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Fairport Convention - 'Babbacombe' Lee

Fairport Convention - 'Babbacombe' Lee

Musician: Fairport Convention
Album title: 'Babbacombe' Lee
Style: Folk Rock
Country: UK
Size MP3 version: 1915 mb
Size APE version: 1863 mb
Size WMA version: 1959 mb
Rating ✫: 4.7
Votes: 809
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Genre: Rock

Fairport Convention - 'Babbacombe' Lee


Tracklist

A [1-5] John's Reflection On His Boyhood, His Introduction To Miss Keyes And The Glen, His Restlessness, And His Struggles With His Family, Finally Successful, To Join The Navy. 6:19
A [6-8] This Was The Happiest Period In His Life. All Locked Set Fair For A Career Until He Was Stricken With Sickness And Invalided Out Of His Chosen Niche In Life. Reluctantly And Unhappily He Turned To A Number Of Menial Occupations And Finally Returned To The Services Of Miss Keyes. 10:12
A [9-10] Tragedy Now Strikes Hard. The World's Imagination Is Caught By The Brutal Senseless Of The Apparent Criminal Who Slays His Kind Old Mistress. 3:57
B [11-12] John Was Hardly More Than A Bewildered Observer At His Own Trial, Not Being Allowed To Say More Than A Few Words. The Tides Of Fate Wash Him To The Condemned Cell Where He Waits Three Sad Weeks For His Last Night On Earth. 7:32
B [13-15] When It Comes, He Cannot Sleep, But When He Does, A Strange, Prophetic Dream Comes To Him, And Helps Him To Bear The Strain Of His Next Day's Ordeal As Scaffold And Its Crew Try In Vain Three Times To Take His Life. 13:20

Companies, etc.

  • Recorded At – Sound Techniques, London

Credits

  • Design – Roberta Nicol
  • Drums, Harmonium, Electric Piano, Tambourine – Dave Mattacks
  • Engineer – John Wood
  • Producer – John Wood, Simon Nicol
  • Vocals, Bass, Mandolin – Dave Pegg
  • Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Dulcimer [Electric] – Simon Nicol
  • Vocals, Fiddle, Viola, Mandolin – Dave Swarbrick

Notes

Single LP cover, not a gatefold.
Vinyl has blue labels with sunset Island logo.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
ILPS 9176 Fairport Convention "Babbacombe" Lee ‎(LP, Album) Island Records ILPS 9176 UK 1971
ILPS 9176 Fairport Convention "Babbacombe" Lee ‎(LP, Album, RE, Gat) Island Records ILPS 9176 UK Unknown
512 755-2, IMCD 153 Fairport Convention 'Babbacombe' Lee ‎(CD, Album) Island Records, Island Masters 512 755-2, IMCD 153 UK 1992
SIL-934,457 Fairport Convention "Babbacombe" Lee ‎(LP, Album) Island Records SIL-934,457 Australia 1971
UICY-9484 Fairport Convention "Babbacombe" Lee ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM) Island Records, Island Remasters UICY-9484 Japan 2004



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My copy has the blue rim Island palm tree label - can anyone help date this? I'm thinking 1975-1977.