1. Come All Ye - Fairport Convention, Denny, Sandy
2. Reynardine
3. Matty Groves
4. Farewell, Farewell - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard [
5. The Deserter - Fairport Convention, Richards, John
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7. Tam Lin
8. Crazy Man Michael - Fairport Convention, Thompson, Richard [
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British hippies who started out emulating Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention escalated their homeland connections with each outing, culminating in this, their fourth album and a watershed for British folk-rock. Hindsight offers the ironic possibility that the Dylan covers of its predecessor, Unhalfbricking, opened a window onto the earlier Irish-English-Scots roots of the American music they loved, and Liege & Lief jumps through that window triumphantly. "Come All Ye" underscores their affinity for the Band yet is joyfully rooted in their own fertile folk traditions, echoed in a mix of classic songs from members Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, and Richard Thompson, and given direct homage in the extended ballads "Matty Groves" and "Tam Lin," which evoke Neil Young & Crazy Horse in kilts. Fiddler Dave Swarbrick's arrival as a fulltime member adds new richness and a wonderful foil for Thompson's superb guitar leads. A medley of jigs and reels showcases their flair for hot-wiring traditional British Isles dances, a fixture ever since. --Sam Sutherland
Album Details
Classic Fairport Convention Album from 1969, Remastered and Includes Two Bonus Tracks: Alternate Versions of 'sir Patrick Spens' and 'quiet Joys of Brotherhood'.
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Liege & Lief
- Audio CD: 0 pages (1990-10-25)
- Publisher: A&M
- Label: A&M
- Studio: A&M
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 53 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #6220
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Summary: Looking to "round out" your musical experience? 2008-12-02
Comment: If you're new to the genre of Traditional English folk-rock, this may sound a bit cheesy and dated. Fairport Convention, as well as Steel-Eye Span; attempted to up-date classic English and Irish folk songs with mixed results. You have to give them a lot of credit for researching these old songs and making them accessible to a modern audience. I'd like to see this get re-made minus the twangy electric guitars.
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Summary: Headphone Joy 2008-10-31
Comment: This CD and all the other Fairport Convention CD's purchased recently should be on the "Before I die" list of listening pleasure. I don't know how or why I missed out of this group when I was younger.
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Summary: I like it a lot 2008-09-21
Comment: Liege and Lief is a very nice album. The vocal melodies, while simplistic and repeat a bunch of times, are interesting enough to keep my attention, and interesting enough to tell a good story. The female singer is really good. Some of the arrangements are really good as well. They can let loose and jam out with the best of them.
Fairport Convention sound like they were big fans of Bob Dylan's style of songwriting at the time- sing more or less the same melody over and over while changing the lyrics each time in order to build a story for the lyrically-minded people. An album worth owning.
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Summary: Still wonderful listening after all these years!!! 2008-07-31
Comment: Liege and Lief continues to be my all time favourite album of all time!! The album came out in my senior year and since then I've worn out albums, 8 tracks and cassettes!
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Summary: Gold standard folk rock 2008-05-09
Comment: Sandy Denny's voice would be worth the price alone, but the sensational work by the musicians with her,Richard Thompson,Dave Swarbrick,Simon Nicol,Ashley Hutchings,and Dave Mattacks just make this one of the all-time great entries in the late sixties folk rock lists. British Folk with a perfect insertion of SF acid that'll have you laying back weeping for those dear,dead days beyond recall.
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