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album recorded on the band's farewell tour in 1979. It is the last Fairport album to feature fiddler/mandolinist

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. Tracks are drawn from three performances of the Farewell Tour during Spring 1979: at

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. Most of the songs are performances of already familiar tracks from previous studio albums. In 1997 to mark the 30th anniversary of Fairport Convention, the album was remastered, repackaged and re-released as "Encore Encore". This version included the 1980 studio single "Rubber Band" plus three additional tracks recorded on the 1979 tour: "The Hens March Through the Midden/Four Poster Bed", "Flatback Caper" and "Dirty Linen".

Track listing

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Matty Groves "Matty Groves", also known as "Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard" or "Little Musgrave", is a ballad probably originating in Northern England that describes an adulterous tryst between a young man and a noblewoman that is ended when the woman's ...

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) – 3:18 #"Bridge Over the River Ash" (Traditional, arrangement by Fairport Convention) – 2:40 #"

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" (Traditional, arrangement by Fairport Convention) – 3:17 ;Side two #"Mr. Lacey" (

Ashley Hutchings Ashley Stephen Hutchings, MBE, sometimes known in early years by his nickname, "Tyger" Hutchings (born 26 January 1945) is an English bassist, vocalist, songwriter, arranger, band leader, writer and record producer. He was a founding member of t ...

) – 3:36 #"Walk Awhile" (Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 4:13 #"The Bonny Black Hare" (Traditional, arrangement by Fairport Convention) – 2:40 #"The Journeyman's Grace" (Swarbrick, Thompson) – 4:35 #"Meet on the Ledge" (Thompson) – 6:18 ;Extra tracks on the 1997 30th Anniversary Edition (Encore Encore) and on the 40th Anniversary Edition. #"Rubber Band" - 3:05 #"The Hens March Through the Midden/Four Poster Bed" - 3:37 #"Flatback Caper" - 6:38 #"Dirty Linen" - 4:20

Personnel

Simon Nicol Simon John Breckenridge Nicol (born 13 October 1950) is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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– vocals,

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– vocals,

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, violin, mandolin *

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, bass guitar

Release history

* UK, LP, Woodworm Records BEAR 22 (September 1979) * UK, LP, Simons Records GAMA 1 (April 1980) * UK, CD, Road Goes On Forever RFG CD001 (August 1991) * UK, 2 LP, Turning Point Music TPM-02211 (October 2002)

References

{{Authority control Fairport Convention live albums 1979 live albums