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Fairport Convention plays Ralph McTell's amazing epic song "Red and Gold" about a battle at Cropredy Bridge in 1644 during the English Civil War,
very close to the place where FC have their annual Cropredy Festival.
This song was written for FC, and they have performed it lots of times over the
years, but this is the first time, I have managed to see a video of it.
An excellent performance and a great sound recording, where each instrument and each voice stands out.
www.fairportcon...
If you want to hear Ralph's own very moving version of this song, there is a
jaw dropping and goose bump producing live version on the album called "Songs for Six Strings II" (1992), which contain a fine selection of live performances. And there is also a great "new" studio version on the 4CD box set called The Journey (Recordings 1965-2006).

www.ralphmctell...
shop.ralphmctel...
( "Songs for Six Strings II" unfortunately doesn't appear to be in stock at the moment ).

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@MrSirDel 12 лет назад

Brother killing brother..All war is terrible, but there is something even more tragic about civil war, wherever it takes place.. I bought this when it first came out...this track always make me shiver

@LaMax61auc 2 месяца назад

perhaps the last true lp and truly folk song in the fairport style. Great live performance by the group for this song written by Ralph McTell which reminds me a lot of a beautiful song by Fabrizio De Andre'. Great line -up post SWARBRICK era

@yongminsong7417 11 месяцев назад

what a great song

@Bjowolf2 11 месяцев назад

Yes, it's one of those tunes that you will get on your poor brain and hum or whistle at all hours 😂 - and the poetry is both beautiful and haunting at the same time 😢

@teed58 12 лет назад

A wonderful performance by all concerned. Only those who have tried, understand how difficult this beautiful and haunting song is to sing and play with such feeling....... Thank you.

@rorybowskill 10 лет назад

I loved hearing this at the Cropready festival a few years back, the only festival I've been to where there was no 'backstage bar' no matter who you were if you wanted a drink you queued up with the rest, chatting to someone while waiting to get a pint and later they're on stage, you'd never get that at Glastonbury.

@rothwellss 13 лет назад

said it before we all went to Oxford to see our daughter and so had to Cropredy whilst there. great historical village Church and surrounds You must go Imagine the times gone by

@Teddyb1939 11 лет назад

Fairport and McTell,Beautiful.

@whatever9642 8 лет назад

Awesome Song - Heard it recently on a Public Radio Station.

@rothwellss 10 лет назад

It is an amazing song. Went to the village and was so 'in a dream' amazing.

@eye347 7 лет назад

Simon Nicol is a great singer

@gaspode18 11 лет назад

Will Timms could well have been a real person. The Timms family has lived in Cropredy since at least the 1500s. Chances are that Ralph got the name from a gravestone in the churchyard.

@Bjowolf2 12 лет назад

@MrSirDel Yes, I agree 100 %. Did you ever hear Ralph's "original" version? He didn't record it in a studio until much later, but there is a stunning live version, that does that to me - so moving and haunting the way he sings it and his voice. Please feel free to send me a message, if you want more info ;-) I have finally figured out how to play this wonderful song and it's beginning to work really well along with my "singing", but here are many verses to remember LOL

@Bjowolf2 11 лет назад

Yes, that is also the story that I have been told by some Ralph experts ;-)

@Bjowolf2 13 лет назад

@bickerandrue Well, I was editing it anyway, so I might as well get it done LOL Yes, will see what I can do - need to locate it first.

@chrisdansey2600 10 лет назад

There were probably three Timms brothers living in Cropredy at the time of the battle: Thomas Timms, b. 10 Dec 1620, Cropredy, d. date unknown. John Timms, b. 1614, Cropredy, d. date unknown. George Timms, b. 1616, Cropredy, d. date unknown. No Will, though.

@bjowolf225 10 лет назад

Very interesting - thanks a lot ;-) Artistic license on Ralph's part perhaps? Maybe it just sounded better? ;-)

@chrisdansey2600 10 лет назад

Bjowolf2 I reckon so. The father of the brothers was named William, but he was dead by 1644.

@Bjowolf2 13 лет назад

@rothwellss Yes, thank you - it's near the top of my wish list. I have English friends who go to the Cropredy Festival on a regular basis, and who often mention it and recommend it a lot. Så[so] jeg [yaigh] vil komme over der (there) en dag. Hav en go(o)d dag [day(gh)] ;-) PS. So sorry about that slight sync problem btw. Singing here: "And each year when the green corn once agan turns into gold ... lalalala" ( I love that line :o) )

@Bjowolf2 12 лет назад

Yes, true - it didn't sound nearly as good, when they first played it alongside Ralph in 1987 ( there is a recording of that ;-) ). I am now finally able to play it fairly well on guitar (dropped D). Only 3 chords but they come in various shapes & versions - sounds really good. Still working on the singing, but it's getting better, now that I am able to focus more on it, as the picking works on auto pilot now ;-) Also a long song with lots of lyrics to remember bec. of the rather long lines.

@kolloduke3341 2 года назад

AAAARRRR i love me the smell of straw first thing in the mornin..

@Bjowolf2 13 лет назад

@tutmosesthe3rd I can't disagree with you on that one - one of those songs you get on your brain and begin to hum spontaneously ;-) I have even figured out how to play it now. (guitar)

@Bjowolf2 11 лет назад

Ok, thank you - will try that ;-) I also managed to fit in an Em7 - come to think of it ( a special version because of the dropped D tuning : 2(T) 2 2 0 3 0 ).

@tamcd1508 11 лет назад

I play it using five chords: there's a couple of Bm's plus, more interestingly, an F#m at the end of the third line.

@Bjowolf2 13 лет назад

@bickerandrue Yes ;-)

@Bjowolf2 12 лет назад

Great ;-) I just hope, it doesn't harm your cycling skils - we wouldn't want any more victims LOL It's one of those tunes that you really get on your brain, isn't it? - one you will begin humming or whistling, when you least expect it. Yes, good acoustics around Birmingham, it seems ;-)

@Bjowolf2 12 лет назад

@BobM925 Ahaaa, hehe - great! I knew we would make a decent person out of you some day LOL Tak for en god (hi)storie ;-)

@Bjowolf2 13 лет назад

@BobM925 And how does your Dad get into the picture? ;-)