Who Knows Where the Time Went (Fairport Convention Essential Tracks, 1967 – 1979), Pt. 4
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NineOctober 73
Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee ShuffleTo Althea from PrisonLineup: The Three Daves (Peggie, DM and Swarb), Donahue, Lucas (I trust you're beginning to appreciate the fluidity here.)Most of Fairport's instrumental tracks are worth a listen. The oddball/standout here is To Althea From Prison: "Music by Swarb, lyrics from the works of Richard Lovelace while in prison - The Gate House, Westminster 1642"Live ConventionJuly 74
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A Moveable Feast (US title; one of the few times when there's a difference that the US cover was superior to the original British)Sir B. McKenzieLineup:Sandy Denny Vocals, PianoDave Swarbrick Vocals, FiddleTrevor Lucas Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Acoustic GuitarJerry Donahue Electric GuitarDave Pegg Bass GuitarDave Mattacks DrumsTracks from two shows; one in Croydon, one in Sydney. Sandy was not, actually an official member of the band at this point, but, if you used to be a member, if the band still does your songs, and your husband is playing in the band and you're traveling along...Typical of most live recordings.Matty Groves is back, along with an eleven-minute Sloth.I would have sworn that Sir B. McKenzie was on a studio album - perhaps Nine, but it's not listed there. An instrumental track, its main claim to fame is that it's in (or was in) the Guinness Book of World Records, as the recorded song with the longest title ever: Sir B. McKenzie’s Daughter’s Lament For the 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie. (I see now that what confused me was that it's been issued as a bonus track on the CD of Full House; it was originally a single B-side in the UK.)Rising for the MoonJune 75
Rising for the MoonWhite DressStranger to HimselfIron LionLineup:Sandy Denny Vocals, Piano, GuitarDave Swarbrick Vocals, Does It Have Strings? (Fiddle, Viola, Mandolin, Autoharp, Dulcimer, Acoustic Guitar)Trevor Lucas Vocals, Guitars, HarmonicaJerry Donahue GuitarsDave Pegg Bass Guitar, Backing VocalsDave Mattacks DrumsBruce Rowland DrumsSandy's back. DM makes his first exodus; Bruce Rowland his first entrance.Trevor was apparently a railway buff; Iron Lion begins"Well, I been an engine driver all of my daysThat's the only thing I can do.I hold a good head of steam, everywhere that I'm seenWherever my trains roll through..."(Bruce accomplishes a nice "steam" sound on a brushed ride...)Gottle o GeerMay 76
Sandy's SongLimey's LamentLineup:Dave Swarbrick Vocals, The UsualDave Pegg Bass, Backing VocalsBruce Rowland Drums, Backing Vocalswith Simon Nicol Electric Guitar (Track 9)Martin Carthy Acoustic Guitar (Track 4)Eric Johns Electric Guitar (Tracks 1, 7)Ian Wilson Electric Guitar (Track 4)Nick Judd Piano (Tracks 2, 6)Robert Palmer Harmonica, Vocals (Track 6)Though listed as Sandy's Song, the "real" title is Take Away the Load - another by Sandy Denny in the vein of Who Knows Where the Time Goes; even though it was two years before Sandy took her fatal fall, it almost sounds like a tribute to an Absent Friend.Limey's Lament is a bizarre (and hilarious) near-monotone semi-chant about the culture shock of touring in the US. (Including such disparate pairings of imagery as "Whiplash and Lassie" & "Ecology and Mickey Mouse") Given REM's known reverence for Fairport (they went to London to record with John Wood for one of their first big budget albums), one wonders if it might have inspired them...This is pretty much Fairport Convention's Contractual Obligation - they owed Island an album. Swarb was working on a solo album with the gang sitting in. Originally, Simon was only working in the production end. Quoting: "Simon Nicol's guitar overdub on Track 9 was a replacement for a part Ron Wood had recorded when the basic backing track had first been laid down in 1972 for use on a Gerry Lockran LP"("Gottle o Geer", BTW, is a ventriloquist's pronunciation of "Bottle of Beer")Okay, so now we’ve covered twelve albums and nine years. As before the entire list in PDF form (with all the Pretty Pictures) (about 900K) is available for download (or as a much smaller text-only PDF), and i’ll be posting a few more albums’ worth in a few days, too…
Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee ShuffleTo Althea from PrisonLineup: The Three Daves (Peggie, DM and Swarb), Donahue, Lucas (I trust you're beginning to appreciate the fluidity here.)Most of Fairport's instrumental tracks are worth a listen. The oddball/standout here is To Althea From Prison: "Music by Swarb, lyrics from the works of Richard Lovelace while in prison - The Gate House, Westminster 1642"Live ConventionJuly 74also asA Moveable Feast (US title; one of the few times when there's a difference that the US cover was superior to the original British)Sir B. McKenzieLineup:Sandy Denny Vocals, PianoDave Swarbrick Vocals, FiddleTrevor Lucas Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Acoustic GuitarJerry Donahue Electric GuitarDave Pegg Bass GuitarDave Mattacks DrumsTracks from two shows; one in Croydon, one in Sydney. Sandy was not, actually an official member of the band at this point, but, if you used to be a member, if the band still does your songs, and your husband is playing in the band and you're traveling along...Typical of most live recordings.Matty Groves is back, along with an eleven-minute Sloth.I would have sworn that Sir B. McKenzie was on a studio album - perhaps Nine, but it's not listed there. An instrumental track, its main claim to fame is that it's in (or was in) the Guinness Book of World Records, as the recorded song with the longest title ever: Sir B. McKenzie’s Daughter’s Lament For the 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie. (I see now that what confused me was that it's been issued as a bonus track on the CD of Full House; it was originally a single B-side in the UK.)Rising for the MoonJune 75Rising for the MoonWhite DressStranger to HimselfIron LionLineup:Sandy Denny Vocals, Piano, GuitarDave Swarbrick Vocals, Does It Have Strings? (Fiddle, Viola, Mandolin, Autoharp, Dulcimer, Acoustic Guitar)Trevor Lucas Vocals, Guitars, HarmonicaJerry Donahue GuitarsDave Pegg Bass Guitar, Backing VocalsDave Mattacks DrumsBruce Rowland DrumsSandy's back. DM makes his first exodus; Bruce Rowland his first entrance.Trevor was apparently a railway buff; Iron Lion begins"Well, I been an engine driver all of my daysThat's the only thing I can do.I hold a good head of steam, everywhere that I'm seenWherever my trains roll through..."(Bruce accomplishes a nice "steam" sound on a brushed ride...)Gottle o GeerMay 76Sandy's SongLimey's LamentLineup:Dave Swarbrick Vocals, The UsualDave Pegg Bass, Backing VocalsBruce Rowland Drums, Backing Vocalswith Simon Nicol Electric Guitar (Track 9)Martin Carthy Acoustic Guitar (Track 4)Eric Johns Electric Guitar (Tracks 1, 7)Ian Wilson Electric Guitar (Track 4)Nick Judd Piano (Tracks 2, 6)Robert Palmer Harmonica, Vocals (Track 6)Though listed as Sandy's Song, the "real" title is Take Away the Load - another by Sandy Denny in the vein of Who Knows Where the Time Goes; even though it was two years before Sandy took her fatal fall, it almost sounds like a tribute to an Absent Friend.Limey's Lament is a bizarre (and hilarious) near-monotone semi-chant about the culture shock of touring in the US. (Including such disparate pairings of imagery as "Whiplash and Lassie" & "Ecology and Mickey Mouse") Given REM's known reverence for Fairport (they went to London to record with John Wood for one of their first big budget albums), one wonders if it might have inspired them...This is pretty much Fairport Convention's Contractual Obligation - they owed Island an album. Swarb was working on a solo album with the gang sitting in. Originally, Simon was only working in the production end. Quoting: "Simon Nicol's guitar overdub on Track 9 was a replacement for a part Ron Wood had recorded when the basic backing track had first been laid down in 1972 for use on a Gerry Lockran LP"("Gottle o Geer", BTW, is a ventriloquist's pronunciation of "Bottle of Beer")Okay, so now we’ve covered twelve albums and nine years. As before the entire list in PDF form (with all the Pretty Pictures) (about 900K) is available for download (or as a much smaller text-only PDF), and i’ll be posting a few more albums’ worth in a few days, too…
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