Artist.......: Fairport Convention
Album........: Liege & Lief
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Folk
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Sep-02-2007
str.date.....: 000-00-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
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track title time
Studio Out-takes & BBC Sessions
01. Sir Patrick Spens 04:03
02. Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood {Take 4} 06:01
03. The Ballad Of Easy Rider 04:55
04. Tam Lin 07:48
05. Medley- The Lark In The Morning; Rakish 04:15
Paddy; Foxhunter's Jig; Toss The Feathers
06. Sir Patrick Spens 03:47
07. Reynardine 04:21
08. Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood {Take 1} 07:57
09. The Lady Is A Tramp 02:14
10. Medley- The Lady Is A Tramp; In Other Words 02:23
(Fly Me To The Moon)
The Original Album
01. Come All Ye 05:05
02. Reynardine 04:34
03. Matty Groves 08:10
04. Farewell Farewell 02:40
05. The Deserter 04:25
06. Medley 04:09
07. Tam Lin 07:14
08. Crazy Man Micheal 04:42
Runtime 88:43 min
Size 98,4 MB
Release Notes:
For their fourth album, Fairport Convention
released what is regarded by many as not only the
best record in their history, but also one of the
seminal English folk-rock albums of all time. This
was also the album that marked the transformation
of the group from, essentially, a rock band that
utilized folk music (in tandem with modern
singer/songwriter material) as a source for part of
their sound, and an inspiration for their own
songwriting, into a group specializing in
reinterpreting traditional English songs. There's
only one original number here, the soaring "Come
All Ye," the rest being adaptations of old English
folk songs; at the time, however, very few groups
were doing this with any success, or mixing
acoustic and electric sounds quite as adeptly, with
the result that Liege & Lief was practically a
consciousness-raising album for a lot of listeners.
"Farewell Farewell," "Matty Groves," "Reynardine,"
and "Tam-Lin" were highlights of an LP filled with
gems in this style, ornamented with gorgeous
harmonies and striking instrumental virtuosity.
Sadly, this lineup was in the process of splitting
up virtually as the record was being made -- after
Sandy Denny's and Ashley Hutchings' exits, it would
be remembered with a tone of nostalgia that was
somewhat unfair to the equally impressive lineup
that followed. The CD edition of Liege & Lief is
decent, although, as with almost any A&M CD release
dating before the end of the 1990s, the album could
use a 24-bit remastering one of these days.