 Liege & Lief
Fairport Convention
Island ILP 9115 December 1969
recorded October 16 - November 2, 1969
produced by Joe Boyd
Witchseason Productions Ltd
Engineer: John Wood, Sound Techniques Ltd.. Photography by Eric Hayes
Sleeve concept & design by Fairport and Roberta Nicol with special thanks to the Cecil Sharp House
Sandy Denny, vocals
Dave Mattacks, drums
Ashley Hutchings, bass guitar
Simon Nicol, guitars
Dave Swarbrick, violin and viola
Richard Thompson, guitars. |  tracks
side one
1. Come All Ye (Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings) - 4:55
2. Reynardine (trad. arr. by Fairport Convention) - 4:33
3. Matty Groves (trad., arr. Fairport Convention) - 8:08 4. Farewell, Farewell* (Richard Thompson) - 2:38
side two
1. The Deserter (trad., arr. Fairport) - 4:10
2.Medley (trad., arr. Dave Swarbrick) - 4:00
The Lark in the Morning
Rakish Paddy
Foxhunters' Jig
Toss the Feathers
3. Tam Lin (trad., arr. Swarbrick) - 7:20
4. Crazy Man Michael (Thompson, Swarbrick) - 4:35 All tracks Trad. arr. Fairport Convention
except Track 1 Sandy Denny / Ashley Hutchings Track 4 Richard Thompson Track 8 Richard Thompson / Dave Swarbrick
*this is the music to Child Ballad 100 Willie o Winsbury with new lyrics or possibly Fause Foodrage - Child #89 - the melody of which was used by Andy Irvine for his (& subsequent) readings of Willie O' Winsbury.
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