Fairport Convention - RENO NEVADA - 1968 Bouton Rouge TV clip, Judy Dyble, Iain Matthews etc 

AMAZING!! It''s like Jefferson Airplane with a sweet soprano, Michelle Phillips-like! Dyble was an amazing singer!

I totally agree. Judy's contribution to the early Fairport Convention should not be forgotten. She was truely an asset to this groovy bunch of guys and her brief stint in the band paved the way for more good things to come with Sandy.

Judy x Iain is my fave. Richard Thompson's solo is riveting to say the least. Amazing to think he was only 19.

This video shows well what Judy Dyble brought to the early sound. Great camera work on those fingerboard close-ups. This belongs in a museum.

Truely amazing! Judy, Ian, Richard & the gang really got it together here. This song and the guitar solo kicks ass! Their debut album-one of the best ever!

This is sheer brilliance from Fairport Convention with the underated Judy Dyble,The four albums made from early 1968 to December 1969 mark FC's golden period.I think this performance is from April 1968 before their first album had been released,and Sandy Denny joined the classic line up.Superb!

If there should ever be a RU-vid "Hall of Fame" this clip would be right up there! Brilliant. Judy Dyble shows why they were known briefly as the English Jefferson Airplane. Nichol still plays with the band while Hutchings, Thompson and Matthews still give so much to music. At a time when key members of bands were leaving to form so called "supergroups" - these guys were a supergroup from the very start. And so young too. Thanks so much for posting.

I love this first Fairport Convention's album and this song is one of best. It makes you living in Grateful Dead European Land. Great !

This line-up was so special. I love the traditional FC that developed a year later. But I just wish the group stayed together for a little while longer - as the English Jefferson Airplane - they had a unique sound , brilliant stage presence (esp the gorgeous Judy who oozes kool) and were truly innovative in their arrangements. How wonderful of Judy to contribute to the thread. I think Michael Stipe got his kneeling in homage to Peter Buck idea - Country Feedback - from Judy's gazing at RT here.

I saw them at Sussex University in October 1967. This is exactly how they must have sounded then. Unforgettable.

Great video. Personally I love all incarnations of this band including the current one!

The best.......great channel....Time Will Show The Wiser....

Wow i can't get enough of Richard Thompson jamming on the guitar; amazing he was 19 when this was televised. The other band members are in perfect sync with him which makes this performance almost magical.

I feel the same way you do. This was a priceless era!

I would like to be in England at this time when bands like Fairport Convention started career. Thank you for this great performance! It's magic!

Les Débuts de Ian Matthews. Extraordinaire ! Tout au long de ces années, jusqu'ici, 2010. Peu connu du grand Public, mais peut-être est-ce un bien, car il est resté simple. Longue Vie à Lui, encore

I totally agree with you, being both a fan of Fairport and the Dead.

I definitely feel the same way. The Fairport's early recordings with both Judy and Sandy -studio and BBC alike are sublime! Wow! What an era!

The original line up played Fairport's 50th anniversary festival last weekend. This was the second song they played. It was magical.

This is the best song I had never heard before in my 43 years. How does that happen?

F.C. is a great band... I remember hitch hiking thru Europe back in 1974 and many of the French who picked me up really liked F.C. I was somewhat in "culture shock" cause I didn't really know Europe...but they knew lots of music... my best to them all!

Phenomenal sounds!

Thank you sooo much for this. THis is absolutely beautifull

Thank you for this. Grew up on King Crimson like a couple decades ago. Never even heard of Judy Dyble holy hell what have I been doing this whole time. Inspiration is here. Seriously, thank you for this.

What a solo, RT !!!

Yes, they were doing American stuff and we had been all enamored with the Brits for those years (when I was just a baby, mid 60's)---Blues and British Isles Folk (turned American Mountain Music) parented Rock n roll, so it's always been a back and forth.

It's excellent 1960's music🤗🎵🎶 Great bass🤩They sound a lot like Jefferson Airplane. The female singer resembles Grace Slick😍

Oh my god what a find! Thank you so much jonny! and it's live too! Bonus times a hundred! Now, watching this, and the amazing, for the time, improv, we can see this band opening for Floyd at the UFO. yours gobsmacked, wordofgord

This is absolutely fantastic. Pretty head scrambling stuff too, having seen similar closeups of Richard Thompson's guitar playing a couple of weeks ago at Cropredy. And some lovely shots of Martin Lamble too. By the way - the original is in colour, but presumably SECAM encoded which accounts for the B & W.

Richard Thompson - words fail! Just made a mental note to explore all of his albums...

What a fantastic clip! I love it.

fantastic thanks

I saw this band several times in the late 60s, including one memorable night at Middle Earth, Covent Garden in late 67/early 68. This is so typical of their music at the time, although it may be a bit shorter than I remember. I was so in lust with Judy and stood in front of her all night long, all the while getting angry stares from Richard (her boyfriend at the time)! An amazing band, and still going strong, having eschewed West Coast influenced rock jams and between them inventing folk rock.

Aivan mahtavaa, huippua tuo, kun laulajatar Judy Dyble menee istumaan portaille jamitussoolojen ajaksi. Näin tapahtui 1960/70-luvuilla. Tämähän on kuten EastiWest ylipitkä jamitusbiisi. Farirportilla myöhemmin tällaista ei usein esiintynyt - ehkä Sloth?

