''Old New Borrowed Blue'' is the nineteenth studio album by

folk rock Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers s ...

band Fairport Convention, although for this release, they were billed as "Fairport Acoustic Convention" as it was the band's first all-acoustic album in 29 years. Part studio, part live, it was recorded to publicise a tour of the

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and consisted of

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s, new songs and classic tracks dating back to the band's early career.

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 ...

, who had provided drums and

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for previous albums, was absent.

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praised the album, saying "The playing is exquisite and the vocalizing by Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg is extraordinary".

Track listing

;Studio tracks # "Woodworm Swing" (

Ric Sanders Richard Sanders (born 8 December 1952) is an English violinist who has played in jazz-rock, folk rock, British folk rock and folk groups, including Soft Machine and Fairport Convention. Biography Sanders' first experience with a professiona ...

) - 3:08 # "Men" (

Loudon Wainwright III Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actor. He has released twenty-six studio albums, four live albums, and six compilations. Some of his best-known songs include "The Swimmin ...

) - 3:45 # "Aunt Sally Shuffle" (

Dave Pegg Dave Pegg (born 2 November 1947) is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, primarily a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk ...

) - 1:22 # "There Once Was Love" (Paul Metsers) / Innstück (

Maartin Allcock Maartin Allcock (born Martin Allcock; 5 January 1957 – 16 September 2018) was an English multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer. Biography Born in Middleton, Greater Manchester, Middleton, Lancashire (now Greater Manchester), E ...

) - 4:45 # "Frozen Man" (

James Taylor James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, havi ...

) - 4:20 # "Mr Sands Is in the Building" (Maartin Allcock) - 2:06 # "Lalla Rookh" (Words:

Chris Leslie Christopher Michael Leslie (born 28 June 1972) is a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Shipley from 1997 to 2005 and Nottingham East from 2010 to 2019. A former member of the Labour Party, he defected to form ...

; Music: Maartin Allcock) - 4:27 ;Live tracks # "Foolish You" (

Wade Hemsworth Albert Wade Hemsworth (October 23, 1916 – January 19, 2002) was a Canadian folk singer and songwriter.Alan Hustak, "Canadian composer dies at 85". ''Calgary Herald'', January 20, 2002. Although he was not a prolific composer, having writt ...

) - 3:34 # "Crazy Man Michael" ( Richard Thompson,

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 ...

) - 5:09 # "The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter" (

Traditional A tradition is a belief or behavior (folk custom) passed down within a group or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examples include holidays or ...

; arrangement by Fairport Convention) - 4:05 # "Genesis Hall" (Richard Thompson) - 4:13 # "The Deserter" (John Richards) - 5:43 # "The Swimming Song" (Loudon Wainwright III) - 3:24 # "Struck It Right" (Huw Williams) - 4:26 # "The Hiring Fair" (

Ralph McTell Ralph McTell (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song " Streets of London" (19 ...

) - 6:07 # "

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 ...

"/"Dirty Linen" (Traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) - 10:06

Personnel

;Fairport Convention *

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 ...

- vocals, acoustic guitar *

- violin *

- acoustic bass guitar, mandolin, backing vocals *

- acoustic guitars, bouzar, accordion,

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, bodhran, backing vocals Additional personnel Mark Tucker - recording engineer (live) and CD mix. Mat Davies - recording engineer (studio)

Release history

* 1996, May : Woodworm Records WRCD 024, UK & Australia LP * 1996, June : Green Linnet 3114, US CD * 1999, August : SSE Communications SSE-7301, Japan CD * 2007 : Talking Elephant 110, US CD

References

External links

* {{Authority control Fairport Convention albums 1996 albums