[ Island UK / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 30 August 2013
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Fairport Convention's 1975 classic album, Rising For The Moon (their last with Sandy Denny) has been re-mastered and expanded with home demos, alternates and a Previously Unreleased live recording of "White Dress" from a television performance at LWT from 9th August 1975 plus a second disc containing virtually their entire set recorded live at the LA Troubadour in 1974
Disc One features the original album re-mastered plus the audio from LWT performance of "White Dress" plus Demo versions of "What Is True ?" and "After Halloween" and alternate Takes of "The King and Queen of England" and "Dawn".
Disc Two features the band on blistering form at the LA Troubadour in 1974 featuring 5 Previously Unreleased songs including "The Ballad of Ned Kelly", "The Hens March Through The Midden / The Four Poster Bed", "Hexhamshire Lass", "Six Days on The Road" and "Down Where The Drunkards Roll".
The new Deluxe packaging features a new essay by Patrick Humphries and the lavish packaging contains rare photographs of the band and the previously unseen sketches for the album artwork.
Disc 1
1.Rising For The Moon
2.Restless
3.White Dress
4.Let It Go
5.Stranger To Himself
6.What Is True?
7.Iron Lion
8.Dawn
9.After Halloween
10.Night-Time Girl
11.One More Chance
12.White Dress (Live On LWT 9/8/1975)
13.Dawn (Alternate Version)
14.What Is True? (Studio Demo)
15.After Halloween (Demo)
16.The King And Queen Of England (Home Demo Alternate Take)
Disc 2
1.Down In The Flood (Live At The Troubadour)
2.Ballad Of Ned Kelly (Live At The Troubadour)
3.Solo (Live At The Troubadour)
4.It'll Take A Long Time (Live At The Troubadour)
5.She Moves Through The Fair (Live At The Troubadour)
6.The Hens March Through The Midden & The Four Poster Bed (Live At The Troubadour)
7.The Hexamshire Lass (Live At The Troubadour)
8.Knocking On Heaven's Door (Live At The Troubadour)
9.Six Days On The Road (Live At The Troubadour)
10.Like An Old Fashioned Waltz (Live At The Troubadour)
11.John The Gun (Live At The Troubadour)
12.Down Where The Drunkards Roll (Live At The Troubadour)
13.Crazy Lady Blues (Live At The Troubadour)
14.Who Knows Where The Time Goes (Live At The Troubadour)
15.Matty Groves (Live At The Troubadour)
16.That'll Be The Day (Live At The Troubadour)