Sold Date: July 25, 2016
Start Date: July 15, 2016
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Full House 1970 UK ISLAND - SUPERB TEXTURED GATEFOLD - EX+ FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Full House

1970 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9130) PINK LABEL PRESSING
PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGHOUT
MATRIX: ILPS 9130 A▽3 11 5 / ILPS 9130 B▽3 12 5
HOUSED IN THE ORIGINAL HEAVILY TEXTURED GATEFOLD COVER "Printed and made by the E. J. Day Group, London and Bedford"
COMPLETE WTH THE ORIGINAL POLY-LINED INNER SLEEVE DATE CODED '0670' June 1970

Fairport Convention is a group that has always beaten the odds -- that's why a version of the band is still working.
By the time of this, the group's fifth album, key members Ashley Hutchings and Sandy Denny had exited the lineup, yet the group continued here without skipping a beat, for the first time without a female singer -- and it turned out not to make a major difference.
Richard Thompson and Dave Swarbrick took over as singers, and Dave Pegg (more recently of Jethro Tull) joined on bass, and the resulting album was actually more viscerally exciting than its predecessor, Liege and Lief, if not quite as important as that record.
Even vocally, this version of the group needed offer no apologies. Thompson, Swarbrick, Pegg, and Simon Nicol harmonise beautifully around strong lead vocals.
Not only does the singing here retain the high standard of the earlier incarnation of the group (check out the harmony singing on "Sir Patrick Spens" and "Flowers of the Forest"), but the playing throughout has greater urgency and punch, from the rousing Thompson-Swarbrick opener "Walk Awhile" to the haunting, moody, dazzling nine-minute "Sloth," which remained part of the group's live set for years.
An indispensable recording, and one that anybody who wants to truly know this band, or to take in some of the best work of Richard Thompson's career, must own (his playing on "Sloth" and "Doctor of Physick" alone makes it worthwhile). Swarbrick's fiddle and viola playing is also among the best of his career. Ironically, Thompson would make this his last full-time studio venture with Fairport, but what a way to go

Side 1:
Walk Awhile (3:57)
Dirty Linen (4:12)
Sloth (9:13)
Side 2:
Sir Patrick Spens (3:27)
Flatback Caper (6:18)
Doctor Of Physick (3:30)
Flowers Of The Forest (4:00)

LABELS: EXCELLENT+
An attractive pair of labels - barely a spindle mark to be seen - some spots visible when angled to the light
VINYL Visual: EXCELLENT+
Both surfaces shine like new - seen very little play
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT/EXCELLENT+
Great sound quality - deep, rich and warm and my play-check at volume found very little to fault - a few light (non-continuous) ticks on the quiet beginning of ‘Sloth’ only one of which rises above background level - nothing major - overall a really, really fine copy
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT+
Apart from a little rub to the wide spine this cover is in remarkable condition

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