XXXV: 35th Anniversary Album
Fairport Convention
Engineer: Mark Tucker,
Producer: Mark Tucker, Dave Pegg
Eagle Records (USA), 2007
1 CD
Catalogue #: ER201102
EAN: 0826992011028
UPC: 826992011028
You save: 25%
Fairport Convention: Simon Nicol (vocals, guitars); Chris Leslie (vocals, tenor banjo, mandolin, electric mandolin, violin); Dave Pegg (vocals, bass guitar); Ric Sanders (violin, baritone violin, electric piano); Gerry Conway (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Anna Ryder (vocals, pennywhistle, accordion, French horn, piano); Anna (vocals, accordion); Chris While, Julie Matthews (vocals); Mark Tucker (electric guitar, E-bow); Ian Anderson (flute); Kate Luxmoore (clarinet, bass clarinet); Chas McDevitt (trumpet); Chris Knibbs (trombone); The Cropredy Crowd.
The legendary Fairport Convention reunited for an anniversary concert in 2002, and XXXV captures the magic of their performance at the Anvil Theater in Basingstoke, England. The quintessential British folk-rock band of the 1960s, Fairport Convention distinguished itself by basing its sound on traditional British folk, but transforming it with a modern sensibility and the superb musicianship of the band's members. That alchemy is still in evidence decades later in these charged performances that include some of the band's best-loved tunes.
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Fairport Convention
The definitive British folk-rock band, Fairport Convention took the traditional music of England and injected it with electricity and rock energy, sparking a whole musical movement in the U.K. in the late 1960s and early '70s. The late-'60s incarnation of the band was bursting with talent, including singer Sandy Denny and guitarist Richard Thompson, both of whom went on to lauded solo careers. Even after Denny and Thompson's departures, though, Fairport never slowed down. Through numerous personnel changes, they soldiered on for decades with their singular brand of folk-rock, becoming the Grand Old Men of the genre.
