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Heyday (Fairport Convention album)

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Released
  
1987

Artist
  
Fairport Convention

Label
  
Hannibal Records

Length
  
38:55

Release date
  
1987

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Recorded
  
May 28, 1968-Mar 18, 1969

Heyday (1987)
  
25th Anniversary Concert (1992)

Producers
  
Bernie Andrews, Johnny Beerling

Similar
  
Live at the BBC, What We Did on Our Holidays, Fairport Live Convention, House Full: Live at the LA Trou, Rising for the Moon

Fairport convention close the door lightly when you go


Heyday: the BBC Radio Sessions 1968–69 is an album by English folk rock band Fairport Convention first released in 1987. As its title suggests, it consists of live versions of songs recorded for John Peel's Top Gear radio programmes.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Close the Door Lightly When You Go" (Andersen) – 2:56
  2. "I Don't Know Where I Stand" (Mitchell) – 3:40
  3. "Some Sweet Day" (Bryant, Bryant) – 2:18
  4. "Reno, Nevada" (Farina) – 2:18
  5. "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:27
  6. "If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong" (Hutchings, Thompson) – 3:12

Side two

  1. "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Cash) – 2:37
  2. "Bird on a Wire" (Cohen) – 2:36
  3. "Gone, Gone, Gone" (Everly, Everly) – 2:10
  4. "Tried So Hard" (Clark) – 2:48
  5. "Shattering Live Experience" (Nicol) – 3:19
  6. "Percy's Song" (Bob Dylan) – 5:34

Bonus tracks on 2002 edition

  1. "You Never Wanted Me" (Jackson C. Frank) – 3:18
  2. "Nottamun Town" (traditional) – 3:37
  3. "Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny) – 3:01
  4. "Si tu dois partir" (Bob Dylan) – 2:28
  5. "Cajun Woman" (Richard Thompson) – 2:47
  6. "Autopsy" (Sandy Denny) – 4:26
  7. "Reynardine" (traditional) – 4:24
  8. "Tam Lin" (traditional) – 7:49

Personnel

Musicians:

  • Ashley Hutchings – bass
  • Martin Lamble – drums
  • Richard Thompson – guitar
  • Simon Nicol – guitar
  • Ian Matthews, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny – vocals
  • Ric Grech - Violin on Cajun Woman and Si Tu Dois Partir
  • Dave Swarbrick - Violin on Reynardine and Tam Lin
  • Dave Mattacks - Drums on Reynardine and Tam Lin

    • Additional personal:

  • Joe Boyd – liner notes
  • Bernie Andrews – producer (tracks side 1: 1 to 3, 5, 6, side 2: 3, 6)
  • Johnny Beerling – producer (tracks side 2: 2)
  • Keith Stewart – producer (tracks side 1: 4, side 2: 1, 4, 5)
  • Ashley Hutchings, Frank Kornelussen, Joe Boyd – compilation

    • Songs

    1Close the Door Lightly When You Go3:00
    2I Don't Know Where I Stand
    3Some Sweet Day2:21

    References

    Heyday (Fairport Convention album) Wikipedia
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