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FAIRPORT CONVENTION
London, GB
* 1967

Line-Up (1999):

Simon Nicol - voc,g
Dave Pegg - bg,voc
Chris Leslie - voc,viol,mand
Gerry Conway - ds
Ric Sanders - viol

Former Members:

Judy Dyble (voc, 11/67-5/68); Ian Matthews (voc, 11/67-1/69); Sandy Denny (voc,g, 1/68-12/69, cca 11/74-2/76, ?-78); Dave Swarbrick (voc,viol, 7/69-5/79)

Richard Thompson (g,voc, 11/67-1/71, cca 1989); Simon Nicol (g,voc, 11/67-12/71, 9/76-5/79); Roger Hill (g,voc, 12/71-2/72); David Reay (g, 6-8/72); Jerry Donahue (g,voc, 2/72-2/76, ?-79, cca 1989); Trevor Lucas (g,voc, 2/72-2/76, ?-79); Dan ar Bras (g, 3-9/76)

Ashley Hutchings (bg,voc, 11/67-11/69)

Bob Brady (kb, 3-9/76); Martin Allcock (kb, 1985-?)

Shaun Frater (ds, 1967); Martin Lamble (ds, 11/67-5/69); Dave Mattacks (ds, 8/69-2/72, 8/72-12/74, 1985-?); Tom Farnell (ds, 2/72-8/72); Paul Warren (ds, 1/75-?); Bruce Rowland (ds, cca 4/75-5/79)

Roger Burridge (viol, 2-9/76)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Fairport Convention produced by: Joe Boyd	6/1968	Polydor
2.	What We Did On Our Holidays (in the USA "Fairport Convention", A&M)	1/1969	Island
3.	Unhalfbricking	7/1969	Island		12
4.	Liege And Lief	12/1969	Island		17
5.	Full House	7/1970	Island		13
6.	Angel Delight	11.06.1971	Island		8
7.	Babbacombe Lee	26.11.1971	Island
8.	A History Of Fairport Convention (2LP)	08.12.1972	Island		28
9.	Rosie produced by: Trevor Lucas	09.02.1973	Island
10.	Nine produced by: Trevor Lucas/John Wood/Fairport Convention	28.09.1973	Island
11.	Live Convention (in the USA "A Moveable Feast") produced by: John Wood	12.07.1974	Island
12.	Rising For The Moon produced by: Glyn Johns	13.06.1975	Island		52
13.	Fairport Chronicles (2LP, in the USA)	1976	A&M
14.	Gottle O'Gear produced by: Bruce Rowland	21.05.1976	Island
15.	Live At The L.A. Troubadour, 1970	12/1976	Help/Island
16.	The Bonny Bunch Of Roses	22.07.1977	Vertigo
17.	Tipplers Tales	19.05.1978	Vertigo
18.	Farewell Farewell	11/1979	Simon's
19.	The Airing Cupboard Tapes '71-'74 (MC)	8/1981	Woodwarm
20.	Moat On The Ledge - Live At Broughton Castle 1981	6/1982	Woodwarm
21.	Glady's Leap	8/1985	Woodwarm
22.	Expletive Delighted!	1987	Woodwarm
23.	House Full (= "Live At The L.A. Troubadour, 1970")	1/1987	Hannibal
24.	Heyday "BBC Radio Sessions 1968-69"	9/1987	Hannibal
25.	In Real Time	11/1987	Island
26.	Red And Gold	1/1988	Woodwarm		74
27.	The Best Of Fairport Convention	4/1988	Island
28.	25th Anniversary Pack	1989
29.	The Five Seasons	12/1990	New Routes
30.	The Woodworm Years	1991	Woodwarm
31.	Jewel In The Crown	1/1995	Woodworm
32.	50th Birthday Concert & Dave Swarbrick	13.05.1996	Cooking Vinyl
33.	House Full Live In L.A. 1970	1996	Hannibal
34.	Red & Gold	03.02.1997	HTD/Rough Trade
35.	Who Knows Where The Time Goes	1997	Woodworm
36.	Rhythm Of The Time	13.09.1999
37.	Shines Like Gold	13.09.1999
38.	Cropredy (3CD box set)	20.09.1999
39.	The Wood & The Wire	1/2000	Woodworm
40.	Close To The Wind	25.09.2001	Sanctuary
41.	Wishfulness Waltz	25.09.2001	Sanctuary
42.	Anthology: Some of Our Yesterdays	22.01.2002	Sanctuary
43.	XXXV	12.02.2002	Compass
44.	Then And Now: The Best Of Fairport Convention	26.02.2002	Metro
45.	From Cropredy to Portmeirion	27.05.2002	Let Them Eat Vinyl
46.	20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection	06.08.2002	A&M
47.	Before The Moon	22.10.2002	Pilot
48.	Across the Decades	27.01.2004	Recall
49.	Over the Next Hill	14.09.2004	Compass
50.	Cropredy Capers: 25 Years of Fairport Convention	12.10.2004
51.	Anthology	15.02.2005
52.	Five Seasons	15.02.2005
53.	Fairport Convention (box set)	05.04.2005
54.	Chronicles	10.05.2005	Universal
55.	Lasting Spirit: The Collection	19.07.2005	Castle
56.	Acoustically Down Under	09.08.2005	Talking Elephant
57.	Journeyman's Grace	23.08.2005	Snapper
58.	Quiet Joys of Brotherhood	23.08.2005	Recall
59.	Classic Convention	25.04.2006	Metro
60.	Fairport Companion	09.05.2006	Castle
61.	Sense Of Occasion	2/2007	Matty Grooves
62.	Old-New-Borrowed-Blue	01.05.2007	Talking Elephant
63.	25th Anniversary Concert	07.08.2007	Talking Elephant
64.	Festival Cropredy 2002	28.08.2007	Talking Elephant
65.	Who Knows? The Woodworm Archives Series, Vol. 1	28.08.2007	Talking Elephant
66.	Gold Range Collection	25.03.2008
67.	Meet on the Ledge	29.04.2008	Great American Music
68.	Best of the BBC Recordings	10.06.2008	Island
69.	Live Across the Centuries	18.11.2008	Smith & Co.
70.	Maidstone 1970	19.11.2009	Lilith
71.	Dirty Linen: Live at the Marlowe Theatre	07.12.2010	Fuel 2000
72.	Festival Hell	11.04.2011
73.	Performance	31.07.2012	4Worlds Media
74.	Collected	30.10.2012	Universal
75.	Live At My Fathers Place	22.07.2014	Rockbeat
76.	Access All Areas	02.03.2015	Demon
77.	Myths And Heroes	3/2015	Matty Grooves
78.	Cropredy Festival 2001	06.05.2016	The Store For Music
79.	Live in Finland, 1971	03.06.2016	Real Gone
80.	Five Classic Albums, Vol. 2	02.12.2016	Spectrum Music
81.	50:50@50	3/2017
82.	Who Knows Where The Time Goes? The Essential Fairport Convention	31.03.2017	Spectrum Music		68
83.	What We Did On Our Saturday (Live)	6/2018
84.	A Tree With Roots - The Songs Of Bob Dylan	8/2018	Island		70

