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It All Came Round Again

Fairport Convention: It All Came Round Again (Madfish SMABX1287)

It All Came Round Again
Onstage and On Air 1982-90
Fairport Convention

Madfish SMABX1287 (11CD+DVD, UK, 26 July 2024)

Executive producer: Frederick Jude;
Project oversight: Cliff Dane and Alice Mills;
Project coordinator: Colin Harper;
Audio and video mastering and authoring: Eroc;
Design: Mark Case;
Booklet authors: Patrick Humphries, Graeme Thompson, Nigel Shofield;
Principal photography: Dave Peabody;
Additional visuals: Ian Burgess, Richard Houghton and Colin Harper

Tracks

CD 1: Live at Cropredy Festival, 14.08.82 (A.T. 2)

  1. The Lark in the Morning [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.56)
  2. Angel Delight [Fairport Convention] (5.16)
  3. Marijuana Australiana [Brendan Hanley] (4.59)
  4. The Beak [Jerry Donahue] / The Claw [Jerry Reed Hubbard] (3.35)
  5. Here Come the Cowboys [Brent Parlane] (5.58)
  6. Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (5.10)
  7. The Hexhamshire Lass (Roud 3182) (2.37)
  8. Bring ’Em Down [Trevor Lucas] (7.29)
  9. Sloth [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (16.28)
  10. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (4.13)
  11. Lucky Old Sun [Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie] (6.07)
  12. Love Me Tomorrow (Dan’s Blues) [trad. arr. Thorup] (5.48)

Dave Swarbrick: vocals, fiddle, mandolin;
Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, vocals;
Trevor Lucas: vocals, acoustic guitar [3, 5-8, 10-12, CD4 10];
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar;
Dave Mattacks: drums;
Bruce Rowland: drums;
Dan Ar Bras: vocal, electric guitar;
Linda Thompson: backing vocals [9, CD4 10];
Phillipa Clare: backing vocals [12, CD4 10];
Johnny Jones: backing vocals [12].

CD 2: Live at Cropredy Festival, 13.08.83, Part 1 (The Boot)

  1. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (2.38)
  2. The Hen’s March / The Four Poster Bed [trad. arr. Fairport] (4.42)
  3. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.24)
  4. Flowers of the Forest (Roud 3812) (4.19)
  5. The Eynsham Poacher (Roud 1268) (3.31)
  6. Jack Orion (Roud 145; Child 67) (12.51)
  7. The Widow of Westmorland’s Daughter (Roud 228; G/D 7:1439) / Random Jig [James Hill] (5.50)
  8. The Poor Ditching Boy [Richard Thompson] (4.08)
  9. Bottom of the Punchbowl / East Nuke of Fyfe / Ye Mariners All (Roud 1191) (5.46)
  10. Royal Seleccion No. 13 [trad. arr. Fairport] (5.41)

CD 3: Live at Cropredy Festival, 13.08.83, Part 2 (The Boot)

  1. Come All Ye [Ashley Hutchings, Sandy Denny] (5.28)
  2. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (4.55)
  3. Crazy Man Michael [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (5.33)
  4. Farewell, Farewell [Richard Thompson] (3.14)
  5. The Lark in the Morning [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.17)
  6. Genesis Hall [Richard Thompson] (4.03)
  7. Learning the Game [Buddy Holly] (3.01)
  8. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (10.04)
  9. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? [Sandy Denny] (6.31)
  10. Walk Awhile [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (4.26)
  11. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (4.26)
  12. Sloth [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (19.44)

CD 4: Live at Cropredy Festival, 13.08.83, Part 4 (The Boot)

  1. Rosie [Dave Swarbrick] (5.27)
  2. Sir B. McKenzie’s Daughter’s Lament for the 77th Mounted Lancers’ Retreat from the Straits of Loch Knombe on the Occasion of the Announcement of her Marriage to the Laird of Kinleakie [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks] (6.42)
  3. Rising for the Moon [Sandy Denny] (4.36)
  4. Percy’s Song [Bob Dylan] (8.33)
  5. Nadine [Chuck Berry] (5.15)
  6. Million Dollar Bash [Bob Dylan] (5.32)
  7. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (8.23)
  8. Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan] (4.13)
  9. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (5.13)

Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric dulcimer;
Dave Swarbrick: vocals, fiddle;
Richard Thompson: vocals, electric guitar;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals;
Ashley Hutchings: bass guitar, vocals;
Bruce Rowland: drums;
Dave Mattacks: drums;
Cathy Le Surf: vocals [CD3 1-4, 7-9, CD4 3-4, 6, 8-9];
Andy Donaldson: backing vocals [CD4 6];
Alistair Anderson: Northumbrian pipes [CD2 7];
Paul Mitchell: harmonica [CD4 5];
Dave Whetstone: melodeon [CD4 8]

