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LIEGE & LIEF ALBUM INFO

Artist: Fairport Convention
Album: Liege & Lief
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''Liege & Lief'', released in 1969, is the fourth electric folk album released by Fairport Convention and established British folk-rock as a distinct and influential genre.

Following the motorway accident which had killed Martin Lamble, the band were left without a drummer after the release of ''Unhalfbricking''. Dave Mattacks took over the role and having previously been a drummer at The Rank Group|Mecca Ballrooms, had to "learn a whole new style of drumming";<ref name = Nicol>{{ cite web | url = http://www.fairportconvention.com/simon_nicol_on_fairport.php | title = Simon Nicol writes about Fairport Convention | accessdate = 2008-05-05</ref> Dave Swarbrick, a little older than the rest of the band, had already been in a successful duo with guitarist Martin Carthy; after his appearance on ''Unhalfbricking'', he too joined Fairport full-time.

History
The band rehearsed and put together ''Liege & Lief'' over the summer of 1969 at a house in Farley Chamberlayne, near Winchester, launching it with a sell-out concert in London's Royal Festival Hall late in 1969.

Gone were the covers of songs by Bob Dylan and others, replaced by electrified versions of traditional English folksongs and the first of a long line of instrumental medleys of folk dance tunes driven by Dave Swarbrick's violin playing. Much of this material had been found by Ashley

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