Folk rock group Fairport Convention is usually credited as the first British folk rock band. Founded in 1967 and initially covering songs by artists such as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, they developed a devoted niche following by providing electrified and upbeat versions of traditional folk tunes alongside their own compositions. In a career spanning over 50 years, notable for numerous changes of line-up as well as continued success, Fairport Convention have issued over 50 albums.
| Release date | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| June 1968 | Fairport Convention | |
| January 1969 | What We Did on Our Holidays (titled Fairport Convention in the USA) | |
| July 1969 | Unhalfbricking | |
| December 1969 | Liege & Lief | |
| July 1970 | Full House | |
| June 1971 | Angel Delight | |
| November 1971 | "Babbacombe" Lee | |
| March 1973 | Rosie | |
| October 1973 | Nine | |
| June 1975 | Rising for the Moon | |
| May 1976 | Gottle O'Geer – credited to "Fairport featuring Dave Swarbrick" in the US, to "Fairport" in the UK | |
| July 1977 | The Bonny Bunch of Roses | |
| May 1978 | Tipplers Tales | |
| August 1985 | Gladys' Leap | |
| August 1986 | Expletive Delighted! | |
| 1987 | Heyday | |
| December 1988 | Red & Gold | |
| December 1990 | The Five Seasons | |
| January 1995 | Jewel in the Crown | |
| May 1996 | Old New Borrowed Blue – Studio/Live, credited to "Fairport Acoustic Convention" | |
| June 1997 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? | |
| November 1999 | The Wood and the Wire | |
| March 2000 | Wishfulness Waltz (New version of the Who Knows Where The Time Goes?, with a new title, new artwork, and 4 bonus tracks taken from The Cropredy Box) | |
| February 2002 | XXXV | |
| September 2004 | Over the Next Hill | |
| February 2007 | Sense of Occasion | |
| January 2011 | Festival Bell | |
| January 2012 | By Popular Request | |
| January 2015 | Myths and Heroes | |
| January 2017 | ||
| January 2020 | Shuffle and Go |
| Date | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| July 1974 | Fairport Live Convention (titled A Moveable Feast in the USA) | |
| January 1977 | Live at the L.A. Troubadour (Recorded Sept 1970) | |
| 1979 | Farewell Farewell (aka Encore Encore) | |
| 1982 | Moat on the Ledge – Live at Broughton Castle (Recorded 15 August 1981) | |
| June 1986 | (Recorded Sept 1970) | |
| December 1987 | (recorded "as live" in the studio) | |
| October 1994 | 25th Anniversary Concert | |
| 1997 | Encore, encore | |
| 1998 | The Cropredy Box (3-CD set) | |
| 1999 | Cropredy 98[1] | |
| 2000 | Kind Fortune (2-CD set – the first live, the second a compilation) | |
| 2002 | From Cropredy to Portmeirion (Recorded 1990) | |
| 2002 | The Airing Cupboard Tapes (Recorded 1971–1974) | |
| 2002 | Cropredy 2002 (2-CD set) | |
| 2004 | The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2-CD set + interview DVD, recorded at Cropredy 1986 & 1987) | |
| 2004 | Cropredy Capers: 25 Years of Fairport Convention and Friends at Cropredy Festival (4-CD set) | |
| 2005 | Journeyman's Grace | |
| 2005 | Acoustically Down Under (Recorded 1996) | |
| 2006 | Off the Desk | |
| 2007 | Live at the BBC | |
| 2007 | Who Knows? 1975 | |
| 2007 | On the Ledge (2-CD set, 35th Anniversary Concert) | |
| 2008 | Live at Cropredy '08 | |
| January 2012 | Babbacombe Lee Live Again | |
| August 2013 | Live at the LA Troubadour (live album featuring Sandy Denny issued on the Rising For the Moon Deluxe Edition) | |
| 2018 | What We Did on Our Saturday | |
| 2021 | Off the Desk 2020 | |
| 2024 | A live Recording – UK October tour 2023 |
| Release date | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | The History of Fairport Convention | |
| 1975 | Tour Sampler (UK Only issue) | |
| July 1976 | Fairport Chronicles[2] USA Only A&M Records SP3530 | |
| 1983 | Folk With Poke (Instrumentals And Sloth) Studio / live (Australia-only compilation) | |
| 1991 | The Woodworm Years (includes solo material from Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol, Martin Allcock, and Ric Sanders) | |
| 1995 | A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 – 1969 | |
| 1998 | Close to the Wind (Various songs taken from Red and Gold, The Five Seasons, and the bonus track on the 1995 re-release of Red & Gold) | |
| 1999 | Meet on the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967–1975 (2-CD set) | |
| 1999 | Fiddlestix: The Best of Fairport, 1972–1984 | |
| 2001 | Some of Our Yesterdays | |
| 2002 | Fairport Convention (2002 compilation) | |
| 2002 | Then & Now 1982 – 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention | |
| February 2003 | Rhythm of the Times (1985–1990) | |
| 2003 | Shines Like Gold (3-CD set) | |
| 2003 | Across the Decades (2-CD set) | |
| 2006 | The Classic Collection (2-CD set) | |
| January 2009 | Fame and Glory | |
| 2017 | The Essential Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where The Time Goes? (3-CD set) | |
| 2017 | Come All Ye: The First Ten Years (7-CD set) |