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Close the Door Lightly When You Go – Fairport Convention 02:58
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I Don't Know Where I Stand – Fairport Convention 03:38
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Some Sweet Day – Fairport Convention 02:17
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You Never Wanted Me – Fairport Convention 03:17
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Nottamun Town – Fairport Convention 03:37
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Marcie – Fairport Convention 03:36
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Night in the City – Fairport Convention 03:07
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Jack O' Diamonds – Fairport Convention 03:13
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Gone, Gone, Gone – Fairport Convention 02:00
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Suzanne – Fairport Convention 05:27
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If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong – Fairport Convention 03:14
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Eastern Rain – Fairport Convention 03:12
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Fotheringay – Fairport Convention 03:11
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I Still Miss Someone – Fairport Convention 02:25
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Bird on a Wire – Fairport Convention 03:29
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Tried So Hard – Fairport Convention 02:56
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Reno Nevada – Fairport Convention 02:24
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Book Song – Fairport Convention 03:07
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Who Knows Where the Time Goes? – Fairport Convention 04:14

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You're Gonna Need My Help – Fairport Convention 03:58
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Fotheringay – Fairport Convention 03:01
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Shattering Live Experience – Fairport Convention 03:25
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Cajun Woman – Fairport Convention 02:46
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Autopsy – Fairport Convention 04:26
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Si Tu Dois Partir [Live] – Fairport Convention 02:27
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Percy's Song – Fairport Convention 05:27
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Reynardine – Fairport Convention 04:21
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Tam Lin – Fairport Convention 07:47
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Sir Patrick Spens – Fairport Convention 03:46
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Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss the F – Fairport Convention 04:14
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The Lady Is a Tramp – Fairport Convention 02:12
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Walk Awhile – Fairport Convention 04:02
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Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman [Live] – Fairport Convention 05:35
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Doctor of Physick – Fairport Convention 03:37

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Sir Patrick Spens – Fairport Convention 03:34
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The Bonny Bunch of Roses – Fairport Convention 10:54
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Dirty Linen (Jigs and Reels) – Fairport Convention 04:16
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Now Be Thankful – Fairport Convention 02:26
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The Journeyman's Grace [Live] – Fairport Convention 03:57
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Now Be Thankful – Fairport Convention 03:25
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Tokyo – Fairport Convention 02:38
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Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – Fairport Convention 05:30
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Possibly Parsons Green – Fairport Convention 04:28
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Rosie [Live] – Fairport Convention 04:03
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John the Gun – Fairport Convention 05:05
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Fiddlestix – Fairport Convention 02:49
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Rising for the Moon – Fairport Convention 04:18
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Down in the Flood – Fairport Convention 03:27

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Let's Get Together – Fairport Convention 02:51
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One Sure Thing – Fairport Convention 03:37
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Lay Down Your Weary Tune – Fairport Convention 03:39
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Chelsea Morning – Fairport Convention 03:03
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Violets of Dawn – Fairport Convention 03:54
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If (Stomp) – Fairport Convention 02:36
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Time Will Show the Wiser – Fairport Convention 03:00
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If I Had a Ribbon Bow – Fairport Convention 02:36
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Meet on the Ledge – Fairport Convention 02:50
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Light My Fire – Fairport Convention 01:22
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Flatback Caper – Fairport Convention 06:25
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Open the Door Richard – Fairport Convention 03:06
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The Deserter – Fairport Convention 03:56
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The Hangman's Reel – Fairport Convention 03:25
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Tam Lin – Fairport Convention 08:04
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Sir William Gower – Fairport Convention 04:44
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Banks of the Sweet Primroses – Fairport Convention 04:11
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Sickness and Diseases – Fairport Convention 03:43
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Bridge Over the River Ash – Fairport Convention 02:11
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Lord Marlborough – Fairport Convention 03:23
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Angel Delight – Fairport Convention 04:04

Is a four-CD box set of Fairport Convention 1967-1974 BBC recordings excessive? After all, even the Beatles only got two CDs of Beeb tracks into official release. But it really isn't too much for fans of the band, for the quality of most of the stuff here is truly good, even if the very best of it was already issued on the Heyday compilation. There's a lot more here, however. While the expanded Heyday CD contains 20 tracks from 1968-1969, this offers a relatively whopping 69, and where Heyday focused exclusively on late-'60s sessions done while Sandy Denny was in the lineup (which was admittedly their peak era), this has a few recordings predating Denny's entrance into Fairport, as well as quite a few post-dating her departure (and a few from when she briefly rejoined the group in the mid-'70s). Most important of all, this has quite a few songs, particularly folk-rock cover versions from the late '60s, that didn't make it onto official Fairport Convention releases of the time.Certainly the first two discs of the set are the strongest, as all but three of the tracks date from the 1968-1969 Denny era. If you're already heard Heyday, you know how good some of these gems are, like their superb interpretation of Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne," and their fine reworkings of songs by Richard Fariña ("Reno, Nevada"), the Everly Brothers, Gene Clark ("Tried So Hard"), Eric Andersen ("Close the Door Lightly When You Go"), Bob Dylan ("Percy's Song"), Johnny Cash ("I Still Miss Someone"), and Joni Mitchell ("I Don't Know Where I Stand"), as well as quality originals like "Autopsy" and "Shattering Live Experience." This set includes a few other goodies, however, some of which were previously on bootlegs and benefit from much-improved sound here (Joni Mitchell's "Eastern Rain," "Marcie," and "Night in the City"), and one of which ("Jack of Diamonds," an obscure Bob Dylan lyric set to music by Ben Carruthers from their first LP) had never even previously shown up on those old bootlegs. It's true the blues songs "You're Gonna Need My Help" and "If It Feels Good You Know It Can't Be Wrong" are kind of lame, but at least they preserve one aspect of the early band's repertoire.It's also true that disc three (all taken from 1970-1974 sessions) pales a little in comparison to the first pair of CDs, but these do document Fairport's transition to a much more English traditional folk-oriented group, with Denny re-entering on the four songs from 1974. The fidelity on disc four (subtitled "Off Air") is indeed taken from off-air recordings rather than original tapes, and has noticeably poorer fidelity, though it's actually not that bad. Even these performances, however (some of which found prior release on the Fairport Unconventional box set, as had a few other stray tracks from the first three discs), are quite enjoyable, with eight songs done in 1967-1968 when Judy Dyble was still in the lineup. Some of these songs, too, Eric Andersen's "Violets of Dawn," Bob Dylan's "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" -- never found release on their official albums, and there are other highlights (or at least intriguing oddities) like their December 1968 send-up of "Light My Fire" and a 1970 version of "Tam Lin" with male lead vocals (though Denny had taken the lead on the familiar studio recording). In all, this is essential for Fairport fans, and is not solely or primarily of historical interest, making for quite fine listening on its own terms. Richie Unterberger, Rovi

Genre: Rock, Folk
Category Psychedelic, Progressive Folk, British Folk-Rock, Folk-Rock, British Folk
Label: UNIVERSAL I.S.
Release Date: April 24, 2007
Artist: Fairport Convention
Additional Artist: Richard Thompson (Vocals), Ian Matthews (Vocals), Judy Dyble (Vocals), Dave Swarbrick (Vocals), Sandy Denny (Vocals), Jerry Donahue (Vocals), Trevor Lucas (Vocals), Simon Nicol (Vocals)

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