Fairport Convention - Rising for the Moon

Title: Rising for the Moon Artist: Fairport Convention Release Date: 6/1975 Label: Island Album Type(s): lyrics/libretto UPCs: 731451275722, 0731451275722, 766486064829 Genre: Rock Styles: Psychedelic, Folk-Rock, British Folk, Progressive Folk, British Folk-Rock Moods: Dramatic, Earnest, Passionate, Pastoral, Amiable/Good-Natured, Autumnal, Bittersweet, Intimate, Literate, Witty, Energetic, Gentle, Intense, Laid-Back/Mellow, Melancholy, Organic, Reflective, Rollicking, Searching, Sophisticated, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Rising for the Moon
2. Restless
3. White Dress
4. Let It Go
5. Stranger to Himself
6. What Is True?
7. Iron Lion
8. Dawn
9. After Halloween
10. Night-Time Girl
11. One More Chance

Year Type Label Catalog # ------ CD Island 8102

Rising for the Moon [Germany Bonus Tracks] Rising for the Moon [Japan Bonus Tracks]

Although there's nothing here as overpowering as "Sailor's Life" or "Sloth," this record is still a choice release, as Sandy Denny's official return to Fairport. She wrote or co-wrote seven of its 11 songs, and dominates most of the others with her voice. This lineup (Denny, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Trevor Lucas, and Bruce Rowland, with Dave Mattacks--who quit partway through--drumming on some of the tracks) went for the gold with rock veteran Glyn Johns in the producer's spot. The result was the only Fairport album done after the departure of Richard Thompson that doesn't sound anemic in the electric guitar department. Some of the songs, especially the title track and "Restless," have the feel of compact, breezy pop/country-rock, reminiscent of the Eagles or Firefall, although it's hard to imagine either of those groups turning in anything with the ethereal beauty of Denny's performance on "White Dress" or "Dawn." Those songs and "Stranger to Himself" could easily have been on one of her solo albums. Others, like Trevor Lucas's "Iron Lion," sound almost like Fairport's version of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers." Only the Swarbrick/Pegg "Night-time Girl" resembles Fairport's established work from their earlier history. This was the last album and the last incarnation of Fairport Convention to present itself to the public as a contemporary rock group, and their last (apart from 1987's In Real Time) release on a major label. Beyond this point, they became part of the folk revival circuit, albeit with a huge audience. (British import) ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

Name Credits Ben King Assistant Engineer Bruce Rowland Drums, Percussion Dave Mattacks Drums, Percussion Dave Pegg Bass, Vocals (Background), Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Guitar (Bass) Dave Swarbrick Fiddle, Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic), Dulcimer, Mandolin, Autoharp, Violin, Viola Glyn Johns Engineer, Producer Jerry Donahue Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Slide Guitar, Vocals, Guitar (Acoustic) Marion Appleton Cover Painting Sandy Denny Guitar, Piano (Electric), Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals, Piano Trevor Lucas Harmonica, Guitar, Vocals, Percussion, Guitar (Acoustic)