Encore From Cropredy Festival, 14.08.82 (A.T. 2)

  1. Forever Young [Bob Dylan] (8.50)

CD 5: Live on the BBC

Live on the BBC: Cropredy Festival, 11.08.84

  1. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.22)
  2. The Lark in the Morning / Toss the Feathers [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.15)
  3. John the Gun [Sandy Denny] (5.00)
  4. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (6.00)
  5. Day Trip to Bangor [Debbie Cook] (3.16)
  6. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (4.22)
  7. To Althea From Prison [Richard Lovelace, Dave Swarbrick] (5.36)
  8. I’m Nearly in Love [Richard Thompson] (4.47)
  9. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (5.28)

Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Dave Swarbrick: violin, vocals;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Bruce Rowland: drums [1, 5-6];
Dave Mattacks: drums [2-9], electric piano [5, 7];
Richard Thompson: guitar [2-9];
Cathy Lesurf: vocals [5]

Live on the BBC: Birmingham University, 07.12.85

  1. Instrumental Medley ’85 [Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg] (5.05)
  2. Wat Tyler [Ralph McTell, Simon Nicol] (5.56)
  3. The Lark in the Morning [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.16)
  4. The Swirling Pit [Dave Pegg] / The Rutland Reel / Sack the Juggler [Ric Sanders] (3.46)
  5. Jams O’Donnell’s Jig [Dave Pegg] (3.20)
  6. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (3.10)

Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bouzouki, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin, keyboards;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums, keyboards

CD 6: Live at Cropredy Festival, 09.08.86, Part 1 (The Other Boot)

  1. Reno, Nevada [Richard Fariña] (4.30)
  2. Keep on Sailing [Ian Matthews] (4.50)
  3. Tried So Hard [Gene Clark] (4.09)
  4. Suzanne [Leonard Cohen] (6.45)
  5. The Lark in the Morning [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.33)
  6. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? [Sandy Denny] (6.18)
  7. Woodstock [Joni Mitchell] (2.50)
  8. Sloth [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (17.29)

CD 7: Live at Cropredy Festival, 09.08.86, Part 2 (The Other Boot)

  1. Bird From the Mountain [Ralph McTell] (5.28)
  2. The Gas Almost Works [John Kirkpatrick] / The Cat on the Mixer / Three Left Feet [Maartin Allcock] (5.16)
  3. Wat Tyler [Ralph McTell, Simon Nicol] (5.58)
  4. The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood [Richard Fariña / trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.49)
  5. Time Will Show the Wiser [Emitt Rhodes] (3.58)
  6. The Swirling Pit [Dave Pegg] / Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) / The Rutland Reel / Sack the Juggler [Ric Sanders] (11.17)
  7. Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings] (4.26)
  8. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (7.27)

Ian Matthews: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Richard Thompson: vocals, electric guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bouzouki, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin, keyboards;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums, keyboards;
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar, backing vocals;
Harold Wells: spoken word introduction [CD7 1];
Cathy Lesurf: vocals [CD7 1, 8];
Clive Gregson, Christine Collister: backing vocals [CD7 4, 7-8]

Live at Canberra Workers’ Club, 12.03.86

  1. Sloth [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (18.08)

Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bouzouki, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin, keyboards;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums, keyboards

CD 8: Live at Cropredy Festival, 15.08.87 (The Third Leg)

  1. The Gas Almost Works [John Kirkpatrick] / The Cat on the Mixer / Three Left Feet [Maartin Allcock] (5.27)
  2. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5.30)
  3. The Hiring Fair [Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks] (6.45)
  4. Bridge of Sighs [Ralph McTell] (5.30)
  5. John the Gun [Sandy Denny] (5.55)
  6. The Lark in the Morning [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.43)
  7. Tomorrow Is a Long Time [Bob Dylan] (3.58)
  8. For Shame of Doing Wrong [Richard Thompson] (5.36)
  9. Hand of Kindness [Richard Thompson] (6.35)
  10. Saturday Rolling Around [Richard Thompson] (3.27)
  11. Rosie [Dave Swarbrick] (5.01)
  12. Serenade to a Cuckoo [Roland Kirk] (4.55)
  13. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) / The Rutland Reel / Sack the Juggler [Ric Sanders] (8.35)

