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The Cropredy Box

Fairport Convention: The Cropredy Box (Woodworm WR3CD026)

The Cropredy Box
The thirtieth anniversary concert of
Fairport Convention

Woodworm Records WR3CD026 (3 CD, UK, 1998)

Produced by Dave Pegg and Simon Nicol.
Recorded live at Cropredy Festival August 8 & 9, 1997 by Mark Tucker
Mixed by Simon Nicol and Mark Tucker, assisted by Rob Braviner at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire

Musicians

Simon Nicol: guitar, vocals;
Richard Thompson: electric guitar, vocals;
Ashley Hutchings: bass guitar, vocals;
Dave Mattacks: drums;
Judy Dyble: recorder, vocals;
Vikky Clayton: vocals;
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle, mandolin, vocals;
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, vocals;
Dan Ar Braz: guitar, vocals;
Chris Leslie: fiddle, batocaster, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals;
Maartin Allcock: guitar, keyboards, vocals;
Ralph McTell: guitar, vocals;
Jerry Donahue: guitar;
Cathy LeSurf: vocals;
Bruce Rowland: tambourine;
Ric Sanders: fiddle, keyboards

Tracks

CD 1: First Innings, Friday Evening, 8.8.97

  1. Intro (4.56)
  2. Wings [Ashley Hutchings, Ken Nicol] (4.30)
  3. Jack O’Diamonds [Bob Dylan, Ben Carruthers] (3.37)
  4. Time Will Show The Wiser [Emitt Rhodes] (3.14)
  5. Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings] (3.11)
  6. Suzanne [Leonard Cohen] (7.05)
  7. Genesis Hall [Richard Thompson] (3.51)
  8. Million Dollar Bash [Dylan, new lyrics by Ashley Hutchings] (4.27)
  9. Come All Ye [Ashley Hutchings, Sandy Denny] (5.23)
  10. Reynardine (Roud 397; Laws P15; G/D 2:333) (3.57)
  11. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) (7.38)

CD 2: Second Innings, Saturday, 9.8.97

  1. Danny Boy (Roud 23565) (3.11)
  2. Intro (8.29)
  3. Walk Awhile [Thompson, Swarbrick] (4.29)
  4. Now Be Thankful [Thompson, Swarbrick] (3.49)
  5. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman [Thompson, Swarbrick] (7.32)
  6. Angel Delight [Swarbrick, Pegg, Nicol, Mattacks] (4.38)
  7. Rain [Lennon, McCartney] (7.30)
  8. Cut Across Shorty [Wilkis, Walker] (5.41)
  9. Sloth [Thompson, Swarbrick] (13.06)
  10. Rosie [Dave Swarbrick] (6.02)
  11. Solo [Sandy Denny] (5.23)

CD 3: The Follow-On, Saturday, 9.8.97

  1. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (11.29)
  2. Wat Tyler [Ralph McTell, Simon Nicol] (6.37)
  3. Red and Gold [Ralph McTell] (6.56)
  4. Jewel in the Crown [Julie Matthews] (4.13)
  5. Woodworm Swing [Ric Sanders] (5.10)
  6. John Gaudie [Chris Leslie] (5.38)
  7. Fiddlestix [trad. arr. Swarbrick] (3.09)
  8. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Swarbrick] (6.36)
  9. Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan] (4.10)
  10. Meet On The Ledge [Richard Thompson] (7.32)

CD 3: Bonus Tracks

  1. Seventeen Come Sunday (Roud 277; Laws O17; G/D 4:791; Henry H152) (3.08)
  2. The April Fool Tape (5.23)