Fairport Convention - Liege And Lief (1969) (Deluxe Edition, 2007) 2CD

Artist: Fairport Convention
Title Of Album Liege And Lief
Year Of Release:1970/2007
Label (Catalog#) :Island [530 111-1]
Country: UK
Genre: Prog Related, Folk Rock
Quality: Flac (*tracks + cue,log,scans)
Bitrate: Lossless
Total Time: 40:58+47:43
Total Size: 530Mb

Liege & Lief is the fourth album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. It is the third album the group released in the UK during 1969, all of which prominently feature Sandy Denny as lead female vocalist (Denny did not appear on the group's 1968 debut album), as well as the first to feature future long-serving personnel Dave Swarbrick and Dave Mattacks on violin/mandolin and drums, respectively, as full band members (Swarbrick had previously guested on Unhalfbricking). It is also the first Fairport album on which all songs are either adapted (freely) from traditional British and Celtic folk material (for example "Matty Groves", "Tam Lin"), or else are original compositions (such as "Come All Ye", "Crazy Man Michael") written and performed in a similar style. Although Denny (and also the founding member the bass player Ashley Hutchings) quit the band even before the album's release, Fairport Convention has continued to the present day to make music strongly based within the British folk rock idiom, and are still the band most prominently associated with it.

The album was moderately successful, peaking at number 17 on the UK Albums Chart during a 15-week run. It is often credited, though the claim is sometimes disputed, as the first major "British folk rock" album (this term is not to be confused with American-style folk rock, which had first achieved mainstream popularity on both sides of the Atlantic with the Byrds' early work several years prior). The popularity of Liege & Lief did a great deal to establish the new style commercially and artistically as a distinct genre. In an audience vote at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2006, the album was voted "Most Influential Folk Album of All Time". It was voted number 254 in the third edition of Colin Larkin's All Time Top 1000 Albums (2000)

Tracks:
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Disc 1 Original Album
1. Come All Ye (Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings) - 5:00
2. Reynardine (Traditional) - 4:30
3. Matty Groves (Traditional) - 8:07
4. Farewell, Farewell (Richard Thompson) - 2:37
5. The Deserter (Traditional) - 4:21
6. Medley (Traditional) - 4:06
.. The Lark in the Morning
.. Rakish Paddy
.. Foxhunters' Jig
.. Toss the Feathers
7. Tam Lin (Traditional) - 7:11
8. Crazy Man Michael (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) - 4:41

Disc 2 Studio Out-takes and BBC Sessions
1. Sir Patrick Spens (Traditional) - 3:59
2. Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Traditional, Richard Farina) - 5:59
3. The Ballad Of Easy Rider (Roger McGuinn) - 4:53
4. Tam Lin (Traditional) - 7:46
5. Medley - The Lark In The Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss The Feathers (Traditional) - 4:13
6. Sir Patrick Spens (Traditional) - 3:44
7. Reynardine (Traditional) - 4:19
8. Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (Traditional, Richard Farina) - 7:50
9. The Lady Is A Tramp (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:11
10.In Other Words (Fly Me To The Moon) (Bart Howard, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 2:21

Personnel:
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Sandy Denny - Vocals
Dave Swarbrick - Fiddle, Viola
Richard Thompson - Electric, Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals
Simon Nicol - Electric, 6-String, 12-String Acoustic Guitars, Backing Vocals
Ashley Hutchings - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dave Mattacks - Drums, Percussion

All thanks to original releaser