Fairport Convention - Liege and Lief (1969) mp3 peaSoup

Artist...............: Fairport Convention


Album................: Liege & Lief


Year.................: 1969


Genre................: Folk/Rock


Type.................: Studio


Duration.............: 55:39


Number of Songs......: 10

Audio Format.........: MP3


Ripper...............: dBpowerAMP Music Converter


Encoder..............: LAME


Bitrate..............: 320 (CBR)


Source...............: CD

Liege & Lief is the fourth album by the English rock band Fairport Convention. It is the third and final album the group released in the UK in 1969, all of which prominently feature Sandy Denny as lead female vocalist. (Denny does not appear on the group’s debut album from 1968.) It is also the very first Fairport album on which all songs have either been adapted (freely) from traditional British and Celtic folk material (e.g., Matty Groves, Tam Lin), or else are original compositions (e.g., Come All Ye, Crazy Man Michael) written and performed in a similar style. By introducing songs of this genre into the group’s repertoire, Denny, who had previously sung and recorded traditional folk songs as a solo artist, was instrumental in this transformation. Although Denny quit the band even before the album’s release, Fairport Convention has continued to the present day to make music almost exclusively within the traditional British folk idiom, and are still one of the artists most strongly associated with it.

Track Listings


1. Come All Ye


2. Reynardine


3. Matty Groves


4. Farewell, Farewell


5. The Deserter


6. Medley: The Lark In The Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss The Feathers


7. Tam Lin


8. Crazy Man Michael


9. Sir Patrick Spens (Sandy Denny Vocal Version)


10. Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Take 1)

Personnel

Sandy Denny - vocals


Dave Swarbrick - fiddle, viola


Richard Thompson - electric & acoustic guitars, backing vocals


Simon Nicol - electric, 6-string & 12-string acoustic guitars, backing vocals


Ashley Hutchings - bass guitar, backing vocals


Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion