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)