2007 compilation album by Fairport Convention
Live at the BBC is a 2007 compilation album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention . It consists of tracks recorded for the BBC for various radio programmes between 1968 and 1974 and comprises four CDs in a fold-out package with a fifty-page booklet including song lyrics and numerous contemporary photographs.
Disc one
"Close the Door Lightly When You Go" (Eric Andersen ) – 2:57[ 1]
"I Don't Know Where I Stand" (Joni Mitchell ) – 3:36
"Some Sweet Day" (Felice & Boudleaux Bryant ) – 2:16
"You Never Wanted Me" (Jackson C. Frank ) – 3:15
"Nottamun Town " (trad. arr. Fairport Convention ) – 3:35
"Marcie" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:34[ 2]
"Night in the City" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:05
"Jack O'Diamonds" (Bob Dylan , Ben Carruthers) – 3:12
"Gone, Gone, Gone" (Phil & Don Everly ) – 1:59[ 3]
"Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen ) – 5:25
"If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong" (Richard Thompson & Ashley Hutchings ) – 3:12
"Eastern Rain" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:10
"Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny ) – 3:09
"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash & Roy Cash ) – 2:23[ 4]
"Bird on a Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:27
"Tried So Hard" (Gene Clark ) – 2:54[ 5]
"Reno, Nevada" (Richard Fariña ) – 2:23
"Book Song" (Ian Matthews & Richard Thompson ) – 3:05
"Who Knows Where the Time Goes? " (Sandy Denny) – 4:14[ 6]
Disc two
"You're Gonna Need My Help" (Muddy Waters ) – 3:56[ 7]
"Fotheringay" (Sandy Denny ) – 2:59
"Shattering Live Experience" (Simon Nicol ) – 3:23
"Cajun Woman" (Richard Thompson ) – 2:44[ 8]
"Autopsy" (Sandy Denny) – 4:24
"Si Tu Dois Partir " (Bob Dylan ) – 2:25
"Percy's Song " (Bob Dylan) – 5:25
"Reynardine " (trad. arr. Fairport Convention ) – 4:19[ 9]
"Tam Lin " (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick ) – 7:46
"Sir Patrick Spens " (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3:44
"Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss the Feathers" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4:12
"The Lady Is a Tramp " (Rodgers and Hart ) – 2:11
"Walk Awhile" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 4:00[ 10]
"Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 5:33
"Doctor of Physick" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3:37[ 11]
Disc three
"Sir Patrick Spens " (trad. arr. Fairport Convention ) – 3:32[ 12]
"The Bonny Bunch of Roses " (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick , Dave Mattacks , Simon Nicol , Richard Thompson ) – 10:53[ 13]
"Dirty Linen" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 4:15
"Now Be Thankful" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 2:24
"The Journeyman's Grace" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3:56[ 14]
"Now Be Thankful" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) – 3:23
"Tokyo" (Jerry Donahue ) – 2:37[ 15]
"Matthew, Mark, Luke and John" (Dave Mattacks , Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg , Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 5:29
"Possibly Parsons Green" (Trevor Lucas , Pete Roche) – 4:27
"Rosie" (Dave Swarbrick) – 4:02
"John the Gun" (Sandy Denny) – 5:03[ 16]
"Fiddlestix" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Trevor Lucas) – 2:47
"Rising for the Moon" (Sandy Denny) – 4:16
"Down in the Flood " (Bob Dylan ) – 3:27
Disc four
"Let's Get Together" (Chet Powers ) – 2:48[ 17]
"One Sure Thing" (Harvey Brooks , Jim Glover ) – 3:35
"Lay Down Your Weary Tune" (Bob Dylan ) – 3:37
"Chelsea Morning" (Joni Mitchell ) – 3:01
"Violets of Dawn" (Eric Andersen ) – 3:53[ 18]
"If (Stomp)" (Ian MacDonald , Richard Thompson ) – 2:35
