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Before Dave Swarbrick joined them permanently Fairport must have played the songs of the album during concerts, but did they also play the ones which featured Dave Swarbrick? Did they leave them out or did they just play them without the violin/mandolin?
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« Reply #1 on: November 13, 2013, 10:20:33 AM » |
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Before Dave Swarbrick joined them permanently Fairport must have played the songs of the album during concerts, but did they also play the ones which featured Dave Swarbrick? Did they leave them out or did they just play them without the violin/mandolin?
Don't forget that Unhalfbricking was being put together around the time that the crash happened - some of it may not have been played live. I know that a BBC session from this period featured Rick Grech on violin. I guess Swarb hadn't thrown in his lot with the band just yet. Jules |
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« Reply #2 on: November 13, 2013, 11:06:37 AM » |
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Island released Unhalfbricking after the crash, considering the music too good to remain in the vaults, but without knowing if there would actually be a Fairport Convention to promote it, thus the story goes that Swarb was brought in as a permanent member when the band decided to regroup for the summer gathering in the Hampshire countryside that became Liege & Lief.
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« Reply #3 on: November 13, 2013, 11:39:48 AM » |
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Then Fairport must be the only band who could not promote two albums in a row due to an accident and members leaving. Am I correct in saying that eventhough Swarbrick joined they did not play any songs from Unhalfbricking (I remember having read that somewhere).
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« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2013, 11:58:18 AM » |
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Then Fairport must be the only band who could not promote two albums in a row due to an accident and members leaving. Am I correct in saying that even though Swarbrick joined they did not play any songs from Unhalfbricking (I remember having read that somewhere).
When Swarb and DM joined they went straight to woodshedding Liege & Lief, and then promoted that record with concerts featuring only their new material, so yes, no Unhalfbricking songs in the set. No live performances until the Cropredy years for many of the songs, I don't think. Jules |
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« Reply #5 on: November 13, 2013, 01:04:57 PM » |
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Then Fairport must be the only band who could not promote two albums in a row due to an accident and members leaving.
There's a good trivia question here: Which was the first album released by FC that contained the same musicians as the previous album?  |
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« Reply #6 on: November 13, 2013, 01:06:58 PM » |
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JBL - same as Angel Delight. Simon, Swarb, Peggy & DM
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« Reply #7 on: November 13, 2013, 01:26:14 PM » |
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There's a good trivia question here: Which was the first album released by FC that contained the same musicians as the previous album? . Featured Iain Matthews – vocals, congas Richard Thompson – electric, acoustic & 12-string acoustic guitars, piano accordion, vocals Ashley Hutchings – bass, backing vocals Simon Nicol – electric & acoustic guitars, electric autoharp, electric dulcimer, backing vocals Martin Lamble – drums, percussion, violin, tabla & footsteps ...all of whom were on the previous album. And Sandy Denny, who wasn't.   |
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« Reply #8 on: November 13, 2013, 02:48:37 PM » |
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(by 'the same' I probably should have said what I meant which was 'exactly the same'  )
JBL - same as Angel Delight. Simon, Swarb, Peggy & DM
Yes, (if we gloss over the RT writing contributions to AD ) Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #9 on: November 13, 2013, 03:11:08 PM » |
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(by 'the same' I probably should have said what I meant which was 'exactly the same' )
JBL - same as Angel Delight. Simon, Swarb, Peggy & DM
Yes, (if we gloss over the RT writing contributions to AD ) Cheers Nick However the question was with the same musicians not writers. Neil |
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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2013, 04:06:10 PM » |
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(by 'the same' I probably should have said what I meant which was 'exactly the same' )
JBL - same as Angel Delight. Simon, Swarb, Peggy & DM
Yes, (if we gloss over the RT writing contributions to AD ) Cheers Nick However the question was with the same musicians not writers. Neil Which is why I said Yes But it's interesting to note that the situation still wasn't exactly 'stable'. Indeed, it wasn't until the late 70s that it occured again (I'm discounting Rosie vs Nine due to the number of 'guest musicians' on the former...) Cheers Nick |
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« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2013, 05:40:19 AM » |
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An argument could be made that the very instability was what made those albums essential.
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« Reply #12 on: November 15, 2013, 11:10:19 AM » |
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Hello this is my first time here though I have been a reader for a while and a dedicated armchair fan for 40 years. I think UHB is my favourite FC album so here is my question. What is the sequence of singers, if you call it that, on Million Dollar Bash? Sorry if that question has been asked a million times before.
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« Reply #13 on: November 15, 2013, 12:11:52 PM » |
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Hi Peter
To tell you the thruth I never really paid attention to it but I just had a listen and the only ones I don't recognize are singers 1 & 5, the cover says that Marc Ellington songs on this song but I am not familiar with his voice so he is one of the two.
no. 2 - Ashley
no. 3 - Sandy
no. 4 - Richard
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« Reply #14 on: November 15, 2013, 12:14:32 PM » |
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I think the order is Marc Ellington, Ashley Hutchings, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol.
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« Reply #15 on: November 15, 2013, 12:23:27 PM » |
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I think the order is Marc Ellington, Ashley Hutchings, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol.
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I wouldn't have thought it was Simon, he sounds a bit American (to me) but you could be right, I believe he is good at accents. |
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« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2013, 01:20:42 PM » |
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I think the order is Marc Ellington, Ashley Hutchings, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol.
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Who, pray, is Marc Ellington? I've not heard of him before! |
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« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2013, 01:25:22 PM » |
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« Reply #19 on: November 15, 2013, 02:44:39 PM » |
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I think the order is Marc Ellington, Ashley Hutchings, Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol.
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Who, pray, is Marc Ellington? I've not heard of him before! Here a short clip of him with Richard Thompson, the clip has some hiccups. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3BPlwGzbqw |
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