Old New Borrowed Blue


Old New Borrowed Blue is the nineteenth studio album by folk rock band Fairport Convention, although for this release, they were billed as "Fairport Acoustic Convention" as it was the band's first all-acoustic album in 29 years. Part studio, part live, it was recorded to publicise a tour of the United States and consisted of cover versions, new songs and classic tracks dating back to the band's early career. Dave Mattacks, who had provided drums and electronic instrumentation for previous albums, was absent.
Allmusic praised the album, saying "The playing is exquisite and the vocalizing by Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg is extraordinary".

Track listing

;Studio tracks
  1. "Woodworm Swing" - 3:08
  2. "Men" - 3:45
  3. "Aunt Sally Shuffle" - 1:22
  4. "There Once Was Love" / Innstück - 4:45
  5. "Frozen Man" - 4:20
  6. "Mr Sands Is in the Building" - 2:06
  7. "Lalla Rookh" - 4:27
;Live tracks
  1. "Foolish You" - 3:34
  2. "Crazy Man Michael" - 5:09
  3. "The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter" - 4:05
  4. "Genesis Hall" - 4:13
  5. "The Deserter" - 5:43
  6. "The Swimming Song" - 3:24
  7. "Struck It Right" - 4:26
  8. "The Hiring Fair" - 6:07
  9. "Matty Groves"/"Dirty Linen" - 10:06

Personnel

;Fairport Convention
Additional personnel
Mark Tucker - recording engineer and CD mix.
Mat Davies - recording engineer

Release history