Fairport Live Convention

Fairport Live Convention

Infobox Album |
Name = Fairport Live Convention
Type = live
Artist = Fairport Convention


Released = 1974
Recorded =
Genre = folk rock
Length =
Label = Island ILPS 9285
Producer = Joe Boyd
Reviews = *Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3zfyxqq0ld6e link]
Last album = "Nine"
(1973)
This album = "Fairport Live Convention"
(1974)
Next album = "Rising for the Moon"
(1975)

"Fairport Live Convention" is a folk rock album by Fairport Convention originally released in 1974 by Island Records. It was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, the London Rainbow and the Fairfield Halls, Croydon by John Wood and mixed down at Sound Techniques, London. It was produced by Trevor Lucas & John Wood.

The album was issued in the US and Canada under the title "A Moveable Feast" and in Germany as "Fairport Convention Live '75".

The original UK LP issue included an inner sleeve photograph of the band posing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, with Dave Mattacks sporting a shirt bearing the prominent legend "Harrison Birtwistle where its at".

Track listing

(as rendered on the original release)
#"Matty Groves" (Trad. arr. Denny / Pegg / Mattacks / Lucas / Swarbrick / Donahue)
#"Rosie" (Swarbrick)
#"Fiddlestix" (Trad. arr. Lucas / Swarbrick / Donahue / Mattacks / Pegg)
#"John the Gun" (Denny)
#"Something You Got" (Chris Kenner)
#"Sloth" (Thompson / Swarbrick)
#"Dirty Linen" (Trad. arr. Swarbrick)
#"Down in the Flood" (Bob Dylan)
#"Sir B. MacKenzie" (Swarbrick / Thompson / Nicol / Mattacks)

Personnel

*Sandy Denny - Vocals, Piano
*Trevor Lucas - Acoustic Guitars, Vocals
*Jerry Donahue - Electric Guitar, Vocals
*Dave Swarbrick - Fiddle, Vocals
*Dave Pegg - Bass Guitar
*Dave Mattacks - DrumsAlso credited on the original LP sleeve - stage mix by Phil Benton and Roger Proctor, photographs by Stephen Westlund and design co-ordination by Fabio Nicoll Associates and Dave Mattacks.

External links

* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fcfansite/album-live-convention.htm Fan site with trivia and reissue details]


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