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Fairport Convention

Liege & Lief

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Liege & Lief is the fourth album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. It is the third album the group released in the UK during 1969, all of which prominently feature Sandy Denny as lead female vocalist (Denny did not appear on the group's 1968 debut album), as well as the first to feature future long-serving personnel Dave Swarbrick and Dave Mattacks on violin/mandolin and drums, respectively, as full band members (Swarbrick had previously guested on Unhalfbricking). It is also the first Fairport album on which all songs are either adapted (freely) from traditional British and Celtic folk material (for example "Matty Groves", "Tam Lin"), or else are original compositions (such as "Come All Ye", "Crazy Man Michael") written and performed in a similar style. Although Denny and founding bass player Ashley Hutchings quit the band before the album's release, Fairport Convention has continued to the present day to make music strongly based within the British folk rock idiom, and are still the band most prominently associated with it. 

Details
Cat. number: 586 929-2, IMCD 291

Format

LP originally released in 1969. Expanded remaster originally released 2002. Recorded: Tracks 4 - Oct 16, 1969; Track 8 - Oct 19; Tracks 2 & 3 - Oct 22; Tracks 1, 6, 7 & 10.1 - Oct 29; Track 9 - Nov. 1. Tracks 9 & 10.1 are previously unreleased. although take 4 of "Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood" was issued on the compilation Who Knows Where The Time Goes in 1985. Track 10.3 is unlisted. Tracks 9 & 10.1 mixed at Universal Studios January 2002. CD package design at Waldo's Design & Dream Emporium. This compilation: ℗ 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. © 2002 Universal Island Records Ltd. A Universal Music Company The copyright in this compilation and artwork is owned by Universal Island Records Ltd. Made in the EU. All songs published by Warlock Music Ltd. except track 7 by Sparta Florida Music Group Ltd.

Release notes

LP originally released in 1969. Expanded remaster originally released 2002. Recorded: Tracks 4 - Oct 16, 1969; Track 8 - Oct 19; Tracks 2 & 3 - Oct 22; Tracks 1, 6, 7 & 10.1 - Oct 29; Track 9 - Nov. 1. Tracks 9 & 10.1 are previously unreleased. although take 4 of "Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood" was issued on the [a273427] compilation [url=/master/213482]Who Knows Where The Time Goes[/url] in 1985. Track 10.3 is unlisted. Tracks 9 & 10.1 mixed at Universal Studios January 2002. CD package design…

Tracklist
1Come All Ye4:55
2Reynardine4:33
3Matty Groves8:08
4Farewell, Farewell2:38
5The Deserter4:10
6Medley: The Lark In The Morning, Rakish Paddy, Foxhunter's Jigs, Toss The Feathers4:00
7Tam Lin7:20
8Crazy Man Michael4:35
Additional Recordings
9Sir Patrick Spens (Sandy Denny Vocal Version)4:00
10.1Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 1)7:48
10.2(silence)0:56
10.3The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 3, Outtake)1:32
Credits
Ashley Hutchings
Bass Guitar, Illustration [Drawings], Remastered By [In Attendance With], Sleeve Notes [Sleeve Note And Background Materials]
Diogenic Attempts Ltd.
Coordinator [Design Co-ordination]
Joe Black
Coordinator [Project Co-ordination For Universal]
Fairport Convention
Design Concept [Sleeve Concept], Design
Roberta Nicol
Design Concept [Sleeve Concept], Design
Phil Smee
Design [CD Package Design]
Dave Mattacks
Drums, Illustration [Drawings]
John Wood
Engineer
Richard Thompson
Guitar
Simon Nicol
Guitar
Bob Pegg
Illustration [Drawings]
Ian Rennie
Illustration [Drawings]
Joe Boyd
Illustration [Drawings], Liner Notes, Producer, Remastered By [In Attendance With]
Stephanie Rennie
Illustration [Drawings]
Eric Hayes
Photography By [Front And Back Cover Photographs]
Gary Moore
Remastered By
Tim Chacksfield
Research, Coordinator [Project Co-ordination]
Dave Swarbrick
Violin, Viola
Sandy Denny
Vocals

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