artist: Fairport Convention
title: Jewel In The Crown
also: The Cropredy Box
label: Woodworm
mastered by: Nick Watson
from Wikipedia:
Jewel In The Crown is a 1995 folk-rock album by Fairport Convention which is viewed by many as the best record produced by the line up which had been formed in 1985 for the one off project, Gladys’ Leap. While few of the tracks were self-penned, it featured tracks from many of the band’s favourite writers including Huw Williams, Ralph McTell and Julie Matthews.
The album was recorded in two stages. Initially a few tracks had been partially recorded with recording engineer Tim Matyear. Tim’s departure from Dave Pegg’s Woodworm Studio led to producer-engineer Mark Tucker being hired to continue with recording the remaining material. At a very late stage in the production legendary producer Gus Dudgeon made a contribution to the album’s production with Tucker and he completed some edits and final mixing. Overall it’s generally considered one of the most satisfying of Fairport’s releases, post-Nine. It was also the last studio album recorded by the Nicol, Pegg, Mattacks, Allcock and Sanders line-up.
The album was mastered by Nick Watson at SRT studios in Cambridgeshire in a session attended by Dave Pegg, Simon Nicol and Mark Tucker.
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