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Title: Fairport in Japan 1974 Post by: Philip W on April 09, 2025, 03:51:41 PM After correspondence with NHK, the Japanese national broadcaster, I learned that Fairport appeared in a recorded concert broadcast on Japanese TV on February 3, 1974. Apparently they shared the bill with local performers. Sadly, no copy of the programme is held in their archives. These are the details (translated from the original):
World Music Broadcast date and time Analog General Sunday, February 3, 1974 8:45pm - 9:30pm Program contents "The Hexhamshire Lass" (Fairport) "Rosie" (Fairport) "The Game of Love" (Fairport) "Beautiful Brown Eyes" (Sara) "Irish Lullabies" (Tachikawa) "The Brilliancy Medley and Cherokee Shuffle" (Fairport) "Cell Song" (Fairport) "Pleasure and Pain" (Fairport) and more Name Type Fairport Convention Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra Watanabe Akio, conductor Agata Morio Tachikawa Kiyoto Sara Naomi My questions to Talkawhilers: - Do any Japanese Fairport fans remember seeing this programme? Admittedly, it's over 50 years ago! - None of the FC songs listed would have featured Sandy, who joined them on that tour, so unless she was buried in the “and more” section she didn’t appear. Yes? No? - What was ‘The Game of Love’? There was a 1964 hit by Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders of that title. Did Fairport ever cover it? Thanks! |