Fairport Live Convention


Fairport Live Convention is a 1974 live album by British folk rock band Fairport Convention originally released in 1974 by Island Records. It was recorded live at the Sydney Opera House, the London Rainbow and the Fairfield Halls, Croydon by John Wood and mixed down at Sound Techniques, London. It was produced by Trevor Lucas & John Wood.
The album was titled A Moveable Feast in the United States and Canada and Fairport Convention Live '75 in Germany.
The original UK LP issue included an inner sleeve photograph of the band posing on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, with Dave Mattacks sporting a shirt bearing the prominent legend "Harrison Birtwistle where its at".

Track listing

;Side one
  1. "Matty Groves"
  2. "Rosie"
  3. "Fiddlestix"
  4. "John the Gun"
  5. "Something You Got"
;Side two
  1. "Sloth"
  2. "Dirty Linen"
  3. "Down in the Flood"
  4. "Sir B. MacKenzie"
;Bonus tracks on CD reissue
  1. "The Hexhamshire Lass" – 4.09
  2. "Polly on the Shore" – 5.12
  3. "Bring 'Em Down" – 11.39
  4. "Far From Me" – 3.16
  5. "That'll Be the Day" – 3.19

Personnel

Also credited on the original LP sleeve - stage mix by Phil Benton and Roger Proctor, photographs by Stephen Westlund and design co-ordination by Fabio Nicoll Associates and Dave Mattacks.