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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" (

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) – 5:27 #"If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong" (Hutchings, Thompson) – 3:12

Side two

I Still Miss Someone "I Still Miss Someone" is a song co-written by Johnny Cash and his nephew Roy Cash, Jr. and originally recorded by American country music singer Johnny Cash. He first recorded it in 1958 as the B-side to " Don't Take Your Guns to Town". Histor ...

" ( 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 #"

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) – 5:34

Bonus tracks on 2002 edition

#"You Never Wanted Me" ( Jackson C. Frank) – 3:18 #"Nottamun Town" (traditional) – 3:37 #"Fotheringay" (

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) – 3:01 #"Si tu dois partir" (Bob Dylan) – 2:28 #"Cajun Woman" ( Richard Thompson) – 2:47 #"Autopsy" (Sandy Denny) – 4:26 #"Reynardine" (traditional) – 4:24 #"Tam Lin" (traditional) – 7:49

Personnel

Musicians: * Ashley Hutchings – bass *

Martin Lamble Martin Francis Lamble (28 August 1949 – 12 May 1969) was the drummer for British folk rock band Fairport Convention, from just after their formation in 1967, until his death in the band's van crash in 1969. He joined the band after attending ...

– drums * Richard Thompson – guitar *

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 ...

– guitar * Ian Matthews, Richard Thompson,

– vocals *

Ric Grech Richard Roman Grechko (1 November 1945 – 17 March 1990), better known as Ric Grech, was a British rock musician. He is best known for playing bass guitar and violin with rock band Family as well as in the supergroups Blind Faith and Traff ...

- Violin on Cajun Woman and Si Tu Dois Partir *

Dave Swarbrick David Cyril Eric Swarbrick (5 April 1941 – 3 June 2016) was an English folk musician and singer-songwriter. His style has been copied or developed by almost every British and many world folk violin players who have followed him. He was ...

- Violin on Reynardine and Tam Lin *

Dave Mattacks David James Mattacks (born 13 March 1948) is an English rock and folk drummer. Best known for his work with Fairport Convention, Mattacks has also worked both as a session musician and as a performing artist. Apart from playing the drums, he ...

- Drums on Reynardine and Tam Lin Additional personal: * Joe Boyd – liner notes *

Bernie Andrews Bernard Oliver Andrews (17 August 1933 – 11 June 2010) was an English BBC radio producer, who was instrumental in the careers of many emerging rock and pop bands from the 1960s onwards, and responsible for producing such programmes as '' S ...

– producer (tracks side 1: 1 to 3, 5, 6, side 2: 3, 6) *

Johnny Beerling John William Beerling (born 12 April 1937) is a British radio producer and station controller. Early life Beerling attended the Sir Roger Manwood's School in Sandwich, Kent. Career National Service He began his radio career during nationa ...

– producer (tracks side 2: 2) * Keith Stewart – producer (tracks side 1: 4, side 2: 1, 4, 5) * Ashley Hutchings, Frank Kornelussen, Joe Boyd – compilation

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Heyday Sandy Denny albums Fairport Convention live albums 1987 live albums Island Records live albums Hannibal Records albums Peel Sessions recordings