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Rising for the Moon

Rising for the Moon

Rising for the Moon
Fairport Convention

Island ILPS 9313 (LP, UK, July 1975)
Island IMCD 155 (CD, UK, August 1992)
Island IMCD 312 (CD with bonus tracks, UK, August 2005)

 Fairport Rising for the Moon lineup

Produced and engineered by Glyn Johns, assisted by Benny King at Olympic Sound Studios, September-October 1974, February-March 1975.

Musicians

Sandy Denny, vocals, acoustic and electric pianos, acoustic guitar;
Dave Swarbrick, vocals, violin, viola, mandolin, autoharp, dulcimer;
Dave Pegg, bass, electric guitar, backing vocals;
Jerry Donahue, electric, acoustic and slide guitars;
Trevor Lucas, vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica;
Dave Mattacks, drums, percussion on [1, 2, 3, 8, 11];
Bruce Rowlands, drums, percussion on [4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Rising for the Moon (4.09)
  2. Restless (4.09)
  3. White Dress (3.44)
  4. Let It Go (2.01)
  5. Stranger to Himself (2.53)
  6. What Is True (3.34)
  1. Iron Lion (3.28)
  2. Dawn (3.43)
  3. After Halloween (3.39)
  4. Night-Time Girl (2.56)
  5. One More Chance (7.53)

2005 CD bonus tracks

  1. Tears (4.09)
    Session out-take; previously released as B side of the single White Dress and on The Attic Tracks
  2. Rising for the Moon (3.06)
  3. Stranger to Himself (2.17)
  4. One More Chance (3.46)
    three demos by Sandy Denny solo

Tracks 1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 13-15 Sandy Denny;
Track 2 Trevor Lucas, Pete Roach;
Track 3 Dave Swarbrick;
Track 4 Sandy Denny, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg;
Tracks 7, 12 Trevor Lucas;
Track 8 Sandy Denny, Jerry Donahue;
Track 10 Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg