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Fairport Convention: Radio and TV Recording Sessions

This list of Fairport Convention's broadcasts is based on the booklet
Gypsy Love Songs & Sad Refrains: The Recordings of Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny
by Clinton Heylin Labour of Love Productions, 1989 (Copyright 1989  Clinton Heylin 1987-1989)
 

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. November 24, 1967, bc. December 10, 1967

Recorded in the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue,
Producer: Bernie Andrews,
Engineer: Pete Ritzema

  1. Let's Get Together [Chet Powers]
  2. One Sure Thing [Harvey Brooks, Jim Glover]
  3. Lay Down Your Weary Tune [Bob Dylan]
  4. Chelsea Morning [Joni Mitchell]

3: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
1-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. February 6, 1968, bc. March 3, 1968:

Producer: Bernie Andrews,
Engineer: Dave Tate

  1. Violets of Dawn [Eric Andersen]
  2. If (Stomp) [Ian MacDonald, Richard Thompson]
  3. Time Will Show the Wiser [Emitt Rhodes]
  4. If I Had a Ribbon Bow [Huey Prince, Louis Singer]

1-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

The David Symonds Show, BBC Radio 1, rec. March 11, 1968, bc. March 18-22, 1968

  1. If (Stomp) [Ian MacDonald, Richard Thompson]
  2. It's Alright Ma It's Only Witchcraft [Ashley Hutching, Richard Thompson]
  3. It Takes a Lot to Laugh; It Takes a Train to Cry [Bob Dylan]
  4. Chelsea Morning [Joni Mitchell]

Bouton Rouge, French TV, bc. April 27, 1968

  1. Time Will Show the Wiser [Emitt Rhodes]
  2. Reno, Nevada [Richard Fariña]
  3. Morning Glory [Tim Buckley, L. Beckett]

1-2: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002)

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. May 28, 1968, bc. June 2, 1968

Recorded in Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly,
Producer: Bernie Andrews,
Engineer: Dave Tate

  1. Close the Door Lightly When You Go [Eric Andersen]
  2. I Don't Know Where I Stand [Joni Mitchell]
  3. Some Sweet Day [Felice & Boudleaux Bryant]
  4. You Never Wanted Me [Jackson C. Frank]
  5. Nottamun Town [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]

1-4: Fairport Convention: Heyday (cassette, 1976);
1-3: Fairport Convention: Heyday (CD, 1987);
1-5: Fairport Convention: Heyday (CD, 2002);
4: Sandy Denny: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1986);
5: Fairport Convention: From Past Archives (1992);
4: Ashley Hutchings: The Guv'nor Vol 2 (1995);
5: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
2: Sandy Denny: A Boxful of Treasures (2004);
1-5: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

The David Symonds Show, BBC Radio 1, rec. June 18, 1968, bc. June 24-27, 1968

Producer: Bernie Andrews

  1. Jack O'Diamonds [Bob Dylan, Ben Carruthers]
  2. Morning Glory [Tim Buckley, L. Beckett]
  3. Marcie [Joni Mitchell]
  4. Night in the City [Joni Mitchell]

3-4: Ashley Hutchings: The Guv'nor Vol 3 (1995);
1, 3-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. August 26, 1968, bc. September 1 and 29, 1968

Recorded at 201 Piccadilly, Studio 1,
Producer: Bernie Andrews,
Engineer: Pete Ritzema

  1. If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong [Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings]
  2. Gone, Gone, Gone [Phil & Don Everly]
  3. Suzanne [Leonard Cohen]
  4. Fotheringay [Sandy Denny]
  5. Eastern Rain [Joni Mitchell]

1-3: Fairport Convention: Heyday (1976 / 1987 / 2002);
5: Richard Thompson: Doom and Gloom from the Tomb (1985);
3: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
1: Ashley Hutchings: Burning Bright: The Ashley Hutchings Story (2005);
1-5: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

How It Is, BBC Radio 1, bc. live August 29, 1968

  1. Morning Glory [Tim Buckley, L. Beckett]

Dutch Television Broadcast, mid-September 1968

  1. I Still Miss Someone [Johnny Cash & Roy Cash Jr.]
  2. Bird on a Wire [Leonard Cohen]
  3. If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong [Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings]
  4. I'll Keep It With Mine [Bob Dylan]
  5. Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings]

5: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002)

John Peel's Night Ride, BBC Radio 1, rec. November 25, 1968, bc. December 16, 1968 and January 22, 1969

  1. Things You Gave Me [Glen D. Hardin]
  2. Morning Glory [Tim Buckley, L. Beckett]
  3. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson]
  4. Bird on a Wire [Leonard Cohen]
  5. Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings]
  6. Autopsy [Sandy Denny]

6: Richard Thompson: Doom and Gloom Vol 2 (1991);
3: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002)

The Stuart Henry Show, BBC Radio 1, rec. December 2, 1968, bc. December 8, 1968

Recorded at Studio 2, Aeolian Hall,
Producer: Aidan Day

  1. Bird on a Wire [Leonard Cohen]
  2. Mr Lacey [Ashley Hutchings]
  3. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson]
  4. Reno, Nevada [Richard Fariña]

1: Fairport Convention: Heyday (1976 / 1987 / 2002);
2: Richard Thompson: (guitar, vocal) (1985);
3: Fairport Convention: From Past Archives (1992);
1: Sandy Denny: A Boxful of Treasures (2004);
1, 3: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. December 9, 1968, bc. December 22, 1968

Recorded in Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly,
Producer: Bernie Andrews,
Engineer: Pete Ritzema

  1. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson]
  2. She Moves Through the Fair [Padraic Colm / trad.]
  3. Light My Fire [Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robert Krieger, Ray Manzarek]
  4. I'll Keep It With Mine [Bob Dylan]
  5. Billy the Orphan Boy's Lonely Christmas

3: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

How It Is, BBC Radio 1, bc. live December 13, 1968

  1. Meet on the Ledge [Thompson]

The David Symonds Show, BBC Radio 1, rec. December 27, 1968, bc. January 6-10, 1969

Recorded in Studio 4, Maida Vale,
Producer: Ron Belcier

  1. I Still Miss Someone [Johnny Cash & Roy Cash Jr.]
  2. Tried So Hard [Gene Clark]
  3. Book Song [Ian Matthews, Richard Thompson]
  4. Reno, Nevada [Richard Fariña]
  5. Sandy (not bc.)

1-2, 4: Fairport Convention: Heyday (1976 / 1987 / 2002);
3: Richard Thompson: Doom and Gloom from the Tomb (1985);
1-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

Radio One Club, BBC Radio 1, rec. January 6, 1969, bc. January 20, 1969

  1. I Still Miss Someone [Johnny Cash & Roy Cash Jr.]
  2. Jack O'Diamonds [B.Dylan/B.Carruthers]
  3. Bird on a Wire [Leonard Cohen]
  4. You're Gonna Need My Help [McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)]
  5. Meet on the Ledge [Richard Thompson]

4: Fairport Convention: From Past Archives (1992)

Symonds on Sunday, BBC Radio 1, rec. February 4, 1969, bc. February 9, 1969

Recorded at Studio 1, 201 Piccadilly,
Producer: John Walters,
Engineer: Tony Wilson

  1. Shattering Live Experience [Simon Nicol]
  2. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? [Sandy Denny]
  3. You're Gonna Need My Help [McKinley Morganfield (Muddy Waters)]
  4. Fotheringay [Sandy Denny]

1, 3: Fairport Convention: Heyday (cassette, 1976);
1: Fairport Convention: Heyday (CD, 1987);
1, 4: Fairport Convention: Heyday (CD, 2002);
2: Richard Thompson: Doom and Gloom from the Tomb (1985);
3: Ashley Hutchings: The Guv'nor Vol 1 (1994);
4: Ashley Hutchings: The Guv'nor Vol 4 (1996);
2: Ashley Hutchings: 5 (2002);
1-2, 4: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
1-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. March 18, 1969, bc. April 6, 1969

Recorded in the Playhouse Theatre, Northumberland Avenue,
Producer: Bernie Andrews,
Engineers: Allen Harris, Bob Conduct

  1. Percy's Song [Bob Dylan]
  2. Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan]
  3. Autopsy [Sandy Denny]
  4. Cajun Woman [Richard Thompson]

1: Fairport Convention: Heyday (CD, 1987);
1-4: Fairport Convention: Heyday (CD, 2002);
3: Richard Thompson: Doom and Gloom Vol 2 (1991);
1-2: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
1-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

Top of the Pops, BBC 1 TV, August 14, 1969

  1. Si Tu Dois Partir [Bob Dylan]

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. September 23, 1969, bc. September 27, 1969 and December 13, 1969

Recorded in Studio 4, Maida Vale,
Producer: John Walters,
Engineer: Tony Wilson

  1. Sir Patrick Spens [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  2. Medley: The Lark in the Morning / Rakish Paddy / Foxhunter's Jig / Toss the Feathers [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  3. Tam Lin [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick]
  4. The Lady Is a Tramp [Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart]
  5. Reynardine [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]

1, 3, 5: Fairport Convention: From Past Archives (1992);
3, 5: Ashley Hutchings: 5 (2002);
3-4: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
3, 5: Fairport Convention: Heyday (CD, 2002);
1: Sandy Denny: A Boxful of Treasures (2004);
1-5: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

Danish Television, Copenhagen, November 1969

  1. The Deserter [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  2. Matty Groves [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  3. Crazy Man Michael [Richard Thompson, Dace Swarbrick]

