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Sense of Occasion

Fairport Convention: Sense of Occasion (Matty Groves MGCD044)

Sense of Occasion
Fairport Convention

Matty Groves Records MGCD044 (CD, UK, 2011)

Produced by Mark Tucker with Fairport Convention;
Recorded and engineered by Mark Tucker az Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire in November 2006;
Design and illustration by Mick Toole;
Photography by Ben Nicholson

Musicians

Simon Nicol: guitars, vocals;
Chris Leslie: vocals, mandolin, bouzouki, violin [3];
Ric Sanders: violins, keyboards [7];
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, vocals;
Gerry Conway: drums, percussion, Indian harmonium [16]

Tracks

  1. Keep On Turning the Wheel (4.18)
  2. Love on a Farmboy’s Wages (4.14)
  3. The Bowman’s Return (4.14)
  4. South Dakota to Manchester (4.12)
  5. Spring Song (4.37)
  6. Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (5.03)
  7. Just Dandy (2.56)
  8. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (7.30)
  9. In Our Town (3.35)
  10. Edge of the Wood (4.08)
  11. Hawkwood’s Army (4.24)
  12. The Vision (4.21)
  13. Your Heart and Mine (3.40)
  14. Untouchable (4.28)
  15. Galileo’s Apology (3.04)
  16. Best Wishes (3.41)

Tracks 1, 4-5, 9-10 Chris Leslie;
Track 2 Andy Partridge;
Tracks 3, 7, 13 Ric Sanders;
Track 6 words trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Trevor Lucas; music Dave Pegg;
Track 8 trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick;
Track 11 Pete Scrowther;
Track 12 Bill Miller, John Flanagan;
Track 14 Glenn Tilbrook, Christopher Braid;
Track 15 PJ Wright;
Track 16 Steve Ashley