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2007 compilation album by Fairport Convention
Live at the BBC is a 2007 compilation album by
British folk rock band
Fairport Convention . It consists of tracks recorded for the
BBC for various radio programmes between 1968 and 1974 and comprises four CDs in a fold-out package with a fifty-page booklet including song lyrics and numerous contemporary photographs.
Disc one
"Close the Door Lightly When You Go" (
Eric Andersen ) – 2:57
[1]
"I Don't Know Where I Stand" (
Joni Mitchell ) – 3:36
"Some Sweet Day" (
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant ) – 2:16
"You Never Wanted Me" (
Jackson C. Frank ) – 3:15
"
Nottamun Town " (trad. arr.
Fairport Convention ) – 3:35
"Marcie" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:34
[2]
"Night in the City" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:05
"Jack O'Diamonds" (
Bob Dylan , Ben Carruthers) – 3:12
"Gone, Gone, Gone" (
Phil & Don Everly ) – 1:59
[3]
"Suzanne" (
Leonard Cohen ) – 5:25
"If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong" (
Richard Thompson &
Ashley Hutchings ) – 3:12
"Eastern Rain" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:10
"Fotheringay" (
Sandy Denny ) – 3:09
"I Still Miss Someone" (
Johnny Cash &
Roy Cash ) – 2:23
[4]
"Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:27
"Tried So Hard" (
Gene Clark ) – 2:54
[5]
"Reno, Nevada" (
Richard Fariña ) – 2:23
"Book Song" (
Ian Matthews &
Richard Thompson ) – 3:05
"
Who Knows Where the Time Goes? " (Sandy Denny) – 4:14
[6]
Disc two
"You're Gonna Need My Help" (
Muddy Waters ) – 3:56
[7]
"Fotheringay" (
Sandy Denny ) – 2:59
"Shattering Live Experience" (
Simon Nicol ) – 3:23
"Cajun Woman" (
Richard Thompson ) – 2:44
[8]
"Autopsy" (Sandy Denny) – 4:24
"
Si Tu Dois Partir " (
Bob Dylan ) – 2:25
"
Percy's Song " (Bob Dylan) – 5:25
"
Reynardine " (trad. arr.
Fairport Convention ) – 4:19
[9]
"
Tam Lin " (trad. arr.
Dave Swarbrick ) – 7:46
"
Sir Patrick Spens " (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3:44
"Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss the Feathers" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4:12
"
The Lady Is a Tramp " (
Rodgers and Hart ) – 2:11
"Walk Awhile" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 4:00
[10]
"Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 5:33
"Doctor of Physick" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3:37
[11]
Disc three
"
Sir Patrick Spens " (trad. arr.
Fairport Convention ) – 3:32
[12]
"
The Bonny Bunch of Roses " (trad. arr.
Dave Swarbrick ,
Dave Mattacks ,
Simon Nicol ,
Richard Thompson ) – 10:53
[13]
"Dirty Linen" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 4:15
"Now Be Thankful" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 2:24
"The Journeyman's Grace" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3:56
[14]
"Now Be Thankful" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 3:23
"Tokyo" (
Jerry Donahue ) – 2:37
[15]
"Matthew, Mark, Luke and John" (
Dave Mattacks , Simon Nicol,
Dave Pegg , Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 5:29
"Possibly Parsons Green" (
Trevor Lucas , Pete Roche) – 4:27
"Rosie" (Dave Swarbrick) – 4:02
"John the Gun" (Sandy Denny) – 5:03
[16]
"Fiddlestix" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Trevor Lucas) – 2:47
"Rising for the Moon" (Sandy Denny) – 4:16
"
Down in the Flood " (
Bob Dylan ) – 3:27
Disc four
"Let's Get Together" (
Chet Powers ) – 2:48
[17]
"One Sure Thing" (
Harvey Brooks ,
Jim Glover ) – 3:35
"Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (
Bob Dylan ) – 3:37
"Chelsea Morning" (
Joni Mitchell ) – 3:01
"Violets of Dawn" (
Eric Andersen ) – 3:53
[18]
"If (Stomp)" (
Ian MacDonald ,
Richard Thompson ) – 2:35
"Time Will Show the Wiser" (
Emitt Rhodes ) – 2:59
"
If I Had a Ribbon Bow " (
Hughie Prince ,
Louis Singer ) – 2:34
"Meet on the Ledge" (Richard Thompson) – 2:48
[19]
"
Light My Fire " (
Jim Morrison ,
John Densmore ,
Robert Krieger ,
Ray Manzarek ) – 1:20
[20]
"Flatback Caper" (trad. arr.
