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Nine (Fairport Convention album)

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Released
  
October 1973

Artist
  
Fairport Convention

Label
  
Island Records

Producers
  
Trevor Lucas, John Wood

Recorded
  
July - August 1973

Release date
  
October 1973

Genre
  
Folk rock

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Studio
  
Sound Techniques, London

Nine (1973)
  
Fairport Live Convention (1974)

Similar
  
Fairport Convention albums, Folk rock albums

Fairport convention the hexhamshire lass


Nine is the ninth album by the British folk rock group Fairport Convention and, according to Allmusic, is their most uneven. It is their second album to feature Trevor Lucas and Jerry Donahue, and features no original members of Fairport Convention.

Contents

Polly on the Shore was re-recorded by the 21st-century lineup of Fairport Convention (featuring only Dave Pegg from the Nine-era lineup) for their album Sense of Occasion in 2007, with Simon Nicol on lead vocals. The same lineup later re-recorded The Hexhamshire Lass in a new arrangement for 2012's By Popular Request. This version featured Chris Leslie on lead vocals.

Side one

  1. "The Hexhamshire Lass" (Traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) – 2:31
  2. "Polly on the Shore" (Music: Pegg, Words: Traditional; arranged by Swarbrick, Lucas) – 4:56
  3. "The Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee Shuffle" (Traditional) – 3:56
  4. "To Althea From Prison" (Words: Richard Lovelace; Music: Dave Swarbrick) – 5:10
  5. "Tokyo" (Donahue) – 2:52

Side two

  1. "Bring 'Em Down" (Lucas) – 5:59
  2. "Big William" (Lucas, Swarbrick) – 3:25
  3. "Pleasure and Pain" (Lucas, Swarbrick) – 5:03
  4. "Possibly Parsons Green" (Lucas, Roche) – 4:42

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

  1. "The Devil in the Kitchen" (Fiddlestix) – 2:49
  2. "George Jackson" (Live) – 2:49
  3. "Pleasure and Pain" (Live) – 4:59
  4. "Six Days on the Road" (Live) – 3:44

Bonus tracks recorded live at The Howff, London on April 23, 1973.

Personnel

  • Trevor Lucas: acoustic guitar, lead (2, 6, 9), chorus (8), and backing vocals
  • Dave Swarbrick: violin, lead (1, 4, 7), verse (8) and backing vocals, viola, mandolin (7)
  • Jerry Donahue: acoustic and electric guitars
  • Dave Pegg: bass, backing vocals, mandolin (3)
  • Dave Mattacks: drums, percussion, bass (3), harmonium (4), clavinet (5)

    • Songs

    1The Hexhamshire Lass2:30
    2Polly On The Shore4:56
    3The Brilliancy Medley & Cherokee Shuffle3:56

    References

    Nine (Fairport Convention album) Wikipedia
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