Fairport Convention

Fairport Convention - Live at Rockpalast (Live at Rockpalast 23 March 1976) (2022) Music

Posted by Rtax at Jan. 13, 2023

Fairport Convention - Live at Rockpalast (Live at Rockpalast 23 March 1976) (2022)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 227 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 97 MB
40:13 | Folk, Folk Rock | Label: Repertoire Records

Mainstays of British folk Fairport Convention performing live in 1976. 2022 sees Fairport Convention celebrate their 55th anniversary. Famous for the many who have joined and left only to re-join, remarkably everyone who was ever involved remains part of the band’s extended family, returning to the fold for an annual reunion festival at Cropredy in Oxfordshire.

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Fairport Convention - Meet On The Ledge The Classic Years 1967-1975 (2CD, 1999) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 31, 2023

Fairport Convention - Meet On The Ledge The Classic Years 1967-1975 (2CD, 1999)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:37:03 | 896 / 356 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock / Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd.

Fairport Convention have had their fair share of anthologies, but the double-disc set Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975) is arguably the best yet, rivaling the classic Fairport Chronicles, which was released just as the classic lineup was splitting apart. Meet on the Ledge is more exhaustive than that collection, and it also boasts a number of rarities, including the previously unreleased "Bonny Bunch of Roses" and "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman." Undoubtedly, those will be of interest to collectors, but the 32-track set is still primarily targeted at neophytes and casual fans. Happily, it fulfills its goal of offering a flawless introduction – not only does it provide a concise history of the band, but it's also tremendously entertaining. Which means that even if it satiates some appetites, it will whet others. But the best thing is that the compilation works well enough to remain entertaining, even if you know the albums inside out.

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Fairport Convention - Chronicles (2CD, 2007) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Aug. 31, 2023

Fairport Convention - Chronicles (2CD, 2007)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:31:15 | 848 / 345 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock / Label: Universal-Island Records Ltd

The best British folk-rock band of the late '60s, Fairport Convention did more than any other act to develop a truly British variation on the folk-rock prototype by drawing upon traditional material and styles indigenous to the British Isles. While the revved-up renditions of traditional British folk tunes drew the most critical attention, the group members were also (at least at the outset) talented songwriters as well as interpreters. They were comfortable with conventional harmony-based folk-rock as well as tunes that drew upon more explicitly traditional sources, and boasted some of the best singers and instrumentalists of the day.

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Fairport Convention - Come All Ye: The First Ten Years (2017) Music

Posted by delpotro at Oct. 11, 2021

Fairport Convention - Come All Ye: The First Ten Years (2017)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 2,45 Gb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 1,18 Gb | 08:46:46
Folk Rock | Label: Universal Music

Universal will issue a seven-CD Fairport Convention box set in July that features ‘key album tracks’, non-album singles, radio sessions and previously unreleased live recordings from all of the classic line-ups. This collection celebrates Fairport’s first 10 years, beginning with their eponymous debut for Polydor in 1968, through all of their albums for Island Records and finishing with tracks from their two albums for Vertigo, The Bonny Bunch of Roses and Tippers Tales.

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Fairport Convention - Live Fillmore East 1970 (2023) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at June 8, 2023

Fairport Convention - Live Fillmore East 1970 (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 1:18:55 | 262 / 172 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock / Label: London Calling

Fairport Convention, live from the Fillmore East in 1970 Fairport Convention’s attempt to reinvigorate traditional English folk music succeeded against a cultural backdrop of loud guitars and nascent stadium rock similar to the folk revival across the Atlantic. With Liege & Lief having given the band a foothold at home and in America, their next album Full House would have to work harder to consolidate on the success, with the absence of Sandy Denny’s vocal charisma and two new members. History has of course taught us that this revised line-up would become the definitive version and Full House would become their most widely acclaimed album before Richard Thompson opted to move out. Touring across the USA with Jethro Tull at Fillmore West and Traffic and Mott The Hoople at Fillmore East, Fairport’s US trek saw a revitalised band eager to please and comfortable in its own skin, and after 5 albums in the space of 2 years, that was a rarity. London Calling revisits the first and last night of their celebrated 3 nightly run at the Fillmore East in June 1970. Presented with a fully restored and professionally remastered original WNEW-FM broadcast, this special edition also features background notes and timeline photos.

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Fairport Convention - Fairport Live Convention (Remastered) (1974/2005) Music

Posted by Rtax at March 4, 2023

Fairport Convention - Fairport Live Convention (Remastered) (1974/2005)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 393 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 177 MB
1:17:10 | Folk Rock | Label: Island Records

The presence of Sandy Denny raises expectations for the group's first released live album. Recorded on the band's 1973 world tour, it features songs such as "Matty Groves" and "Sloth," as well as the Swarbrick instrumental "Fiddlestix," their then current single "Rosie," and a nod to the group's origins as interpreters of American rock & roll and folk-rock, in the form of Dylan's "Down in the Flood" and Chris Kenner's "Something You Got." Denny's solo abilities are showcased on "John the Gun." The problem is the uneven quality of the recording, from three different venues, each seemingly lacking intimacy and warmth. This may explain why it was never released in America, and why Island released the superior Live At the L.A. Troubadour/House Full just two years later. As the only live document of Denny with the band, however, this record is vital to Fairport completists. ~ Bruce Eder & William Ruhlmann

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Fairport Convention - Rising For The Moon (1975) [2CD Deluxe Edition 2013] Music

Posted by gribovar at April 14, 2023

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"…

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Fairport Convention - Myths and Heroes (2015) Music

Posted by gribovar at April 21, 2023

Myths and Heroes is the twenty-seventh studio album from Britain's best-known folk-rock band Fairport Convention. Featuring thirteen new songs and tunes, this eagerly-awaited release is the first new Fairport studio album for four years. The tracks on Myths and Heroes include five compositions by Chris Leslie and two by Ric Sanders (both members of Fairport) and six guest compositions including a new song from renowned songwriter Ralph McTell. Recorded and mastered by John Gale, the album epitomizes Fairport Convention's consummate musicality - Myths and Heroes shows British folk-rock's founding fathers at the top of their game.

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Fairport Convention - Unhalfbricking (1969) Expanded Remastered Reissue 2003 Music

Posted by Designol at Nov. 13, 2023

Unhalfbricking is the third album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention, released in 1969. It is seen as a transitional album in their history and marked a further musical move away from American influences towards more traditional English folk songs that had begun on their previous album, What We Did On Our Holidays and arguably reached its peak on the follow-up, Liege & Lief, released later the same year. In 2004 Q magazine placed Unhalfbricking at number 41 in its list of the 50 Greatest British Albums Ever, and in the same year The Observer, describing it as "a thoroughly English masterpiece", listed it at number 27 in its Top 100 British Albums. The following year, 2005, it was included in Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die".

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Fairport Convention - Journeymans Grace (2005) Music

Posted by ciklon5 at Nov. 7, 2024

Fairport Convention - Journeymans Grace (2005)
FLAC (tracks+.cue,log) / MP3 320 kbps | 1:43:21 | 236 / 739 Mb
Genre: Folk Rock

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