It could be said that Fairport Convention was the first true second-generation folk-rock band, in that its iniial repertoire and model came not from folk songs, but from imporyed folk-rock records ... To learn songs by Love, & Mimi Richard Farin, and Jim & Jean commanded the same kind of obscurist archivism that American teenagers of the late '50s and early '60s needed to locate Alan Lomax field recordings, Library of Congress LPs, and Folkways releases. (Richie Unterberger, Jingle Jangle Morning: Folk-Rock in the 1960s Location 13296)
And that was before they went traditional....
Groundbreaking, at first. Later, An Institution.
File under: Pioneers and Progenitors.
Discography: Studio albums 1968-86 1987-Present Live albums 1974-2000 2002-Present; Compilations
In the music library: Fairport Convention Full House Heyday ( BBC Live ) House Full - Live at the LA Troubadour
Liege & Lief Unhalfbricking What We Did On Our Holidays
The All New Electric Muse: Autopsy; Crazy Man Michael; Sir Patrick Spens; Stranger to Himself
Anthems In Eden: Fotheringay
(Guitar, Vocal): Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman; Sweet Little Rock 'n' Roller
'rt' On 'fr' - Richard Thompson On The Free Reed Label: Meet On The Ledge (Excerpt); When I Get To The Border; The Hangman's Reel; Sir Patrick Spens; The Lady Is A Tramp; Meet On The Ledge
Watching The Dark: A Sailor's Life [Previously Unreleased]
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Tables turned as Fairport Convention are auditioned by their new singer