FAIRPORT CONVENTION Full House 1970 UK ISLAND - NM TEXTURED COVER - SUPERB SOUND
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Sep 26, 2014
Sold Date
Sep 16, 2014
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£ 20
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Full House 1970 UK ISLAND - NM TEXTURED COVER - SUPERB SOUND
FAIRPORT CONVENTIONFull House
UK ISLAND PINK LABEL (ILPS 9130) ORIGINAL PRESSING (July 1970)
LOVELY COPY DELIVERING SUPERB SOUND AND HOUSED IN AN EXCEPTIONAL EXAMPLE OF THE ORIGINAL TEXTURED COVER
PRESSED WITH THE FIRST PINK ISLAND LABELS
MATRIX: ILPS 9130 A ▽3 11 2 / ILPS 9130 B ▽3 11 2
THE RECORD IS 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" 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+/NEAR MINT
A clean, bright and unmarked set of labels. Side One has a few spindle traces, Side Two barely any
VINYL Visual: NEAR MINT
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen and are unmarked bar hamlets wispy hairlines visible under bright light
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Beautiful deep, rich and warm sound and my play-check at loud volume found little to fault - a touch of surface on the run-ins and track divisions and the odd one-off tick - nothing either loud or intrusive - a fine copy and a very strong EX+
SLEEVE: NEAR MINT
Exceptional example of this easily worn outer textured gatefold - no real wear to speak of - the top/bottom edges and spine are crisp, square and unworn - nothing but a touch of feathering to the opening edge
POST & PACKING:
A PROTECTIVE POLY SLEEVE, NEW INNER SLEEVE WITH ANTI-STATIC LINER, QUALITY BOX (NOT ENVELOPE) MAILER AND AMPLE STIFFENERS ARE ALWAYS USED TO ENSURE THAT YOUR RECORD ARRIVES SAFELY
UK: FREE (2nd Class Recorded Delivery)
UK: £9.00 (Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day by 1pm)
EUROPE: Airmail: £14.00 (International Signed For delivery)
INTERNATIONAL: Airmail: £17.00 (International Signed For delivery)
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