Fairport Convention > Records > House Full

House Full

Live at the L.A. Troubadour Fairport Convention Island Help 28 (LP, UK, January 1977) House Full Live at the L.A. Troubadour Fairport Convention Hannibal HNBL1319 (LP, UK, 1986) Hannibal HNCD1319 (CD, UK, 1990) Island IMCD 289 (CD, UK, October 2001)

Original live 8 track recordings engineered by John Wood at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, September 4, 5, and 6, 1970
Produced by Joe Boyd & Frank Kornelussen
Mixed by Jerry Boys, Livingston Studios, London, April 7 and 8, 1986
Except Island tracks 9 and 10 produced by Joe Boyd & Fairport Convention

Musicians

Richard Thompson, vocals, lead guitar, dulcimer;
Dave Swarbrick, violin, vocals;
Simon Nicol, rhythm guitar, mandolin;
Dave Pegg, bass mandolin;
Dave Mattacks, drums

Tracks

Island LP Live at the L.A. Troubadour

Side 1	Side 2
The Lark in the Morning Medley (3.49) Matty Groves (8.42) Bonnie Kate / Sir B. MacKenzie's (4.52) Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman (5.23)	Sloth (11.43) Banks of the Sweet Primroses (3.58) Jenny's Chickens / The Mason's Apron (6.14) Yellow Bird (3.06)

Track 1 is shown on the LP sleeve as Toss the Feathers.
Track 3 is listed just as Bonnie Kate but is in fact that tune followed by the three tunes that made up the Sir B. MacKenzie's single B-Side played in a different order.
Track 4 is actually an out-take from the Full House sessions with new vocals by Richard & Linda Thompson overdubbed in March 1975.
Track 7 is listed only as Mason's Apron

All tracks trad. arr. Fairport Convention except
Track 3b trad arr. Dave Swarbrick
Track 4, 5 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick
Track 8 Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman, Norman Luboff

Hannibal LP / CD

Side 1	Side 2
Sir Patrick Spens (3.06) Banks of the Sweet Primroses (4.28) The Lark in the Morning Medley (3.46) Sloth (11.56)	Staines Morris (3.52) Matty Groves (8.42) The Mason's Apron (4.36) Battle of the Somme (5.02)

This LP contains some tracks recorded at the same time as those issued on Live at the L.A. Troubadour and some that were actually released on that LP.
Track 2 is re-edited and remixed and is longer than the original version
Tracks 3 is re-mastered and listed wrongly as Toss the Feathers
Track 4 is a different take from that released on the earlier LP
Track 6 is re-mastered
Track 7 is re-edited and remixed and is shorter than the original version and is just listed as Mason's Apron

All tracks trad. arr. Fairport Convention except
Track 4 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick
Track 8 Pipe Major Robertson

2001 Island CD Reissue

1. Sir Patrick Spens (3.28)
2. Banks of the Sweet Primroses (4.37)
3. The Lark in the Morning Medley (3.53)
4. Sloth (12.18)
5. Staines Morris (3.44)
6. Matty Groves (8.43)
7. Jenny's Chickens / The Mason's Apron (4.41)
8. Battle of the Somme (5.01)
9. Bonnie Kate / Sir B. MacKenzie's (4.56)
10. Yellow Bird (2.17)

All tracks trad. arr. Fairport Convention except
Track 4 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick
Track 7b trad arr. Dave Swarbrick
Track 9b Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson
Track 10 Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman, Norman Luboff