FAIRPORT CONVENTION Full House 1970 UK ISLAND - SUPERB DEEP, RICH SOUND - EX+
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£ 56
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Nov 24, 2014
Sold Date
Nov 14, 2014
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£ 20
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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Full House 1970 UK ISLAND - SUPERB DEEP, RICH SOUND - EX+
FAIRPORT CONVENTIONFull House
1970 UK ISLAND (ILPS 9130) PINK LABEL PRESSING
PLAYS BEAUTIFULLY THROUGOUT
MATRIX: ILPS 9130 A?3 12 1 / ILPS 9130 B?3 12 4
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+
Clean, bright and unmarked labels - just light spindle traces
VINYL Visual: VERY GOOD+
Both surfaces retain their original deep glossy sheen - some hairlines and brush marks are visible but these are purely cosmetic and have little audible significance
VINYL Audio: EXCELLENT+
Outstanding sound quality - deep, rich and warm and my play-check at volume found little to fault - no scratches or loud clicks/pops noted and only the slightest of low-level surface between some of the tracks - nothing really - plays beautifully
SLEEVE: EXCELLENT
Some discolouration/rub to the spine and one bump to the top spine corner otherwise in fine shape
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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