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« on: July 14, 2009, 11:48:48 AM » |
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hello, i got a few compilations of FC stuff copied for me but have no idea of a good album for a relativily newbie like me......i am a big folk fan in general and i tend to go for more folk side then the rock side.....also anything funky folky.....any recommends for me or the like.....cheers  |
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Jules Gray
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« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2009, 11:55:32 AM » |
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Start with either the deluxe Liege & Lief (Sandy singing) or the remastered Full House (the chaps singing), and expand outwards from there.
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« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2009, 11:56:23 AM » |
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Get the Cropredy Capers box Ady, there's one on ebay atm going for £17.
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« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2009, 12:32:07 PM » |
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I would go for The History Of Fairport Convention for the early stuff, as you can almost certainly get it on eBay for a couple of quid.
He's already got compilations, Keith. Jules |
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« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2009, 12:59:27 PM » |
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i'll say this every time, and since youve already a bit familiar with the bands output, start at the beginning and work your way forwards from there , see how it all pans out
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« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2009, 01:02:20 PM » |
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i'll say this every time, and since youve already a bit familiar with the bands output, start at the beginning and work your way forwards from there , see how it all pans out
And once again I remember what a good idea that is. I used to always get into 'new' old artists this way. Jules |
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« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2009, 01:06:48 PM » |
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I did it completely the other way around! I had In Real Time first (which I still play a lot) then Five Seasons, then Over the Next Hill (yes there was a large gap) then started on the old stuff. I'd strongly recommend Babacombe Lee as IMHO it has everything. Then I'd go for Unhalfbricking. Then The History of... Good luck Ady and have fun! |
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« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2009, 01:14:17 PM » |
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I'd strongly recommend Babacombe Lee as IMHO it has everything. Then I'd go for Unhalfbricking. Then The History of...
But what's the point of buying History Of... once you've started buying the albums proper? Jules |
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« Reply #9 on: July 14, 2009, 01:16:01 PM » |
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I'd strongly recommend Babacombe Lee as IMHO it has everything. Then I'd go for Unhalfbricking. Then The History of...
But what's the point of buying History Of... once you've started buying the albums proper? Jules Completeness. or something like that anyway |
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« Reply #10 on: July 14, 2009, 01:24:46 PM » |
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I did it completely the other way around! I had In Real Time first (which I still play a lot)
Excellent start! You get the best of the Tippler's Tales set that way and the production on that album is top notch. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-Time-Live-87/dp/B00002649B |
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« Reply #11 on: July 14, 2009, 01:25:40 PM » |
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Completeness. or something like that anyway I'm all there for being a completist when it's about songs that are unavailable esewhere, but not with comps made up solely of tracks from regular albums. Jules |
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« Reply #12 on: July 14, 2009, 01:57:03 PM » |
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I did it completely the other way around! I had In Real Time first (which I still play a lot) then Five Seasons
That was my starting order too! But then I went for Liege & Lief which came as a bit of a shock after those two! Jules's suggestion is a good one I think, particularly if you are interested in the point where the folk and the rock first and most successfully embraced. I always tend to point newbies at The Cropredy Box (not to be confused with the Cropredy Capers Box). It is a three disc set recorded live at the 1997 festival and contains full strength performances from pretty much every line up from the first to the current one (with the obvious exceptions of band members who are no longer with us and Gerry Conway who was yet to join the band) in chronological order. There are many splendid individual studio albums but I tend to regard this live outing as a near definitive collection. |
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« Reply #13 on: July 14, 2009, 01:59:31 PM » |
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I always tend to point newbies at The Cropredy Box (not to be confused with the Cropredy Capers Box). It is a three disc set recorded live at the 1997 festival and contains full strength performances from pretty much every line up from the first to the current one (with the obvious exceptions of band members who are no longer with us and Gerry Conway who was yet to join the band) in chronological order. There are many splendid individual studio albums but I tend to regard this live outing as a near definitive collection.
And currently available (AFAIK) from Fopp for £5! |
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« Reply #14 on: July 14, 2009, 02:21:30 PM » |
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With GubGub on this one...love the Cropredy 97 Box, especially Ashley's narration.
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« Reply #15 on: July 14, 2009, 03:02:26 PM » |
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I would go for The History Of Fairport Convention for the early stuff, as you can almost certainly get it on eBay for a couple of quid.
He's already got compilations, Keith. Jules I don't want to know about his medical complaints. One or two from each era, then: Unhalfbricking Liege and Lief Rising For The Moon Nine Babbacombe Lee Gladys' Leap Red And Gold Over The Next Hill Should keep you happy. |
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« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2009, 03:08:41 PM » |
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crikey lots to choose from! one of those box sets sound very temptinf....but realistically money wise i can afford 2 or 3....think i'll do liege...as one of um |
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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2009, 03:09:43 PM » |
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I started out by trying to get anything I could find. In the early 80s you had to be pretty deligent - combing used record stores to find anything. The first polydor album used to go for a mint in the US - extremely rare. The only album in print was L&L, but you had to special order it anyway.
In retrospect, I can't imagine a more desirable way to do it. Each find was a triumph.......another piece of the puzzle. "Okay, I guess Sandy must have rejoined the band again....hummmmmm."
I remember finding Fotheringay in a bizarre, rundown electronics store, still wrapped in cellophane(!). Never had heard any songs on it - just that the album existed. "Dang! This stuff is good!"
Lotsa fun...........I miss the chase!
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« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2009, 03:21:08 PM » |
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Get "A History Of ..." a great intro to the best of early Fairport.
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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2009, 03:26:32 PM » |
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Get "A History Of ..." a great intro to the best of early Fairport.
ummm, except my Fairport which wasn't on Island so wasn't allowed to be on it.   |
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