Released 2007 | Recorded 1968–1974 Release date 16 April 2007 Genre Folk rock | |
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Live at the BBC is a compilation album by English folk-rock band Fairport Convention released in 2007. It includes tracks recorded for the BBC for various radio programmes between 1968 and 1974 and consists of four CDs in a fold-out package with a fifty-page booklet including song lyrics and numerous contemporary photographs.
Contents
Disc one
- "Close the Door Lightly When You Go" (Eric Andersen) – 2:57
- "I Don't Know Where I Stand" (Joni Mitchell) – 3.36
- "Some Sweet Day" (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant) – 2.16
- "You Never Wanted Me" (Jackson C. Frank) – 3.15
- "Nottamun Town" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3.35
- "Marcie" (Joni Mitchell) – 3.34
- "Night in the City" (Joni Mitchell) – 3.05
- "Jack O'Diamonds" (Bob Dylan, Ben Carruthers) – 3.12
- "Gone, Gone, Gone" (Phil & Don Everly) – 1.59
- "Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 5.25
- "If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong" (Richard Thompson & Ashley Hutchings) – 3.12
- "Eastern Rain" (Joni Mitchell) – 3.10
- "Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny) – 3.09
- "I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash & Roy Cash) – 2.23
- "Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 3.27
- "Tried So Hard" (Gene Clark) – 2.54)
- "Reno, Nevada" (Richard Fariña) – 2.23
- "Book Song" (Ian Matthews & Richard Thompson) – 3.05
- "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Sandy Denny) – 4.14
Disc two
- "You're Gonna Need My Help" (Muddy Waters) – 3.56
- "Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny) – 3.01
- "Shattering Live Experience" (Simon Nicol) – 3.23
- "Cajun Woman" (Richard Thompson) – 2.44
- "Autopsy" (Sandy Denny) – 4.24
- "Si Tu Dois Partir" (Bob Dylan) – 2.25
- "Percy's Song" (Bob Dylan) – 5.25
- "Reynardine" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4.19
- "Tam Lin" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 7.46
- "Sir Patrick Spens" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3.44
- "Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss the Feathers" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4.12
- "The Lady Is a Tramp" (Rodgers and Hart) – 2.11
- "Walk Awhile" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 4.00
- "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 5.32
- "Doctor of Physick" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3.37
Disc three
- "Sir Patrick Spens" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3.32
- "The Bonny Bunch of Roses" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Richard Thompson – 10.53
- "Dirty Linen" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 4.15
- "Now Be Thankful" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 2.24
- "The Journeyman's Grace" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3.56
- "Now Be Thankful" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 3.23
- "Tokyo" (Jerry Donahue) – 3.23
- "Matthew, Mark, Luke and John" (Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson] (5.29)
- "Possibly Parsons Green" (Trevor Lucas, Pete Roche) – 4.27
- "Rosie" (Dave Swarbrick) – 4.02
- "John the Gun" (Sandy Denny) – 5.03
- "Fiddlestix" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Trevor Lucas) – 2.47
- "Rising for the Moon" (Sandy Denny) – 4.16
- "Down in the Flood" (Bob Dylan) – 3.27
Disc four
- "Let's Get Together" (Chet Powers) – 2.48
- "One Sure Thing" (Harvey Brooks, Jim Glover) – 3.35
- "Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (Bob Dylan) – 3.37
- "Chelsea Morning" (Joni Mitchell) – 3.01
- "Violets of Dawn" (Eric Andersen) – 3.53
- "If (Stomp)" (Ian MacDonald, Richard Thompson) – 2.35
- "Time Will Show the Wiser" (Emitt Rhodes) – 2.59
- "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (Huey Prince, Louis Singer) – 2.34
- "Meet on the Ledge" (Richard Thompson) – 2.48
- "Light My Fire" (Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Robert Krieger, Ray Manzarek) – 1.20
- "Flatback Caper" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Mattacks, Richard Thompson) – 6.23
- "Open the Door, Richard" (Bob Dylan) – 3.54
- "The Deserter" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3.54
- "The Hangman's Reel" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 3.23
- "Tam Lin" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 8.03
- "Sir William Gower" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4.47
- "Banks of the Sweet Primroses" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4.09
- "Sickness and Diseases" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3.46
- "Bridge over the River Ash" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol) – 2.09
- "Lord Marlborough" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3.21
- "Angel Delight" (Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick]) – 4.04
Personnel
Songs
1Close The Door Lightly When You Go (BBC Session - Top Gear 2/6/68)2:57
2I Don't Know Where I Stand (Live)3:37
3Some Sweet Day (BBC Session - Top Gear 2/6/68)2:16
References
Live at the BBC (Fairport Convention album) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA