FAIRPORT CONVENTION (LP)
- GLADYS' LEAP)

August 1985

Gladys' Leap UK Cover
UK
Gladys's Leap USA Cover
USA
Gladys' Leap - Swedish Issue Back Cover
Sweden - Back Cover
Gladys' Leap - Swedish Centre
Sweden - Side 1
Cover
South Korea - Front Cover
Insert Sheet
South Korea - Insert Shet
TRACKS:
SIDE ONE:
How Many Times (Richard Thompson)  
Bird From The Mountain (Ralph McTell)  
Honour And Praise (John Richards)  
The Hiring Fair (Ralph McTell / Dave Mattacks)

 
SIDE TWO:
Instrumental Medley '85: The Riverhead (Dave Pegg) / Gladys's Leap (Dave Pegg) / The Wise Maid (Trad. Arr. Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg)  
MY FEET ARE SET FOR DANCING (Cathy Lesurf, Arranged Bill Martin) 3'59"
Wat Tyler (Ralph McTell / Simon Nicol)  
Head In A Sack (Dave Whetstone)

 
ISSUES:
UK Woodworm Records WR007 (August 1985) (Inner sleeve contained the song lyrics)
Woodworm Records (Cassette) WRC002 (August 1985)
USA Varrick Records VR023 (1985) (included insert sheet with song lyrics)
AUSTRALIA Interfusion L38538 (1985) (Inner sleeve contained the song lyrics)

Note:
Tim Matyear the Woodworm Sound Engineer confirmed that one night Dave Pegg slipped into the studio behind his back and slightly remixed the Bass Guitar parts for the Australian issue although he further added that he had never been able to work out what Peggy had done to the tracks!
GERMANY Spriggan Records FMS102 (1985) (included insert sheet with song lyrics)
CANADA Stony Plain CDVR 00023 (1985)
SWEDEN Amalthea AM55 (1985)
SOUTH KOREA

Jigu Records Corp ROPL-4006 (VR-023) (1991) (including insert sheet with song lyrics in English and article about Fairport in Korean

See separate entry for CD issue / reissue " Gladys' Leap - Expletive Delighted"

Musicians
Simon Nicol Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars
Dave Pegg Bass Guitar, Mandolin, Bouzouki, Double Bass, Vocals
Dave Mattacks
Drums, Drum Machine, Keyboards, Percussion
with
Ric Sanders Violin (Tracks 2, 4, 5)
Richard Thompson Electric Guitar (Track 8)
CATHY LESURF Vocal (Track 6)
Harold Wells

Spoken Intro to Track 2
Recorded: April-May 1985 at Woodworm Studio, Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire. Violin parts overdubbed in May 1985.
Produced & Engineered by: Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks & Dave Pegg
Assistant Engineers: Tim Matyear & Mark Powell
Cut At: Townhouse Studios
Cover by: Mick Toole
Photography: John Woodward, Derek Holmwood, Doug Lake
South Korean Insert Sheet
South Korean Insert Sheet

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