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« Reply #60 on: January 19, 2013, 08:44:45 PM » |
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Not that any of that made sense but I guess it's just that Cropredy and Fairport are part of my life, when it ends it ends but until it does it's a fun party and we will probably go when we can for as long as we are able.
Neil
Au contraire, it made perfect sense and made for a great read! So did the Convoy turn up one year back in the day, then? I'd never heard about that, though I used to know some Convoy lads. I wonder how that played out ....? |
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« Reply #61 on: February 11, 2013, 02:28:51 PM » |
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- that RT sound check is high on my 'great' list too, he'd always seemed so focused and aloof before, but that morning he was relaxed and chatty, and it was magic.
Very early days, the first time I stayed on the field to the end with my then very small son, and as we inched our way down the field a couple of large hairy biker types picked him up and passed him forward over the heads, after an initial panic I squeezed along behind and felt completely overwhelmed by the comradeship around me.
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« Reply #62 on: February 11, 2013, 02:50:42 PM » |
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Chatting to Nick Reg for about an hour and not knowing who it was until we arrived back. Doh!
Does that mean we need to update our avatars ? I look far younger now!  After all it was my first drink of the day , about 9.30 AM wasnt it! My best memory was the first time we went (1988, I was 37) , sitting down on the grass in front of the stage next to a lad of about 18, with an inflatable guitar, and he handed me his flagon of beer for a drink. I also remember one memorable soundcheck with Richard and Jerry jamming, must have been late 80's. And Maart practicing the guitar solo for the Steve Harley spot and trying to work out what it reminded me of.  |
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« Reply #63 on: February 11, 2013, 03:18:14 PM » |
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Chatting to Nick Reg for about an hour and not knowing who it was until we arrived back. Doh!
Does that mean we need to update our avatars ? I look far younger now! After all it was my first drink of the day , about 9.30 AM wasnt it! That explains why people say to me "Is your Mum here as well?"......  Yes it was, er, the first of the day. So early, I didn't realise.......  |
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« Reply #64 on: February 11, 2013, 04:50:40 PM » |
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« Reply #65 on: February 11, 2013, 05:15:10 PM » |
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Too many memories to choose from, or so it seemed. Then it came to me...
The most recent year of the great deluge (The Excalibur year, when I happened to turn round and see a wall of water advancing down the field during the set) - that same afternnon, needing 'relief' heading for the communal gents at the top of the field and seeing a chat in a full biohazard suit enter, looking initially smug for he was completely waterproof, but then seeing the smugness turn to panic when he realised he didn't have an appropriately sited zip!
He just shrugged and wandered back down the field.
Often wonder what happened next
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« Reply #66 on: February 14, 2013, 10:20:30 PM » |
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Last year my daughter - been coming to Cropredy with us for last 15 years - brought along her partner for his first time. One of my favourite of many great memories from that weekend was seeing him dozing away saturday afto in the sun for about 2 hours - just loved how he'd got to feel sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo chilled.
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« Reply #67 on: February 15, 2013, 01:08:16 AM » |
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All,
I am SOOOOOOO jealous. Been a Fairport fan since about '68 and saw them whenever they came to the States. Been a Talkawhile lurker for years ( so I feel that I recognise, if not know you all) but have yet to attend Cropredy. It is, however, on the "bucket list". In the meantime, I'm forever grateful for the fact that you all share your Croppers highlights.
Steve
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« Reply #68 on: February 15, 2013, 08:46:02 AM » |
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Steve - if and when you can - get over here! You won't regret it - just ask RobertD ! |
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« Reply #69 on: February 15, 2013, 08:32:34 PM » |
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Most of my memories are best shared verbally close to the Cropredy bar, but one of my most cherished ones- though not too well remembered - is spending the better part of the Saturday morning 1982- After Midnight - , downing Scotch and sharing stories together with Jonah Jones, Trevor Lucas and Jerry Donahue at Cromwell Lodge Hotel. O Tempera, O Mores!  See you at the Cropredy bar! |
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« Reply #70 on: February 15, 2013, 08:53:52 PM » |
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i have searched for the shoe maker from glastonbury myself for a few years - pugg footwear i believe. i know they had a factory fire and had to move. i still have a pair of their boots but they are so old they are barely recognisable and i would love another pair!
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« Reply #71 on: February 16, 2013, 12:05:38 AM » |
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I worked at all the festivals from Prescot Manor up untill 1994 , I am an electrician and we used to camp backstage. This memory is from my wife ,she was wondering around the field , it was about 1985 , when Gary Brooker from Procul Harum was doing his sound check and playing Conquistador and the only 2 members of the public were her and my daughter ,who was about 2 years old and in her buggy.
We'll all be back again in August ,my wife and I have been to everyone , my daughter and son both went to their first Cropredy before their first birthdays !
