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Not seen this before...

http://tinyurl.com/2nh2wo

Pity i'm poor, mind...  ;)

Dear me... doesn't that rockingeric SHOUT a lot?.... :o

Well that's interesting.  Is it all previously released stuff?  Great front cover.  Better than many of the official front covers!

Jules

the shot of the band stood outside the sydney opry house is on the inside sleeve of the original vinyl release

The original vinyl release of what?  Fairport Live Convention, I take it.

Jules

Not quite as exciting as first seems...track listing (from the ever useful expletive delighted site):

TRACKS:  
SIDE ONE:  
Mr Lacey [From " What We Did On Our Holidays" (ILPS 9092)]
Who Knows Where The Time Goes [From " Unhalfbricking" (ILPS 9102)]
Medley: The Lark In The Morning / Rakish Paddy / Foxhunter's Jig / Toss the Feathers [From " Liege & Lief" (ILPS 9115)]  
Walk Awhile [From " Full House" (ILPS 9130)]
John Lee [From " Babbacombe Lee" (ILPS 9176)]  
Rosie [From " Rosie" (ILPS 9162)]
 
SIDE TWO:  
The Brilliancy Medley and Cherokee Shuffle [From " Nine" (ILPS 9246)]
Whispering Grass (By Sandy Denny) (D& F Fisher) (From " Like An Old Fashioned Waltz" (ILPS 9258)  
Sir B. McKenzies [From " Live Convention" (ILPS 9285)]  
Rising For The Moon [From " Rising For The Moon" (ILPS 9313)]
White Dress [From " Rising For The Moon" (ILPS 9313)]

Cheers

Adam

In other words tour sampler, my arse!  Heh.  Thanks for passing on the info.  Expletive Delighted is indeed a great site.

Jules

 aye,that'll be the one

The music paper competition he refers to ran in the NME. Four or five drawings that were supposed to illustrate the titles of various Fairport numbers. I distrinctly remember The Hen's March medley and Polly On The Shore being two of the correct answers. If it goes for £50, it's a steal. I've seen it go for well over a hundred quid. As for me, I really only need the copy I already own.

T-R

Starting at £50, it'll be approaching £150 at least at auction-close, I reckon

Back in 75, I was offered a free copy of the tour sampler by a friend who worked in a record shop (Hot Wax) in Liverpool.  I already had all the tracks, so turned down the offer. B*gger!

Mind you, I have got a copy of the "Sandy at the BBC" CD....

Many years ago before Cd's I had all of Fairport's (vinyl) albums apart form Fairport Live at the LA Troubadour, which had been deleted for some time..  In sheer desperation I rang up Island Records asking if they had any copies stashed away in a vault.  Sadly no but a couple of days later I got a phone call from the lady I spoke to and she said she had found an old 1975 tour sampler which was no use to man or beast and she sent it out to me for free!!!  It was all tracks previously released on various albums, but the idea was to give a fair representation of what Fairport was about in those days and was handed out to radio stations prior to the 1975 tour.  As stated in the EBay auction only 500 were pressed and therefore mine has never been played never mind once or twice.  I wonder how much that makes it worth?!!

I've got one of these, that I won in the competition. A couple of years later I saw a copy at the second hand record stall in Cardiff market. I passed it up, as I didn't see the point in having two copies. Damn!

I picked this up for £4 in a secondhand record shop quite a while back. I knew it was worth somewhat more than that, of course, and tried hard to walk slowly and calmly to the cash desk without shouting out "idiots ... this is a steal"!

I managed it...

well anyone who has this record - is very lucky!! I'd love a copy! been looking for years but....

Check the link at the top again - it went for £166  :D

Gasps!!!!! :o :o :o