Fairport Convention progressive tracks?
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Topic: Fairport Convention progressive tracks?
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Subject: Fairport Convention progressive tracks?
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 06:46
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What are the Fairport Convention more progressive
tracks?
I means, why do you think they could be considered
a progressive rock band?
Tell us your opinion.
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Posted By: Politician
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 07:00
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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. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 07:10
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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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Politician wrote:
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 07:47
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The Fairport tracks I like are:
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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10"> 
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 07:55
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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... ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 08:26
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Fairport are now listed in the Archives. 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. |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 08:36
| 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. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 09:44
| 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. |
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 10:17
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 ------------- Let the sunshine in |
Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 10:20
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. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10">
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 10:20
This happens when you double click on the submit button. ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: December 15 2005 at 10:57
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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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 07:52
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..... -------------
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: Prog-Brazil
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 13:15
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I knew other "prog-related" song: Quiet Joys of
Brotherhood
Nobody quoted that one...
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Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 13:55
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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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Posted By: lunaticviolist
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 13:58
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Why are they listed twice? And are there any chances of getting Steeleye Span in the archives? ------------- My recent purchases:
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Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: December 16 2005 at 15:20
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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Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: December 17 2005 at 05:21
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.  ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |