Fairport Convention discography

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Folk rock group Fairport Convention is usually credited as the first British folk rock band. Founded in 1967 and initially covering songs by artists such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, they developed a devoted niche following by providing electrified and upbeat versions of traditional folk tunes alongside their own compositions. In a career spanning over 50 years, notable for numerous changes of line-up as well as continued success, Fairport Convention have issued over 50 albums.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

Release dateTitle
June 1968 Fairport Convention
January 1969 What We Did on Our Holidays (titled Fairport Convention in the USA)
July 1969 Unhalfbricking
December 1969 Liege & Lief
July 1970 Full House
June 1971 Angel Delight
November 1971 "Babbacombe" Lee
March 1973 Rosie
October 1973 Nine
June 1975 Rising for the Moon
May 1976 Gottle O'Geer – credited to "Fairport featuring Dave Swarbrick" in the US, to "Fairport" in the UK
July 1977 The Bonny Bunch of Roses
May 1978 Tipplers Tales
August 1985 Gladys' Leap
August 1986 Expletive Delighted!
1987 Heyday
December 1988 Red & Gold
December 1990 The Five Seasons
January 1995 Jewel in the Crown
May 1996 Old New Borrowed Blue – Studio/Live, credited to "Fairport Acoustic Convention"
June 1997 Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
November 1999 The Wood and the Wire
March 2000Wishfulness Waltz (New version of the Who Knows Where The Time Goes?, with a new title, new artwork, and 4 bonus tracks taken from The Cropredy Box)
February 2002 XXXV
September 2004 Over the Next Hill
February 2007 Sense of Occasion
January 2011 Festival Bell
January 2012 By Popular Request
January 2015 Myths and Heroes
January 2017 50:50@50 – Studio/Live
January 2020 Shuffle and Go

Live albums

DateTitle
July 1974 Fairport Live Convention (titled A Moveable Feast in the USA)
January 1977 Live at the L.A. Troubadour (Recorded Sept 1970)
1979 Farewell Farewell (aka Encore Encore)
1982 Moat on the Ledge – Live at Broughton Castle (Recorded 15 August 1981)
June 1986 House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour (Recorded Sept 1970)
December 1987 In Real Time: Live '87 (recorded "as live" in the studio)
October 199425th Anniversary Concert
1997Encore, encore
1998 The Cropredy Box (3-CD set)
1999Cropredy 98 [1]
2000Kind Fortune (2-CD set – the first live, the second a compilation)
2002From Cropredy to Portmeirion (Recorded 1990)
2002The Airing Cupboard Tapes (Recorded 1971–1974)
2002Cropredy 2002 (2-CD set)
2004The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2-CD set + interview DVD, recorded at Cropredy 1986 & 1987)
2004Cropredy Capers: 25 Years of Fairport Convention and Friends at Cropredy Festival (4-CD set)
2005Journeyman's Grace
2005Acoustically Down Under (Recorded 1996)
2006 Off the Desk
2007 Live at the BBC
2007Who Knows? 1975
2007On the Ledge (2-CD set, 35th Anniversary Concert)
2008Live at Cropredy '08
January 2012Babbacombe Lee Live Again
August 2013Live at the LA Troubadour (live album featuring Sandy Denny issued on the Rising For the Moon Deluxe Edition)
2018What We Did on Our Saturday
2021Off the Desk 2020
January 2023Full House For Sale
January 2024A Live Recording – UK Tour October 2023

Compilation albums

Release dateTitle
1972 The History of Fairport Convention
1975Tour Sampler (UK Only issue)
July 1976 Fairport Chronicles [2] USA Only A&M Records SP3530
1983Folk With Poke (Instrumentals And Sloth) Studio / live (Australia-only compilation)
1991The Woodworm Years (includes solo material from Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol, Martin Allcock, and Ric Sanders)
1995A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 – 1969
1998Close to the Wind (Various songs taken from Red and Gold, The Five Seasons, and the bonus track on the 1995 re-release of Red & Gold)
1999Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967–1975 (2-CD set)
1999Fiddlestix: The Best of Fairport, 1972–1984
2001Some of Our Yesterdays
2002Fairport Convention (2002 compilation)
2002Then & Now 1982 – 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention
February 2003Rhythm of the Times (1985–1990)
2003Shines Like Gold (3-CD set)
2003Across the Decades (2-CD set)
2006The Classic Collection (2-CD set)
January 2009Fame and Glory
2017The Essential Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (3-CD set)
2017Come All Ye: The First Ten Years (7-CD set)
2018A Tree With Roots – Fairport Convention and the Songs of Bob Dylan

Singles (UK issues)

Notes

  1. Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".

References

  1. "STRAWBS ALBUMS". strawbsweb.co.uk.
  2. "Fairport Convention Fansite " Expletive-Delighted!" – Discography – FAIRPORT CHRONICLES (2-LP)". Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
  3. "Fairport Convention | full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 16 September 2019.