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Fairport Convention - Now Be Thankful: the BBC Full House Sessions (1970)

Track listing:
CD1
  1. Walk Awhile 4:06
  2. Flatback Caper 6:48
  3. Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman 5:19
  4. Flatback Caper 4:14
  5. Open The Door Homer 3:05
  6. Bonny Black Hare 4:00
  7. Sir Patrick Spens 3:30
  8. Sir B.McKenzie 6:37
  9. The Bonny Bunch Of Roses 11:48
  10. Dirty Linen 4:15
  11. Flowers Of The Forest 3:38
CD2
  1. Sir B.McKenzie 6:38
  2. Tam Lin 8:04
  3. The Journeyman's Grace 4:58
  4. Dirty Linen 4:02
  5. Now Be Thankful 3:58
  6. Bridge Over The River Danube 2:47
  7. Staines Morris 3:46
  8. Sir Patrick Spens 2:15
  9. Sickness & Diseases 4:21

Notes


Disc One:

01.The Deserter (****Removed as may be Offically released****)
02.Walk Awhile
03.Flatback Caper
04.Poor Will & The Jolly Hangman
05.Flatback Caper
06.Open The Door Homer
07.Bonny Black Hare
08.Sir Patrick Spens
09.Sir B.McKenzie
10.The Deserter (****Removed as may be officially released****)
11.Hangman's Reel (****Removed as has been officially released****)
12.The Bonny Bunch Of Roses
13.Dirty Linen
14.Flowers Of The Forest
15.Now Be Thankful (****Removed as may have been officially released****)

1-4:April 20th 1970,5-7:April 21st 1970,8-12:July 7th 1970,13-15:July 9th 1970

Disc Two:

01.The Deserter (****Removed as may have been officially released****)
02.Sir B.McKenzie
03.Tam Lin
04.The Journeyman's Grace
05.Dirty Linen
06.Now Be Thankful
07.Bridge Over The River Danube
08.Staines Morris
09.Sir Patrick Spens
10.Tunes My Mother Taught Me (****Removed as has been officially released****)
11.Sickness & Diseases
12.The Journeyman's Grace (****Removed as has been offically released****)
13.Now Be Thankful (****Removed as may have been officially released****)

1-3:July 9th 1970,4-9:October 13th 1970,10-13:November 12th 1970.

Disc two tracks 4-9 were recorded live at the Royal Albert Hall, introduced by John Peel
All other tracks recorded live in BBC studios.
The July 9th Session has spoken introductions by Simon Nicol.

Info from Scott Abbot's Fairport Setlists:

Apr. 20, 1970 - Top Gear, BBC Radio
The Deserter, Walk Awhile, Flatback Caper,
Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman, Doctor of Physick
(1-4 broadcast 5-2-70, 1-5 broadcast 8-1-70)

Apr. 21, 1970 - Sounds of the Seventies, BBC Radio
Open the Door Richard, Flatback Caper, Sir Patrick Spens,
Bonny Black Hare
(1-3 broadcast 4-27-70, 4 broadcast 5-25-70)

July 7, 1970 - BBC Radio One In Concert
Sir Patrick Spens, Jigs and Reels, The Deserter, Hangman's Reel,
Bonny Bunch of Roses
(broadcast 7-27-70)

July 9, 1970 - BBC Radio One in Concert (Folk on Sunday)
Dirty Linen, Flowers of the Forest, Now Be Thankful, The Deserter,
Jigs and Reels, Tam Lin
(broadcast 8-2-70)

Oct. 15, 1970 - BBC Radio One Sunday Show
Journeyman's Grace, Dirty Linen, Now Be Thankful,
Bridge Over The River Ash, Staines Morris, Sir Patrick Spens
(broadcast 10-25-70)

Nov. 12, 1970 - Sounds of the Seventies, BBC Radio
Tunes My Mother Taught Me, Sickness and Diseases, Journeyman's Grace,
Now Be Thankful
(broadcast 11-19-70)