''The Five Seasons'' is the seventeenth studio album by

British folk rock British folk rock is a form of folk rock which developed in the United Kingdom from the mid 1960s, and was at its most significant in the 1970s. Though the merging of folk and rock music came from several sources, it is widely regarded that the ...

band Fairport Convention.

Track listing

;Side one # "Claudy Banks" (

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 ...

) - 5:53 # "Cup of Tea!"/"A Loaf of Bread"/"Miss Monahan's" (Allcock, Traditional) - 3:16 # "All Your Beauty" (Barry Lowe, Martin White) - 2:55 # "Sock In It" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:29 # "Gold" (

Peter Blegvad Peter Blegvad (born August 14, 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, writer, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of German/English avant-pop band Slapp Happy, which later merged briefly with Henry Cow, and has released many so ...

) - 5:06 ;Side two # "Ginnie" (Huw Williams) - 4:10 # "Mock Morris '90" (The Green Man/The Cropredy Badger/Molly On The Jetty) (

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 ...

) - 4:53 # "The Card Song"/"Shuffle the Pack" (Allcock, Mattacks, Nicol) - 4:26 # "The Wounded Whale" (

Archie Fisher Archie Macdonald Fisher (born 23 October 1939) is a Scottish folk singer and songwriter. He has released several solo albums since his first, eponymous album, in 1968. Fisher composed the song "The Final Trawl", recorded on the album ''Windwa ...

, Traditional) - 6:43 ; Bonus Track on CD release # "Rhythm of the Time" (Dave Whetstone) - 5:52

Release history

*1990, December: UK LP, New Routes RUE 005 *1990, December : UK CD, New Routes RUE CD 005 *1990, December : US CD, Rough Trade NR 005-2 *1991, December : UK CD, Woodworm Records WRCD 019 *1995, December : UK CD, HTD Records HTD CD 48

Personnel

;Fairport Convention *

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 ...

- guitars,

bouzouki The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...

, mandolin, accordion, keyboards, vocals *

- violin *

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 ...

- acoustic & bass guitars, vocals *

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, percussion, keyboards, harpsichord *

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 ...

- guitars, vocals, dobro ;Technical * Tim Matyear - engineer * Barry Hammond with Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks - mixing

References and notes

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Five Seasons 1990 albums Fairport Convention albums