Título: Fairport Convention
Seção: 1986-97: Stability
Background: Fairport Convention are a British folk rock band. Formed in 1967, they are widely regarded as a key group in the English folk rock movement. Their seminal album Liege & Lief is considered to have launched the British folk rock movement, which provided a distinctively English identity to rock music and helped awaken much wider interest in traditional music in general. The band have drawn heavily on the Child Ballads, songs of the British Isles from the later medieval period until the 19th century.

Conteúdo: The new band began a hectic schedule of performing in Britain and the World and prepared material for a new album. The result was the all-instrumental Expletive Delighted! (1986). This showcased the virtuosity of Sanders and Allcock, but perhaps inevitably was not popular with all fans. This was followed by the recording In Real Time: Live '87 which managed to capture the energy and power of the new Fairport on stage, despite the fact that it was recorded in the studio with audience reactions dubbed on.  In this period the band were playing to larger and larger audiences, both on tour and at Cropredy, and it was very productive in terms of recording. Fairport had the considerable composing and arranging skills of Allcock and, to fill the gap created by a lack of a songwriter in the band, they turned to some of the most talented available in the contemporary folk scene. The results were Red & Gold (1989) The Five Seasons (1990) and Jewel in the Crown (1995), the last of which was judged 'their bestselling and undoubtedly finest album in years.'  At this point, with Mattacks busy with other projects, the band shifted to an acoustic format for touring and released the unplugged Old, New, Borrow Blue as 'Fairport Acoustic Convention' in 1996. For a while the four-piece acoustic line-up ran in parallel with the electric format. When Allcock left the band, he was replaced by Chris Leslie on vocals, mandolin and fiddle, who formerly worked with Swarbrick in Whippersnapper, and had a

user: how did the stability story begin?

assistant: In this period the band were playing to larger and larger audiences, both on tour and at Cropredy, and it was very productive in terms of recording.

user: what was the highlight of the stability decade?

assistant: the band shifted to an acoustic format for touring and released the unplugged Old, New, Borrow Blue as 'Fairport Acoustic Convention' in 1996.

user: did they have any flops during this period?

assistant: This showcased the virtuosity of Sanders and Allcock, but perhaps inevitably was not popular with all fans.

user: how many albums were released during this period?

assistant: Red & Gold (1989) The Five Seasons (1990) and Jewel in the Crown (1995),

user: which was the best of these three?

assistant: the last of which was judged 'their bestselling and undoubtedly finest album in years.'

user: what was so good about this album?

assistant: they turned to some of the most talented available in the contemporary folk scene.

user: how did this album change the fortune of the band?

assistant: For a while the four-piece acoustic line-up ran in parallel with the electric format.