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Fairport Convention, Liege & Lief
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1511571
Disk length: 40m 49s (8 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1969
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. Come All Ye | 5:03 |
| 2. Reynardine | 4:33 |
| 3. Matty Groves | 8:09 |
| 4. Farewell, Farewell | 2:39 |
| 5. The Deserter | 4:23 |
| 6. Igs - Toss The Feathers | 4:08 |
| 7. Tam Lin | 7:13 |
| 8. Crazy Man Michael | 4:37 |
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Review
British hippies who started out emulating Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention escalated their homeland connections with each outing, culminating in this, their fourth album and a watershed for British folk-rock. Hindsight offers the ironic possibility that the Dylan covers of its predecessor, Unhalfbricking, opened a window onto the earlier Irish-English-Scots roots of the American music they loved, and Liege & Lief jumps through that window triumphantly. "Come All Ye" underscores their affinity for the Band yet is joyfully rooted in their own fertile folk traditions, echoed in a mix of classic songs from members Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, and Richard Thompson, and given direct homage in the extended ballads "Matty Groves" and "Tam Lin," which evoke Neil Young & Crazy Horse in kilts. Fiddler Dave Swarbrick's arrival as a fulltime member adds new richness and a wonderful foil for Thompson's superb guitar leads. A medley of jigs and reels showcases their flair for hot-wiring traditional British Isles dances, a fixture ever since. --Sam SutherlandClassic Fairport Convention Album from 1969, Remastered and Includes Two Bonus Tracks: Alternate Versions of 'sir Patrick Spens' and 'quiet Joys of Brotherhood'.
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Tracks: 8, Disk length: 40m 49s
Tracks: 8, Disk length: 40m 48s (-1m 59s)
Tracks: 8, Disk length: 41m 36s (+0m 47s)
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