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Full House [UK Bonus Tracks]

Good news for crypto-ethnicists, A. L. Lloyd fans, electric Morris dancers and far-out folkies—Fairport Convention is better than ever. True, Simon Nichol still hasn't learned what a lead guitar is all about and true, the liner notes sound like a pukka sahib on acid, but the music shows that...

2001 RS: Not Rated

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A remarkable debut, Fairport Convention (1968) introduced a British folk-rock band whose instrumental prowess and eclectic repertoire qualified them as a nascent supergroup. Dizzying personnel shifts and haphazard commercial success, however, would dog the band throughout its long career, ultimately making Fairport more a style and a vision than a cohesive aggregation. Whatever the lineup, Fairpor...

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