Mimi and Richard Farina.....1965....Reno Nevada.....I live in remote Montana......

It's more like hearing a British Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick and Paul Kantner with English accents.

Fantastic piece of film...i never saw the original band but my sister did several time and told me they did extended versions of their album tracks...heres the proof Jim

R.I.P. Judy... 😞

Frege100: unless you lived in London or San Francisco, this type of soloing was quite rare. Obviously he's copping modal style from Airplane/Quicksilver/Dead, but it has to be seen in its time frame, in which was daring and innovative.

great sound and musicians, great influences, jazzy-rock guitar solo probably inspired by the Byrds' "Eigh tmiles high", amazing rhythim section and vocals, so complete! I dig the brief Judy Dyble too! her vocals remind me of the Pentangle... and they were as a whole still doing a british version of Clifornia's Jefferson and Byrds, developing their own sound, but making that different and so great first album!

Wow 😮. It is no wonder why: Jerry Garcia was a fan of Richard Thompson !

The comparisons to JA are spot on, as they have often stated that it was their intent when they formed to BE the "British Jefferson Airplane."

SUPERBE rien a dire

While I've never been super fond of Mimi's singing part---(heresung by Judy) this is great to see and especially hear. I read that Richard and Mimi played this at Newport Folk Fest and had people dancing in the rain. (And this was played on a dulcimer at the time.).

What personnel passed thru this amazing band!

What a fantastic solo! Nuts! Check the bit from 4.15 - 4.30! Would love to see the fretwork coz i'm not a musician, but it sounds superb.

WOW, had no idea. Thanks jbrilliant

Love her leather dress!

I've got to pay attention to this, because this guy is playing the closest to the way I play than most guitarists that I have heard. He's hitting all these strange notes, and just going off the cuff, not playing riffs but exploring like I do.

Hello Elbo, If you really like this song you should check out Richard & Mimi Farina - Richard wrote this. Both of them sadly gone too soon. Yes, the earliest incarnation(s) of Fairport have been compared to Jefferson & other US bands - their later metamorphases into UK based 'folk rock' are well documented. This song appears as a 'bonus' track on the latest CD release of their first album - something of a neglected near classic in my view............

They sounded like the Brit answer to the Grateful Dead, especially RT's improvisation reminds me of how Jerry Garcia played back then.They soon were to drop their 'West Coast' sound for more of a traditional Brit folk one.

TREASURE!!!

@67psych Dishcloths and Eiffel Towers. That's what I knitted..:-)

Good,nay brilliant

From 2:10 so like Dark Star. I wonder which came first? Love 'em both

this is a Richard and Mimi Farina song--check them out, too.

@ 4:29...every group needs a Shaman....

2:01-2:20 is as good as any Dead jam.

Actually...more than a clip.. at 7:54..what I meant was..fantastic footage :)

RT used that Les Paul goldtop almost exclusively in his Fairport days. According to him, he later sold it to John Martin, who only owned it for a week before it was stolen. Whoever's got it now probably has no idea who had previously owned it.

Nice. Don't think I've ever seen RT play a Les Paul; strictly a Strat man. Still he plays the hell outta that sucka.

RT has fingers like a daddy-long legged spider---sure can't hurt when you're playing gitar.

Martin Lamble korvautui pian ja pitkäaikaisesti Dave "Vinopää" Mattacksilla. Joutuiko Martin Lamble auto-onnettomuuteen??

Very influenced by the Airplane at this point, before they found their pocket with Sandy Denny and traditional English folk.

There's a little elf who goes around putting "thumbs down" on every possible comment these days. Looks like he or she has as much time as I do on their hands as I do right now Hey, Thumbs Down Elf, whyn't you go read a book or something with all of that time. Ahem, thanks for indulging me. That is all.

check out Richard & MimI Farina's original version of this

Parece Jefferson Airplane

@Sarahfreckle Definitely. So many cameramen focus on the face of the guitarist and it's such a waste.

was Judy aware she was about to be ousted at this stage?

as good as it's gonna get, zanies....well except for w our Sandy

Nothing on the version by The Great American Robber Barons - if I do say so myself ! Check it out.

Unless your a muso, the wig-out at the end is really quite boring. Talented kids showing-off a bit, as they do. No wonder Judy has a bit of a sit down while the boys indulge themselves. Later on they learned how to take the world not obsessed by freting technique with them and that WAS special. Thanks for posting though.

Lol

Richard Thompson sounds quite similar to Jerry Garcia in his playing. Except Jerry Garcia didn't really start playing like this until at least a year or 2 later, assuming this was filmed in 1967. . Maybe RT got there first. He could have made it as a decent jazz guitarist instead of going down the folk route.

I know, I want to be reincarnated during that time, too. See you there...

Always thought Martin Lamble was a great drummer.

She gives the most uncharismatic performance ever. Like she is just exhausted. I love the original Farina's version, but this frankly sucks. The original had a bluesy/jazz sort of Mose Allison feel, but this one is uptight-sounding British vocals, mixed with long boring meandering Jefferson Airplane hippie guitar jams. No wonder she decided to go have a sit-down once the boys started all the noodling.