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Dave.P
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« Reply #72 on: February 17, 2013, 01:39:28 AM » |
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 Every year is a different memory for me .. The Braze, the Lion, the mainstage, the gazebo, the bar (the bar the bar the bar) even different fields bring back different memories... the bridge over the river (The year before the new bells) Old friends new friends the first time the last time ... somethings that will never be repeated again (some things that SHOULDNOT be repeated again)  The blokie that brought a barrel of beer (last year and thank you very very much!!!) Oggie Oggie Oggie ...I wear Fairport t shirts every day and the next Cropredy is the most important thing atm (It ALWAYS is) .. I have never found another festival like Cropredy ( and I have been to a lot!) praps someone will throw my ashes over mainstage nuff said? ??  
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« Reply #73 on: February 17, 2013, 07:36:43 PM » |
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My first "Cropredy" was actually in 1981 when the festival left Cropredy and moved to Broughton Castle for that year only. The Full House line-up was reunited for the first time (I think) there and I arrived early enough to catch the sound check friday afternoon. A few minutes later I bumped into Simon Nicol. We struck up a conversation in which I happened to mention a gaping hole in my near complete collection that I was looking for like mad. A collection of live tracks recorded by various artists at the Nyon Festival in the late 70's. I knew Fairport had a few tracks on it and asked Simon if he could remember what they were. He didn't!
The next day he spotted me and gestured for me to come backstage (the only thing separating the backstage area was actually just a rope guarded by absolutely no-one). There he handed over a spare promotional copy of the album I'd been looking for. He signed it and handed it over with a smile, a pat on the back and a cheerful "see you in October" (he and Swarb toured Norway later that year).
No wonder we love this band...
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« Reply #74 on: February 17, 2013, 07:39:11 PM » |
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That's a great story  More details on the album please... |
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« Reply #75 on: February 17, 2013, 07:47:51 PM » |
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That's a great story More details on the album please... It's a double album on the Paleo label. The two Fairport tracks are "The Eynsham poacher" and "The hens march/Four poster bed" medley. Although the cover wrongly claims the latter is "The Brilliancy medley". Other featured artists are Melanie, Dan Ar Bras, Loudon Waiwright III, Tannahill Weavers, Nazare Pereira, Dave Cousins, Maddy Prior, Planxty, Woodstock Mountains Revue, Christine Authier, La Bottine Souiriante, Fiori-Seguin, Graeme Allwright, Rockin' Dopsie & The Cajun Twisters and Oisin. It was all recorded in 1979... |
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« Reply #76 on: February 17, 2013, 10:09:35 PM » |
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My first "Cropredy" was actually in 1981 when the festival left Cropredy and moved to Broughton Castle for that year only. The Full House line-up was reunited for the first time (I think) there and I arrived early enough to catch the sound check friday afternoon. A few minutes later I bumped into Simon Nicol. We struck up a conversation in which I happened to mention a gaping hole in my near complete collection that I was looking for like mad. A collection of live tracks recorded by various artists at the Nyon Festival in the late 70's. I knew Fairport had a few tracks on it and asked Simon if he could remember what they were. He didn't!
The next day he spotted me and gestured for me to come backstage (the only thing separating the backstage area was actually just a rope guarded by absolutely no-one). There he handed over a spare promotional copy of the album I'd been looking for. He signed it and handed it over with a smile, a pat on the back and a cheerful "see you in October" (he and Swarb toured Norway later that year).
No wonder we love this band...
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Dave.P
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« Reply #77 on: February 19, 2013, 07:10:56 PM » |
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My first "Cropredy" was actually in 1981 when the festival left Cropredy and moved to Broughton Castle for that year only. The Full House line-up was reunited for the first time (I think) there and I arrived early enough to catch the sound check friday afternoon. A few minutes later I bumped into Simon Nicol. We struck up a conversation in which I happened to mention a gaping hole in my near complete collection that I was looking for like mad. A collection of live tracks recorded by various artists at the Nyon Festival in the late 70's. I knew Fairport had a few tracks on it and asked Simon if he could remember what they were. He didn't!
The next day he spotted me and gestured for me to come backstage (the only thing separating the backstage area was actually just a rope guarded by absolutely no-one). There he handed over a spare promotional copy of the album I'd been looking for. He signed it and handed it over with a smile, a pat on the back and a cheerful "see you in October" (he and Swarb toured Norway later that year).
No wonder we love this band...
Great post and puts you top of the bonus points board 1st prize is .. you go to cropredy stand in front of the bar and grab people wearing tiara's and fez'z and ....buy them a drink!!!!! |
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« Reply #78 on: February 19, 2013, 08:17:47 PM » |
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In that case I'm gonna wear a tiara AND a fez.
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