- Jewel in the Crown (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Jewel In The Crown
Type =Album
Artist =Fairport Convention
Released = December 1995
Recorded = October 4 - November 1, 1994
Genre = Rock
Length = 40:33
Label =Woodworm Records
Producer =Fairport Convention /Mark Tucker/Gus Dudgeon
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rekvikbjbb69 link]
Last album = "25th Anniversary Concert "
(1992)
This album = "Jewel In The Crown"
(1995)
Next album = "Old New Borrowed Blue "
(1996)"Jewel In The Crown" is a 1995
folk-rock album byFairport Convention which is viewed by many as the best record produced by the line up which had been formed in 1985 for the one off project,Gladys' Leap . While few of the tracks were self-penned, it featured tracks from many of the band's favourite writers including Huw Williams,Ralph McTell and Julie Matthews.History
Initially mixed by Fairport themselves and long-time collaborator Mark Tucker at the band's Woodworm Studios, six tracks were re-worked by the legendary producer Gus Dudgeon; and overall it's generally considered one of the most satisfying of Fairport's releases, post-Nine. It was also the last studio album recorded by the Nicol, Pegg, Mattacks, Allcock and Sanders line-up.
Track listing
# "Jewel in the Crown" (Julie Matthews)
# "Slip Jigs and Reels" (Steve Tilston )
# "A Surfeit of Lampreys" (Maartin Allcock )
# "Kind Fortune" (Traditional, arranged byFairport Convention )
# "Diamonds and Gold" (Ben Bennion/Maartin Allcock )
# "The Naked Highwayman" (Steve Tilston)
# "The Islands" (Ralph McTell /Maartin Allcock )
# "The Youngest Daughter" (Traditional, arranged byMaartin Allcock )
# "London Danny" (Jez Lowe )
# "Travelling by Steam" (Huw Williams)
# "Travel by Steam" (Traditional, arranged byRic Sanders )
# "She's Like the Swallow" (Traditional, arranged byMaartin Allcock )
# "Red Tide" (Rob Beattie )
# "Home Is Where the Heart Is" (Clive Gregson )
# "Closing Time" (Leonard Cohen )Production
* Produced by Fairport Convention at the band's Woodworm Studios
* Mixed by Mark Tucker and Fairport
* "Jewel In The Crown", "Diamonds And Gold", "The Naked Highwayman", "The Islands", "Red Tide", and "Closing Time" mixed by Gus Dudgeon and Mark TuckerPersonnel
*
Simon Nicol - lead vocal, acoustic and 12-string guitars
*Maartin Allcock - electric and acoustic guitar, keys, bouzar, bodhran, accordion, triangle, backing vocals
*Ric Sanders - violins
*Dave Pegg - bass guitar, acoustic bass, electric guitar, mandolin, backing vocals
*Dave Mattacks - drums, percussion
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