Sold Date: October 30, 2014
Start Date: October 20, 2014
Final Price: £27.00 (GBP)
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege & Lief 1970 UK ISLAND 1st PINK RIM BARELY PLAYED MINT FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Liege & Lief

1970 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9115) FIRST PINK RIM PRESSING
THEIR THIRD RELEASE IN LESS THAN A YEAR AND CONSIDERED THE GREATEST BRITISH FOLK/ROCK ALBUM EVER MADE

THIS BARELY PLAYED COPY DATES FROM THE END OF 1970 AND FEATURES THE FIRST INCARNATION OF THE "NEW" PINK RIM ISLAND LABELS WHICH ARE MATT AND TEXTURED

PRESSED ON HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL (158g)
MATRIX: ILPS + 9115 + A5 / ILPS + 9115 + B5
THE RECORD IS HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL MATT GATEFOLD SLEEVE "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford" WITH FACTORY SEALED LEFT SIDE EDGE
COMPLETE WITH THE ORIGINAL PLAIN WHITE DIE-CUT INNER SLEEVE

In the decades since its original release, more than one writer has declared Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief the definitive British folk-rock album, a distinction it holds at least in part because it grants equal importance to all three parts of that formula.
While Fairport had begun dipping their toes into British traditional folk with their stellar version of "A Sailor's Life" on Unhalfbricking, Liege & Lief found them diving head first into the possibilities of England's musical past, with Ashley Hutchings digging through the archives at the Cecil Sharp House in search of musical treasure, and the musicians (in particular vocalist Sandy Denny) eagerly embracing the dark mysteries of this music. (Only two of the album's eight songs were group originals, though "Crazy Man Michael" and "Come All Ye" hardly stand out from their antique counterparts.)
Liege & Lief was also recorded after a tour bus crash claimed the lives of original Fairport drummer Martin Lamble and Richard Thompson's girlfriend; as the members of the group worked to shake off the tragedy (and break in new drummer Dave Mattacks and full-time fiddler Dave Swarbrick), they became a stronger and more adventurous unit firmly committed to fusing time-worn folk with electric instruments while honouring both.
And while Liege & Lief was the most purely folk-oriented Fairport Convention album to date, it also rocked hard in a thoroughly original and uncompromising way; the "Lark in the Morning" medley swings unrelentingly, the group's crashing dynamics wring every last ounce of drama from "Tam Lin" and "Matty Groves," and Thompson and Swarbrick's soloing is dazzling throughout.
Liege & Lief introduced a large new audience to the beauty of British folk, but Fairport Convention's interpretations spoke of the present as much as the past, and the result was timeless music

Side 1:
Come All Ye (4:55)
Reynardine (4:33)
Matty Groves (8:08)
Farewell, Farewell (2:38)
Side 2:
The Deserter (4:10)
Medley: The Lark In The Morning - Rakish Paddy - Foxhunter's Jig - Toss The Feathers (4:00)
Tam Lin (7:20)
Crazy Man Michael (4:35)

LABELS: NEAR MINT/MINT
Clean, fresh and unmarked labels with possibly just one light spindle trace on one side
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
This practically untouched copy has some light in-vinyl blemishes but no marks from play and these blemishes have no audible significance
VINYL Audio: MINT
Outstanding sound quality throughout - deep, rich and warm - impressively produced by Joe Boyd (who keeps the production simple and true to the bands sound) - played through from beginning to end I found noting to fault - beautiful copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Some light rub to the top and bottom edges and a few light marks to the surfaces but good and solid with a crisp spine where all text is clear and bold

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