- Nine (Fairport Convention album)
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Nine 
Studio album by Fairport Convention Released October 1973 Recorded July - August, 1972 at Sound Techniques, London Genre folk rock Label A&M Producer Trevor Lucas, John Wood and Fairport Convention Fairport Convention chronology Rosie
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[1]Nine is the ninth album by the British folk rock group Fairport Convention and, according to Allmusic, is their most uneven.
Contents
Track listing
Side one
- "The Hexhamshire Lass" (Trad arr Fairport Convention) – 2:31
- "Polly on the Shore" (Music: Pegg, Words: Trad arr Swarbrick/Lucas) – 4:56
- "The Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee Shuffle" (Traditional) – 3:56
- "To Althea From Prison" (Words Lovelace/Music: Dave Swarbrick) – 5:10
- "Tokyo" (Donahue) – 2:52
Side two
- "Bring 'Em Down" (Lucas) – 5:59
- "Big William" (Lucas/Swarbrick) – 3:25
- "Pleasure and Pain" (Lucas/Swarbrick) – 5:03
- "Possibly Parsons Green" (Lucas/Roche) – 4:42
Bonus tracks on CD reissue
- "The Devil in the Kitchen" (Fiddlestix) – 2:49
- "George Jackson" (Live) – 2:49
- "Pleasure and Pain" (Live) – 4:59
- "Six Days on the Road" (Live) – 3:44
Bonus tracks recorded live at The Howff (London) on April 23, 1973.
Personnel
- Dave Swarbrick: vocals, violin, viola, mandolin
- Trevor Lucas: vocals, acoustic guitar
- Jerry Donahue: guitars
- Dave Pegg: bass, mandolin, backing vocals
- Dave Mattacks: drums, percussion, keyboards, bass
References
- ^ Eder, B. (2011 [last update]). "Nine - Fairport Convention | AllMusic". allmusic.com. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r7063. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
Fairport Convention Maartin Allcock · Dan Ar Braz · Bob Brady · Roger Burridge · Gerry Conway · Sandy Denny · Jerry Donahue · Judy Dyble · Tom Farnell · Roger Hill · Ashley Hutchings · Martin Lamble · Chris Leslie · Cathy Lesurf · Trevor Lucas · Dave Mattacks · Iain Matthews · Simon Nicol · Dave Pegg · David Rea · Bruce Rowland · Ric Sanders · Dave Swarbrick · Richard Thompson · Paul Warren
Studio albums Fairport Convention (1968) · What We Did on Our Holidays (1969) · Unhalfbricking (1969) · Liege & Lief (1969) · Full House (1970) · Angel Delight (1971) · Babbacombe Lee (1971) · Rosie (1973) · Nine (1973) · Rising for the Moon (1975) · Gottle O'Geer (1976) · The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977) · Tipplers Tales (1978) · Gladys' Leap (1985) · Expletive Delighted! (1986) · In Real Time: Live '87 (1987) · Red & Gold (1988) · The Five Seasons (1990) · Jewel in the Crown (1995) · Old New Borrowed Blue (1996) · Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1997) · The Wood and the Wire (2000) · XXXV (2001) · Over the Next Hill (2004) · Sense of Occasion (2007) Festival Bell (2011)
Singles "If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968) · "Meet on the Ledge" (1968) · "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969) · "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969) · "If (Stomp)" (1970) · "Now Be Thankful" (1970)
Live albums Fairport Live Convention (1974) · Live at the L.A. Troubadour (1977) · Farewell Farewell (1979) · Moat on the Ledge - Live at Broughton Castle (1982) · House Full (1986) · Heyday (1987) · 25th Anniversary Concert (1992) · Cropredy 98 (1999) · The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2004) · Journeyman's Grace (2005) · Live at the BBC (2007) · Off the Desk (2008) Off the Desk (2008) Live at Cropredy 08 (2009)
Compilations History of Fairport Convention (1972) · Tour Sampler (1975) · Fairport Chronicles (1976) · The Woodworm Years (1991) · A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 - 1969 · Meet On the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975 · Some of Our Yesterdays · Fairport Convention · Then & Now 1982 - 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention · Rhythm of the Times (2003) Across the Decades (2003)
Box sets The Cropredy Box (1998)Related articlesCategories:- Fairport Convention albums
- 1973 albums
- A&M Records albums
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