Live at the L.A. Troubadour
1977 live album by Fairport Convention
Live at the L.A. Troubadour | ||||
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Live album by Fairport Convention | ||||
Released | January 1977 | |||
Recorded | 4–6 September 1970 | |||
Genre | Folk rock | |||
Label | Island | |||
Producer | Joe Boyd | |||
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Live at the L.A. Troubadour along with its reissued counterpart House Full are the only live Fairport Convention albums recorded while Richard Thompson was a full-time band member. It was recorded in 1970 on the Full House tour and was reissued in 1986 and again in 2007, with modifications. Seven of the eight tracks are available on the House Full album with one ("Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman") being found only on this album.
Track listing
- Side 1
- "Toss the Feathers" (traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) 3'49" (The Lark in the Morning Medley)
- "Matty Groves" (traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) 8'42"
- "Bonnie Kate" (traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention and Dave Swarbrick) 4'52" (as a medley with "Sir B. McKenzies")
- "Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) 5'23"
- Side 2
- "Sloth" (Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick) 11'43"
- "Banks of the Sweet Primroses" (traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) 3'58"
- "Mason's Apron" (traditional; arranged by Fairport Convention) 6'14" (a medley of "Jenny's Chickens / Mason's Apron" )
- "Yellow Bird" (Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman, Norman Luboff) 2'11"
Personnel
- Richard Thompson - vocals, electric guitar
- Dave Swarbrick - vocals, fiddle, mandolin
- Simon Nicol - rhythm guitar, mandolin
- Dave Pegg - bass guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
- Dave Mattacks - drums
- with
- Linda Thompson - vocals (side 1 track 4 only)
Recording
- All except Track 4 recorded 4–6 September 1970 at the L.A. Troubadour, Los Angeles.
- Track 4 is an outtake from the "Full House" sessions with new vocals by Richard & Linda Thompson overdubbed in March 1975.
Release history
- UK: Island Records HELP 28 (January 1977)
- Australia: Island Records L36090 (1977)
- Germany: Island Records 28208 (1977)
- Netherlands: Island Records 28208 XAT (1977)
- New Zealand: Island Records L36090 (1977)
- Ireland: Island Records HELP 28 (1977)
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. Live at the L.A. Troubadour at AllMusic
External links
- [1] - Entry on "Beesweb" (Richard Thompson's website)
- [2] - Entry from Expletive Delighted (Fairport Convention fan site)
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- Simon Nicol
- Dave Pegg
- Ric Sanders
- Chris Leslie
- Dave Mattacks
- Richard Thompson
- Ashley Hutchings
- Martin Lamble
- Judy Dyble
- Iain Matthews
- Sandy Denny
- Dave Swarbrick
- Trevor Lucas
- Jerry Donahue
- Bruce Rowland
- Dan Ar Braz
- Maartin Allcock
- Gerry Conway
- Fairport Convention (1968)
- What We Did on Our Holidays (1969)
- Unhalfbricking (1969)
- Liege & Lief (1969)
- Full House (1970)
- Angel Delight (1971)
- "Babbacombe" Lee (1971)
- Rosie (1973)
- Nine (1973)
- Rising for the Moon (1975)
- Gottle O'Geer (1976)
- The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977)
- Tipplers Tales (1978)
- Gladys' Leap (1985)
- Expletive Delighted! (1986)
- In Real Time: Live '87 (1987)
- Red & Gold (1988)
- The Five Seasons (1990)
- Jewel in the Crown (1995)
- Old New Borrowed Blue (1996)
- Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1997)
- The Wood and the Wire (1999)
- XXXV (2001)
- Over the Next Hill (2004)
- Sense of Occasion (2007)
- Festival Bell (2011)
- By Popular Request (2012)
- Myths and Heroes (2015)
- 50:50@50 (2017)
- Shuffle and Go (2020)
- "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968)
- "Meet on the Ledge" (1968)
- "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969)
- "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969)
- "Now Be Thankful" (1970)
- Fairport Live Convention (1974)
- Live at the L.A. Troubadour (1977)
- Farewell, Farewell (1979)
- Moat on the Ledge - Live at Broughton Castle (1982)
- House Full (1986)
- Heyday (1987)
- From Past Archives (1994)
- Live at the BBC (2007)
- Off the Desk (2008)
- The History of Fairport Convention (1972)
- Fairport Chronicles (1976)
- The Cropredy Box (1998)