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FC Singles, EPs, Live, Unreleased
Fairport Convention 


Updated: 8.3.07

Fairport Convention singles
"If (Stomp)"/"If I Had a Ribbon Bow"
Track Records, 604-020, U.K., 1968
["If I Had a Ribbon Bow" was available on the collection album Rare Tracks,
Polydor Records, 2482-274, U.K., 1975
"If (Stomp)" may be somewhat different from the version on the first Fairport Convention album.]

"Throwaway Street Puzzle"
Island Records, WIP-6047, U.K., 1968
[Flip side of "Meet On the Ledge," this is a different version from that on (guitar, vocal).]

"Now Be Thankful"/"Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament For the 77th Mounted Lancers Retreat
From the Straits of Loch Knombe, in the Year of Our Lord 1727, on the Occasion of the Announcement of Her Marriage to the Laird of Kinleakie"
Island Records, WIP-6089, U.K., 1970 (both tracks re-issued on the 2001 Island U.K. remastered version of Full House)


Reunion performances with Fairport Convention
and assorted other Fairport tracks

"Walk A While" [live, recorded 1970]
on Philadelphia Folk Festival 40th Anniversary

[various artists - 4 cd set], 2001,
Sliced Bread Records, SB-74440, U.S.A.

"The Journeyman's Grace"
[BBC radio session, recorded 1970] bonus track on the 2004
Island Remasters re-issue of Fairport Convention
Angel Delight, Island Records, IMCD-307/982-150-0

Moat On the Ledge: "Live at Broughton Castle, August '81"
Woodworm Records, WR-001, U.K., 1981
re-issue: Talking Elephant Records, TECD-052, U.K.
Stony Plain Records, SPL-1052, Canada

The Boot: 1983 Fairport Reunion 2 cassette set]
Woodworm Records cassette, U.K., 1983

AT2/The Boot: featuring Fairport Convention live at the
Cropredy Festivals 1982 and 1983

[4 c.d. set] Woodworm Records c.d. re-issue,
WR4CD-034, U.K., 2000

Sandy Denny - Who Knows Where the Time Goes [4 record set]
Hannibal Record, HNCD-5301, U.S.A., 1985
[Note: This set contains selections from throughout Sandy Denny's career.
Included are two Fairport Convention selections with
Richard Thompson previously unavailable elsewhere
"You Never Wanted Me" and "The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood."]

The Other Boot: 1986 Fairport Reunion [2 cassette set]
Woodworm Records cassette, U.K., 1986

The Third Leg: 1987 Fairport Reunion [2 cassette set]
Woodworm Records cassette, U.K., 1987
[The U.S. issue includes five extra selections]

The Other Boot/The Third Leg:
featuring Fairport Convention live at the Cropredy Festivals 1986 and 1987
[3 c.d. set]
Woodworm Records c.d. re-issue, WR3CD-037, U.K., 2000
[Cd re-issue does not include the five extra selections from the U.S. cassette of the original The Third Leg.]

25th Anniversary Concert [2 c.d. set]
Woodworm Records, WRCD-022, U.K., 1993

The Cropredy Box [3 c.d. set]
Woodworm Records, WR3CD-026, U.K., 1998
re-issue: Castle Music, CMETD-815, U.K.

"Heard It Through The Grapevine" [live at Cropredy 1995]
on Fairport Convention - Who Knows Where The Time Goes?
Woodworm Records, U.K., 1998
Green Linnet Records, GLCD-3122, U.S.A.

Meet On The Ledge: The Classic Years (1967-1975) [2 c.d. set]
A&M Records c.d., 314-564-687-2, U.S.A., 1999
[Note: This set contains selections from various Fairport Convention albums, plus a re-mix of
"Now Be Thankful"which was a 1970 single plus a previously unreleased version of
"Bonny Bunch Of Roses" and a rare version of "Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman".
(All three of these tracks have since been included on the 2001
Island U.K. remastered version of Full House)]

Ashley Hutchings - The Guv'nor, Vols. 1-4
HTD Records, HTD-CD-23, CD-29, CD-38, and CD-66, U.K., 1994, 1995, 1995, and 1996
(Four separate compilations with a variety of rare early FC tracks included.)

Ashley Hutchings - 5
Talking Elephant Records, TECD-037,U.K., 2002
(A further volume in the "guv'nor" series of compilations with a variety of rare early FC tracks included.)

Fairport Convention - Fairport Unconventional
Free Reed Records), FRQCD-35,U.K., 2002
(A four cd compilation which includes a variety of rare FC tracks as well as live recordings from various Cropredy festivals. A bonus cd, "Cropredy - The Best and the Guests" [Free Reed FRFB-01], available to the first 5,000 purchasers of Fairport Unconventional features additional Cropredy live recordings, including Richard Thompson with FC on band performances of "From Galway To Graceland" and "When I Get To The Border")

Fairport Convention - Cropredy 2002
(Another Gig: Another Palindrome) [2 cd set]
Woodworm Records, WR2CD-039,U.K., 2002
re-issued as Fairport Convention - Festival: Cropredy 2002
[2 cd set], Talking Elephant Records, TECD-054, U.K

Dave Swarbrick--Swarb!: The Life And Music Of Dave Swarbrick
Free Reed Music, FRQCD-45, U.K., 2003 www.swarb.com
(A four cd compilation that includes
a variety of live FC tracks with RT.)

Fairport Convention - Cropredy Capers:
Twenty-Five Years of Fairport Convention and Friends at Cropredy Festival

Free Reed Records, FRQCD-25, U.K., 2004
(A four cd compilation which includes tracks with various Fairport lineups from the first twenty-five years of the Cropredy Festival.)

Ashley Hutchings "Burning Bright:
The Life And Music Of Ashley 'Tyger' Hutchings"

Free Reed Music, FRQCD-50, U.K., 2005
(A four cd compilation that includes a variety of live and studio FC tracks with RT.)

Dave Pegg - A Box of Pegg's
Matty Grooves, MG4CD-046, U.K., 2007
(A four cd compilation that includes a variety of live FC tracks at Cropredy with RT
[including a band version of "Let It Blow"]
as well as a previously unreleased live GP's "Together Again".)