Fairport Convention, The Five Season

LP UK New Routes RUE 005 New Routes RUE 005

Iniziano gli anni novanta e i cinque alfieri che compongono il gruppo non demordono e, raggiunto ormai un notevole affiatamento, non finiscono di stupire. I "tradizionali arrangiati" che compongono questo nuovo disco ("Claudy banks", "The Card song" e "Shuffle the pack") sono senz'altro brani di buon livello. Oltre ad essi vale la pena di segnalare "Gold" di Peter Blegvad e, per chi avesse acquistato il cd, la splendida bonus track dal titolo "Caught a whisper". La copertina originale è molto fiabesca, quella degli ultimi cd (in basso) forse troppo patinata.

Tracks Side A:

Claudy Banks (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) 5'53" - Cup Of Tea! (Martin Allcock) / A Loaf Of Bread (Martin Allcock) / Miss Monahan's (Trad. Arr. Martin  Allcock) 3'16" - All Your Beauty (Barry Lowe / Martin White) 2'55" - Sock In It (Dave Whetstone) 5'29" - Gold (Peter Blegvad)  5'06"

Tracks Side B:

Ginnie (Huw Williams) 4'10" - Mock Morris '90 : The Green Man / The Cropredy Badger / Molly On The Jetty (Ric Sanders) 4'53" - The Card Song (Trad. Arr. Fairport Convention) / Shuffle The Pack (Ric Sanders) 4'26" - The Wounded Whale (Archie Fisher. Arr. Martin Allcock) 6'43"

Musicians:

Simon Nicol: Vocals, Electric, 12-String Electric & Acoustic Guitars - Martin Allcock:: Bass Guitar, Double Bass, Mandola, Mandolin, Vocals - Ric Sanders: Violin - Dave Mattacks:  Drums, Organ, Keyboards, Clavinet, Bass Synthesizer, Electric Piano Vocals, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, 12-String Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Banjo, Mandolin, Piano, Double Bass, Keyboards, Percussion - Dave Pegg

Recorded:April-August 1990 at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael,  Oxfordshire - Produced by:Dave Mattacks and Simon Nicol - Engineered by:Tim Matyear - Mixed by:Barry Hammond with Simon Nicol and Dave Mattacks