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“Babbacombe” Lee

Fairport Convention

SKU: UMCLP103

Barcode: 805520241038

29.00 £29.00
  • Genre: Folk
  • Label: Proper Records
  • Released Date: 13th December 2024
  • Buying Format:
    180g 1LP Gatefold Sleeve

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This re-issue faithfully replicates the original 1971 Island Records UK release in gatefold sleeve, inner sleeve with lyrics, 8 page booklet, promotional poster and sticker; it is pressed onto high quality 180g vinyl.

‘Babbacombe’ Lee was Fairport Convention’s foray into the concept album so loved by groups in the 70s. Instead of looking at something fantastical or progressive, the group went back to the tale of John ‘Babbacombe’ Lee, the man they couldn’t hang: The gallows failed three times after he was convicted of the murder of Emma Keyse in Torquay in 1885. Dave Swarbrick found details of the trial in a junk shop, and the band worked up the story into an album. Released at the end of 1971 with ephemera from the day telling the story, ‘Babbacombe’ Lee had episodes listed rather than tracks. It contained the most original material of a Fairport album to date, and was seen as taking folk-rock a huge step forward. Within weeks of the album’s release both Dave Mattacks and Simon Nicol left the group, leaving Swarbrick and bassist Dave Pegg to lead Fairport on through their next chapter. Today, ‘Babbacombe’ Lee is one of the group’s most enduring albums.

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Track Listings

  1. The Verdict
  2. Little Did I Think
  3. I Was Sixteen (Part 1)
  4. John My Son
  5. I Was Sixteen (Part 2)
  6. St Ninian's Isle
  7. Trumpet Hornpipe
  8. Sailors Alphabet
  9. John Lee
  10. Newspaper Reading
  11. Breakfast In Mayfair
  12. Trial Song
  13. Cell Song
  14. The Time Is Near
  15. Dream Song
  16. Wake Up John (Hanging Song)

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