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Folk rock group Fairport Convention is usually credited as the first British folk rock band. Founded in 1967 and initially covering songs by artists such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, they developed a devoted niche following by providing electrified and upbeat versions of traditional folk tunes alongside their own compositions. In a career spanning over 50 years, notable for numerous changes of line-up as well as continued success, Fairport Convention have issued over 50 albums.

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Fairport Convention discography

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Folk rock group Fairport Convention is usually credited as the first British folk rock band. Founded in 1967 and initially covering songs by artists such...

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Richard Thompson discography

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listed in the session work discography. For more details of Fairport Convention's album releases see Fairport Convention discography Albums on which Thompson...

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Fairport Convention

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Fairport Convention are an English folk rock band, formed in 1967 by guitarists Richard Thompson and Simon Nicol, bassist Ashley Hutchings and drummer...

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Simon Nicol

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record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band. He has also been...

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Dave Pegg

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He is the longest-serving member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of folk and rock groups including...

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Ashley Hutchings

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was a founding member of three noteworthy English folk-rock bands: Fairport Convention, Steeleye Span and The Albion Band. Hutchings has overseen numerous...

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Sandy Denny discography

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on several record labels. Denny was the lead singer of the group Fairport Convention, and fronted the band through several of their most highly regarded...

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The Five Seasons

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Seasons is the seventeenth studio album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention. Side one "Claudy Banks" (Traditional) - 5:53 "Cup of Tea!"/"A Loaf...

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Sandy Denny

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singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "the pre-eminent British folk rock singer"...

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The Wood and the Wire

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British folk rock band Fairport Convention. It is the twenty-ninth album released by the band since their debut, Fairport Convention, in 1968. Gerry Conway...

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Dave Mattacks

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band Fairport Convention. He replaced Martin Lamble, who had died on 12 May 1969 in a road accident on the M1 motorway, as the drummer for Fairport Convention...

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Unhalfbricking

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Unhalfbricking is the third studio album by the English folk rock band Fairport Convention and their second album released in 1969. It is seen as a transitional...

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Dave Swarbrick

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as Fairport Convention's leading figure and guided the band through a series of important albums until their temporary disbandment in 1979. Fairport Convention...

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Martin Lamble

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August 1949 – 12 May 1969) was the drummer for British folk rock band Fairport Convention, from just after their formation in 1967, until his death in the...

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Tipplers Tales

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Tipplers Tales is a 1978 album by Fairport Convention, the band's thirteenth studio album since their debut in 1968. Recorded in only ten days, it was...

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Iain Matthews

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singer-songwriter. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving to form his own band, Matthews Southern...

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Old New Borrowed Blue

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studio album by folk rock band Fairport Convention, although for this release, they were billed as "Fairport Acoustic Convention" as it was the band's first...

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Jerry Donahue

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work in the British folk rock scene as a member of Fotheringay and Fairport Convention as well as being a member of the rock guitar trio The Hellecasters...

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Meet on the Ledge

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singer-songwriter Richard Thompson and recorded by British folk rock band Fairport Convention in 1968 on Island Records. It was their second single. The song was...

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Trevor Lucas

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1943 – 4 February 1989) was an Australian folk singer, a member of Fairport Convention and one of the founders of Fotheringay. He mainly worked as a singer-songwriter...

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Fotheringay

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singer-songwriter and musician Sandy Denny on her departure from Fairport Convention. The band drew its name from her 1968 composition "Fotheringay" about...

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Dave Swarbrick discography

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other bands and musicians, most notably with British folk rock band Fairport Convention, with whom he was a leading member and violinist for over fifteen...

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Judy Dyble

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singer-songwriter, most notable for being a vocalist and a founding member of Fairport Convention and Trader Horne. In addition, she and Ian McDonald joined and recorded...

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