Ian Matthews: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Richard Thompson: vocals, electric guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bouzouki, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin, keyboards;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums, keyboards;
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar, backing vocals;
Ralph McTell: vocals [4];
June Tabor: vocals [5];
Cathy Lesurf: vocals [7-8];
Ian Anderson: flute [12];
Martin Barre: electric guitar [12]

CD 9: Live on the BBC

Live on the BBC: Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, 17.01.87

  1. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (6.13)
  2. Medley: The Gas Almost Works [John Kirkpatrick] / The Cat on the Mixer / Three Left Feet [Maartin Allcock] (6.17)
  3. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (8.02)
  4. The Lark in the Morning [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (5.21)
  5. Close to the Wind [Stuart Marson] (6.11)
  6. Head in a Sack [Dave Whetstone] (4.34)

Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bouzouki, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin, keyboards;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums, keyboards

Live on the BBC: Simon Nicol & Ric Sanders In Session, 11/87

  1. The Sherriff’s Ride / The Upton-Upon-Severn Stick Dance [trd. arr. Simon Nicol, Ric Sanders] (3.56)
  2. Rosemary’s Sister [Huw Williams] (5.45)
  3. Molly on the Jetty (AKA The Cotswold Tune) (2.15)
  4. Close to the Wind [Stuart Marson] (6.09)

Simon Nicol: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Ric Sanders: violin

Live at Cropredy Festival, 15.08.87 (Folk on 2, 10 February 1988)

  1. Fiddlestix [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (3.58)

Dave Swarbrick: violin;
Maartin Allcock: guitar;
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar;
Simon Nicol: guitar;
Dave Mattacks: drums;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar;
Ric Sanders: violin

Live on the BBC: Cropredy Festival, 15.08.87 (encore from The Third Leg)

  1. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? [Sandy Denny] (7.55)

Ian Matthews: vocals
Simon Nicol: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Richard Thompson: vocals, electric guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums;
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar, vocals;
Cathy Lesurf: vocals

CD 10: Live on the BBC

Live on the BBC: Octagon Theatre, Yeovil, 14.01.89

  1. The Widow of Westmorland’s Daughter (Roud 228; G/D 7:1439) (5.29)
  2. Dark Eyed Molly [Archie Fisher] (6.21)
  3. Set Me Up [Dave Whetstone] (4.22)
  4. The Lark in the Morning [trad. arr. Fairport Convention] (4.11)
  5. London River [Rod Shearman arr. Maartin Allcock] (3.56)
  6. Rose Hip [Rick Sanders] (6.37)
  7. Red & Gold [Ralph McTell] (7.49)
  8. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (5.10)

Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bouzouki, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin, keyboards;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums, keyboards

Live on the BBC: Pebble Mill, 1990

  1. Ginnie [Huw Williams] (4.44)
  2. Portmeirion [Rick Sanders] (6.01)
  3. All Your Beauty [Barry Lowe, Martin White;] (3.40)
  4. The Summer Before the War [Huw Williams] (5.22)
  5. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (4.40)
  6. The Beggar’s Song (Roud 1573) (4.02)

Simon Nicol: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Dave Pegg: acoustic bass, mandolin, vocals;
Maartin Allcock: acoustic guitar, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin

CD 11: In Session at the BBC 1988-89

In Session at the BBC: Richard Skinner Show, 13.04.89

  1. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) / The Rutland Reel / Sack the Juggler [Ric Sanders] (9.14)
  2. Red & Gold [Ralph McTell] (6.39)
  3. Set Me Up [Dave Whetstone] (4.17)
  4. The Noise Club [Maartin Allcock] (3.13)

In Session at the BBC: Nightride, w/c 30.04.88

  1. The Hiring Fair [Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks] (6.39)
  2. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (5.14)
  3. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (4.51)
  4. Cat on the Mixer / Three Left Feet [Maartin Allcock] (3.27)
  5. Portmeirion [Rick Sanders] (4.54)
  6. Head in a Sack [Dave Whetstone] (4.11)

In Session at the BBC: Nightride, w/c 10.03.89

  1. London River [Rod Shearman arr. Maartin Allcock] (2.56)
  2. Walk Awhile [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (4.20)
  3. The Beggar’s Song (Roud 1573) (3.28)

Simon Nicol: vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar;
Maartin Allcock: keyboards, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric bouzouki, backing vocals;
Ric Sanders: violin, keyboards;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums, keyboards

Simon Nicol in Session at the BBC: Alan Titchmarsh, 23.98.88

  1. The Whim / Lord Inchiquin [trad. arr. Simon Nicol] (2.12)
  2. Interview with Simon Nicol (2.18)
  3. The Summer Before the War [Huw Williams] (3.41)

