Track Listings (20) - Disc #1| All Artists: Various Artists Title: Fairport Convention Companion Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Castle Music UK Release Date: 4/17/2006 Album Type: Import Genres: Folk, Pop, Rock Style: Number of Discs: 2 SwapaCD Credits: 2 UPC: 5050749413376 |
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In 1972, the Indefatigable Pete Frame Provided One of his Trademark Family Trees for the Gatefold Sleeve of the Double Album "The History of Fairport Convention", it was Already a Complicated Undertaking. Even at that Rela... more » |
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Album Details In 1972, the Indefatigable Pete Frame Provided One of his Trademark Family Trees for the Gatefold Sleeve of the Double Album "The History of Fairport Convention", it was Already a Complicated Undertaking. Even at that Relatively Early Stage, Fairport were on to at Least their Seventh Incarnation, Having Already Shed Every Single Founder Member as Well as their Three Recognised Vocalists in Judy Dyble, Ian Matthews and Sandy Denny. More Than Three Decades Later, the Fairport Family Has Grown to Such a Labyrinthine Extent that it Takes an Annual Festival, the Fabled Cropredy, to Assemble the Entire Clan and their Various Friends and Associates in One Place. Intended as a Sideways Look at the Scope and Influence of the Leading British Folk Rock Band, this Tribute to a Veritable Institution Brings Together Various Non-fairport Performances from Some of the Key Figures in the Band?s Illustrious History. Similar CDs
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CD ReviewsEverybody Want's to be Fairport... PHILIP S WOLF | SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. USA | 05/18/2006 (4 out of 5 stars) "In 1969 Fairport Convention created something and it was called British Folk Rock , that is Traditional Folk Tunes or the songs of Swarbrick / Thompson as played by a Rock Band. Hundreds of other bands followed this lead and even over two full CD's represented here this only a small sample of what is out there.
Richard Thompson, Guitar and Dave Swarbrick, Fiddles are everywhere on these two disks as the influence of these two masters are large indeed. So is the presence of a certain Ashley Hutchings who when on to create many Folk Rock Bands after his departure from Fairport late in 1969. Not to leave out Sandy Denny to whom every Female Singer in the UK owes quite a debt, and even so she is imitated she shall never be bested. What you are to discover in these two Disk's is that many musicians have listened closely to Fairport Convention and their goal is to create music not of imitation but of the same quality and to carry forth the feeling of that great music that was created in 1969. If you just listen and enjoy you will discover something new and fresh in all 37 selections but also the link to everthing here is from Richard, Ashley, Simon, Iain, Sandy, Swarb, Martin, Judy, Peggy, Dave, Trevor, Jerry and onto Ric, Maartin, Chris and Gerry The Legacy of Fairport Convention is that tons of Music has sprung forth over the past 39 years that is tied directly a group of musicians that sat in a dressing room learning "A Sailor's Life" and transported that little Magic into something Much Bigger." |
