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LOW STOCK LEVEL
01. Fairport Convention - Lord Marlborough
02. Fairport Convention - Sir William Gower
03. Fairport Convention - Bridge Over The River Ash
04. Fairport Convention - Wizard Of The Worldly Game
05. Fairport Convention - The Journeyman's Grace
06. Fairport Convention - Angel Delight
07. Fairport Convention - Banks Of The Sweet Primroses
08. Fairport Convention - Instrumental Medley: The Cuckoo's Nest / Hardiman The Fiddler / Papa Stoor
09. Fairport Convention - The Bonny Black Hare
10. Fairport Convention - Sickness & Diseases
11. Fairport Convention - The Journeyman's Grace (BBC radio session with Richard Thompson)
ARTIST
TITLE
Angel Delight
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
IMCD 307 IMCD 307
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
1/10/2005

2004 Island Remasters series reissue, originally released in 1971 on Island Records. "Richard Thompson exits the Fairport lineup, leaving the band reduced to a quartet of Simon Nicol, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, and Dave Mattacks. The loss of big guns Thompson and Denny was felt, but amazingly, although it isn't nearly as well known as Liege and Lief or Full House, this record reached the highest chart position of any Fairport LP, making number eight in England. Swarbrick led the group in even more of a traditional British folk vein. By now everybody involved was singing (with Nicol and Swarbrick usually alternating on lead), and they managed to pull it off, mostly by virtue of the honesty of their voices and instrumental work almost as vital and animated as any in their history. From the beautifully sung and exciting opener 'Lord Marlborough,' the album should strike a responsive chord with any folk or folk-rock enthusiast -- especially enjoyable are the singing on the buoyantly humorous title track and the viola/violin duet between Swarbrick and Nicol on 'Bridge Over The River Ash'."