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Fairport Convention

Psychedelic rock
Rock music
Folk music
In 2006 a BBC poll voted Fairport Convention's groundbreaking 1969 album 'Liege & Lief' the most important folk album of all time, confirming their status as the ultimate pioneers of British folk-rock. Their roots lay in the Ethnic Shuffle Orchestra, in which Simon Nicol and Ashley Hutchings both played before linking up with brilliant young guitarist Richard Thompson to form Fairport Convention, named after the house where Nicol's father had his medical practice. Initially committed to creating a UK equivalent of American West Coast rock bands, they switched course to encompa...
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She Moves Through The FairFairport Convention
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Tam LinFairport Convention
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Farewell FarewellFairport Convention
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A Sailor's LifeFairport Convention
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Nottamun Town 

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Now Be ThankfulFairport Convention
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She Moves Through The FairFairport Convention

What We Did on Our Holidays

4:14

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Tam LinFairport Convention

Liege and Lief

7:11

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Farewell FarewellFairport Convention

Liege and Lief

2:37

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A Sailor's LifeFairport Convention

Fairport Convention

11:11

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Nottamun Town 

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Fairport Unconventional

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Now Be ThankfulFairport Convention

Full House

2:26

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