Tipplers Tales

Infobox Album
Name = Tipplers Tales
Type =studio
Artist =Fairport Convention


Released =May 1978
Recorded =February 1978, Chipping Norton Studios, Oxfordshire
Genre =Folk rock
Length =
Label =Vertigo 9102022
Producer =Fairport Convention
Reviews =
Last album ="The Bonny Bunch of Roses "
(1977)
This album =" Tipplers Tales"
(1978)
Next album ="Farewell, Farewell"
(1979)

"Tipplers Tales" is an album by Fairport Convention.

Not all of the songs are related to boozing, despite the title. The last three tracks are recorded as one continuous track. In one of the CD reissues this obviously confused the engineers, leading to a mis-match of track numbers. Their version of "John Barleycorn" is close to the version recorded by Traffic. It was recorded in February 1978 at Chipping Norton Studios.

Track listing

#"Ye Marriners All" (Bottom Of The Punch Bowl/ East Nuke Of Fyfe/ Ye Marriners All) (2 tunes and one song) (Trad/ Trad/ Trad)
#"Three Drunken Maidens" (song) (Trad)
#"Jack O'Rion" (Jack O'Rion/Turnabout/Tiree/Miss Stevenson's/Do It Now/March of the Last/ Turnabout) (song with 6 tunes)
#"Reynard The Fox" (song) (Trad)
#"Lady Of Pleasure" (song) (Allan Taylor)
#"Bankrupted" (instr) (Dave Pegg)
#"The Widow of Westmoorland" (song) (Trad)
#"The Hair of the Dogma" (instr) (Dave Pegg)
#"As Bitme" (instr) (Dave Pegg/ Bruce Rowland)
#"John Barleycorn" (song) (Trad)

Personnel

*Dave Swarbrick - fiddle, mandolin, mandocello, vocals
*Simon Nicol - electric and acoustic guitars, vocals, dulcimer, piano
*Dave Pegg - bass guitar, guitar, mandolin, vocals
*Bruce Rowland - drums, percussion, electric piano