"Time Will Show the Wiser" (Emitt Rhodes ) – 2:59
"If I Had a Ribbon Bow " (Hughie Prince , Louis Singer ) – 2:34
"Meet on the Ledge" (Richard Thompson) – 2:48[ 19]
"Light My Fire " (Jim Morrison , John Densmore , Robert Krieger , Ray Manzarek ) – 1:20[ 20]
"Flatback Caper" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick , Simon Nicol , Dave Pegg , Dave Mattacks , Richard Thompson) – 6:23[ 21]
"Open the Door, Richard " (Bob Dylan)[ 22] – 3:04
"The Deserter" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3:54[ 23]
"The Hangman's Reel" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 3:23
"Tam Lin " (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick) – 8:03
"Sir William Gower" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4:47[ 24]
"Banks of the Sweet Primroses" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 4:09
"Sickness and Diseases" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 3:41
"Bridge over the River Ash" (trad. arr. Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol) – 2:09
"Lord Marlborough" (trad. arr. Fairport Convention) – 3:21
"Angel Delight" (Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick) – 4:04
Ashley Hutchings , bass [CD 1; CD 2 1–12; CD 4 1–10];
Martin Lamble , drums [CD 1; CD 2 1–7; CD 4 1–10];
Simon Nicol , guitar, vocals, backing vocals [CD 1; CD 2; CD 3 1–6; CD 4];
Richard Thompson , guitar, vocals [CD 1; CD 2; CD 3 1–6; CD 4];
Sandy Denny , vocals [CD 1; CD 2 1–10; CD 3 11–14];
Ian Matthews , vocals [CD 1; CD 2 1–3; CD 4 5–10];
Ric Grech , violin [CD 2 4–7];
Dave Mattacks , drums [CD 2 8–15; CD 3; CD 4 11–21];
Dave Swarbrick , violin, vocals [CD 2 8–15; CD 3; CD 4 11–21];
Dave Pegg , bass, fiddle, mandolin, backing vocals [CD 2 13–15; CD 3; CD 4 11–21];
Trevor Lucas , guitar, vocals [CD 3 7–14];
Jerry Donahue , guitar, vocals [CD 3 7–14];
Judy Dyble , vocals [CD 4 1–8]
^ Tracks 1 – 5 recorded 28 May 1968 for John Peel 's Top Gear and broadcast 2 June 1968
^ Tracks 6 – 8 recorded 18 June 1968 for David Symonds show & broadcast c. 24 June 1968
^ Tracks 9 – 13 recorded 26 August 1968 for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 1 September 1968
^ Tracks 14 – 15 recorded 2 December 1968 for Stuart Henry 's show and broadcast 8 December 1968
^ Tracks 16 – 18 recorded 27 December 1968 for David Symonds and 6 January 1969
^ Track 19 recorded on 4 February 1969 for Symonds on Sunday and broadcast 9 February 1969
^ Tracks 1 – 3 recorded 4 February 1969 for Symonds on Sunday and broadcast 9 February 1969
^ Tracks 4 – 7 recorded 18 March 1969 for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 6 April 1969
^ Tracks 8 – 12 recorded 23 September 1969 for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 27 September 1969
^ Tracks 13 – 14 recorded for John Peel's Top Gear and broadcast 2 May 1970
^ Recorded for John Peel's Top Gear, broadcast 1 August 1970
^ Broadcast by David Symonds, on 27 April 1970
^ Tracks 2 – 4 Broadcast by Folk on One on 26 July 1970
^ Tracks 5 – 6 Broadcast by Stuart Henry on 19 November 1970
^ Tracks 7 – 10 recorded on 5 February 1973 for John Peel and 20 February 1973
^ Tracks 11 – 14 recorded on 16 July 1974 for John Peel and broadcast on 6 August 1974
^ Tracks 1 – 4 John Peel's Top Gear, rec. 24 November 1967, bc. 10 December 1967
^ Tracks 5 – 8 John Peel's Top Gear, rec. 6 February 1968, bc. 3 March 1968
^ Stuart Henry, rec. 2 December 1968, bc. 8 December 1968
^ John Peel's Top Gear, rec. 9 December 1968, bc. 22 December 1968
^ Tracks 11 – 12 Sound of the Seventies, host David Symonds, rec. 21 April 1970, bc. 27 April 1970
^ as credited on the album
^ Tracks 13 – 15 Folk on One, bc. 26 July 1970
^ Tracks 16 – 21 Folk on One, bc. 27 March 1971
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