Dave Swarbrick ,
Simon Nicol ,
Dave Pegg ,
Dave Mattacks , Richard Thompson) – 6:23
[21]
"
Open the Door, Richard " (Bob Dylan)
[22] – 3:04
"The Deserter" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3:54
[23]
"The Hangman's Reel" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 3:23
"
Tam Lin " (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 8:03
"Sir William Gower" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4:47
[24]
"Banks of the Sweet Primroses" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4:09
"Sickness and Diseases" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3:41
"Bridge over the River Ash" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol) – 2:09
"Lord Marlborough" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3:21
"Angel Delight" (Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick) – 4:04
Ashley Hutchings , bass [CD 1; CD 2 1–12; CD 4 1–10];
Martin Lamble , drums [CD 1; CD 2 1–7; CD 4 1–10];
Simon Nicol , guitar, vocals, backing vocals [CD 1; CD 2; CD 3 1–6; CD 4];
Richard Thompson , guitar, vocals [CD 1; CD 2; CD 3 1–6; CD 4];
Sandy Denny , vocals [CD 1; CD 2 1–10; CD 3 11–14];
Ian Matthews , vocals [CD 1; CD 2 1–3; CD 4 5–10];
Ric Grech , violin [CD 2 4–7];
Dave Mattacks , drums [CD 2 8–15; CD 3; CD 4 11–21];
Dave Swarbrick , violin, vocals [CD 2 8–15; CD 3; CD 4 11–21];
Dave Pegg , bass, fiddle, mandolin, backing vocals [CD 2 13–15; CD 3; CD 4 11–21];
Trevor Lucas , guitar, vocals [CD 3 7–14];
Jerry Donahue , guitar, vocals [CD 3 7–14];
Judy Dyble , vocals [CD 4 1–8]
^ Tracks 1 – 5 recorded 28 May 1968 for
John Peel 's
Top Gear and broadcast 2 June 1968
^ Tracks 6 – 8 recorded 18 June 1968 for
David Symonds show & broadcast c. 24 June 1968
^ Tracks 9 – 13 recorded 26 August 1968 for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 1 September 1968
^ Tracks 14 – 15 recorded 2 December 1968 for
Stuart Henry 's show and broadcast 8 December 1968
^ Tracks 16 – 18 recorded 27 December 1968 for David Symonds and 6 January 1969
^ Track 19 recorded on 4 February 1969 for Symonds on Sunday and broadcast 9 February 1969
^ Tracks 1 – 3 recorded 4 February 1969 for Symonds on Sunday and broadcast 9 February 1969
^ Tracks 4 – 7 recorded 18 March 1969 for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 6 April 1969
^ Tracks 8 – 12 recorded 23 September 1969 for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 27 September 1969
^ Tracks 13 – 14 recorded for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 2 May 1970
^ Recorded for John Peel's Top Gear, broadcast 1 August 1970
^ Broadcast by David Symonds, on 27 April 1970
^ Tracks 2 – 4 Broadcast by Folk on One on 26 July 1970
^ Tracks 5 – 6 Broadcast by Stuart Henry on 19 November 1970
^ Tracks 7 – 10 recorded on 5 February 1973 for John Peel and 20 February 1973
^ Tracks 11 – 14 recorded on 16 July 1974 for John Peel and broadcast on 6 August 1974
^ Tracks 1 – 4 John Peel's Top Gear, rec. 24 November 1967, bc. 10 December 1967
^ Tracks 5 – 8 John Peel's Top Gear, rec. 6 February 1968, bc. 3 March 1968
^ Stuart Henry, rec. 2 December 1968, bc. 8 December 1968
^ John Peel's Top Gear, rec. 9 December 1968, bc. 22 December 1968
^ Tracks 11 – 12 Sound of the Seventies, host David Symonds, rec. 21 April 1970, bc. 27 April 1970
^ as credited on the album
^ Tracks 13 – 15 Folk on One, bc. 26 July 1970
^ Tracks 16 – 21 Folk on One, bc. 27 March 1971
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