1. Walk Awhile

2. Dirty Linen

3. Sloth

4. Sir Patrick Spens

5. Flatback Caper

6. Doctor Of Physick

7. Flowers Of The Forest 

8. Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman

9. Now Be Thankful

10. Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament 

11. Bonny Bunch Of Roses

12. Now Be Thankful (stereo)

 

 

Updated: 6.19.04

current status: in-print in the U.K. on Island Records (with bonus tracks);
out-of-print in the U.S.

 

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Island Records l.p., ILPS-9130, U.K., 1970
A&M Records l.p., SP-4265, U.S.A.
re-issue: Hannibal Records l.p., CGLP-4417, U.S.A.
re-issue: Hannibal Records c.d., CGCD-4417, U.S.A.
re-issue: Island Records c.d., IMCD-285, U.K., 2001

Tracks 1-7 as listed above comprise the "original" complete and proper version of "Full House"

 

Bonus tracks on the 2001 Island U.K. c.d. re-issue:

8. "Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman"

9. "Now Be Thankful "(mono)

10. "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"

11. "Bonny Bunch Of Roses"

12. "Now Be Thankful"(stereo)

 

Walk Awhile, Sloth, Doctor Of Physick, Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman, and Now Be Thankful written by Richard Thompson/Dave Swarbrick and published by Warlock Music Ltd.

All other songs traditional arranged Dave Swarbrick/Richard Thompson/Simon Nicol/Dave Pegg/Dave Mattacks and published by Warlock Music Ltd.

Produced by Joe Boyd for Witchseason Productions, Ltd.
Recorded at Sound Techniques, Ltd., London, February - March, 1970
Vocals recorded at Vanguard Studios, New York City, April, 1970
Engineered by John Wood

Bonny Bunch Of Roses recorded at Gold Star Studios, Hollywood, May, 1970 and mixed by Suha Gur at Polygram Studios, February, 1998

Stereo mix of Now Be Thankful mixed by Lee Hamblin and Frank Kornelussen

Now Be Thankful (mono) and 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 originally released as a 1970 Island, U.K. single, WIP-6089

Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman and the stereo mix of Now Be Thankful were originally released on Island Life, 25 Years Of Island Records, IBX-25, U.K., 1988

[This stereo mix of Now Be Thankful is an entirely different mix from the one that appears on Watching The Dark and this original version of Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman is not the same as the overdubbed version that appears on (guitar, vocal ) and Live At The L.A. Troubadour.]

Bonny Bunch Of Roses originally released on Fairport Convention - Meet On The Ledge: The Classic Years (1967 = 1975), A&M Records c.d., 314-564-687-2, U.S.A., 1999

The 2001 Island U.K. re-issue follows the putative "original" track order (before Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman was removed from the actual original track order): Walk Awhile, Doctor Of Physick, Dirty Linen, Sloth, Sir Patrick Spens, Flatback Caper, Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman, Flowers Of The Forest
(The 2001 re-issue follows this track order with the four remaining bonus tracks listed above.)

Fairport Convention:
Dave Swarbrick: vocals, fiddle, viola, mandolin
Richard Thompson: vocals, guitar
Simon Nicol: vocals, electric, acoustic & bass guitars, dulcimer
Dave Pegg: vocals, bass guitar, mandolin
Dave Mattacks: drums, harmonium, bodhran