2007 four CD box set that includes all of the British Folk legends' surviving BBC radio recordings, which were taped between 1967 and 1974. It was thought, until recently, that very few of these recordings from this time remained in the BBC’s archive, but a few years ago a box was discovered on a shelf at the BBC. It is a marvelous addition to the Fairport collection and is timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the formation of the band The Fairports, the single best British Folk-Rock band of the late '60s, did more than any other act to develop a truly British variation on the Folk-Rock prototype by drawing upon traditional material and styles indigenous to the British Isles. While the revved-up renditions of traditional British Folk tunes drew the most critical attention, the group were also talented songwriters as well as interpreters. They were comfortable with conventional harmony-based Folk-Rock as well as tunes that drew upon more explicitly traditional sources and they boasted some of the best singers and instrumentalists of the day.
Disc 1
1 Close the Door Lightly When You Go 2:58
2 Don't Know Where I Stand 3:38
3 Some Sweet Day 2:17
4 You Never Wanted Me 3:17
5 Nottamun Town 3:37
6 Marcie 3:36
7 Night in the City 3:07
8 Jack O' Diamonds 3:13
9 Gone, Gone, Gone 2:00
10 Suzanne 5:27
11 If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong 3:14
12 Eastern Rain 3:12
13 Fotheringay 3:11
14 I Still Miss Someone 2:25
15 Bird on a Wire 3:29
16 Tried So Hard 2:56
17 Reno Nevada 2:24
18 Book Song 3:07
19 Who Knows Where the Time Goes? 4:14
Disc 2
1 You're Gonna Need My Help 3:58
2 Fotheringay 3:01
3 Shattering Live Experience 3:25
4 Cajun Woman 2:46
5 Autopsy 4:26
6 Si Tu Dois Partir 2:27
7 Percy's Song 5:27
8 Reynardine 4:21
9 Tam Lin 7:47
10 Sir Patrick Spens 3:46
11 Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunter's Jig/Toss the F 4:14
12 The Lady Is a Tramp 2:12
13 Walk Awhile 4:02
14 Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman 5:35
15 Doctor of Physick 3:37
Disc 3
1 Sir Patrick Spens 3:34
2 The Bonny Bunch of Roses 10:54
3 Dirty Linen (Jigs and Reels) 4:16
4 Now Be Thankful 2:26
5 The Journeyman's Grace 3:57
6 Now Be Thankful 3:25
7 Tokyo 2:38
8 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John 5:30
9 Possibly Parsons Green 4:28
10 Rosie 4:03
11 John the Gun 5:05
12 Fiddlestix 2:49
13 Rising for the Moon 4:18
14 Down in the Flood 3:27
Disc 4
1 Let's Get Together 2:51
2 One Sure Thing 3:37
3 Lay Down Your Weary Tune 3:39
4 Chelsea Morning 3:03
5 Violets of Dawn 3:54
6 If (Stomp) 2:36
7 Time Will Show the Wiser 3:00
8 If I Had a Ribbon Bow 2:36
9 Meet on the Ledge 2:50
10 Light My Fire 1:22
11 Flatback Caper 6:25
12 Open the Door Richard 3:06
13 The Deserter 3:56
14 The Hangman's Reel 3:25
15 Tam Lin 8:04
16 Sir William Gower 4:44
17 Banks of the Sweet Primroses 4:11
18 Sickness and Diseases 3:43
19 Bridge Over the River Ash 2:11
20 Lord Marlborough 3:23
21 Angel Delight 4:04
