Heyday (Fairport Convention album)

Heyday

Live album by Fairport Convention

Released

1987

Recorded

May 28, 1968-Mar 18, 1969

Genre

folk rock

Length

38:55

Label

Hannibal

Producer

Bernie Andrews, Johnny Beerling, Keith Stewart

Fairport Convention chronology

House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour
(1986)

Heyday
(1987)

25th Anniversary Concert
(1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Heyday: the BBC Radio Sessions 1968–69 is an album by English folk rock band Fairport Convention first released in 1987. As its title suggests, it consists of live versions of songs recorded for John Peel's Top Gear radio programmes.

Track listing

Side one

"Close the Door Lightly When You Go" (Andersen) – 2:56
"I Don't Know Where I Stand" (Mitchell) – 3:40
"Some Sweet Day" (Bryant, Bryant) – 2:18
"Reno, Nevada" (Farina) – 2:18
"Suzanne" (Leonard Cohen) – 5:27
"If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong" (Hutchings, Thompson) – 3:12

Side two

"I Still Miss Someone" (Johnny Cash, Cash) – 2:37
"Bird on a Wire" (Cohen) – 2:36
"Gone, Gone, Gone" (Everly, Everly) – 2:10
"Tried So Hard" (Clark) – 2:48
"Shattering Live Experience" (Nicol) – 3:19
"Percy's Song" (Bob Dylan) – 5:34

Bonus tracks on 2002 edition

"You Never Wanted Me" – 3:18
"Nottamun Town" – 3:37
"Fotheringay" – 3:01
"Si tu dois partir" – 2:28
"Cajun Woman" – 2:47
"Autopsy" (Sandy Denny) – 4:26
"Reynardine" – 4:24
"Tam Lin" – 7:49

Personnel

Musicians:^[2]

Ashley Hutchings – bass
Martin Lamble – drums
Richard Thompson – guitar
Simon Nicol – guitar
Ian Matthews, Richard Thompson, Sandy Denny – vocals
Ric Grech - Violin on Cajun Woman and Si Tu Dois Partir
Dave Swarbrick - Violin on Reynardine and Tam Lin
Dave Mattacks - Drums on Reynardine and Tam Lin

Additional personal:^[2]

Joe Boyd – liner notes
Bernie Andrews – producer (tracks side 1: 1 to 3, 5, 6, side 2: 3, 6)
Johnny Beerling – producer (tracks side 2: 2)
Keith Stewart – producer (tracks side 1: 4, side 2: 1, 4, 5)
Ashley Hutchings, Frank Kornelussen, Joe Boyd – compilation

References

↑ "allmusic ((( Heyday: BBC Radio Sessions, 1968-1969 > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
1 2 "Fairport Convention - Heyday - The BBC Sessions 1968-1969 (CD, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-08-09.

Fairport Convention

Simon Nicol Dave Pegg Ric Sanders Chris Leslie Gerry Conway Richard Thompson Ashley Hutchings Shaun Frater Martin Lamble Judy Dyble Iain Matthews Sandy Denny Dave Swarbrick Dave Mattacks Roger Hill Tom Farnall David Rea Trevor Lucas Jerry Donahue Paul Warren Bruce Rowland Dan Ar Braz Bob Brady Roger Burridge Maartin Allcock Discography

Studio albums	Fairport Convention (1968) What We Did on Our Holidays (1969) Unhalfbricking (1969) Liege & Lief (1969) Full House (1970) Angel Delight (1971) "Babbacombe" Lee (1971) Rosie (1973) Nine (1973) Rising for the Moon (1975) Gottle O'Geer (1976) The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977) Tipplers Tales (1978) Gladys' Leap (1985) Expletive Delighted! (1986) In Real Time: Live '87 (1987) Red & Gold (1988) The Five Seasons (1990) Jewel in the Crown (1995) Old New Borrowed Blue (1996) Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1997) The Wood and the Wire (2000) XXXV (2001) Over the Next Hill (2004) Sense of Occasion (2007) Festival Bell (2011) By Popular Request (2012) Myths and Heroes (2015)

Singles	"If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968) "Meet on the Ledge" (1968) "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969) "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969) "If (Stomp)" (1970) "Now Be Thankful" (1970)

Live albums	Fairport Live Convention (1974) Live at the L.A. Troubadour (1977) Farewell Farewell (1979) Moat on the Ledge - Live at Broughton Castle (1982) House Full (1986) Heyday (1987) 25th Anniversary Concert (1992) Cropredy 98 (1999) The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2004) Journeyman's Grace (2005) Live at the BBC (2007) Off the Desk (2008) Live at Cropredy 08 (2009) Babbacombe Lee - Live Again (2012)

Compilations	History of Fairport Convention (1972) Tour Sampler (1975) Fairport Chronicles (1976) The Woodworm Years (1991) A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 - 1969 Meet On the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975 Some of Our Yesterdays Fairport Convention (2002 compilation) Then & Now 1982 - 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention Rhythm of the Times (2003) Across the Decades (2003)

Box sets	The Cropredy Box (1998)

Related articles	Fairport's Cropredy Convention (Cropredy Festival) Fairport's Cropredy Convention Line-ups (Cropredy Festival) Electric folk Jethro Tull

Sandy Denny

Solo albums	The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Sandy Like an Old Fashioned Waltz Rendezvous Gold Dust

Live albums	Gold Dust 19 Rupert St

Compilations	It's Sandy Denny Who Knows Where the Time Goes? The Best of Sandy Denny The Attic Tracks 1972–1984 The BBC Sessions 1971–1973 Listen Listen - An Introduction to Sandy Denny No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology The Best of Sandy Denny (20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection) The Collection A Boxful of Treasures Where The Time Goes - Sandy '67 Live at the BBC The Best of the BBC Recordings The Music Weaver: Sandy Denny Remembered Sandy Denny The Notes and the Word: A Collection of Demos and Rarities

Albums with the Strawbs	All Our Own Work Sandy Denny and the Strawbs All Our Own Work: The Complete Sessions Remastered

Albums with Fairport Convention	What We Did on Our Holidays Unhalfbricking Liege & Lief Fairport Live Convention Rising for the Moon Heyday: the BBC Radio Sessions 1968–69

Albums with Fotheringay	Fotheringay Fotheringay 2

Albums with The Bunch	Rock On

Collaborations	Alex Campbell and His Friends Sandy and Johnny (split album with Johnny Silvo) Don't Stop Singing (Thea Gilmore)

Guest appearances	Led Zeppelin: "The Battle of Evermore" The Who: Tommy The Young Tradition: Galleries Stefan Grossman: Ragtime Cowboy Jew

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