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Fairport Convention - Heyday: BBC Radio Sessions, 1968-1969 [UK Bonus Tracks]

Primary Artist
Fairport Convention
Album Title
Heyday: BBC Radio Sessions, 1968-1969 [UK Bonus Tracks]
Release Date
February 5, 2002 
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Review by Richie Unterberger
In its previous edition (first released in 1987), Heyday was an important document of Fairport Convention's early days, its dozen tracks including numerous songs (mostly folk-rock covers) that they didn't put on their late-'60s albums. The 2002 edition adds to its value considerably by adding eight more tracks, all of them also taken from 1968-1969 BBC recordings, with all 20 of the songs featuring the lineups (with varying personnel) in which Sandy Denny was included. The 12 songs that were also on the original release, though, remain the most interesting due to the absence of studio counterparts, but also due to their exceptional quality. Read More