Fairport Convention
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1968
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City
State
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Set 1
Set 2
Set 3
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The Alternative Heyday: The Lost Tracks
BBC Radio
London
Marcie
Night In The City
Easter Rain
Fotheringay
She Moves Through The Fair
Light My Fire
I'll Keep It With Mine
Billy The Orphan Boy's Lonely Xmas
Meet On The Ledge
The Book Song
Who Knows Where The Time Goes
You're Gonna Need My Help
Lark In The Morning
Tracks 1-2: David Symonds Show, June 18, 1968
Tracks 3-4: Top Gear, August 26, 1968
Tracks 5-9: Top Gear, December 9, 1968
Track 10: David Symonds Show, December 27, 1968
Track 11-12: Symonds On Sunday, February 4, 1969
Track 13: Top Gear, September 23, 1969
Barn Barbecue
Whitlesey
England
It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
I Don't Know Where I Stand
You Never Wanted Me
Impromptu Song
Some Sweet Day
Close The Door Lightly
Jack O'Diamonds
Reno, Nevada
Musicians:
Sandy Denny
Ashley Hutchings
Martin Lamble
Simon Nicol
Richard Thompson
I(i)an Matthews
Lagga's Notes:
Richard Thompson in the foreword to Pamela Murray Winter's unpublished biography of Sandy Denny:
"Fairport Convention in 1968 was a repository of shy, retiring North London intellectuals. Teaming up with Sandy was like a Mini colliding with a lorry-load of bricks. She taught us to express our musical passions, gave us a real voice at the sharp end of our creativity, and we played our hearts out with little thought of anything else."
I'm happy that this old tape survived all these years to give you an idea what RT is talking about.
This tape was recorded only 2 1/2 weeks after Sandy joined Fairport. It was their 2nd live performance together, but still it sounds like they been together for ages. And they really played their hearts out.
This is Fairport Convention from the Heyday era with songs drawn almost entirely from contemporary American singer-songwriters.
It is the first known live recording with Sandy and Fairport and truly a piece of history!
Various
Various
Various
1. I Still Miss Someone
2. Bird On A Wire
3. If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong
4. I'll Keep It With Mine
5. Mr. Lacey
6. Time Will Show The Wiser
7. If (Stomp)
8. If I Had A Ribbon Bow
9. Violets of Dawn
10. Time Will Show The Wiser
11. Reno, Nevada
12. Morning Glory
Not terrific quality, but the only live recordings I have from Sandy Denny's first tenure with the band.
Tracks 1-5 are from Dutch TV September 1968
Tracks 6-9 are from BBC Radio March 1968
Tracks 10-12 from French TV April 1968
Only the first 5 tracks feature Sandy Denny
BBC Top Gear
London
England
She Moves Through The Fair
I'll Keep It With Mine
Billy The Orphan Boy's Lonely Christmas*
Meet On The Ledge
Sandy Denny
Richard Thompson
Simon Nicol
Tyger Hutchins
Martin Lamble
*w/Marc Ellington
Concertgebouw
Amsterdam
Holland
I Still Miss Someone
Bird On A Wire
If It Feels Good, You Know It Can´t Be Wrong
I´ll Keep It With Mine
Mr Lacey
Likely Dutch T.V. broadcast