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	All Our Own Work & The Strawbs	8/1968	Hallmark/Pickwick
2.	Sandy Denny	1970	Saga
3.	The North Star Grassman And The Ravens	9/1971	Island		31
4.	Sandy	22.09.1972	Island
5.	Like An Old Fashioned Waltz produced by: Trevor Lucas/John Wood	31.05.1974	Island
6.	Rendezvous	5/1977	Hannibal
7.	Who Knows Where The Time Goes (4LP box set)	1/1986	Hannibal
8.	The Best Of Sandy Denny	8/1987	Island
9.	The Original Sandy Denny	2/1991	Mooncrest
10.	The Attick Tracks 1972-1984 & Trevor Lucas & Friends (Special Delivery)	7/1995
11.	The BBC Sessions 1971-1973	07.04.1997	Strange Fruit
12.	Gold Dust - Live At The Royalty	18.05.1998	Island
13.	Listen Listen: Introduction To Sandy Denny	07.06.1999
14.	No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology	25.07.2000	Chronicles
15.	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection	22.10.2002	Universal
16.	Collection: Chronological Covers and Concert Classics	11.01.2005	Universal International
17.	Original Sandy Denny	15.02.2005
18.	Best of the BBC Recordings	15.04.2008
19.	The Music Weaver: Sandy Denny Remembered (2CD)	28.04.2008	Island
20.	She Moves Through The Fair	16.07.2009	Stamford
21.	All Our Own Work: The Complete Sessions & The Strawbs	13.07.2010	Witchwood Media
22.	Sandy Denny (11CD box set)	22.11.2010	Island
23.	The Lost Broadcasts	28.06.2011	Ais
24.	19 Rupert Street	27.09.2011	Witchwood Media
25.	Don't Stop Singing & Thea Gilmore	01.11.2011	Island		89
26.	Notes and the Words: A Collection of Demos And Rarities	02.10.2012	Island
27.	I've Always Kept a Unicorn: The Acoustic Sandy Denny	22.04.2016	Island		31
28.	Five Classic Albums	02.09.2016	Spectrum Music

