Live At The L.A Troubadour

An Album With History

Fairport Convention Live at the L.A. Troubadour begat House Full: Live at the L.A. Troubadour which in begat Full House: Live at the L.A. Troubadour 2, which is basically a combination of the first two albums. Having said that and no matter which way you look at it this is one hell of a live session from this Fairport line up. It's raw and undiluted, the band at its very best and most certainly an album worth hunting down, putting on your turntable or in your CD player, and then cranking up the volume....and dance till you drop...then do it all over again.

Fairport Convention - Live at The L.A Troubadour

(LP) Island Records HELP 28 (January 1977)

Richard Thompson, vocals, lead guitar, dulcimer
Simon Nicol, vocals, rhythm guitar, mandolin
Dave Swarbrick, vocals, fiddle, mandolin;
Dave Pegg, backing vocals, bass guitar, mandolin;
Dave Mattacks, drums.

with: Linda Thompson (track 4)

Track 1 is mistakedly shown on the LP/Sleeve as Toss the Feathers, it is actually the Lark in The Morning medley

Track 3 is listed just as "Bonnie Kate" but is in fact that tune followed by the three tunes that made up the "Sir B. McKenzies" single B-Side played in a different order.

Track 4 is actually an outtake from the Full House sessions with new vocals by Richard & Linda Thompson overdubbed in March 1975.

Track 7 is listed only as "Mason's Apron"

House Full

Live at the L.A. Troubadour
Fairport Convention

Hannibal HNBL1319 (LP, UK, 1986)
Hannibal HNCD1319 (CD, UK, 1990)

Original live 8 track recordings engineered by John Wood at the Troubadour, Los Angeles, September 4, 5, and 6, 1970
Produced by Joe Boyd & Frank Kornelussen
Mixed by Jerry Boys, Livingston Studios, London, April 7 and 8, 1986
Except Island tracks 9 and 10 produced by Joe Boyd & Fairport Convention

This LP/CD contains some tracks recorded at the same time as those issued on the orginal Live at the L.A. Troubadour and some that were actually released on that LP.
Track 2 is re-edited and remixed and is longer than the original version
Tracks 3 is re-mastered and listed wrongly as Toss the Feathers
Track 4 is a different take from that released on the earlier LP
Track 6 is re-mastered
Track 7 is re-edited and remixed and is shorter than the original version and is just listed as Mason's Apron

All tracks trad. arr. Fairport Concention except
Track 4 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick
Track 8 Pipe Major Robertson

House Full 2

Live at the L.A. Troubadour
Fairport Convention

Island IMCD 289 (CD, UK, October 2001)

Fairport Convention

All tracks trad. arr. Fairport Convention except
Track 4 Richard Thompson, Dave Swarbrick
Track 7b trad arr. Dave Swarbrick
Track 9b Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson
Track 10 Marilyn Keith, Alan Bergman, Norman Luboff

Two Places Called The Troubadour

The L.A. Troubadour

where this album was recorded

and it's still offering fine music

Welcome to The Troubadour

the last 50’s coffee house in

Earl’s Court, London, UK with a

proud history as a low temperature

centre of courtesy, peace and

artistic energy. Sandy Denny

played here

side 1

Toss The Feathers

Matty Groves

Bonnie Kate

Poor Will And The Jolly Hangman

side 2

Sloth

Banks Of The Sweet Primroses

Mason's Apron

Yellow Bird

House Full

side 1

Sir Patrick Spens

Banks of the Sweet Primroses

The Lark in the Morning Medley

Sloth

side 2

Staines Morris

Matty Groves

The Mason's Apron

Battle of the Somme

Sir Patrick Spens (3:28)

Banks of the Sweet Primroses (4:37)

The Lark in the Morning Medley (3:53)

Sloth (12:18)

Staines Morris (3:44)

Matty Groves (8:43)

Jenny's Chickens / The Mason's Apron (4:41)

Battle of the Somme (5:01)

Bonnie Kate / Sir B. MacKenzie's (4:56)

Yellow Bird (2:17)