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