Fairport Convention - The Lasting Spirit: The Collection

Title: The Lasting Spirit: The Collection Artist: Fairport Convention Release Date: 6/28/2005 Label: Sanctuary Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 021823620725, 5050749219022 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: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 3

1. Some Sweet Day
2. You're Gonna Need My Help
3. Both Sides Now
4. You Never Wanted Me
5. Dear Landlord
6. Night in the City
7. Marcie
8. Fotheringay
9. Sir Patrick Spens
10. Wings
11. Suzanne
12. Jack O'Diamond
13. Time Will Show the Wiser
14. Mr Lacey
15. Genesis Hall
16. Reynardine
17. Million Dollar Bash
18. Matty Groves

1. Set Me Up
2. Reels Medley: Cup of Tea!/A Loaf of Bread/Miss Monahan's
3. Sock in It
4. All Your Beauty
5. London River
6. Honour and Praise
7. Rhythm of the Time
8. How Many Times
9. Red and Gold
10. Wat Tyler
11. The Wishfulness Waltz Medley: Wishfulness Waltz/Midnight on the Water
12. Claudy Banks
13. Mock Morris '90 Medley: The Green Man/The Cropredy Badger/Molly on the
14. Summer Before the War
15. Sigh Beg Sigh Mor

1. Walk Awhile
2. John Gaudie Medley: Joh Gaudie/Jack Broke da Prison Door/Donald Blue
3. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman
4. Come All Ye
5. Sloth
6. Fiddlestix
7. Solo
8. Close to the Wind
9. Jewel in the Crown
10. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
11. Woodworm Swing
12. Si Tu Dois Partir
13. Who Knows Where the Time Goes
14. Meet on the Ledge

Year Type Label Catalog # 2005 CD Sanctuary 190 2005 CD Sanctuary 36207

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This Fairport Convention triple-CD set represents a startlingly good idea that comes off well -- a compilation of live performances from across the group's history, intermingling class concert recordings from back as far as the late '60s with much more recent work from the Cropredy Festival. What one comes away appreciating anew is just how good a rock band Fairport has been for most of its history -- at their best, in fact, as represented here (including recent performances by Richard Thompson), they come off as at least as good a rock band as, say, Jethro Tull is a folk outfit, if not better. The sound is good, even on the older material (which goes back to Julie Dyble's tenure with the group), and the selection covers a huge range of repertory, some of which will surprise and delight casual fans who may not know all of the strings to this band's bow. ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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