Off the Desk

Off The Desk

Live album by Fairport Convention

Released

2006

Recorded

2004-2005

Genre

Rock

Length

101:17

Label

Matty Grooves

Fairport Convention chronology

Sense of Occasion
(2007)

Off the Desk
(2008)

Off The Desk is a live album by Fairport Convention. It was recorded on Fairport Convention's Winter Tours during 2004 and 2005 and the double CD features many tracks previously unavailable as live recordings.

Track listing

CD1
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Over the Falls"	Chris Leslie	4:21
2.	"Adieu Adieu"	Traditional, arrangement by Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Bruce Rowland	2:23
3.	"The Happy Man"	trad., arr. Leslie	2:48
4.	"Canny Capers"	Ric Sanders	5:13
5.	"Willow Creek"	Steve Tilston, Chris Parkinson	4:11
6.	"Genesis Hall"	Richard Thompson	4:09
7.	"Over the Next Hill"	Tilston	4:18
8.	"Portmeirion"	Sanders	5:24
9.	"My Love is in America"	Leslie	4:40
10.	"Western Wind"	trad., arr. Nicol, Pegg, Sanders, Leslie, Gerry Conway	4:58
11.	"Rosemary's Sister"	Huw Williams	6:20
Total length:			48:53

CD2
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Some Special Place"	Sanders	3:50
2.	"I'm Already There"	Leslie	6:16
3.	"The Fossil Hunter"	Leslie	6:30
4.	"The Journeyman's Grace"	Swarbrick, Thompson	4:34
5.	"Wait for the Tide to Come In"	Ben Bennion	4:41
6.	"The Wassail Song"	trad., arr. Fairport	3:27
7.	"Morris Medley" (Laudnum Bunches/Orange in Blossom/Banks of the Dee)	trad., arr. Leslie	2:31
8.	"Close to You"	Leslie	4:07
9.	"The Hiring Fair"	Ralph McTell	7:30
10.	"Walk Awhile"	Swarbrick, Thompson	4:18
11.	"John Gaudie"	Leslie	4:33
Total length:			52:24

Personnel

Simon Nicol – vocals, guitar
Dave Pegg – vocals, bass guitar, mandolin on "Canny Capers"
Ric Sanders – violin, mandolin on "Morris Medley"
Chris Leslie – vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, violin, Native American flute
Gerry Conway – drums, percussion

special guests on "Wait for the Tide to Come In":

PJ Wright – slide guitar
Anna Ryder – accordion

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	2008	Matty Grooves	double CD	MG2CD043

External links

"allmusic ((( Off the Desk > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-08-09.

Fairport Convention

Simon Nicol Dave Pegg Ric Sanders Chris Leslie Gerry Conway Richard Thompson Ashley Hutchings Shaun Frater Martin Lamble Judy Dyble Iain Matthews Sandy Denny Dave Swarbrick Dave Mattacks Roger Hill Tom Farnall David Rea Trevor Lucas Jerry Donahue Paul Warren Bruce Rowland Dan Ar Braz Bob Brady Roger Burridge Maartin Allcock Discography

Studio albums	Fairport Convention (1968) What We Did on Our Holidays (1969) Unhalfbricking (1969) Liege & Lief (1969) Full House (1970) Angel Delight (1971) "Babbacombe" Lee (1971) Rosie (1973) Nine (1973) Rising for the Moon (1975) Gottle O'Geer (1976) The Bonny Bunch of Roses (1977) Tipplers Tales (1978) Gladys' Leap (1985) Expletive Delighted! (1986) In Real Time: Live '87 (1987) Red & Gold (1988) The Five Seasons (1990) Jewel in the Crown (1995) Old New Borrowed Blue (1996) Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (1997) The Wood and the Wire (2000) XXXV (2001) Over the Next Hill (2004) Sense of Occasion (2007) Festival Bell (2011) By Popular Request (2012) Myths and Heroes (2015)

Singles	"If I Had a Ribbon Bow" (1968) "Meet on the Ledge" (1968) "I'll Keep It with Mine" (1969) "Si Tu Dois Partir" (1969) "If (Stomp)" (1970) "Now Be Thankful" (1970)

Live albums	Fairport Live Convention (1974) Live at the L.A. Troubadour (1977) Farewell Farewell (1979) Moat on the Ledge - Live at Broughton Castle (1982) House Full (1986) Heyday (1987) 25th Anniversary Concert (1992) Cropredy 98 (1999) The Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (2004) Journeyman's Grace (2005) Live at the BBC (2007) Off the Desk (2008) Live at Cropredy 08 (2009) Babbacombe Lee - Live Again (2012)

Compilations	History of Fairport Convention (1972) Tour Sampler (1975) Fairport Chronicles (1976) The Woodworm Years (1991) A Chronicle of Sorts 1967 - 1969 Meet On the Ledge: The Classic Years 1967-1975 Some of Our Yesterdays Fairport Convention (2002 compilation) Then & Now 1982 - 1996: The Best of Fairport Convention Rhythm of the Times (2003) Across the Decades (2003)

Box sets	The Cropredy Box (1998)

Related articles	Fairport's Cropredy Convention (Cropredy Festival) Fairport's Cropredy Convention Line-ups (Cropredy Festival) Electric folk Jethro Tull

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