Fairport Convention Time Will Show The Wiser 

Goodbye to my beloved aunt. Judy. She, together with her husband, my Uncle Simon,( de la Bedoyere/ Stable) showed me, an eleven year-old in 1970, that there was a different way of living, what came to be called 'alternative'.They held parties at my parents' home in Wimbledon in the late Sixties: acid fuelled and entertained by the unreleased Sgt Pepper and Velvet Underground. Then chucked it in for chickens in Oxfordshire. Her lifestyle appealed but it was obviously naive, anachronistic. They gave me Hendrix, Ten Years After, The Floyd - powerful things for an English schoolboy. Thirty years later I too followed their path into rural obscurity and discovered the joy to be had from creativity for its own sake, from immersion in the natural cycle and cooking stews. I''m not daft. Jude moved to the sticks when land was cheap and a generation later I made enough cash from advertising to escape London and a nervous breakdown. Few can follow. But I did. My wayward Aunt Jude and Uncle Simon had it right. I have a lot to thank Jude for. The first word I keep for her is -gentle and the second is pastoral.

R.I.P. Judy Dyble... what a magnificent voice..

Wonderful, thank you. A lovely reminder that Judy was a brilliant singer too, and of poor Martin, clearly so devoted to his craft and cheated so unfairly of the chance to enjoy a full life.

Judy Dyble sadly left us on 12th July following a long illness borne with great courage. She was 71. Judy was one of the pioneers of the English folk rock scene in the 1960s - a founding member of Fairport Convention and vocalist with Trader Horne. She withdrew from the music scene in the early 1970s to concentrate on her family but returned in 1997 for Fairport's 30th anniversary reunion at Cropredy. It was wonderful to see her with them again. Further Fairport anniversary appearances followed. Judy then went on to make three excellent albums, the first one unofficially launched at London pub run at the time by my pal Dan Ogus. This began a revival of her music career, which included numerous guest appearances on albums by a host of artists. In 2017, Judy started working with Big Big Train’s multi-instrumentalist frontman David Longdon. Their album "Between A Breath And A Breath" will be released in September. Two songs from the sessions which won't be included on the album, "Crossbones" and "The Daguerreotype", will be released in the autumn (subsequent to the album release) as a tribute to Judy, and In accordance with Judy’s wishes the two tracks will be made available as free downloads, , but it would be appreciated if you could make a donation to Judy’s chosen charity, the Barley Greyhound Sanctuary. (www.barleykennels.co.uk) I always looked forward to meeting Judy at Cropredy, walking her dogs on the field. As a fellow greyhound rescuer, we always talked about animal rescue, and never music... I shall miss those chats...R.I.P Judy x

R.I.P Judy Dyble. Wonderful musician and Greyhound advocate.

a rare chance to catch Martin Lamble performing on drums before he passed away from the motorway crash that also took life of Genie the Tailor (Richard Thompson's girl friend at the time and a cousin of Phil Ochs) and injured other Fairport Convention band members. Sandy Denny did not travel with the band on this fateful trip. This song's author, Emitt Rhodes, was from the group Merry-Go-Around and was called "the one-man Beatles". He passed away in 2020.

Richard Thompson has creative genius and technical skills at the level of Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. Beyond their range, he's a fleet-fingered folkie, a folk rocker, as well as progressive hard rocker; a brilliant poet with a powerful, nuanced, only lightly-polished voice; and he's advanced his talents across fifty-plus years. Genius still rockin! - Doug Pratt, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

RIP Judy Dyble, most unique fine singer. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us and leaving us an exceptional musical legacy from the last 15 years of your life.

Just so incredible, and many of the members (like Richard Thompson) were less than 20 years old

So nice to see Judy Dyble here so young

The lovely Judy - singing a duet with Sandy in heaven now. RIP.

Flawless Guitar....Richard Thompson....

This Fairport Convention line-up were regular performers at the Mother's Club in Erdington, Birmingham. I saw them there every chance I got. Rode there from Coventry on my Lambretta scooter. They were a fantastic live band with a wonderful female lead singer. Another great band who also played at the club, also with a superb female singer, were The Eclection - search for them on RU-vid.

