Nine (Fairport Convention album)

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
(1973)		 Nine
(1973)		 Fairport Live Convention
(1974)
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Allmusic [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

  1. "The Hexhamshire Lass" (Trad arr Fairport Convention) – 2:31
  2. "Polly on the Shore" (Music: Pegg, Words: Trad arr Swarbrick/Lucas) – 4:56
  3. "The Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee Shuffle" (Traditional) – 3:56
  4. "To Althea From Prison" (Words Lovelace/Music: Dave Swarbrick) – 5:10
  5. "Tokyo" (Donahue) – 2:52

Side two

  1. "Bring 'Em Down" (Lucas) – 5:59
  2. "Big William" (Lucas/Swarbrick) – 3:25
  3. "Pleasure and Pain" (Lucas/Swarbrick) – 5:03
  4. "Possibly Parsons Green" (Lucas/Roche) – 4:42

Bonus tracks on CD reissue

  1. "The Devil in the Kitchen" (Fiddlestix) – 2:49
  2. "George Jackson" (Live) – 2:49
  3. "Pleasure and Pain" (Live) – 4:59
  4. "Six Days on the Road" (Live) – 3:44

Bonus tracks recorded live at The Howff (London) on April 23, 1973.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ 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)
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