Fairport Convention - Liege & Lief
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Artist: Fairport ConventionBrand: FAIRPORT CONVENTION
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: A&M
Soundtracks:
- Come All Ye
- Reynardine
- Matty Groves
- Farewell, Farewell
- The Deserter
- Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/The Foxhunter's Jig/Toss T
- Tam Lin
- Crazy Man Michael
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The fourth album from the Fairport Convention, released in 1969, is considered by many to be the paramount of British folk-rock. After three solid albums that only hinted at their British roots, Leige & Lief is their first record to fully and completely embrace their home country. They roll through no less than four traditional British folk songs including an incredible Tam Lin, along with quality originals that pay tribute to and expand on their rich tradition. This is the last Fairport Convention record to feature Sandy Denny and Ashley Hutchings, and though it is very British it is a classic of electric folk-rock of any variety. Deluxe 180 gram vinyl reissue with gatefold jacket.British hippies who started out emulating Jefferson Airplane, Fairport Convention escalated their homeland connections with each outing, culminating in this, their fourth album and a watershed for British folk-rock. Hindsight offers the ironic possibility that the Dylan covers of its predecessor, Unhalfbricking, opened a window onto the earlier Irish-English-Scots roots of the American music they loved, and Liege & Lief jumps through that window triumphantly. "Come All Ye" underscores their affinity for the Band yet is joyfully rooted in their own fertile folk traditions, echoed in a mix of classic songs from members Sandy Denny, Ashley Hutchings, and Richard Thompson, and given direct homage in the extended ballads "Matty Groves" and "Tam Lin," which evoke Neil Young & Crazy Horse in kilts. Fiddler Dave Swarbrick's arrival as a fulltime member adds new richness and a wonderful foil for Thompson's superb guitar leads. A medley of jigs and reels showcases their flair for hot-wiring traditional British Isles dances, a fixture ever since. --Sam Sutherland
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