Martin Lamble was a unbelievable drummer.

Blisteringly brilliant.... Even after 53 years

This is an excerpt from the set they played live on April 27th 1968 for 'Bouton Rouge', a trés cool French TV programme that only lasted two years but managed to showcase the best bands and artists from Britain and America. Any show that got Ry Cooder on as early as 1968 deserves respect :)

This is a cool song. I've never really got into Fairport, I think I should. I take it this is the first incarnation, pre Sandy Denny with Judy Dyble providing female vocals.

RIP Judy Dyble

The collective skill, tightness, mastery of dynamics, ferrocious ability to swing, stop/start on a overall feel of these fairly young musicians is just staggering. And, what a great decision it was for them to cover a song that I'd think was pretty obscure at the time...of course, written by the 17yr old Emitt Rhoads and recorded with his Hawthorne California based band. The Merry Go-Round mere months prior to Fairport recording their version. It's pretty obvious that Richard Thompson is playing phenomenally here. He's locked and loaded frim yhe get-go...(his playing on the second song they played "Reno, Nevada" is even better...if you can imagine that!!!) I have to emphatically agree with others who have commented on the rest of the band's performances and, ability...the rhythm section is just ridiculously on fire and, they're both exceptional players and they are soooo tight. What a powerful and dynamic bass/drum axis here. It's such a shame that Martin Lamble was taken at such an early age. He surely would have been recognized as one of the greatest. In a broad sense as I'm certain that he was rated by his peers. Hutchings of course, was otherworldly the minute he started. Thankfully, the French held their arts in a much higher regard than most countries and we have historically important documents like this to revisit as we wish to and, those who have not been born yet will experience the magic and the legacy of Martin Lamble (and, the entire band) will continue to live on to astound for generations

RIP Judy Dyble

Back when there were no "band in a box" or green screens available. You had to sing & play pretty well because if you didn't,when you played live, it became obvious you either could or couldn't. Thank you for this priceless video. Its a treasure.

This is an indication of how good the original Fairport Convention were . This was very similar to their live gig performances and for many of the Audience was their introduction to American sing songwriters ,. The CD Heyday which was recorded at the BBC gives another impression of the early Fairport . They were superb

It's so cool to see this in color!

Tight song. Well applied and all

God bless Judy. She was lovely. But thank heavens for Sandy. Judy looks like she'd rather be anywhere but there. RIP to Judy, Sandy, and the best drummer they ever had.

R.I.P Judy Dyble

R.I.P dear Judy.

On this day, remembering the young drumming talent of Martin Lamble, who 55 years ago, lost his young life in Fairport`s motorway accident, aged 19.

RIP Judy Dyble.

R.I.P. Judy.

fantastic band i love

And look at young Simon in the back.... Still see them when I can

'Time Will Show The Wiser' was an excellent choice for Fairport Convention to cover. Having known the original from the debut 'Merry Go Round' LP, I'd always wondered why it had never been released as an A side for them. 50-plus years on, I'm astounded by how mature and well written Emitt Rhodes' lyrics are and how he crafted them into a top-shelf pop song. Thanks for posting this, Sky Vibes.

RIP Judy Dyble

the legendary fairport...

Different Fairport, Different Days, Different stokes for Different folkies whatever makes you happy

THIS MUSIC IS SO AWESOME !

Terrific superb rocks!

RIP Judy Dyble. xx

RIP Judy Dyble ♥️

Saw them perform several times at the Mother's Club in Erdington, Birmingham. They always gave a good show and sounded great live. They were never the same after Judy left the band.

I love this band. Judy Dyble is one of the top few greatest singers I have ever heard.

RIP, Judy Dyble. :(

RIP Judy

Great band and song. I love that album.

Best version of a Emitt Rhodes classic - when FP were still teenagers full of piss and vinegar. I miss it.

RIP Judy. God Rest.

love them in this phase

R.I.P Judy Dyble

R.I.P. Emitt Rhodes (a week after Judy Dyble) who wrote this wonderful song 😢

OMFG we finally have this priceless performance in color! I dont know how u obtained it, sky, but 60s music fans the world over owe u a major thanks. Its just too bad we dont, to my knowledge, have any similar video or film footage of sandy fronting the band...not counting the 70s reunion clips that have been on YT for awhile.

rip judy :(

I heard this in my local record store back in 1968 and bought the album (Fairport's first) there and then.

