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Released
  
August 1985

Artist
  
Fairport Convention

Label
  
New Rounder

Length
  
38:01

Release date
  
August 1985

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Recorded
  
April-May 1985 at Woodworm Studio, Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire

Gladys' Leap(1985)
  
Expletive Delighted!(1986)

Producers
  
Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg

Similar
  
Fairport Convention albums, Folk rock albums

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Gladys' Leap is the 14th studio album by Fairport Convention originally released in August 1985. It was recorded in April and May 1985 at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire, UK. It was produced and engineered by Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks and Dave Pegg and the assistant engineers were Tim Matyear and Mark Powell. The album features the first contributions to a Fairport album by founding member Richard Thompson since Rosie in 1973. Thompson wrote the opening track "How Many Times" and played lead guitar on "Head in a Sack".

Contents

The title comes from Gladys Hillier, who was a postwoman for Cranham, a village near Stroud in Gloucestershire, England. As a short-cut, to save a two-mile walk, she used to jump the three feet (~ 1 metre) across a stream on her round. In 1977 the Ordnance Survey agreed to name the spot in her honour, and in 2005 a footbridge was built across the stream. Fairport heard the story, and named the album in Gladys' honour.

Side one (The Folkside)

  1. "How Many Times" (Richard Thompson) - 3:29
  2. "Bird from the Mountain" (Ralph McTell) - 4:51
  3. "Honour and Praise" (John Richards) - 5:21
  4. "The Hiring Fair" (Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks) - 5:53

Side two (The Backside)

  1. Instrumental Medley '85 - 5:08
    1. "The Riverhead" (Dave Pegg)
    2. "Gladys' Leap" (Dave Pegg)
    3. "The Wise Maid" (Traditional, arrangement by Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg)
  2. "My Feet are Set for Dancing" (Cathy Lesurf, arranged by Bill Martin) - 4:01
  3. "Wat Tyler" (Ralph McTell, Simon Nicol) - 5:36
  4. "Head in a Sack" (Dave Whetstone) - 4:23

Personnel

  • Simon Nicol - vocals, electric & acoustic guitars
  • Dave Pegg - bass guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, double bass, vocals
  • Dave Mattacks - drums, drum machine, keyboards, percussion
    • Additional personnel
  • Ric Sanders - violin ("Bird from the Mountain", "The Hiring Fair", Instrumental Medley)
  • Richard Thompson - electric guitar ("Head in a Sack")
  • Cathy Lesurf - vocal ("My Feet Are Set for Dancing")
  • Harold Wells - spoken intro to "Bird from the Mountain"

    • Songs

    1How Many Times3:30
    2Bird From the Mountain4:51
    3Honour and Praise5:22

    References

    Gladys' Leap Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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