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« Reply #20 on: January 23, 2007, 11:10:58 PM » |
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Broughton Castle 1981 was my first "Cropredy". I had been a Fairport fan for well over ten years, but had never met any of them. I arrived early on friday. The Full House line-up (who I'd never seen on stage before) were soundchecking and I got to talk to everyone and a few more. Swarb smilingly signed my freshly bought copy of "Smiddyburn".
But my fondest memory of that festival was the kindness of Simon. I was a massive collector at the time (still am, of course). The only Fairport tracks I didn't have in my collection were two live numbers on a Various Artists live double album from the Nyon Folk Festival a few years earlier.
When Simon found out, he went straight home, found a spare promotional copy of the album and took it back to the site, signed it and handed it over with a big smile and a cheerful "have a nice evening".
No wonder why we love these guys...
I even got to see Jude on stage for the first time ever. Thought I'd never see it. From my position close to the stage, it looked like a rather nervous Jude, though. Simon told us "she says she wants to go home". We were all glad you didn't, Jude.
And yes, the GP's were a total knock-out. The atmosphere and excitement we felt coming from the stage doesn't really come across on the CD.
As a fledgling music journalist I wrote a two page report for my music paper on the event. It wouldn't be my last report on the festival over the years, I assure you. Some years later I went on everyone's last and only nerve with detailed radio interviews for a one hour special I did for national radio in Norway on their 20th anniversary. Now even that is 20 years in the past. Suddenly I feel *very* old.
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« Reply #21 on: January 23, 2007, 11:42:35 PM » |
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I was there too. I remember someone building a bonfire somewhere afterwards and singing round it long into the night. Happy times. The GPs were definitely a great headliner.
The only downside was my friend spilled milk all over the boot of the car......it stank until I sold it
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« Reply #22 on: January 24, 2007, 07:13:48 AM » |
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I never made it to Broughton Castle, but a friend (who was a police inspector at the time) was the bag-man. He sat in a caravan in the grounds, drinking Guiness, while the people on the gate brought him carrier bags full of cash. He doesn't remember how much money he was sat on by the end of the evening, but it was a fair old pile. They had overdone it with the Guiness, as they had ordered a tanker full, most of which ended up being wasted, the state my friend was in! Cheers, Jules  |
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« Reply #23 on: January 24, 2007, 09:25:18 AM » |
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The only downside was my friend spilled milk all over the boot of the car......it stank until I sold it
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« Reply #24 on: January 24, 2007, 09:55:58 AM » |
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He had to do something with it - there was no use crying over it!  Jules |
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« Reply #25 on: January 24, 2007, 03:30:28 PM » |
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Out of interest... is it pronounced "Bruffton", "Browton", "Brawton" or something else?
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« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2007, 03:33:11 PM » |
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Out of interest... is it pronounced "Bruffton", "Browton", "Brawton" or something else?
You can't fool me - I know a trick question when I see one! It is pronounced "it". Jules |
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« Reply #27 on: January 24, 2007, 07:20:25 PM » |
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Brawton... But is it Carsul or Casul?? |
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« Reply #28 on: January 24, 2007, 09:57:27 PM » |
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Broughton Castle was terrific. I had been to a Cropredy in 77 but this was something bigger.And also, formally my favourite band wasn't a band anymore so this could be the last time ( great song title by the way) I'd be able to see the disbanded band perform. The anticipation rose with the amazing Full House-line up gig n The Half Moon earlier that week and the weekend was no disappointment. Great atmosphere, Theakstons -although my tankard didn't last a decade - Old Peculier was new to me then and fantastic music. I've always felt that "Moat on the ledge" could have been "fuller", there were more good song's that could have made it onto the record, but maybe the result or the recording wasn't up to the quality of the rest of the weekend. My remembrance is lying on the slope in the sun enjoying all the music. Aaahh nostalgia... But now I look forward to August 11. Staffan |
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« Reply #29 on: January 24, 2007, 10:47:45 PM » |
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The only downside was my friend spilled milk all over the boot of the car......it stank until I sold it
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« Reply #31 on: January 24, 2007, 11:06:56 PM » |
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« Reply #32 on: January 25, 2007, 08:12:22 AM » |
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Brawton... But is it Carsul or Casul?? The brawtonian's & residents both pronounce it carsul - and they should know! |
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« Reply #33 on: January 25, 2007, 08:43:49 AM » |
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« Reply #34 on: January 25, 2007, 11:48:09 AM » |
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Just as it's 'barth' & not b-ath.....
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« Reply #35 on: January 25, 2007, 11:58:46 AM » |
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not if yoou come from oop narth chris!
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« Reply #36 on: January 25, 2007, 12:02:40 PM » |
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Brawton... But is it Carsul or Casul?? This was really meant to be tongue in cheek..  Let's celebrate our different accents & dialects!! |
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« Reply #37 on: January 25, 2007, 12:04:37 PM » |
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I can't speak at all with my tongue in my cheek..
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« Reply #38 on: January 25, 2007, 12:04:55 PM » |
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As long as that doesn't include Estuary English!
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« Reply #39 on: January 25, 2007, 12:08:55 PM » |
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Let's celebrate our different accents & dialects!!
Didn't we have a thread roughly along those lines once? Miduck? |
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