It All Comes Round Again

6th February 2006

And So You See

The public vote at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for 2006 was Most Influential Folk Album Of All Time, and the result - Fairport Convention's Liege and Lief - came as no surprise, but provided a heart-stopping climax to this year's Awards. Georgia Lucas, the daughter of the late Sandy Denny and Trevor Lucas, had flown from Australia to accept the award on behalf of her mother; then the 1969 line-up, with the superb Chris While taking Sandy's vocal, performed the album track Matty Groves. To hear Richard Thompson, Ashley Hutchings, Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks and a much-recovered Dave Swarbrick recreate the sound and spirit of that legendary song was a unique moment. And the finale, a massed Fairport and Friends rendering of Richard Thompson's anthemic Meet On The Ledge, brought a tear to not a few eyes and an end to the 2006 BBC Folk Awards that'll be hard to top next year

Island ILPS 9115 December 1969

Side One:

Come All Ye 4:55

Reynardine 4:33

Matty Groves 8:08

Farewell, Farewell 2:38.

Side Two:

The Deserter 4:10

Medley:

*The Lark in the Morning;

*Rakish Paddy;

*Fox-Hunter's Jig;

*Toss the Feathers 4:00

Tam Lin 7:20

Crazy Man Michael 4:35.

All tracks Trad. arr. Fairport Convention
except Track 1

Sandy Denny / Ashley Hutchings
Track 4 Richard Thompson
Track 8 Richard Thompson /

Dave Swarbrick