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The History of Fairport Convention

The History of Fairport Convention Fairport Convention Island ICD 4 (2LP /w booklet, UK, November 1972) Island CIDD 4 (CD, UK, April 1988) Island IMCD 128 (CD, UK, July 1991)

This double album (but single CD) was released at a time when it seemed that Fairport had ceased to exist. The tracks 1-10 are from the albums What We Did on Our Holidays, Unhalfbricking and Liege and Lief, on which Sandy appears, and are all studio versions which had previously been released.

Tracks

Side 1	Side 2
Meet on the Ledge (2:49) Fotheringay (3:03) Mr Lacey (2:52) Book Song (3:08) A Sailor's Life (11:07)	Si Tu Dois Partir (2:18) Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (5:06) Matty Groves (8:07) Crazy Man Michael (4:35)
Side 3	Side 4
Medley: The Lark in the Morning / Rakish Paddy / Foxhunter's Jig / Toss the Feathers (4:00) Now Be Thankful (2:22) Walk Awhile (3:59) Sloth (9:13) The Bonny Black Hare (3:03)	Angel Delight (4:05) Bridge Over the River Ash (2:12) John Lee (3:12) Breakfast in Mayfair (3:06) Hanging Song (5:21) The Hen's March / The Four Poster Bed (1:57)

Crazy Man Michael and the Medley appear on the double LP only but not on the CD.

Track 1 Richard Thompson
Tracks 2, 7 Sandy Denny
Track 3 Ashley Hutchings
Track 4 Ian Matthews, Richard Thompson
Tracks 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 20 Trad. arr. Fairport Convention
Track 6 Bob Dylan
Tracks 9, 13 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick
Tracks 11, 12 Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson
Track 15 Fairport Convention
Track 17 Dave Swarbrick
Track 18 Simon Nicol
Track 19 Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg

#1-4 are from What We Did on Our Holidays
#5-7 are from Unhalfbricking
#8-10 are from Liege and Lief
#11 originally released as a single
#12-13 are from Full House
#14-16 are from Angel Delight
#17-19 are from “Babbacombe” Lee
#20 is from Rosie