Moat on the Ledge: Live at Broughton Castle, August '81 explained

Moat on the Ledge
Type:	live
Artist:	Fairport Convention
Cover:	FairportMoatLedge.jpg
Released:	1982
Recorded:	15 August 1981
Genre:	Folk rock
Label:	Woodworm
Producer:	Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg
Prev Title:	Farewell Farewell
Prev Year:	1979
Year:	1982
Next Title:	Gladys' Leap
Next Year:	1985

Moat on the Ledge: Live at Broughton Castle, August '81 is a live folk rock album by Fairport Convention. The album was produced by Simon Nicol and Dave Pegg.

The album was recorded during an early reunion festival, held at Broughton Castle in August 1981, before that event finally settled in its current Cropredy venue.^[1] It features a reunion appearance by Richard Thompson and the first public performance in some years by Judy Dyble.

It was originally released in 1982 as Woodworm WR001 (the number appeared on the label but not the sleeve), it has had various reissues, most recently on the 2007 Eagle Records CD ER 20109-2 and the 2014 Let Them Eat Vinyl LP LETV155LP.

Track listing

Side 1

"Walk Awhile" (Dave Swarbrick, Richard Thompson) – 4:08
"Country Pie" (Bob Dylan) – 3:23
"Rosie" (Swarbrick) – 4:15
"Matty Groves" (Traditional, arrangement by Fairport Convention) – 9:30

Side 2

"Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:25
"Poor Will and the Hangman" (Thompson, Swarbrick) – 5:37
"The Brilliancy Medley" / "Cherokee Shuffle" (Trad., arr. Fairport) – 3:27
"Woman or a Man" (Thompson) – 3:20
"High School Confidential" (Jerry Lee Lewis, Ron Hargrave) – 4:20

Personnel

Dave Swarbrick – vocals, fiddle, mandolin
Richard Thompson – vocals, electric guitar
Simon Nicol – vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Dave Pegg – bass
Dave Mattacks – drums
Bruce Rowland – drums

Guest musicians

Judy Dyble – vocals on "Both Sides Now"
Ralph McTell – electric guitar on "High School Confidential"

Notes and References

Book: Humphries, Patrick . Meet on the Ledge – a history of Fairport Convention . Eel Pie . London . 1982 . 103 . 0-906008-46-8 .