Fairport Convention - (1/4) 30 June 1971. Live on Ainsdale Beach nr Southport, England.

[swingfest]

Love this so much. Swarbs looks cool too, wish I was born in the era I could have been there.

[shldnbschmn]

christ, i miss this...

[cuseofmuncubis]

simon nicol with fender gibson custom hybrid.

[nightchef57]

It's funny, I saw Furthur (the latest neo-Grateful Dead project) earlier this year and was struck by how much "Morning Dew" sounded like an early Fairport song. And now I'm being struck by how much this sounds like a Dead song (Swarbrick is practically channeling Jerry's lead style on his mandolin solos). Some interesting shared DNA between the two bands.

[crapitoutjim]

Wow Swarb on electric mandolin. Absolutely fantastic. Brilliant stuff.

[angieb1970]

We were there. Summer of 1970. On Ainsdale Beach, Young and carefree ;-)

[stanleymoon]

Looked like a male Hells Angel to me

[9wolfy9]

The shot of the girl in the ss uniform at 3.57 is weird considering this was 5 years before punks started flirting with nazi imagery.

[novadrian]

@9wolfy9 Many British Hell's Angels and bikers wore Nazi memorabilia in the 60s...not because of any Nazi sympathies but because it looked cool and there was plenty available in Army Navy surplus stores. Remember this was only 20-25 years after the end of the 2nd World War. Likewise standard hippie gear among students of the time was an Army combat jacket or a long greatcoat (with shoulder length hairand by1969 with the first Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath album tucked under your arm)

[mickigoe]

Was there ever a more phlegmatic , or better , drummer than Mattacks ? Thanks so much sps for these and the Steeleye ones - didn't think there was such great footage available from those halcyon days.

[diskochimp]

I love this period of Fairport, thanks for posting...

[yujitull0523]

最高すぎる！！！

[steadythebuffs]

Nice one sirpatrickspens for this great footage. Love this band. Pegg is god

[mapior]

The camera should have remained rooted to drummer DM throughout.

His skill even today is held in high esteem and this shows why.....

[nkfiddler13]

This says 1/4 - does that imply that there's more?

[nkfiddler13]

AWESOME! Where did this come from!?!?!