Moat on the Ledge

Infobox Album
Name = Moat on the Ledge
Type = live
Artist = Fairport Convention


Released = 1982
Recorded = 15 August 1981
Genre = Folk-rock
Length =
Label = Woodworm
Producer = Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg
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Last album =
This album ="Moat on the Ledge"
(1982)
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"Moat on the Ledge: Live at Broughton Castle" is a live folk-rock album by Fairport Convention. Originally released in 1982, it has had various reissues, most recently on the 2003 Talking Elephant CD TECD052.

The album was produced by Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg.

The album was recorded at an early "Cropredy" festival, before that event finally settled in its current venue. It features a "reunion" appearance by Richard Thompson and the first public performance in some years by Judy Dyble.

Track listing

#"Walk Awhile" (Swarbrick, Thompson)
#"Country Pie" (Bob Dylan)
#"Rosie" (Swarbrick)
#"Matty Groves" (Trad Arr.)
#"Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
#"Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman" (Thompson)
#"The Brilliancy Medley" / "The Cherokee Shuffle" (Trad Arr.)
#"Woman or a Man" (Thompson)
#"High School Confidential" (Jerry Lee Lewis)

Personnel

*Dave Swarbrick - vocals, fiddle, mandolin
*Richard Thompson - vocals, electric guitar
*Simon Nicol - vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
*Dave Pegg - bass
*Dave Mattacks - drums
*Bruce Rowland - drums

with guests

*Judy Dyble - vocals on "Both Sides Now"
*Ralph McTell - electric guitar on "High School Confidential"