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Title: Fairport live rarities Post by: Staffan on October 07, 2007, 09:12:09 PM When I watched the Full House-line-up at their warm-up gigs at the Half Moon 1981, I was especially pleased that their exquisite set-list included a powerful John the Gun with Richard T taking on the lead vocals. To my knowledge that version has never seen the official light of day in a recording. I truly enjoy these different songs in the Fairport/Sandy/Richard canon being played live. Have you any experience of other obscure songs being played live at Fairport gigs?
Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Dr Monk on October 08, 2007, 07:50:28 AM Well I guess it was at Cropredy and then released on CD, so perhaps by definition no longer obscure, but I really enjoyed Chris's vocals on The Doctor of Physic and Poor Will at Croppers in 2002.
It would be brave, but I've always thought that Chris could make a really good job of some of Sandy's songs. Rising for the Moon perhaps, or John the Gun. Though the latter probably would need a second guitarist around, the former could probably be arranged for the current line-up. Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Adam on October 09, 2007, 01:52:00 PM John the Gun was on the 'semi-official' From Past Archives CD (great CD, that is!) :)
Cheers Adam Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Jules Gray on October 09, 2007, 02:50:24 PM Richard Thompson also covers it live on one of the Doom & Gloom tapes. Not sure if some other Fairporters don't provide the backing, only I can't recall which tour it was from....
Jules Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Staffan on October 09, 2007, 04:09:35 PM John the Gun was on the 'semi-official' From Past Archives CD (great CD, that is!) :) Cheers Adam I thought that was a boot. ;) Anyway a terrific song, I´m glad it obviously pops up now and then. Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Philip W on October 09, 2007, 04:50:51 PM Richard Thompson also covers it live on one of the Doom & Gloom tapes. Not sure if some other Fairporters don't provide the backing, only I can't recall which tour it was from.... "Richard Thompson with Christine Collister (vocals), Clive Gregson (guitar and vocals), Ruari McFarlane (bass) and Gerry Conway (drums) live at the Ark, Ann Arbor in Match 1985; released on the fan club cassette Doom and Gloom II (Over My Dead Body) (1991) and on the charity album Georgia on Our Mind (1997)" http://www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/~zierke/sandy.denny/songs/johnthegun.html Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Jules Gray on October 10, 2007, 09:30:03 AM Thanks for posting the lineup and other info there!
Jules Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: GubGub (Al) on October 11, 2007, 10:45:19 AM I remember them playing I Wandered By A Brookside in '92 at a gig in Gosport during Chris's guest period with the band after Ric's accident. It was great and I loved it immediately. They played it again at Cropredy that year but never got round to recording it until XXXV ten years later. Sadly the studio version isn't a patch on those early live performances. Absence of Maart I suspect.
Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Staffan on October 13, 2007, 09:29:46 PM Just found a lovely "Jack Frost and The Hooded Crow". To my knowledge it's never surfaced on an official Fairport recording. Maybe on a bootleg from the Fairport-Jethro engagement period? ;) ;) ;)????
Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Anne T on October 14, 2007, 04:27:51 PM I remember them playing I Wandered By A Brookside in '92 at a gig in Gosport during Chris's guest period with the band after Ric's accident. It was great and I loved it immediately. They played it again at Cropredy that year but never got round to recording it until XXXV ten years later. Sadly the studio version isn't a patch on those early live performances. Absence of Maart I suspect. There is a good live version on the Cropredy 2002 (?) CD, which is the only version I've heard as I don't have XXXV. Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: DavidG on October 15, 2007, 12:45:20 PM I remember them playing I Wandered By A Brookside in '92 at a gig in Gosport during Chris's guest period with the band after Ric's accident. It was great and I loved it immediately. They played it again at Cropredy that year but never got round to recording it until XXXV ten years later. Sadly the studio version isn't a patch on those early live performances. Absence of Maart I suspect. There is a good live version on the Cropredy 2002 (?) CD, which is the only version I've heard as I don't have XXXV. It's actually on the 25th Anniversary Concert double CD from 1992 ... excellent version of the song on an extremely good album. Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: PaulT on October 15, 2007, 12:58:06 PM Just found a lovely "Jack Frost and The Hooded Crow". To my knowledge it's never surfaced on an official Fairport recording. Maybe on a bootleg from the Fairport-Jethro engagement period? ;) ;) ;)???? It appears on Peggy's "Cocktail Cowboy" album, and on the recent Box of Peggs. Title: Re: Fairport live rarities Post by: Ollie on October 15, 2007, 06:14:23 PM Just found a lovely "Jack Frost and The Hooded Crow". To my knowledge it's never surfaced on an official Fairport recording. Maybe on a bootleg from the Fairport-Jethro engagement period? ;) ;) ;)???? It appears on Peggy's "Cocktail Cowboy" album, and on the recent Box of Peggs. Peggy and PJ also do a cracking acoustic version |