Fairport Convention - Live Fillmore East 1970 CD (Mega Blowout Sale)
SKU
23-LCCD 5139
“A live recording of one of the best eras of Fairport Convention, this disc has some issues even for fans. The first gig is very good quality while the second is an audience recording. Apart from that this is prime Full House line up Fairport in full swing. Great stuff.”
“Fairport Convention’s attempt to reinvigorate traditional English folk music succeeded against a cultural backdrop of loud guitars and nascent stadium rock similar to the folk revival across the Atlantic. With Liege & Lief having given the band a foothold at home and in America, their next album Full House would have to work harder to consolidate on the success, with the absence of Sandy Denny’s vocal charisma and two new members. History has of course taught us that this revised line-up would become the definitive version and Full House would become their most widely acclaimed album before Richard Thompson opted to move out.
Touring across the USA with Jethro Tull at Fillmore West and Traffic and Mott The Hoople at Fillmore East, Fairport’s US trek saw a revitalised band eager to please and comfortable in its own skin, and after 5 albums in the space of 2 years, that was a rarity.”
- LabelLondon Calling
- UPC5053792513918