Fairport Convention – Rising For The Moon (1975) 24-bit/96kHz Vinyl Rip
Folk-Rock | 1975 UK LP | Island ILPS 9313
Although there's nothing here as overpowering as "Sailor's Life" or "Sloth," this record is still a choice release, as Sandy Denny's official return to Fairport. She wrote or co-wrote seven of its 11 songs, and dominates most of the others with her voice. This line-up (Denny, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg, Jerry Donahue, Trevor Lucas, and Bruce Rowland, with Dave Mattacks -- who quit partway through -- drumming on some of the tracks) went for the gold with rock veteran Glyn Johns in the producer's spot. The result was the only Fairport album done after the departure of Richard Thompson that doesn't sound anemic in the electric guitar department. Some of the songs, especially the title track and "Restless," have the feel of compact, breezy pop/country-rock, reminiscent of the Eagles or Firefall, although it's hard to imagine either of those groups turning in anything with the ethereal beauty of Denny's performance on "White Dress" or "Dawn." Those songs and "Stranger to Himself" could easily have been on one of her solo albums. Others, like Trevor Lucas' "Iron Lion," sound almost like Fairport's version of the Rolling Stones' "Dead Flowers." Only the Swarbrick/Pegg "Night-Time Girl" resembles Fairport's established work from their earlier history. This was the last album and the last incarnation of Fairport Convention to present itself to the public as a contemporary rock group. Beyond this point, they became part of the folk revival circuit, albeit with a huge audience. Bruce Eder, allmusic.
Track listing:
01. Rising For The Moon
02. Restless
03. White Dress
04. Let It Go
05. Stranger To Himself
06. What Is True
07. Iron Lion
08. Dawn
09. After Halloween
10. Night-Time Girl
11. One More Chance
Personnel:
Sandy Denny: vocals, piano
Trevor Lucas: vocals, rhythm guitar
Dave Swarbrick: vocals, violin, mandolin, dulcimer
Jerry Donahue: lead guitar
Dave Pegg: bass, mandolin, backing vocals
Dave Mattacks: drums ("Rising for the Moon", "Restless", "White Dress", "Dawn", "One More Chance")
Bruce Rowland: drums ("Let It Go", "Stranger to Himself", "What Is True", "Iron Lion", "After Halloween", "Night-Time Girl")
Recorded at Olympic Studios.
Produced and engineered by Glyn Johns
Technicals:
Knosti RCM.
Michell GyroDec full version.
Funk Firm FXR II Tonearm.
Audio Technica AT33PTG/II MC Cartridge.
Harman Kardon HK990 Integrated Amplifier.
Gold Interconnects. E-MU 0204 Audio Interface.
Recording, split and manual de-click with Adobe Audition 3.0.1
Click Repair 3.8.4
Vinyl transfer by son-of-albion