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

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

Paul says: Here's another album from the Ebbets Field radio broadcasts. Yesterday, I posted the Fairport Convention early show from a 1974 concert. This is the late show.

I already explained in the write-up for the early show how Sandy Denny rejoined Fairport Convention in early 1974, in time for this concert. Unfortunately, that wouldn't last. She would leave the band for a second time in 1975, as her marriage with Trevor Lucas, another member of the band, was falling apart. She would die two years later, in 1977, after falling down a staircase.

There's some overlap in the song selection between the early shows and the late shows. Here are the songs that were performed in both: "Solo," "Dirty Linen," "Matty Groves," and "Down in the Flood (Crash on the Levee)." But the leaves room for a lot of unique songs in both shows.

This album is an hour and eight minutes long.

01 Rising for the Moon 
02 talk
03 Solo 
04 talk
05 Dirty Linen [Instrumental] 
06 talk 
07 One More Chance 
08 talk 
09 Sloth 
10 talk 
11 It'll Take a Long Time
12 talk
13 Matty Groves 
14 talk 
15 Hens March-Four Poster Bed-Brilliancy Medley-Cherokee Shuffle [Instrumental] 
16 talk 
17 Down in the Flood [Crash on the Levee]

Paul notes: The cover image is of Dave Swarbrick at a Fairport Convention concert in Denmark, some time in April 1974. It's from the exact same concert as the picture of Sandy Denny I used for the cover of early show. The original was in black and white, but I colorized it with the help of the Kolorize program. 

 Fairport Convention - Ebbets Field-1974Matty Groves (Live)

N.B. I think all the posts on YouTube are the Later show here . . .check the track listing . . .unless you can tell otherwise?!?

Fairport Convention - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-24-1974, Early Show | Albums That Should Exist + two tracks ‘It Takes A Long Time’ & 'Down In The Flood'

 

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) 

It'll Take a Long Time (Live) · Fairport Convention · Sandy Denny

Ebbets Field 1974

Down in the Flood (Live) · Fairport Convention · Sandy Denny

Ebbets Field 1974