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25th Anniversary Concert

Fairport Convention: 25th Anniversary Concert (Woodworm WRDCD022)

25th Anniversary Concert
Fairport Convention

Woodworm Records WRDCD022 (2 CD, UK, 1993)

Produced by Dave Pegg;
Recorded live from the sound desk direct to DAT at Cropredy Festival on 14/15 August 1992;
Edited by Tim Matyear at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire;
Final edit and mastering at Chop 'Em Out, London;
Package design and cover photography by Mick Toole;
Inlay photography by John Bright

Musicians

Simon Nicol: lead vocals [1, 5, 7-8, 22-24], vocals [2, 4, 10, 13-14, 16, 18-19, 21, 25], acoustic guitar [1-14, 16-19, 21-25], viola [15];
Dave Pegg: bass [1-4, 6-8, 13-14, 16-24], vocals [1-2, 4, 8, 13-14, 16, 18-19, 25], drums [5], second fiddle [15];
Dave Mattacks: drums [1-4, 7-14, 16-21, 23-25], keyboards [6, 22], bass [15];
Maartin Allcock: keyboards [1-2, 7, 17, 23, 25], acoustic guitar [6], electric guitar [7, 16, 21-22, 24], bouzar [3, 8], bass [5], vocals [5], big breaths [8];
Ric Sanders: keyboards [1, 7, 23-24];
Chris Leslie: lead vocals [2], fiddle [2-5, 7-8, 22-24];
Geoff Hughes: bodhrán [3];
Julianne Regan: lead vocals [4];
Robert Plant: lead vocals [6];
Vikki Clayton: lead vocals [9, 11-12], vocals [10, 25];
Richard Thompson: lead vocals [14], vocals [10, 13, 25], electric guitar [9-13, 25];
Dave Swarbrick: lead vocals [16-19], vocals [10, 13-14, 21], fiddle [9-21,25];
Ashley Hutchings: lead vocals [10], vocals [25], bass [9-12, 25];
Jerry Donahue: electric guitar [17-20], vocals [25];
Bruce Rowland: tambourine [18], washboard [19], vocals [25];
Ralph MacTell: lead vocals [20], acoustic guitar [20]

Tracks

CD 1

  1. Insult to Injury (4.10)
  2. I Wandered by a Brookside [Richard Monckton Milnes] (Roud 2418) (4:54)
  3. Con Casey's / Tripping up the Stairs (3:47)
  4. It'll Take More Than the Blues (3:50)
  5. Close to the Wind (6:20)
  6. Girl from the North Country (4:15)
  7. Claudy Banks (Roud 266; Laws N40; G/D 5:1036; Henry H5, H693) (5:34)
  8. John Barleycorn (Roud 164; G/D 3:559) (5:33)
  9. The Deserter (Roud 493; G/D 1:83) (4:52)
  10. Million Dollar Bash (4:09)
  11. Tam Lin (Roud 35; Child 39; G/D 2:330) (8:11)
  12. Crazy Man Michael (4:44)
  13. Sloth (12:21)

CD 2

  1. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman (5:31)
  2. Bridge Over the River Ash (Cherwell) (2:15)
  3. The Journeyman's Grace (4:40)
  4. The Hexhamshire Lass (Roud 3182) (2:34)
  5. Rosie (4:47)
  6. Me With You (2:55)
  7. Polly on the Shore (Roud 811) (5:12)
  8. Adieu, Adieu (Roud 30101) (2:21)
  9. The Hiring Fair (7:21)
  10. Red & Gold (6:44)
  11. Matty Groves (Roud 52; Child 81) / The Rutland Reel / Sack the Juggler (10:01)
  12. Si Tu Dois Partir (3:26)

Track 1 Linda Thompson, Betsy Cook;
Track 2 words Richard Monckton Milnes, music Barbara Berry;
Track 3 trad. arr. Maartin Allcock;
Track 4 Bricheno, Cousins, Regan;
Track 5 Stuart Marson;
Tracks 6, 10, 25 Bob Dylan;
Tracks 7-9, 15, 17, 21, 24a trad. arr. Fairport Convention;
Track 11 trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick;
Tracks 12-14, 16 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick;
Tracks 18-19 Dave Swarbrick;
Track 20 music Dave Pegg, lyrics trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Trevor Lucas;
Track 23 Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks;
Track 23 Ralph McTell;
Tracks 24bc Ric Sanders