Disco Two, BBC Radio 2, April 4, 1970

  1. Sir Patrick Spens [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. April 20, 1970, bc. May 2, 1970

Producer: John Walters,
Engineer: Tony Wilson

  1. The Deserter [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  2. Walk Awhile [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]
  3. Flatback Caper [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Richard Thompson]
  4. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick]
  5. Doctor of Physick [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]

1: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
2, 4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

Sound of the Seventies, host David Symonds, BBC Radio 1, rec. April 21, 1970, bc. April 27, 1970

Producer: Bernie Andrews,
Engineer: Nick Gomm

  1. Open the Door Richard [Bob Dylan]
  2. Flatback Caper [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Richard Thompson]
  3. Sir Patrick Spens [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  4. The Bonny Black Hare [trad. arr. A.L. Lloyd]

1-3: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

Folk on One, BBC Radio 1, rec. July 7, 1970, bc. July 26, 1970

Producer: Frances Line

  1. Sir Patrick Spens [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  2. Sir B MacKenzie [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks]
  3. The Deserter [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  4. The Hangman's Reel [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick]
  5. The Bonny Bunch of Roses [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson]

3?, 4-6: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

Folk on One, BBC Radio 1, rec. July 9, 1970, bc. August 2, 1970

Producer: Frances Line

  1. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick]
  2. Flowers of the Forest
  3. Now Be Thankful [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick]
  4. The Deserter [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  5. Sir B MacKenzie [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks]
  6. Tam Lin [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick]

1, 3, 4?, 6: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, bc. August 1, 1970

Producer: Tony Wilson,
Engineer: Bob Conduct

  1. Doctor of Physick [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]

1: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

The Sunday Show, John Peel, BBC Radio 1, rec. October 15, 1970, bc. October 25, 1970

  1. The Journeyman's Grace [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]
  2. Dirty Linen [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick]
  3. Now Be Thankful [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick]
  4. Bridge over the River Danube [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol] [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  5. Staines Morris [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  6. Sir Patrick Spens [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]

Sound of the Seventies, Stuart Henry, BBC Radio 1, rec. November 12, 1970, bc. November 19, 1970

Producer: Malcolm Brown,
Engineers: Mike Harding, Mike Franks

  1. Tunes My Mother Taught Me [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson, Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks]
  2. Sickness and Diseases [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]
  3. The Journeyman's Grace [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]
  4. Now Be Thankful [Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick]

4: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
3: Fairport Convention: Angel Delight (CD bonus track, 2004);
3-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

BBC World Service, 1970

  1. The Journeyman's Grace [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]

1: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);

Folk on One, BBC Radio 1, bc. March 27, 1971

Producer: Frances Line

  1. Sir William Gower [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  2. Banks of the Sweet Primroses [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  3. Sickness and Diseases [Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]
  4. Bridge over the River Ash [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol]
  5. Lord Marlborough [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]
  6. Angel Delight [Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick]

1-6: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

John Peel, BBC Radio 1, rec. February 5, 1973, bc. February 20, 1973

Recorded in Studio T1, Transcription Service, Kensington House, Shepherd's Bush,
Producer: Pete Dauncey,
Engineer: Adrian Revill

  1. Tokyo [Jerry Donahue]
  2. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John [Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson]
  3. Possibly Parsons Green [Trevor Lucas, Pete Roche]
  4. Rosie [Dave Swarbrick]

1-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

John Peel's Top Gear, BBC Radio 1, rec. July 16, 1974, bc. August 6, 1974

Recorded in Langham, Studio 1,
Producer: Tony Wilson,
Engineer: Bob Conduct

  1. John the Gun [Sandy Denny]
  2. Fiddlestix [trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Trevor Lucas]
  3. Rising for the Moon [Sandy Denny]
  4. Down in the Flood [Bob Dylan]

3-4: Fairport Convention: From Past Archives (1992);
3: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002);
1-4: Fairport Convention: Live at the BBC (2007)

The Man They Could Not Hang, Soundtrack Recordings, September 24, 1974, bc. 1975

  1. The Cell Song [Dave Swarbrick]
  2. Farewell to a Poor Man's Son [Dave Swarbrick]
  3. Breakfast in Mayfair [Simon Nicol]

2-3: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002)

Anne Lorge Gilles TV show, 1976

  1. Adieu, Adieu [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]

1: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002)

TV performance, 1987

  1. Reynard the Fox [trad. arr. Fairport Convention]

1: Fairport Convention: Fairport unConventioNal (2002)

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Gypsy Love Songs & Sad Refrains:
The Recordings of Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny.
Clinton Heylin
Labour Of Love Productions, 203 Northenden Road, Manchester M33 2JB. 1989.
 
Collects Heylin's previous two books about Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny, updated to include information up to late 1989, featuring complete details of all studio recordings, all known live performances, plus interviews, including one with Thompson in which he gives his response to the previous edition.
 
Beat Books has a gently used copy of this book