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Heyday (Fairport Convention Album)
''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. Track listing Side one #"Close the Door Lightly When You Go" (Andersen) – 2:56 #"I Don't Know Where I Stand" (Mitchell) – 3:40 #"Some Sweet Day" (Bryant, Bryant) – 2:18 #"Reno, Nevada" (Farina) – 2:18 #"Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:27 #"If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong" (Hutchings, Thompson) – 3:12 Side two #"I Still Miss Someone" ( Johnny Cash, Roy Cash jr) – 2:37 #" Bird on a Wire" (Cohen) – 2:36 #"Gone, Gone, Gone" (Everly, Everly) – 2:10 #"Tried So Hard" (Clark) – 2:48 #"Shattering Live Experience" (Nicol) – 3:19 #"Percy's Song" (Bob Dylan) – 5:34 Bonus tracks on 2002 edition #"You Never Wanted Me" ( Jackson C. Frank) – 3:18 #"Nottamun Town" (traditional) – 3:37 #"Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny) â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer Shaun Frater (with Frater replaced by Martin Lamble after their first gig.) They started out heavily influenced by American folk rock, with a setlist dominated by Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell songs and a sound that earned them the nickname "the British Jefferson Airplane". Vocalists Judy Dyble and Iain Matthews joined them before the recording of their self-titled debut in 1968; afterwards, Dyble was replaced by Sandy Denny, with Matthews later leaving during the recording of their third album. Denny began steering the group towards traditional British music for their next two albums, ''What We Did on Our Holidays'' and ''Unhalfbricking'' (both 1969); the latter featured fiddler Dave "Swarb" Swarbrick, most notably on the song "A Sailor's Life", which laid the groundwork for British folk rock by being the first time a trad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
