FAIRPORT CONVENTION – ANGEL DELIGHT LP – Nr MINT/EXC+ A2/B2 UK ISLAND PINK RIM

Fairport Convention – Angel Delight
(Island Records  1971  ILPS9162)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Textured Gatefold Sleeve with pasted on photos in Very Good condition
– some rubbing, sticker marks/discolouration marks top right, small pen mark bottom left

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles)

Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and electric folk band. Formed in 1967, they are widely regarded as a key group in the English folk rock movement.

Angel Delight is the sixth album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. This was the first Fairport Convention album without guitarist Richard Thompson, and the lineup consisted of Simon Nicol (guitar, vocals) (the only original group member), Dave Swarbrick (violin, vocals), Dave Pegg (bass, vocals), and Dave Mattacks (drums).

Track listing

Side one

1. “Lord Marlborough” (Traditional) – 3:27
2. “Sir William Gower” (Traditional) – 5:00
3. “Bridge over the River Ash” (Traditional) – 2:15
4. “Wizard of the Worldly Game” (Nicol, Swarbrick) – 4:08
5. “The Journeyman’s Grace” (Swarbrick, Thompson) – 4:35

Side two

1. “Angel Delight” (Mattacks, Nicol, Pegg, Swarbrick) – 4:09
2. “Banks of the Sweet Primroses” (Traditional) – 4:15
3. “Instrumental Medley: The Cuckoo’s Nest/Hardiman the Fiddler/Papa Stoor” (Traditional) – 3:28
4. “The Bonny Black Hare” (Traditional) – 3:08
5. “Sickness & Diseases” (Swarbrick, Thompson) – 3:47