Fairport @ BBC Sessions 4CD Set

[davidmjs]

The set list looks amazing. I will finally get a live version of Lord Marlborough. Hurah!!!!!

April 2nd is just to far away.

April 2nd?

[Mindwarper]

I saw April 2nd as the release date. Am I wrong? When does it get released?

[Andy]

April 9, according to Amazon.co.uk

[davidmjs]

April 9, according to Amazon.co.uk

Yep - that's what I thought too - but maybe US date is earlier?

[Andy]

Nope, the US release date is April 12 according to Amazon.com

[Jim]

it was originally april2nd but its been delayed by a week

[Dad Volt]

Is it delayed 'cos they haven't finished recording it yet?  

[Jules Gray]

The set list looks amazing. I will finally get a live version of Lord Marlborough. Hurah!!!!!

Am I being blind here?  I can't see Lord Marlborough on that tracklisting.

Jules

[jude]

The set list looks amazing. I will finally get a live version of Lord Marlborough. Hurah!!!!!

Am I being blind here?  I can't see Lord Marlborough on that tracklisting.

Jules

Disc 4. Track 20

[Jules Gray]

Disc 4. Track 20

Thanks Jude!

I wasn't being blind - the tracklisting I looked at didn't go up to track 20 on disc 4.  I must have seen an impartial listing.  Can anyone direct me to a complete one please?

Jules

[jude]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-at-BBC-Fairport-Convention/dp/tracks/B000NA2UAU/ref=dp_tracks_all_4/203-2663210-2248722?ie=UTF8&qid=1175083889&sr=8-1#disc_4

There's a bit at the bottom of each disc that says 'see all tracks'
on Amazon

[Mindwarper]

Is amazon the best place to buy it? I am going to see the band in may. Will they be selling it? Do they get more if they sell it themselves?  Gentle Giant has a site that you can order from the band and they get a larger cut. I try to support the bands directly when it is possible. It makes me feel less guilty about boots  ahem I mean archival recordings

There looks to be a lot of songs that I want. Side question.... Is there any live version of the Lobster available anywhere?

[Andy]

Amazon may not be the best place, but it's informative.....

[Jules Gray]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-at-BBC-Fairport-Convention/dp/tracks/B000NA2UAU/ref=dp_tracks_all_4/203-2663210-2248722?ie=UTF8&qid=1175083889&sr=8-1#disc_4

There's a bit at the bottom of each disc that says 'see all tracks'
on Amazon

Thanks Jude.  It just got even better!  I hadn't seen these before:-

15. Tam Lin  
16. Sir William Gower  
17. Banks Of The Sweet Primroses  
18. Sickness And Diseases  
19. Bridge Over The River Ash  
20. Lord Marlborough  
21. Angel Delight  

I'm thinking that disc 4 must be tracks in lower fidelity than discs 1-3 because the chronology begins again for disc 4.  At least that's my theory!

Jules

[Jim]

there is a review in the latest issue of "uncut" and it bers out your theory
 the 4 th disc is apparently poor quality stuff ,probably stuff that was on  the "a chronicle of sorts" and "alternative heyday" boots

[Jules Gray]

there is a review in the latest issue of "uncut" and it bers out your theory
 the 4 th disc is apparently poor quality stuff ,probably stuff that was on  the "a chronicle of sorts" and "alternative heyday" boots

Ah, it's always good to have a theory proved correct!  I'll have to pick up a copy of Uncut.  Thanks for the info.

Jules

[Jules Gray]

My biggest hope is that Journeyman's Grace from 1970 will be the unedited version.  My biggest fear is that it'll be the same edited version used on Fairport Unconventional and the Angel Delight remaster.  If it is the unedited version then I'll be well chuffed as it's the definitive reading of the song to my mind and to have it in decent fidelity (it's on disc 3 so it should be decent) would be wonderful.

Jules

[Simon Nicol]

Sneak Preview here:  http://umguk.vice-versa.info/v-v/070404151658

[Waterloo Wonderer]

Looks well produced so is it aFairport release or a BBC cash-in?

Basically are we buying it from the BBC or the Band(s) that appears on it?

Seem kind of strange that the BBC would release it as a 40th Anniverary tribute.

Or am I just too cynical (sorry) or are we just lucky?

[Simon Nicol]

It's being released by Universal who've swallowed up all the old Island catalogue as well as the Vertigo releases. They also have come to terms with the Beeb for all the radio sessions we did from day one to about '75. They weren't able to get the terms right (for them..) for the tiny amount of Video footage that still exists so no DVD bonus. Kingsley Abbot has done a great job (natch) of the sleeve notes and Phil Smee's packaging is right up there. Obviously the Heyday LP and CD are the backbone of the set but there is more, and I understand the tapes used for the transfers were of an earlier generation than those used to create the original releases.
If I sound like I'm endorsing this: well I am in a way, but not in a grasping financial way. I just like the completeness of the package and the way it's been done.