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Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life

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Posted on September 25, 2021 at 14:33:00
Goober58
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 A Sailors Life by Fairport Convention. The Unhalfbricking album, 1969

This one's like an 11 minute acid trip for me - without the acid. I picked the best sounding youtube version I could find but vinyl or a lossless transfer sounds better to me.






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RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 25, 2021 at 15:59:20
aclearspot
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 For some reason I always get a smile when seeing Richard Thompson in his teens.Geeky dude back row right corner.

 

RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 25, 2021 at 16:23:19
Goober58
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 We saw him a couple of years back at the Musical Instrument Museum - he looked really good for his age. Enjoyable performance in the ~300 seat venue. I was about 60 and my wife is a couple of years younger. I think we were the youngest people in the audience.

Great artist and IMO his records are still quite worthy after all these years.

 

RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 25, 2021 at 19:17:48
jefe
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 It's weird that RT wasn't among the "guitar gods" when I was in school back in the early 80's. Sailor's Life and FC would have fit in great. Didn't find RT until my later 20's.

Saw him about 15-20 yeaars ago with his bassist. Great show!!

 

RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 27, 2021 at 09:05:19
Hornlover
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 I have been a fan of FC for a long time. I still love Sandy Dennys voice. Too bad she died so young.

 

RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 27, 2021 at 09:54:27
Goober58
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 Like most 60s and 70s music I came to later in life. I think Daring Adventures was my first RT LP but I didn't keep it. I have Shoot Out the Lights from 82, Rumor & Sigh from 91 and 7 LPs of his from 99-2018 all of which are really good records. I think it was 2018 when we saw him live and we both thought it was a good show.

I really like the kind of psychedelic folk from that era and Sandy Denny's vocals played a big part in my attraction to Fairport Convention. Her death was a big loss. Another tragic death from this niche of music was Nick Drake and I didn't discover him until much later.

 

RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 27, 2021 at 10:08:02
Goober58
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 That was a great loss. Another band I discovered later, or maybe my appreciation of music evolves, is Steeleye Span. Similar, but IMO a bit more traditional folk than FC, but still a great listen. And Maddy Prior sings well.

 

RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 28, 2021 at 08:40:52
Hornlover
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 Wow. I had forgotten about Steeleye Span. Havent thought about them in years. I need to go back and refresh my memory.

 

RE: Fairport Convention - A Sailors Life, posted on September 28, 2021 at 21:12:12
fantja
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 Very nice.

 

RE: Such a voice, such a loss and thumbs up on Steeleye Span nt, posted on September 29, 2021 at 07:50:52
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