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Fairport Live Convention

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Fairport Live Convention is a folk rock album by Fairport Convention originally released in 1974 on Island Records, catalogue number ILPS 9285. It was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, the London Rainbow and the Fairfield Halls, Croydon by John Wood and mixed down at Sound Techniques, London. It was produced by Trevor Lucas & John Wood.

The album was issued in the US and Canada under the title "A Moveable Feast" and in Germany as "Fairport Convention Live '75".

The original UK LP issue included an inner sleeve photograph of the band posing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, with Dave Mattacks sporting a shirt bearing the prominent legend "Harrison Birtwistle where its at".

Track Listing

(as rendered on the original release)

  1. "Matty Groves" (Trad. arr. Denny / Pegg / Mattacks / Lucas / Swarbrick / Donahue)
  2. "Rosie" (Swarbrick)
  3. "Fiddlestix" (Trad. arr. Lucas / Swarbrick / Donahue / Mattacks / Pegg)
  4. "John The Gun" (Denny)
  5. "Something You Got" (Chris Kenner)
  6. "Sloth" (Thompson / Swarbrick)
  7. "Dirty Linen" (Trad. arr. Swarbrick)
  8. "Down In The Flood" (Bob Dylan)
  9. "Sir B. MacKenzie" (Swarbrick / Thompson / Nicol / Mattacks)

Personnel

Also credited on the original LP sleeve - stage mix by Phil Benton and Roger Proctor, photographs by Stephen Westlund and design co-ordination by Fabio Nicoll Associates and Dave Mattacks.

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