Fairport Convention – Fairport Live Convention (VG/VG) – LP, UK 1974

Fairport Live Convention is an LP by Fairport Convention from 1974 released on the Island Records label.

About this album

Fairport Live Convention is a vivid snapshot of Fairport Convention’s late-period strength, when the band’s blend of folk tradition, rock muscle and instrumental fire was firmly established. Issued in 1974, the live set draws on material such as Matty Groves, Rosie and Dirty Linen, songs that show how the group could stretch traditional roots into something tougher and more dynamic on stage. By this point Fairport had become one of British folk rock’s defining bands, and the album documents that reputation in full: tight playing, muscular arrangements and the easy authority of a group that helped shape the genre.

Genre: Folk