Sunday, May 31, 2026

Fairport Convention - Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, 5-24-1974, Early Show

Your near daily dose of Ebbets Field radio broadcast concerts continues. I have about 25 of these left, so enjoy it while it lasts. This time, the concert is Fairport Convention from a time Sandy Denny was part of the band. There's an early show and late show. Naturally, I'm posting the early show first.

Denny was part of Fairport Convention from 1968 to 1969. It wasn't a long time, but the band was incredibly prolific during that time, and that era has been very critically praised. She left that band to concentrate on a solo career, and especially focus more on her songwriting. She released a few albums, but didn't get widespread success. 

Meanwhile, another singer-songwriter, Trevor Lucas, produced a Fairport Convention album in 1972. That led to him joining that band in early 1973. Around the same time, he got romantically involved with Denny. They married later in 1973. Thus, it wasn't too surprising that Denny rejoined Fairport around the time of her marriage. By the time she rejoined, some key members had left, most notably Richard Thompson. But others were still there from the first time she was in the band: Dave Swarbrick, Dave Mattacks, and Dave Pegg.

At the time of this concert, the band had three lead vocalists: Denny, Lucas, and Swarbrick, with Denny dominating.

The music is unreleased. The sound quality is excellent. 

This album is an hour and ten minutes long. 

01 talk by emcee (Fairport Convention)
02 Matty Groves (Fairport Convention)
03 talk (Fairport Convention)
04 Solo (Fairport Convention)
05 talk (Fairport Convention)
06 Dirty Linen [Instrumental] (Fairport Convention)
07 talk (Fairport Convention)
08 Fiddlestix [Instrumental] (Fairport Convention)
09 talk (Fairport Convention)
10 Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Fairport Convention)
11 talk (Fairport Convention)
12 Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (Fairport Convention)
13 talk (Fairport Convention)
14 The Hexhamshire Lass (Fairport Convention)
15 talk (Fairport Convention)
16 Bring 'Em Down (Fairport Convention)
17 talk (Fairport Convention)
18 Down in the Flood [Crash on the Levee] (Fairport Convention)
19 talk (Fairport Convention)
20 John the Gun (Fairport Convention)
21 talk (Fairport Convention)
22 Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament [Instrumental] (Fairport Convention)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/gsQn3FCR

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/en/RYGexQ7haYSzFoD/file

The cover image is of Sandy Denny at a Fairport Convention concert in Denmark, some time in April 1974. The original was in black and white, but I colorized it with the help of the Kolorize program. 

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