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Close To The Wind	1984
2.	Before Your Time	1986	Talking Elefant
3.	Consonant Please Carol	1992
4.	Close To The White Bear & Dave Swarbrick	1997	Woodworm
5.	In the Club & Dave Swarbrick	08.06.2010	Talking Elephant
6.	When We Were Very Young & Dave Swarbrick	27.07.2010	Talking Elephant

Ashley Hutchings:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Morris On & Richard Thompson & Dave Mattacks & John Kirkpatrick	1972	Island
2.	Compleat Dancing Master	1974	Island
3.	Rattlebone & Ploughjack	21.05.1976	Help
4.	Son Of Morris On	17.12.1976	Harvest
5.	Kickin' Up The Sawdust	14.07.1978	Harvest
6.	Stella Maris	1987	Spindrift
7.	By Gloucester Docks I Sat & Wept: A Love Story credited to: The Ashley Hutchings Allstars	1987	Talking Elephant
8.	The Wild Side Of Town	1988	Celtic
9.	As You Like It credited to: Ashley Hutchings All-Stars	1988	Making Waves
10.	The Guv'nor	1994	HTD
11.	Ridgeriders: Songs of the Southern Landscape from the Television Series & The Ridgeriders & Chris While & Phil Beer	1995	Talking Elephant
12.	A Batter Pudding For John Keats credited to: Ashley Hutchings Dance Band	03.02.1997	H.T.D./Rough Trade
13.	Guv'nor, Vol. 2	11.06.2002	Castle Music America
14.	Guv'nor, Vol. 3	11.06.2002	Castle Music America
15.	Street Cries	24.09.2002	Topic
16.	Burning Bright: The Life And Music Of Ashley Hutchings	18.10.2005	Free Reed
17.	Brilliant Light	25.10.2005	Recall
18.	My Land Is Your Land & Ernesto De Pascale	21.10.2008	Esoteric

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Overlander	1966
2.	The Attick Tracks 1972-1984 & Friends & Sandy Denny (Special Delivery)	7/1995

Dave Swarbrick:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Rags, Reels And Airs	1967
2.	Prince Heathen & Martin Carthy	1969	Polygram
3.	Swarbrick produced by: Bruce Rowland	12/1976	Transatlantic
4.	Swarbrick 2	20.05.1977	Transatlantic
5.	Lift The Lid And Listen	8/1978	Sonet
6.	The Ceilidh	1978
7.	Smiddyburn	7/1981	Logo
8.	Close To The Wind	1984
9.	Flittin'	1989	Transatlantic
10.	Life And Limb & Martin Carthy	1990	Topic
11.	50th Birthday Concert & Fairport Convention	13.05.1996	Cooking Vinyl
12.	Close To The White Bear & Simon Nicol	1997	Woodworm
13.	Both The Ears And The Tail & Martin Carthy	13.02.2001	Gadfly
14.	It Suits Me Well: The Transatlantic Anthology	05.07.2004	Cherry Tree
15.	Swarb! Forty Five Years Of Folks Finest Fiddler	05.04.2005
16.	Straws In The Wind & Martin Carthy	17.10.2006	Topic
17.	In the Club & Simon Nicol	08.06.2010	Talking Elephant
18.	When We Were Very Young & Simon Nicol	27.07.2010	Talking Elephant

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Telecasting Recast	05.10.1998	Pharaoh/BMG

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Morris On & Richard Thompson & Ashley Hutchings & John Kirkpatrick	1972	Island

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	If I Had A Ribbon Bow / If (Stomp)	11/1967	Polydor
2.	Meet On The Ledge / Throwaway Street Puzzle	11/1968	Island
3.	Fotheringay / I'll Keep It With Mine (v USA)	1969	A&M
4.	Si tu dois partir / Genesis Hall	7/1969	Island	21
5.	If (Stomp) / Chelsea Morning	7/1970	Polydor
6.	Now Be Thankful / Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For The 77th Mounted Lancers' Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Kombe In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Laird Of Kinleakie	10/1970	Island
7.	The Journeyman's Grace / The World Has Surely Lost It's Head (v USA)	6/1971	A&M
8.	John Lee / The Time Is Near	9/1971	Island
9.	Rosie / Knights Of The Road	19.01.1973	Island
10.	White Dress / Tears	01.08.1975	Island
11.	The Rubber Band	11/1977	Vertigo
12.	The Rubber Band / Bonny Black Hare	11/1979	Simon's
13.	Meet On The Ledge / Sigh Beg Sigh More 12" + John Barleycorn	5/1987	Island

