OLD NEW BORROWED BLUE

Fairport Convention

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3.38 | 12 ratings | 1 reviews | 0% 5 stars

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Studio Album, released in 1996

Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Woodworm Swing (3:08)
2. Men (3:45)
3. Aunt Sally Shuffle (1:22)
4. There Once Was Love (4:45)
5. Frozen Man (4:20)
6. Mr Sands Is in the Building (2:06)
7. Lalla Rookh (4:27)
8. Foolish You (Live) (3:34)
9. Crazy Man Michael (Live) (5:09)
10. The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter (Live) (4:05)
11. Genesis Hall (Live) (4:13)
12. The Deserter (Live) (5:43)
13. The Swimming Song (Live) (3:24)
14. Struck It Right (Live) (4:26)
15. The Hiring Fair (Live) (6:07)
16. Matty Groves / Dirty Linen (Live) (10:06)

Total time 70:40

Line-up / Musicians

- Simon Nicol / lead vocals, acoustic guitar
- Maartin Allcock / bouzouki-guitar ("bouzar"), acoustic guitar, mandocello, bodhr�n, Italian accordion, backing vocals
- Ric Sanders / violins
- Dave Pegg / acoustic bass, mandolin, backing vocals

Releases information

The album is half Studio (tracks 1-7) - half Live, recorded at The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury on December 30th, 1995

CD Woodworm Records ‎- WRCD024 (1996, UK)
CD Talking Elephant ‎- TECD110 (2007, UK)

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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Old New Borrowed Blue ratings distribution

3.38
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Collectors/fans only (17%)
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4 stars Old. New. Borrowed. Blue. Is the follow up album to the stupendous Jewel In The Crown released just one year earlier. On again off again drummer Dave Mattacks stepped out to do session work so the remaining lads, Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Maartin Allcock and Ric Sanders, decided to record an alb ... (read more)

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