Simon Nicol: acoustic guitar, vocals

Lone Star Cafe, New York, USA, 22.07.84

  1. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (7.09)

Dave Swarbrick: violin, vocals;
Heather Wood: vocals;
Simon Nicol: guitar, vocals;
Dave Pegg: bass;
Dave Mattacks: drums

DVD: Live at the BBC 1982-85

Live at the BBC: Six Fifty-Five Special, 09.08.82

  1. Walk Awhile [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick] (4.34)
  2. Simon Nicol Interview (5.38)
  3. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (3.53)
  4. Martin Carthy Interview (2.29)
  5. Lovely Joan (Roud 592) (4.00)
  6. Iron Lion [Trevor Lucas] (4.54)
  7. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson] (5.10)

Dave Swarbrick: violin, vocals [1, 3, 6-7];
Trevor Lucas: vocals, acoustic guitar [1, 3, 6-7];
Simon Nicols: vocals, acoustic guitar [1, 3, 6-7];
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar [1, 3, 6-7];
Dave Pegg: bass, backing vocals [1, 3, 6-7];
Dave Mattacks: drums [1, 3, 6-7];
Bruce Rowland: drums [1, 3, 6-7];
Martin Carthy: vocals, acoustic guitar [5-7]

Live at the BBC: Summer Festivals,08.078.82

  1. The Widow of Westmorland’s Daughter (Roud 228; G/D 7:1439) (3.56)

Live at the BBC: Six Fifty-Five Special, 20.08.82

  1. The Humours of Cappa / The Swallowtail Reel [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (1.53)
  2. Interview with Simon Nicol (1.17)
  3. The 79th Farewell to Gibraltar / The Atholl Highlanders / The Devil Amongst the Tailors [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick] (1.49)

Simon Nicols: vocals, guitar;
Dave Swarbrick: violin

Live at the BBC: Six Fifty-Five Special, 04.08.83

  1. The Royal Seleccion No. 13 [trad. arr. Fairport] (3.18)
  2. Interview With Simon Nicol (2.40)
  3. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (2.26)

Live at the BBC: Pebble Mill at One, 12.12.83

  1. Rosie [Dave Swarbrick] (3.59)
  2. The Eynsham Poacher (Roud 1268) (2.32)

Dave Swarbrick: violin, vocals;
Simon Nicols: guitar;
Jerry Donahue: guitar;
Dave Pegg: bass;
Bruce Rowlands: drums

London Plus (9 August 1985)

  1. Report on Cropredy Reunion

DVD Extras: BBC TC (1972-76 and off-air 1981-83)

Live at the BBC: The Old Grey Whistle Test, 11.01.72

  1. Time Is Near [Fairport Convention] (Take 1) (2.33)
  2. The Hanging Song [Fairport Convention] (Take 1) (1.48)
  3. The Hanging Song (Take 2) (4.22)
  4. Time Is Near (Take 2) (2.32)
  5. The Hanging Song (Take 3) (5.15)

Dave Swarbrick: vocals, violin;
Roger Hill: guitar;
Dave Pegg: bass;
Dave Mattacks: drums

Live at the BBC: The Old Grey Whistle Test, 17.04.73

  1. Matthew, Mark, Luke & John [Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg] (3.47)
  2. Brilliancy Medley / Cherokee Shuffle [Eck Robinson, Tommy Jackson] (3.53)

Dave Swarbrick: vocals, violin;
Trevor Lucas: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Jerry Donahue: guitar;
Dave Pegg: bass;
Dave Mattacks: drums

Live at the BBC: Anne Lorne Gillies, 26.11.76

  1. Royal Seleccion No. 13 [trad. arr. Fairport] (4.25)
  2. Interview (0.50)
  3. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (2.33)

Dave Swarbrick: vocals, violin;
Simon Nicol: vocals, acoustic guitar;
Dave Pegg: bass;
Bruce Rowland: drums

Live at the BBC: Pebble Mill at One, 1981: Simon Nicol and Dave Swarbrick, off-air

  1. The Hen’s March Through the midden / The Four Poster Bed [trad. arr. Fairport] (2.43)
  2. Time to Ring Some Changes [Richard Thompson] (2.31)

Live at the BBC: Pebble Mill at One, 1983: Simon Nicol and Dave Swarbrick, off-air

  1. The Merry Boys of Greenhill [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Simon Nicol] (2.14)
  2. Three Drunken Maidens (Roud 252) (2.50)

Simon Nicol: vocals, guitar;
Dave Swarbrick: violin