Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Fairport Convention album) explained

Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Type:	studio
Artist:	Fairport Convention
Cover:	FairportWhoKnows.jpg
Released:	June 1997
Recorded:	1995–1997
Genre:	British folk rock
Label:	Woodworm
Producer:	Fairport Convention, Mark Tucker
Prev Title:	Old New Borrowed Blue
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	The Wood and the Wire
Next Year:	1999

Who Knows Where the Time Goes? is the twentieth studio album released in 1997 by British folk rock band Fairport Convention. It is a mixture of studio and live tracks recorded by Mark Tucker at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire, The Cropredy Festival 1995 and the Fairport Convention Winter Tour 1997.^[1] It was Fairport Convention's first studio album with singer and violinist Chris Leslie, who replaced Maartin Allcock and would become a mainstay in the band.

The cover photograph was taken at Barford St. Michael Post Office, Oxfordshire.^[2]

Track listing

1. "John Gaudie" (Chris Leslie) 5:05^[3]
2. "Sailing Boat" (Anna Ryder) 5:25
3. "Here's to Tom Paine" (Steve Tilston) 5:14
4. "The Bowman's Retreat" (Ric Sanders) 3:02
5. "Spanish Main" (Martin Allcock, Chris Leslie) 4:28
6. "The Golden Glove" (Traditional lyric; tune Sally Barker) 6:04^[4]
7. "Slipology" (Ric Sanders) 3:00
8. "Wishfulness Waltz" (Alan Franks)/"Moonlight On The Water" (Benny Thomasson) 5:42
9. "Life's a Long Song" (Ian Anderson) 2:35
10. "Dangerous" (Kristina Olsen) 4:38
11. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) 3:50^[5]
12. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Sandy Denny) 6:31^[6]

Personnel

Fairport Convention

• Simon Nicol guitar, vocals
• Ric Sanders violin
• Chris Leslie mandolin, violin, vocals, bouzouki, guitar
• Dave Pegg bass guitar, vocals
• Dave Mattacks drums, glockenspiel, keyboards

Additional personnel

• Helen Miller trombone
• Sharron Naylor background vocals
• Richard Thompson guitars
• Roy Wood instrumentation
• John Dent mastering
• Mark Tucker recording, production & mixing
• Andy Price design

Release history

• 1997, June : Woodworm Records UK CD, WRCD025
• 1998, March : Folkprint, UK limited edition LP, FP 005 PLP, with slightly different track list
• 2000 : Mooncrest Records, as Wishfulness Waltz, CRESTCD 048Z / CRESTCD 048, UK reissue with alternate packaging and bonus live tracks

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where the Time Goes? . Mainly Norfolk . 2017-05-08.
2. Web site: Fairport Convention Fansite " Expletive-Delighted!" Discography Who Knows Where The Time Goes? . Ian & Stephanie Rennie . 2009-11-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/20071023213746/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk:80/fcfansite/album-wkwttg.htm . October 23, 2007 .
3. Includes "John Gaudie" and "Jack Brook Da Prison Door", "Donald Blue" and "The Bonnie Isle O'Whalsay", all Trad. Arr. Chris Leslie
4. Web site: The Golden Glove . Mainly Norfolk . 2017-05-08 .
5. With Richard Thompson & Roy Wood, live from Cropredy 1995
6. Live from Canterbury Marlowe Theatre, March 1997