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Crazy Lady Blues / Let's Jump The Broomstick (v USA)	2/1972	A&M
2.	Pass Of Arms EP (Man Of Iron / Here In Silence)	9/1972	Island
3.	Listen, Listen / Tomorrow Is A Long Time	9/1972	Island
4.	Whispering Grass / Friends	02.11.1973	Island
5.	Candle In The Wind	20.05.1977	Island
6.	London & Thea Gilmore	8/2012	Island	86
7.	Bruton Town / The Way I Feel & Fotheringay	28.04.2015	UMC

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	Jessica's Theme	06.01.2017	Varese Sarabande

4/1976 Fairport

disbanded 5/1979
reunited 1985

Compilation Appearances:

"Meet On The Ledge" on compilation "John Peel - A Tribute" (17.10.05)

appeared on the LP:

Mick Greenwood: Living Game (24.9.71, MCA)
Krysia Kocjan: Krysia (1974)
Sandy Denny: Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (31.5.74, Island)
Ralph McTell: Streets (7.2.75, Warner Bros)
Joan Armatrading: Show Some Emotion (9.9.77, A&M)
Gerry Rafferty: Snakes And Ladders (3.4.80, United Artists)
Proclaimers: Sunshine On Leith (9/88, Chrysalis)

produced by LP:

Richard & Linda Thompson: Hokey Pokey (14.2.75, Island)
Spud: The Happy Handful (10/75, Philips)
Five Hand Reel: Earl O' Moray (28.4.78)

produced by SP:

Five Hand Reel: My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose (14.4.78)

appeared on the LP:

Richard & Linda Thompson: I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight (4/74, Island)
Al Stewart: Modern Times (14.2.75, CBS)
Cat Stevens: Numbers - A Pythagorean Theory Tale (21.11.75, Island)
Ashley Hutchings: Son Of Morris On (17.12.76, Harvest)
Dave Swarbrick: Swarbrick (12/76, Transatlantic)
Dave Swarbrick: Lift The Lid And Listen (8/78, Sonet)
Richard & Linda Thompson: First Light (6.10.78, Chrysalis)
Richard & Linda Thompson: Sunny Vistas (9/79, Chrysalis)
Murray Head: How Many Ways (6/81, Music Lovers)
Dave Swarbrick: Smiddyburn (7/81, Logo)
Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out The Lights (11/82, Hannibal)
Richard Thompson: you?me?us? (22.4.96, Capitol)

appeared on the SP:

John Kirkpatrick: Jogging Along With Me Reindeer (14.11.80, Dingles)

appeared on the LP:

The Incredible String Band: I Looked Up (4/70, Elektra)
Nick Drake: Bryter Layter (6/70, Island)
Steeleye Span: Hark! The Village Wait (6/70, RCA)
Allan Taylor: The Lady (2/72, United Artists)
John Martyn: Solid Air (2/73, Island)
Kiki Dee: Loving And Free (12/73, Rocket)
Krysia Kocjan: Krysia (1974)
Sandy Denny: Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (31.5.74, Island)
Richard & Linda Thompson: Pour Down Like Silver (7.11.75, Island)
Brian Eno: Before And After Science (12/77, Polydor)
Richard & Linda Thompson: Sunny Vistas (9/79, Chrysalis)
Matthew Fisher: Matthew Fisher (29.2.80, Mercury)
Murray Head: How Many Ways (6/81, Music Lovers)
Dave Swarbrick: Smiddyburn (7/81, Logo)
Richard Thompson: Strict Tempo (7/81, Elixir)
Jimmy Page: Death Wish II (1982, Swan Song)
Richard & Linda Thompson: Shoot Out The Lights (11/82, Hannibal)
Ashley Hutchings All-Stars: As You Like It (1988, Making Waves)
Dave Pegg: Dave Pegg And Friends - Birthday Party (1997, Woodworm)
Richard Thompson: The Bones Of All Men (1998, Hannibal)
Steeleye Span: Bedlam Born (12/00, Park)
Linda Thompson: Fashionably Late (30.7.02, Rounder)

appeared on the SP:

Lesley Duncan: Could've Been A Winer (24.10.75, GM)
Ashley Hutchings: Son Of Morris On (17.12.76, Harvest)
John Kirkpatrick: Jogging Along With Me Reindeer (14.11.80, Dingles)

appeared on the LP:

