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Moat on the Ledge: Live at Broughton Castle

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This is really a great find. The Full House lineup reunites, plus Rowlands (presumably on additional percussion~ Mattacks is on full power himself) in 1981. Amazing that these exact guys hadn't played together in ten years, and they haven't missed a beat; impossibly tight for a one-off performance. They're as intense on Poor Will & the Jolly Hangman & Matty Groves as they were on House Full from '70. Thompson & Swarbick have some fierce duets on the jigs (Brilliancy Melody/Cherokee Shuffle). Country Pie is fun, too, and it smokes musically. On top of all this, as another even rarer bonus, Judy Dyble (re-)joins the band to sing "Both Sides Now," Fairport's very first single from 1967 (and, you guessed it, her voice sounds like a dove). The real deal here, these guys are just great, I guess.

This is a record of the first of what developed into Fairport Convention's annual Cropredy Festival - still going strong, twenty-seven years down the road.

Having broken up in 1979, the Fairports decided to get together and do a reunion show.

And it just sort of all grew from there.

Reformed in 1987 as a performing unit, Fairport (like their festival) is still going strong.

This is not necessarily the best-recorded album, but it's got Good Stuff on it.