In December 1980, “New Routes” label released “The Five Seasons”, the seventeenth Fairport Convention studio album. It was recorded April – August 1990, at “Woodworm Studios” in Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire, and was produced by Dave Mattacks and Simon Nicol.

Personnel:

• Dave Mattacks – drums, percussion, keyboards, harpsichord, mixing
• Simon Nicol – vocals, guitars, dobro, mixing
• Maartin Allcock – vocals, guitars, bouzouki, mandolin, accordion, keyboards
• Ric Sanders – violin
• Dave Pegg – vocals, acoustic and bass guitars
• Tim Matyear – engineer
• Barry Hammond – mixing

Track listing:

1. Claudy Banks – traditional
2. Cup of Tea! / A Loaf of Bread / Miss Monahan’s – Maartin Allcock, traditional
3. All Your Beauty – Barry Lowe, Martin White
4. Sock In It – Dave Whetstone
5. Gold – Peter Blegvad
6. Ginnie – Huw Williams
7. Mock Morris ’90 (The Green Man/The Cropredy Badger/Molly On The Jetty) – Ric Sanders
8. The Card Song / Shuffle the Pack – Maartin Allcock, Dave Mattacks, Simon Nicol
9. The Wounded Whale – Archie Fisher, traditional