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CD.1
Fairport - A History
A chronological overview of
the band's career with singles,
key moments, live tracks and
rare versions
of songs that tell
their complete story.
Title, Source & Date
1. Meet on the ledge, (overture) Cropredy, 1990
2. Wings, Cropredy,
1997
3. If I had a ribbon bow, single, 1967
4. Lay down your weary tune, 1st Radio Session,'67
5. A Shattering Live
Experience, BBC Radio session, 1969
6. Nottamun Town, alternative version, 1968
7. Si Tu Dois Partir, radio recording,
1968
8. Come all ye, Liege & Lief out-takes , 1969
9. Tam Lin, Liege & Lief out-takes , 1969
10. Dirty Linen,
Cropredy, 1988
11. Staines Morris, Philadelphia Folk Fest, 1970
12. Journeyman's Grace, 1970
13. Angel delight, Cropredy,
1997
14. Time is near, Roger Hill/Tom Farnell lineup, 1972
15. Polly on the shore, live, 1973
16. Rising for the
moon, BBC session, 1974
17. Reynard the Fox, TV performance, 1987
18. Rubber band, Simons Records, 1980
19. Naked
Highwayman, Bottom Line, 1998
20. The wood and the wire, Cropredy 1999
21. The crowd, Woodworm, 2002
22. One sure
thing, (excerpt) Sound Techniques, 1967 Fairports first demo recording
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CD.2
Rareport Convention
A collection of hard-to-find and
unreleased material including B-sides,
private material, 'lost' sessions,
Live tracks, radio & TV tracks
Title, Source & Date
1. Sir B McKenzie, 1976
2. Suzanne, 1968
3. Time will show the
wiser, 1968
4. Mr Lacey, Dutch TV, 1969
5. Reno Nevada, French TV, 1968
6. Percy's song, 1968
7. Dear Landlord,
1968
8. I don't believe you, 'Nine' out-take, 1973
9. The deserter, BBC, 1970
10. Farewell to a poor man's son,
BBC-TV Babbacombe Lee, 1973
11. Sad song, The Manor Sessions, 1972
12. Autopsy, 1968
13. Maverick Child, David Rea
/ Tom Farnell line-up, 1972
14. Fiddlestix, Australian single, 1973
15. It's now or never, with Steve Tilston, 2000
16.
The lady is a tramp, BBC Top Gear, 1968
17. General Taylor, Live in Chicago, 1972
18. Accountancy Shanty, Live in Hull,
1989
19. A sailor's life, Southampton, 1969
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CD.3
A Fairport History
The Fairport songs
telling epic
tales from
British history
Title, Source & Date
1. Sir Patrick Spens, 1969
2. Wat Tyler, York, 1992
3. Flowers
of the forest, London 1977
4. Fotheringay, Symonds on Sunday, 1969
5. To Althea, Cropredy 1984
6. Red and gold, Cropredy
1996
7. Lord Marlborough, El Pea, 1971
8. Adieu Adieu, TV performance, 1976
9. Here's to Tom Paine, Weston-super-mare,
1997
10. Bonny Bunch of Roses, Live in Australia , 1977
11. Breakfast in Mayfair, Sandy Denny/Simon Nicol vcls, 1973
12.
Battle of the Somme, Troubadour, 1970
13. Summer before the war, BBC In Concert, 1990
14. Get Together, 1967
15.
Genesis Hall, Cropredy, 1993
16. Jewel in the crown, Apollo 1995
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CD.4
Classic Convention
The core Fairport repertoire,
with mostly non-standard
and unreleased
versions
Title, Source & Date
1. Walk awhile, Bumpers, 1970
2. John Gaudie, Bottom Line, 4 Mar
1998
3. Hexamshire lass, Capital Radio, 1976 w Dan Ar Bras
4. Slip jigs and reels, Oxford Apollo, 1995
5. Poor Will
& Jolly Hangman, Moat on the Ledge, '82
6. Crazy Man Michael, Fairport out-take, 1969
7. Rosie, Melbourne Assembly
Hall, 1996
8. Farewell farewell, Fairport rehearsal tape, 1969
9. Now be thankful, BBC World Service, 1970
10. Hiring
Fair, Cropredy, 1989
11. Stranger to himself, UBU, 1974
12. Sloth, , UBU, 1974
13. Who knows where the time goes,
BBC, 1968
14. Matty Groves, special compiled multi-version
15. Meet on the ledge, BBC, 1968
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