Old New Borrowed Blue

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Old New Borrowed Blue
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1996
RecordedSeptember and October 1995 at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael and The Mill Theatre, Banbury, Oxfordshire, 30 December 1995.
Genre Folk rock
Length70:40
Label Woodworm
Producer Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention chronology
Jewel in the Crown
(1995)
Old New Borrowed Blue
(1996)
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
(1997)
Professional ratings
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Old New Borrowed Blue is the nineteenth studio album by folk rock band Fairport Convention, although for this release, they were billed as "Fairport Acoustic Convention" as it was the band's first all-acoustic album in 29 years. [2] Part studio, part live, it was recorded to publicise a tour of the United States and consisted of cover versions, new songs and classic tracks dating back to the band's early career. [2] Dave Mattacks, who had provided drums and electronic instrumentation for previous albums, was absent.

Contents

Allmusic praised the album, saying "The playing is exquisite and the vocalizing by Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg is extraordinary". [2]

Track listing

Studio tracks
  1. "Woodworm Swing" (Ric Sanders) - 3:08
  2. "Men" (Loudon Wainwright III) - 3:45
  3. "Aunt Sally Shuffle" (Dave Pegg) - 1:22
  4. "There Once Was Love" (Paul Metsers) / Innstück (Maartin Allcock) - 4:45
  5. "Frozen Man" (James Taylor) - 4:20
  6. "Mr Sands Is in the Building" (Maartin Allcock) - 2:06
  7. "Lalla Rookh" (Words: Chris Leslie; Music: Maartin Allcock) - 4:27
Live tracks
  1. "Foolish You" (Wade Hemsworth) - 3:34
  2. "Crazy Man Michael" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) - 5:09
  3. "The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter" (Traditional; arrangement by Fairport Convention) - 4:05
  4. "Genesis Hall" (Richard Thompson) - 4:13
  5. "The Deserter" (John Richards) - 5:43
  6. "The Swimming Song" (Loudon Wainwright III) - 3:24
  7. "Struck It Right" (Huw Williams) - 4:26
  8. "The Hiring Fair" (Ralph McTell, Dave Mattacks) - 6:07
  9. "Matty Groves"/"Dirty Linen" (Traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) - 10:06

Personnel

Fairport Convention

Additional personnel Mark Tucker - recording engineer (live) and CD mix. Mat Davies - recording engineer (studio)

Release history

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. 1 2 3 "allmusic ((( Old-New-Borrowed-Blue > Overview )))". Allmusic . Retrieved 2009-11-25.