Fairport@Forty DVD

[Jan_]

Now available at the webshop on the FC site.  As well as 17 tracks from last year's Cropredy, there are plenty of extras by way of interviews and tours.  Costs £20.  I've just ordered a copy.

[davidmjs]

Thanks.  Here's the link for anyone feeling particularly lazy!

http://www.fairportconvention.com/general_news.php

[simon frisby]

It seems to have a rather random track listing doesnt it! Considering its a 40th anniversary Cropredy DVD not having MOTL seems rather remiss. There also seems to be a bias towards post Gladys material which, again, seems strange for a 40th anniversary product. And as Mattys track 8 out os 17 i suspect much quick editing and talking heads.

I will still get it, but i get the impression it could of been better.

[David W]

I know there are all sorts of issues with rights etc but its a real shame there isn't anything from the Friday night LnL set.

Not sure I'll bother with this one until I can get it cheap on Amazon.

DavidW

[Amethyst (Jenny)]

Looks fab to me.. can't wait!!

 

[gower flower (Shirl)]

Do you think it is likely to available on the merch table on the wintour?  

[Penguin (Dunc)]

Musical Highs

Two thirds of Fairport's set (I thought they got bogged down in the middle)
 

The above was my "review" of Fairport's performance at Cropredy - It looks like they agreed with me  , as the majority of the tracks on the DVD come from either the beginning or the end of the set - 'I'm Already There' being the only exception.

Guess this mean that I'll be buying it at the Huddersfield gig then!  

Cheers
Dunc

[Nick the Stick]

Shame if M O T L isn't on it, that bit of film thay showed with it got me quite sniffy.

[Big Dave]

Do you think it is likely to available on the merch table on the wintour?  

Think Chris B said that was the intention.  Hope so.

[Shane (Skirky)]

I'm getting one just to see if Ric's interview with my mate Big Paul in The Red Lion on friday is in.
"We don't usually go over to the field till a bit later"
"Oh, when do you usually get over to the field then?"
"Sunday".
 

[Ollie]

This is a bit weird. No Swarb, no MOTL, RT only once, 1 Sandy Song, only 4 songs pre-85. What happened to the Full House mini-set? Doctor of Physick would have been nice. I think one or two tracks per line up would have been good.

I'll get it anyway, but, Mike, if your still here, could you explain to us your choice of tracks, because I'm a bit bemused  

[Amethyst (Jenny)]

Maybe it was something to do with permissions and finance...??

[GubGub (Al)]

I think the clue might be in the title. Fairport @ Forty, not Fairport A Celebration of the Last 40 Years.

Fairport@Forty means the current band and I suspect that a decision has been made that this is what they have chosen to celebrate. They want to live in the present not be in thrall to the past. It must be galling for them when we all keep clamouring to see the guys who walked away rather than the ones who are still there keeping the flame alive. More Swarb/RT means less Chris/Ric. More Ashley means less Peggy. Is that really fair to them? It certainly would not represent Fairport@Forty

We may want to wallow in nostalgia (& I include myself in this. I certainly would have preferred a fuller portrait of Cropredy 07) but clearly the band do not and I guess that is fair enough.

[koho (Koen)]

I agree it seems that, sadly, what I assumed were the most exciting bits of FC @ Cropredy 2007 have been omitted very carefully here. I don't mean that as a dig to current Fairport material; it's just that there were certain bits and pieces and persons onstage which made me tear out my hair -check my avatar what missing Cropredy does to "veterans" - for not having been able to be there (instead of it being a more conventional FC gig) - but I sure read about the wonderful bits of last years' Cropredy, and I was happy that there'd be a Crop '07 DVD.

I assume it's a case of whatever powers that be, preventing certain performances to be put on the DVD, rather than blame it on compiler or band.

I'm sure I will buy it eventually, but what I assumed would be something I would rush out and buy immediately ... turns out to be something I'll just put somewhere in the back of my mind; to score on Amazon sometime when it's way (way) less than 20 quid.

No Swarb! But well, we do get the Tommy Connolly Dancers  

[Jim]

sorry, but the tracklisting has left me less than whelmed
all the brilliance of the full house set, and the other oldies left on the cutting room floor
i'll buy it, but its not the memorial to a brilliant weekend it should have been
another own goal for whatever reason, and im certain that there is a reason  for the non appearance of all that stuff

thank god for the bootleggers , at least ive got it all on cd and flac and mp3

[Keith]

I'm glad I recorded much of it myself as I agree with Jim et al. I know they don't want to look like their creative force is spent by being compared to some of the brilliance missed out (One More Chance being an obvious example) but, sad to say, going on the last offering it looks as though any creative force is being severely stifled in favour of MOR.

It would be nice to know how good the interviews and other extras (if any) are.

[Pat Helms]

Its hard to imagine they'd shelve the complete L&L set.  I wouldn't count out another offering down the road.

Oh...........and Elvis is still alive too!  

[Ollie]

Surely if they wanted Fairport @ Forty, wouldn't filming a Wintour gig have been a better opition? Because, to be honest, a lot of people come to Cropredy to see the past band members, and go to tour gigs to see the current line up.

[jude]

I am pretty sure that the video is about Fairport over the course of their 40th year, hence Mike Rowbottom's shadowing of the band all last year.

And that there are very good reasons why it is what it is.

If this can be explained then I am sure it will be.

If not, well, that's the way things are.  

[Jules Gray]

It'll be legal reasons and the like.  The concert has been butchered as a result.  Such a shame.  I believe I'm going to have to pass.  

Jules