Name: Nine by Fairport Convention
Brand: Fairport Convention
SKU: 073145127562
Price: 8.91 USD
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Rating: 2 (63 reviews)

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The Hexhamshire Lass

02:30

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Polly On The Shore

04:54

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The Brilliancy Medley & Cherokee Shuffle

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To Althea From Prison

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Tokyo

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Bring 'Em Down

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Big William

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Pleasure & Pain

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Possibly Parsons Green

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Fairport Convention's ninth album is their most uneven. The group shows extraordinary virtuosity and musical instincts on folk-based tracks such as "The Hexamshire Lass" and "The Brilliancy Medley & Cherokee Shuffle" (which features some of the best mandolin playing you're ever likely to hear from an English band), but on numbers like "Polly on the Shore" and "To Althea From Prison," where the band supplies the music to traditional lyrics, they simply fall flat -- it isn't even that the playing is bad, so much as that the failed numbers are uniformly lugubrious in the way they're treated. Part of the problem lies with the fact that while Lucas and Donahue were good guitarists, they weren't terribly interesting -- where Richard Thompson always came up with something surprising and unexpected on Fairport's songs, Lucas and Donahue stick with fairly routine pop music sounds, more in keeping with the Eagles than the group that recorded Liege and Lief, Full House, and House Full. Lucas' "Bring 'Em Down" is a decent song, with some strong singing and playing by the composer and a lovely and powerful fiddle solo by Swarbrick, but it overstays its welcome and loses its cohesion -- "Sloth" it is not. Too much of the album is taken up by easily forgotten contemporary-style rockers like "Big William" and throwaways such as the countrified "Pleasure and Pain"; not even the upbeat, riff heavy "Possibly Parsons Green" makes up for this problem. And the rather plain cover art didn't help matters any when it came to selling this record.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo

1. The Hexhamshire Lass

by Fairport Convention

Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Arranger: Fairport Convention; Composer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Actor: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Production
Author: Bob Davendorf; Production
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Actor/ Singer: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Other

2. Polly On The Shore

by Fairport Convention

Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Producer: John Wood
Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Author: Traditional; Production
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Vocals: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Performer
Arranger: Trevor Lucas; Composer
Composer: Dave Pegg; Composer

3. The Brilliancy Medley & Cherokee Shuffle

by Fairport Convention

Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Composer: Traditional; Composer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Arranger: Fairport Convention; Composer
Actor: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Production
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production
Actor/ Singer: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Other

4. To Althea From Prison

by Fairport Convention

Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Composer: Dave Swarbrick; Composer
Actor: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Production
Actor/ Singer: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Other
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Author: Richard Lovelace; Production
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production

5. Tokyo

by Fairport Convention

Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Actor: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Production
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Actor/ Singer: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Other
Composer: Jerry Donahue; Composer
Composer Lyricist: Jerry Donahue; Other

6. Bring 'Em Down

by Fairport Convention

Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Vocals: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Performer
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Composer Lyricist: Trevor Lucas; Other
Composer: Trevor Lucas; Composer
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production

7. Big William

by Fairport Convention

Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Composer: Dave Swarbrick; Composer
Actor: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Production
Author: Trevor Lucas; Production
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Actor/ Singer: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Other
Composer Lyricist: Dave Swarbrick; Other

8. Pleasure & Pain

by Fairport Convention

Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Actor: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Production
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Actor/ Singer: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Other
Composer Lyricist: Trevor Lucas
Dave Swarbrick; Other
Composer: Dave Swarbrick
Trevor Lucas; Composer
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production

9. Possibly Parsons Green

by Fairport Convention

Acoustic Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas; Performer
Bass Guitar: Dave Mattacks
Dave Pegg; Performer
Primary Artist: Fairport Convention; Main Performer
Drums: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Electric Guitar: Jerry Donahue
Terry Donahue; Performer
Fiddle: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Keyboard: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Mandolin: Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Percussion: Dave Mattacks; Performer
Performer: Dave Mattacks
Jerry Donahue
Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg
Dave Swarbrick
Terry Donahue; Performer
Viola: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Violin: Dave Swarbrick; Performer
Composer: Trevor Lucas; Composer
Actor: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Production
Author: Peter William Roche; Production
Engineer: John Wood; Production
Producer: Fairport Convention
Trevor Lucas
John M. Wood; Production
Studio Personnel: John Wood; Production
Actor/ Singer: Trevor Lucas
Dave Pegg; Other
Composer Lyricist: Trevor Lucas; Other

Technical Specifications

Volume

1 volume only

Tracks

9 tracks available

Type

ALBUM

Format

Digital Media

Duration

38 minutes and 15 seconds

Explicit

None

Coverart

Available and up to 640x640 px

Booklet

Not available

Max Quality

CD Quality (Lossless)

16bit / 44.1 kHz

Stereo

Audio Extension

Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF

Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA

Archive Format

Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR

Lyrics

7/9 tracks have lyrics

Synchronized Lyrics

2/9 tracks have synced lyrics

Genres

Pop/Rock

Label

Universal-Island Records Ltd.

Music Distribution Service

Unknown

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English (United States)

Popularity

Release Date

Dec 31, 1972

Track Preview

Available

Delivery Charge

Free

Delivery Method

Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site

UPC

73145127562

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Nine

1. The Hexhamshire Lass

2. Polly On The Shore

3. The Brilliancy Medley & Cherokee Shuffle

4. To Althea From Prison

5. Tokyo

6. Bring 'Em Down

7. Big William

8. Pleasure & Pain

9. Possibly Parsons Green

Technical Specifications

Nine

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1. The Hexhamshire Lass

2. Polly On The Shore

3. The Brilliancy Medley & Cherokee Shuffle

4. To Althea From Prison

5. Tokyo

6. Bring 'Em Down

7. Big William

8. Pleasure & Pain

9. Possibly Parsons Green

Technical Specifications