Fairport Convention - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-24-1974, Early Show | Albums That Should Exist

 

Fairport Convention - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-24-1974, Early Show

Paul says: Your near daily dose of Ebbets Field radio broadcast concerts continues. I have about 25 of these left, so enjoy it while it lasts. This time, the concert is Fairport Convention from a time Sandy Denny was part of the band. There's an early show and late show. Naturally, I'm posting the early show first.

Denny was part of Fairport Convention from 1968 to 1969. It wasn't a long time, but the band was incredibly prolific during that time, and that era has been very critically praised. She left that band to concentrate on a solo career, and especially focus more on her songwriting. She released a few albums, but didn't get widespread success. 

Meanwhile, another singer-songwriter, Trevor Lucas, produced a Fairport Convention album in 1972. That led to him joining that band in early 1973. Around the same time, he got romantically involved with Denny. They married later in 1973. Thus, it wasn't too surprising that Denny rejoined Fairport around the time of her marriage. By the time she rejoined, some key members had left, most notably Richard Thompson. But others were still there from the first time she was in the band: Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, and Dave Pegg.

At the time of this concert, the band had three lead vocalists: Denny, Lucas, and Swarbrick, with Denny dominating.

The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and ten minutes long. 

01 talk by emcee 
02 Matty Groves
03 talk 
04 Solo 
05 talk 
06 Dirty Linen [Instrumental]
07 talk 
08 Fiddlestix [Instrumental] 
09 talk 
10 Who Knows Where the Time Goes 
11 talk
12 Like an Old Fashioned Waltz 
13 talk 
14 The Hexhamshire Lass 
15 talk 
16 Bring 'Em Down 
17 talk 
18 Down in the Flood [Crash on the Levee] 
19 talk
20 John the Gun 
21 talk 
22 Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament [Instrumental] 

(all songs Fairport Convention) 

Altan - various reels (see details) | Ade Kelly [Facebook page]

 

this from 

Ade Kelly

who notes:

Classic clip #49 Wexford Opera House 2001

Altan

Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh/fiddle 🌹 Dermot Byrne/accordion Ciaran Tourish/fiddle Ciarán Curran/bouzouki Mark Kelly/guitar Jim Higgins/bodhrán/brilliantly converted snare (y) reels: dispute at the crossroads aka dr.gilbert's / columba ward's aka the left handed fiddler (j. s. skinner) / siún’s reel (c. tourish) 'killer set' <3

Bill Fay - Goodnight Stan (1970) | Guess I’m Dumb

Bill Fay - Goodnight Stan (1970)

A poignant and haunting song from his debut LP. Apparently it was inspired by the an uncle who was poisoned by mustard gas in WWI

Soon they say they are taking us away to another place

Bob Dylan "Blind Willie McTell" 12 Jan 2012 Hollywood Palladium, In Honour Of Martin Scorsese

 Now I have always been fascinated as to how you leave off a song of this calibre and what the thinking from our Bobby was . . . .my old friend Stephen Blackman called me when he first heard a quality ROIO iff the song and we were little short of mesmerised . . . . . .I still am

someone posted this clip on Flickennabok!

let’s go for the full clip on YouTube

with intro from the delightful Olivia Harrison

Bob Dylan "Blind Willie McTell" 12 Jan 2012 Hollywood Palladium, In Honor Of Martin Scorsese

Covered: George Harrison, Volume 4: 2004-2010 | Albums That Should Exist

Covered: George Harrison, Volume 4: 2004-2010

Paul says: Here is the fourth out of six "Covered" volumes for George Harrison.

Unfortunately, before the start of the time period of this volume, Harrison had already died. (He died in 2001 all too young, at the age of 58.) That means he wasn't putting out any more new music. So for this volume and the next two, we're basically playing catch up, with covers from earlier parts of his music career, including going back to his years with the Beatles.

The first song here is a special treat. It comes from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony in 2004, because Harrison was posthumously inducted that year. This version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" has a lot of stars peforming on it, including some I didn't include in the song title, due to wanting to keep it short, like Steve Winwood and Dhani Harrison. But what really makes this version stand out is the wild guitar soloing by Prince. A lot of people were impressed, as you can see by the fact the YouTube video is up to 140 million views when I'm writing this in May 2026. But this version remains unreleased. 

Generally speaking, I try hard to only include one version of each song in a Covered series like this. But every now and then, there are cases where I can't resist adding more than one. For this series, I have two versions of "Something" (on Volumes 1 and 2, by Shirley Bassey and James Brown). I also have two versions of "If I Needed Someone." I included the Hollies version of that song on Volume 1, because they had a hit with it back in 1965. It made the Top Twenty in Britain. That was Harrison's first hit song, actually. 

However, I'm including a second version of that song here, even though it's not one of his most popular songs. That's because in 2004, Roger McGuinn did a version of it. McGuinn used to be the main singer for the Byrds, and Harrison wrote the song with a very obvious Byrds influence. It was one he openly acknowledged from the start. He even sent McGuinn an advanced copy of the song, along with a thank you note. So it's nice to finally hear what the Byrds might have done with this Byrdsy song.   

This album is an hour and one minute long.

01 While My Guitar Gently Weeps (Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne & Prince)
02 All Things Must Pass (Paul McCartney)
03 If I Needed Someone (Roger McGuinn)
04 Love Comes to Everyone (Eric Clapton)
05 Handle with Care (Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins)
06 Stuck Inside a Cloud (Herb Eimerman)
07 Dark Sweet Lady (Nelson Bragg)
08 I Want to Tell You (Thea Gilmore)
09 Blue Jay Way (Secret Machines)
10 Within You, Without You (Patti Smith)
11 That's the Way It Goes (Joe Brown)
12 I Live for You (Tift Merritt)
13 Blow Away (Den Fiori)
14 Hear Me Lord (Chip Mergott)
15 Deep Blue (Carolina Lima)
16 Be Here Now (Robyn Hitchcock)

Paul McCartney - All Things Must Pass (Live)

Bob Dylan - The Times . . . . . . for his birthday t’other day

 . . . .from Flickkenabokk! 

Fan 'Boy Matriano' posted this on Bob’s birthday and I thought it worth sharing here . . . . 

Happy birthday, Bob Dylan! (May 24)

The Times They Are A-Changin'