Fairport Convention - The Hiring Fair

The Hiring Fair is one of my favourite songs, written by Ralph McTell and performed by Fairport Convention. You can find this particular version on their Cropredy 98 CD. The clips are taken from Tess (1979) and Far From The Madding Crowd (1998), both adaptations of Thomas Hardy novels.

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[sparebone]

Natasha Kinski has wonderful lips. And a beautiful Tess that is true. what is wrong with the video at moments - it goes into lsd wobbly mode at times. This would be perfect to see on Brighton Beach as something prepared for the film festival for a peaceful moment watching the sun go down.

[1northcountrygirl]

Sorry about the wobbly bits. Interestingly, they all come from the Madding Crowd although not all the Madding Crowd clips are like that. I don't know how to fix it - not a teccy, you see.

[Onlydreamin1959]

How could this not be more beautiful? The strings....the lyrics..... purely perect music.

[MITCHWILD]

I've got a lump in my throat now.......one of my favorite FC songs, young romance, nothing quite like it.

[cadillacslim73]

I love this song, really evokes a beautiful beautiful thing ...

[operalover67]

is the girl therein nastassja kinski?

[operalover67]

bellissima...dolcissima...bell­issima nastassja kinski...è lei?

[cherrybombsingsong]

beautiful song. am-a-zing fiddle playing. beautiful video. thankyou for uploading.

[ailsacewri]

nie but not as nice as it was at cropredy this year

[utopiah7]

saw ralph at cropredy this year i was amazed they played both of my favourites crazy man michael as well as this, best festival on the planet keep it going guys.........

[sanjuancb]

I love this but what I wouldn't do to have the Garnet Rogers version on Youtube! It is really sublime.

[19davo66]

@1northcountrygirl - amazing. When I first heard this, Far From thr Madding Crowd came to my thoughts. I had happy days then.

[Tornfreedom]

They did an Exquisite version of this for the BBC in '86 or '87 which was broadcast with added crowd noises to make it seem Live.. I've not heard a better version than that. Actually I quite like the strange picture effects; I have a feeling it appears only on motion and it's origin lies in the conversion of 60Hz USA film or TV to European 50Hz standards, possibly using an early convertor box. Digital TV tries to miss out the bits that don't move, because it is redundant information...

[Tornfreedom]

@1northcountrygirl I am a teccy but video is not my speciality. It is to do with the picture lines, possibly an effect which was used on the Madding Crowd in places, and you may have picked up on it. Probably if you re-filmed it (by pointing a video camera at the screen showing the film) it might disappear/not occur.