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The Cropredy Box

The Cropredy Box

The Cropredy Box
The thirtieth anniversary concert of
Fairport Convention

Woodworm Records WR3CD026 (3 CD, UK, 1998)

Produced by Dave Pegg and Simon Nicol.
Recorded live at Cropredy Festival August 8 & 9, 1997 by Mark Tucker
Mixed by Simon Nicol and Mark Tucker, assisted by Rob Braviner at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire

Musicians

Simon Nicol: guitar, vocals;
Richard Thompson: electric guitar, vocals
Ashley Hutchings: bass guitar, vocals
Dave Mattacks: drums
Judy Dyble: recorder, vocals
Vikky Clayton: vocals
Dave Swarbrick: fiddle, mandolin, vocals
Dave Pegg: bass guitar, vocals
Dan Ar Braz: guitar, vocals
Chris Leslie: fiddle, batocaster, bouzouki, mandolin, vocals
Maartin Allcock: guitar, keyboards, vocals
Ralph McTell: guitar, vocals
Jerry Donahue: guitar
Cathy LeSurf: vocals
Bruce Rowland: tambourine
Ric Sanders: fiddle, keyboards

Tracks

CD 1: First Innings, Friday Evening, 8.8.97

  1. Intro (4.56)
  2. Wings [Ashley Hutchings / Ken Nicol] (4.30)
  3. Jack O'Diamonds [Bob Dylan / Ben Carruthers] (3.37)
  4. Time Will Show The Wiser [Emitt Rhodes] (3.14)
  5. Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings] (3.11)
  6. Suzanne [Leonard Cohen] (7.05)
  7. Genesis Hall [Richard Thompson] (3.51)
  8. Million Dollar Bash [Dylan, new lyrics by Ashley Hutchings] (4.27)
  9. Come All Ye [Ashley Hutchings / Sandy Denny] (5.23)
  10. Reynardine [Trad. arr. Fairport] (3.57)
  11. Matty Groves [Trad. arr. Fairport] (7.38)

CD 2: Second Innings, Saturday, 9.8.97

  1. Danny Boy [Trad. arr. spontaneously] (3.11)
  2. Intro (8.29)
  3. Walk Awhile [Thompson / Swarbrick] (4.29)
  4. Now Be Thankful [Thompson / Swarbrick] (3.49)
  5. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman [Thompson / Swarbrick] (7.32)
  6. Angel Delight [Swarbrick, Pegg, Nicol, Mattacks] (4.38)
  7. Rain [Lennon / McCartney] (7.30)
  8. Cut Across Shorty [Wilkis / Walker] (5.41)
  9. Sloth [Thompson / Swarbrick] (13.06)
  10. Rosie [Dave Swarbrick] (6.02)
  11. Solo [Sandy Denny] (5.23)

CD 3: The Follow-On, Saturday, 9.8.97

  1. John Barleycorn [Trad. arr. Fairport] (11.29)
  2. Wat Tyler [McTell / Nicol] (6.37)
  3. Red and Gold [Ralph McTell] (6.56)
  4. Jewel in the Crown [Julie Matthews] (4.13)
  5. Woodworm Swing [Ric Sanders] (5.10)
  6. John Gaudie [Chris Leslie] (5.38)
  7. Fiddlestix [Trad. arr. Swarbrick] (3.09)
  8. Dirty Linen [Trad. arr. Swarbrick] (6.36)
  9. Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan] (4.10)
  10. Meet On The Ledge [Richard Thompson] (7.32)

CD 3: Bonus Tracks

  1. Seventeen Come Sunday [Trad. arr. Nicol, Pegg, Mattacks, Sanders, Leslie] (3.08)
  2. The April Fool Tape (5.23)