Color version! What a great cover of Emitt Rhode's song (with his band the Merry-Go-Round). What a great band the Fairport Convention was.

My mind keeps on telling me that this is no good And my heart is aching, that tells me I should But only time will show the wiser I've fallen in love with a girl that's not mine If I take her, it will hurt him, a very best friend of mine But I know that I need someone to hold, to love And my mind says I shouldn't, but my heart says I should And I don't know which to go by, my mind or my heart And this is so confusing, it's tearing me apart Time, it will show the wiser Well, I wish someone would help me, this decision is mine And my morals and emotions are hard to combine And there is no easy way out to limit the time That it takes till she finds out for the love that I hide And I don't know which to go by, my mind or my heart And this is so confusing, it's tearing me apart Time, it will show the wiser Time, it will show the wiser Time, it will show the wiser

R.I.P Judy Dyble

great song written by Emitt Rhodes who is sadly underated

RIP Judy and Emitt.

They use to only do covers, a talent agent saw the brilliance of Richard Thompson's guitar playing and gave them a contract because of his brilliance.

R I P Judy Dyble + Martin Lamble

fab :)

excellent!

all the love every of the time ~~~~~~

Emitt Rhodes, who wrote this beautiful song when he was just 17, has died just a week after Judy. It's fascinating comparing this version from 1968 with almost the same line-up (Martin Lamble on drums replaced by Dave Mattacks) at a great show at Cropredy in 2017. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EnbKzGZblrA.html

I feel a bit sad watching Martin Lamble drumming, knowing that within 18 months of this he would be killed not even seeing 20 years of age...

DANG

I love Iain Matthews! It would be an honor to meet him someday!

Dig those shades

Magnificent

Brilliant guitar work by R.T. About 18 yrs old. It doesnt sound much like Jeff. Airpl. to me.Much tighter for one thing.

Far out 😊

November 1967 Joe Boyd was the geezer

I loves me a bit o' Miss Dyble. No smile, no moves, no interest. Cool as...

WHAT? This looks like a real live recording - in a TV - in 60's? If so - a real rarity - as a rule the TV performances way back then were at least play back - if not even lip sync. Maybe I'm just mistaken - but it looks quite genuine.

"IN MEMORIAM": JUDY DYBLE (FAIRPORT CONVENTION / TRADER HORNE / GILES, GILES & FRIPP) (1949-2020)

The Byrds on speed.

i thought it was JEFFERSON AIRPLANE ! they looked and had a sound like JEFFERSONS

Judy Dyble is one of the major badass motherfuckers of musical history.

Never noticed the strange approximation of traditional grip from Martin: quite like Stewart Copeland's actually.

When did they find the original color footage? I've only seen this in B&W from the film that was included in a 1987 VHS tape.

hell yeah

Where did this piece of film show up? I'm used to the old B&W version that has the album track overlaid on the performance.

Richard Thompson at 1:06 into the song !

Bits of this - 1:05 to 1:11 and 2:04 to 2:11 really reminds me of The Damned for some reason

Half the band are still teenagers here.

Emmitt Rhodes was the composer.

What is Judy doing these days, is she still around or playing music these days?

Why did the band fire Judy Dyble?

They seem like psychedelic punk

Sandy all the way

Emitt Rhodes version (the original) is so much better! Miles away!!

Was this recording done in 1968? But in 1968 Sandy Denny was the singer surely? Is the date of the recording 1967?

Fairport Airplane or Jefferson Convention? hmm...let me think....this is so confusing....

Wow. Very Byrdsy at this point.

Very 60S

i'm no folk expert, but isn't this a tad heavy, fast? don't get me wrong, I dig this song, but was it received well in "folk circles".

r o c k

Fabulous music, terrible camera work! They clearly hadn't worked out their shots/angles very well beforehand..

Emitt Rhodes wrote this

0:59 Messi?