir B. McKenzie (6.46)

CD 2

  1. Royal Seleccion No. 5 (4.28)
  2. The Eynsham Poacher (Roud 1268) (2.35)
  3. Sir Patrick Spens (Roud 41; Child 58; G/D 1:17) (3.29)
  4. Sloth (15.09)
  5. The Hen’s March Through the Midden / The Four-Poster Bed (3.53)
  6. When I Get to the Border (4.15)
  7. The Flowers of the Forest (4.50)
  8. The Limey’s Lament (4.59)
  9. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (10.43)

Tracks 1-2 Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson;
Track 3 trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick;
Tracks 4, 15 Richard Thompson;
Track 5, 8-12, 16, 18 trad. arr. Fairport Convention;
Track 6 Ralph McTell;
Track 7 Dave Pegg;
Track 10 trad. arr. Fairport Convention, Lèon Jessel;
Track 13 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick;
Track 17 Dave Swarbrick, Bruce Rowland

* Note: The album notes state that track 2 was recorded in Milan on 5 July 1977. However, Jacques Paquet pointed out that Fairport played on that day in Sydney, Australia, but they played in Milan in July 1979.