In this release the uncharted waters of Fairport Convention’s early voyages across the UK, European and American airwaves are navigated. Fairport initially focused on covers of future classics by US / Canadian singer-songwriters such as Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Richard Farina and Bob Dylan, but delivered these covers in increasingly extended electric versions, becoming England’s answer to Jefferson Airplane. Within two years the band evolved into the prime-movers of British electric folk-rock, mixing electrified traditional songs with outstanding original material provided mainly by Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson.
Details
Cat. number: R&B96
Year: 2022
Notes:
Side One :
Track 1 = French TV Bouton Rouge 27.4.1968
Track 2 - 5 = VPRO TV Amsterdam,Netherland September 1968
Side Two :
Track 1 = BBC Sounds of the 70s,UK, Recorded 12.11.1970,Broadcast 19.11.1970
Track 2 = Radio WHPK Chicago,USA Broadcast 27.5.1970
Track 3-4 = BBC Top Gear,UK Recorded 9.12.1968, Broadcast 22.12.1968
