Fairport Convention
Philadelphia Folk Festival 1970
Now on CD - Fairport Convention's professionally re-mastered full-length Syndicated radio broadcast from their Philadelphia Folk Festival performance in 1970. The concert was performed at Old Pool Farm, Schwenksvilleon August 29, 1970. The arguably strongest line-up in Fairport Convention's long and illustrious history went on their first US tour in May 1970, opening for Jethro Tull. They returned in the summer to play the 9th annual Philadelphia Folk Festival on a Saturday afternoon where the Fairport rituals were duly carried out through the rigs, reels and laments of Fairport's 'Full House'-era setlist with gusto, providing a perfect launchpad for the delightful guitar/electric fiddle duels of Thompson and Swarbrick. CD includes 4-page booklet with background liners and many rare archival photographs.