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    Posted: December 15 2005 at 06:46
What are the Fairport Convention more progressive tracks?
I means, why do you think they could be considered a progressive rock band?
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"The Lobster" (from "Fairport Convention"), "A Sailor's Life" (from
"Unhalfbricking"), "Tam Lin" and "Matty Groves" (from "Liege And Lief"),
"Sloth" (from "Full House") and "One More Chance" (from "Rising For The
Moon") are all superb progressive tracks. Excellent versions of "Matty
Groves" and "Sloth" also appear on "Fairport Live Convention". But overall,
I wouldn't say they qualify as a progressive rock band.
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Originally posted by Politician Politician wrote:

"The Lobster" (from "Fairport Convention"), "A Sailor's Life" (from
"Unhalfbricking"), "Tam Lin" and "Matty Groves" (from "Liege And Lief"),
"Sloth" (from "Full House") and "One More Chance" (from "Rising For The
Moon") are all superb progressive tracks. Excellent versions of "Matty
Groves" and "Sloth" also appear on "Fairport Live Convention". But overall,
I wouldn't say they qualify as a progressive rock band.

 

A Sailor's Life is a favourite - either recorded versions: the alternative take is on the 3CD set illustrated below - but a classic psychedelic track; one reason why Fairport Convention are sometimes compared to early Jefferson Airplane.

 
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The Fairport tracks I like are:

  • Matty Groves
  • Reynard the Fox
  • Widow of Westmoreland's Daughter
  • Crazy Man Michael
  • ... and those fast jigs they play

I don't think you can say they're prog. For me, they're a pure folk rock band. A lot of their songs are based on traditional folk songs, which you certainly wouldn't classify as prog.



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For more progressive tracks from the mighty & marvellous FC, try 'The Wounded Whale' from The Five Seasons, or 'Red Tide' from Jewell In The Crown.

Alas, with Maart's departure in 1995, their prog days were over...

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Fairport are now listed in the Archives.Clap

I'd agree with those tracks mentioned so far. "One more chance", Sandy Denny's swansong, is an absolute classic.

Interesting you mention "Crazy man Michael" BG. Is has great lyrics, and a haunting melody indeed. Strangely, when the 2LP Best of album was transeferred to CD, it was the track which was omiited to make it fit on a single disc.
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION is among many folk revival bands from the late '60s. The sound of  their first works is pure folk-rock with a touch of psychedelia.
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And of course Robert Plant sings a song by the first folkie to use electricity, Bob Dylan's North Country Girl on Fairport's 25th Anniversary album.
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Fairport are now listed in the Archives.Clap


Yes! Twice!!!
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_B AND.asp?band_id=2162
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_B AND.asp?band_id=2163
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Fairport are now listed in the Archives.Clap

Fairport Convention are a great band so I'm pleased to see them here. In fact, they're so good, they're listed twice as Fairport Convention* and Fairport Convention***. It's a shame that Fairport Convention** and Fairport Convention**** didn't make it into the archives though.

I thought they would be in the prog folk sub-genre but I can understand that they're down as prog-related because they're not 100% prog.


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Originally posted by Prog-Brazil Prog-Brazil wrote:

Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

Fairport are now listed in the Archives.Clap


Yes! Twice!!!
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_B AND.asp?band_id=2162
http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_B AND.asp?band_id=2163

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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

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Thanks. I double clicked because I had doubts with Mozilla. But I got it now.
And thanks all for FC sugestions. I listened some of these tracks that you guys mentioned.
I'll add two very good FC song: Too Much of Nothing and Who Knows Where the Time Goes (not prog at all, but wonderful songs.. humm.. maybe proto-prog style??).
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:

And of course Robert Plant sings a song by the first folkie to use electricity, Bob Dylan's North Country Girl on Fairport's 25th Anniversary album.


Plant came back the next year & joined FC on stage for over an hour of Led Zeppelin cover versions & although Maart kept teasing the crowd with it's opening arpeggio, they resisted playing "that" Zeppelin song.

One good thing about Fairport and their annual Cropredy Festival, is they continue to support some old proggers - over the years there, I've seen Man, Blodwyn Pig, Procul Harum, Jethro Tull, Mostly Autumn, Caravan...

A damned fine weekend always guaranteed - howzabout a UK Progarchives get-together next year, eh - 1st round's on me at the Brasenose, or the Rose & Crown, if wet, or the Cricket Pavilion if sunny.....

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I knew other "prog-related" song: Quiet Joys of Brotherhood
Nobody quoted that one...
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I love Fairport.  Progressive?  Sure.  I think people often mistaken prog for symphonic prog.  Fairport are not symphonic prog, but there are other types of prog.
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Why are they listed twice?
And are there any chances of getting Steeleye Span in the archives?
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Try their excellent concept album 'Babbacombe Lee', which has a prog flavour to it, and is one of their best in my opinion.
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Good to know that Fairport is here... Excellent prog-folk... It's so strange, but at late Sixties/early Seventies, goin' backwards (rediscovering folk roots) was a progression.
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