Dave Swarbrick: Swarbrick (12/76, Transatlantic)
Dave Swarbrick: Lift The Lid And Listen (8/78, Sonet)
Dave Swarbrick: Smiddyburn (7/81, Logo)

appeared on the LP:

Richard Thompson: Henry The Human Fly (6/72, Island)
The London Symphony Orchestra: Tommy (21.12.73, Ode)
Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin 4 (8.11.71, Atlantic)

Awards:

1971 Melody Maker Pop Poll - Best Female Vocal

produced by LP:

Sandy Denny: Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (31.5.74, Island)

appeared on the LP:

Sandy Denny: Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (31.5.74, Island)
Richard & Linda Thompson: First Light (6.10.78, Chrysalis)

Martin Allcock:

appeared on the LP:

Dave Pegg: Dave Pegg And Friends - Birthday Party (1997, Woodworm)

Ashley Hutchings:

appeared on the LP:

Richard Thompson: Henry The Human Fly (6/72, Island)

Press References:

Big Beng!
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1999	42	02.12.1999	133	A léta běží ...	profile, discography
Melodie
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1993	6		6	Marketing
Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1970	0	24.01.1970	4
1970	0	26.12.1970	2
1971	0	10.07.1971	35	Choice	album review
1971	0	27.11.1971	27		interview, album review
1971	0	27.11.1971	52
1971	0	04.12.1971	30	Caught In The Act	gig review
1972	0	05.02.1972	35		interview
1973	4	27.01.1973	39	Caught In The Act	gig review
1973	30	28.07.1973	56	Caught In The Act	gig review
1973	51	22.12.1973	59	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	25	22.06.1974	18	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	30	27.07.1974	38	Albums	album review
1974	47	23.11.1974	27	Caught In The Act	gig review
1974	49	07.12.1974	65	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	2	11.01.1975	5	News
1975	5	01.02.1975	5	News
1975	6	08.02.1975	62	Caught In The Act	gig review
1975	37	13.09.1975	42	Albums	album review
1975	42	18.10.1975	30	Caught In The Act	gig review
1976	7	14.02.1976	5
1976	10	06.03.1976	4
1976	26	26.06.1976	22	New Albums	album review
1976	39	25.09.1976	5
1977	21	21.05.1977	5
1977	23	04.06.1977	62	Caught In The Act	gig review
1977	28	09.07.1977	36	Any Questions?
1977	35	27.08.1977	22	Albums	album review
1978	20	20.05.1978	14	Caught In The Act	gig review
1979	7	27.02.1979	4	News
1979	12	31.03.1979	3	News
1979	21	02.06.1979	3	News
1979	30	11.08.1979	12	After Dark	gig review
1979	30	11.08.1979	21	Caught In The Act	gig review
1981	26	27.06.1981	32
1981	33	15.08.1981	15	Albums	album review
1981	34	22.08.1981	18	Folk	gig review
1983	34	20.08.1983	19	Folk News
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1972	0	02.09.1972	3	NME News
1972	0	25.11.1972	38	Front Line Reviews	gig review
1972	0	23.12.1972	10	Albums	album review
1972	0	30.12.1972	11
1973	0	06.01.1973	3	News Desk
1973	0	23.06.1973	2	News Desk
1973	0	15.09.1973	3	News
1973	0	06.10.1973	21	Albums	album review
1973	0	06.10.1973	46	Front Row Reviews	gig review
1974	0	09.02.1974	46
1974	0	27.04.1974	2	News Desk
1974	0	08.06.1974	38	Americana
1974	0	13.07.1974	12	Albums	album review
1974	0	28.09.1974	37
1974	0	30.11.1974	45	On The Town	gig review
1974	0	28.12.1974	18
1975	0	11.01.1975	2	News Desk
1975	0	22.03.1975	2	News Desk
1975	0	19.04.1975	38	On The Town	gig review
1975	0	07.06.1975	3	News Desk - Recording News
1975	0	21.06.1975	38	On The Town	gig review
1975	0	28.06.1975	18	Platters	album review
1975	0	18.10.1975	36	On The Town	gig review
1976	0	24.04.1976	2	News Desk
Rock & Pop
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1991	21	24.10.1991	6	Dopisy	discography
1992	3	07.02.1992	27	Profily	profile
1993	8	29.04.1993	8	Pelmel
1993	11	10.06.1993	30	Live	gig review
1994	14	19.07.1994	7	Galerie
1998	7		30		profile
1999	10		42	Cropredy Festival	gig review
2000	3		102	Recenze - Novinky	album review
2003	6		74	Recenze CD	album review
2007	11		70	Recenze	album review