Folk rock group Fairport Convention is usually credited as the first British folk rock band. Founded in 1967 and initially covering songs by artists such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell , they developed a devoted niche following by providing electrified and upbeat versions of traditional folk tunes alongside their own compositions. In a career spanning over 50 years, notable for numerous changes of line-up as well as continued success, Fairport Convention have issued over 50 albums.
Date Title July 1974 Fairport Live Convention (titled A Moveable Feast in the USA) January 1977 Live at the L.A. Troubadour (Recorded Sept 1970) 1979 Farewell Farewell (aka Encore Encore ) 1982 Moat on the Ledge – Live at Broughton Castle (Recorded 15 August 1981) June 1986 House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour (Recorded Sept 1970) December 1987 In Real Time: Live '87 (recorded "as live" in the studio) October 1994 25th Anniversary Concert 1997 Encore, encore 1998 The Cropredy Box (3-CD set) 1999 Cropredy 98 [ 1] 2000 Kind Fortune (2-CD set – the first live, the second a compilation) 2002 From Cropredy to Portmeirion (Recorded 1990) 2002 The Airing Cupboard Tapes (Recorded 1971–1974) 2002 Cropredy 2002 (2-CD set) 2004 The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2-CD set + interview DVD, recorded at Cropredy 1986 & 1987) 2004 Cropredy Capers: 25 Years of Fairport Convention and Friends at Cropredy Festival (4-CD set) 2005 Journeyman's Grace 2005 Acoustically Down Under (Recorded 1996) 2006 Off the Desk 2007 Live at the BBC 2007 Who Knows? 1975 2007 On the Ledge (2-CD set, 35th Anniversary Concert) 2008 Live at Cropredy '08 January 2012 Babbacombe Lee Live Again August 2013 Live at the LA Troubadour (live album featuring Sandy Denny issued on the Rising For the Moon Deluxe Edition) 2018 What We Did on Our Saturday 2021 Off the Desk 2020 2024 A live Recording – UK October tour 2023
Release date Title 1972 The History of Fairport Convention 1975 Tour Sampler (UK Only issue) July 1976 Fairport Chronicles [ 2] USA Only A&M Records SP3530 1983 Folk With Poke (Instrumentals And Sloth) Studio / live (Australia-only compilation) 1991 The Woodworm Years (includes solo material from Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol, Martin Allcock, and Ric Sanders) 1995 A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 – 1969 1998 Close to the Wind (Various songs taken from Red and Gold , The Five Seasons , and the bonus track on the 1995 re-release of Red & Gold ) 1999 Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967–1975 (2-CD set) 1999 Fiddlestix: The Best of Fairport, 1972–1984 2001 Some of Our Yesterdays 2002 Fairport Convention (2002 compilation) 2002 Then & Now 1982 – 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention February 2003 Rhythm of the Times (1985–1990) 2003 Shines Like Gold (3-CD set) 2003 Across the Decades (2-CD set) 2006 The Classic Collection (2-CD set) January 2009 Fame and Glory 2017 The Essential Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (3-CD set) 2017 Come All Ye: The First Ten Years (7-CD set)
Singles (UK issues)[ edit ] "If I Had a Ribbon Bow "/"If (Stomp)" – February 1968, (Track ) "Meet on the Ledge "/"Throwaway Street Puzzle" – December 1968, (Island ). Chart: #52[ A] "I'll Keep It with Mine "/"Fotheringay " – 1969, (A&M ) "Si Tu Dois Partir "/"Genesis Hall" – July 1969, (Island, UK; A&M, US) Chart: #21[ 3] "If (Stomp)"/"Chelsea Morning " – April 1970, (Polydor ) "Now Be Thankful "/"Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament..." – September 1970 (Island) "Walk Awhile"/"Sir Patrick Spens " – 1970, (Série Parade : France) "Sickness & Diseases"/"Wizard of Worldly Game" – 1971 "John Lee"/"The Time Is Near" – February 1972 (Island) "The World Has Surely Lost Its Head"/"The Journeyman's Grace" – February 1972 (A&M, US) "Rosie"/"Knights of the Road" – February 1973, (Island) "Rosie"/"Fiddlestix" – May 1973 (Island) "The Devil in the Kitchen"/"Possibly Parsons Green" – January 1974 (Island: Australia / New Zealand only) "White Dress"/"Tears" – 1975, (Island) "Si Tu Dois Partir"/"White Dress" – August 1975 (Série Parade : France) "Jams O'Donnell's Jig"/"The Last Waltz" – June 1978 "Rubber Band"/"The Bonny Black Hare" – March 1980, (Simons Records) "Quazi-Be-Goode"/"Where Would You Rather Be Tonight?" – August 1986 (Sunrise) "Meet on the Ledge"/"Sigh Beg Sigh Mor" – May 1987 (Island) ^ Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".
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