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FAIRPORT CONVENTION Heyday (1987 UK 12-track LP, pressed in France for the UK market, containing BBC radio sessions recorded in 1968 & 1969 & featuring the late great Sandy Denny, including those for John Peel's Top Gear Show, picture sleeve designed by Phil Smee with liner notes from Joe Boyd on the reverse. The sleeve has a few storage marks, mainly to the edges whilst the vinyl appears barely played HNBL1329)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege & Lief (1970 UK issue of the classic 1969 8-track LP, on the pink rim 'palm tree' label with black Witchseason logo. The gatefold picture sleeve shows very little age wear & the vinyl is Excellent with just a few minor signs of play - an Excellent play copy of this Fairport masterpiece! ILPS9115)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege & Lief (1970 UK second issue of the 1969 8-track LP on the rough pink rim Island 'palm tree' label with black Witchseason logo. The gatefold sleeve shows just a little wear with a small name annotated on the inner spread echoed on the label, with a just a few light surface marks evident. Despite a few minor spindle marks indicating minimal use the disc itself bares very little sign of play - an Excellent play copy of this Fairport masterpiece! ILPS9115)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION The History Of Fairport Convention (1972 UK 20-track double LP on the pink rim Island 'palm tree' label, gatefold 'family tree' picture sleeve including integral 12-page booklet with notes by engineer John Wood. The sleevehas some light ringwear with a small tear to the stapled area of the booklet, whilst aside from a few light surface marks, the vinyl is in excellent condition ICD4)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Rising For The Moon (Late 1970's UK second issue 11-track LP on the orange 'Sunrise' label, originally released in 1975, matt picture sleeve. This album saw the return of Sandy Denny to the fold, bringing with her husband Trevor Lucas & fellow ex-Fotheringay bandmate Jerry Donahue. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a bit of edge scuffing & the vinyl is Near Mint ILPS9313)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Tipplers Tales (1978 UK 10-track LP on the Vertigo 'spaceship' label, complete with lyric insert. The picture sleeve & vinyl are Excellent with some minor ring wear & just light signs of play)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege & Lief (1970 UK second issue of the 1969 8-track LP on the rough pink rim Island 'palm tree' label with black Witchseason logo. The gatefold sleeve shows just a little wear with a small name annotated on the inner spread echoed on the label, with a just a few light surface marks evident. Despite a few minor spindle marks indicating minimal use the disc itself bares very little sign of play - an Excellent play copy of this Fairport masterpiece! ILPS9115)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege & Lief (1980s Italian UK issue of the 1969 8-track LP on the blue Island label, single pocket picture sleeve with 'Folk' logo in the top left front corner and Orizzonte logo on the back. The sleeve has a light sticker mark on the front and displays some light general wear, whilst the vinyl remains excellent with some light surface scuffs & signs of play)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Angel Delight (1971 UK first issue 10-track LP on the pink rim 'palm tree' label, textured gatefold picture sleeve with pasted front & back photos with deletion punch-hole. The sleeve shows a degree of mild discolouring orlight marking towards the edges, mainly due to it never being laminated, with just some minor scuffing rendering this copy VG, however the pasted photos are still intact and there are no splits. The vinyl however remains a solid EX/EX+ grade with very few signs of play, overall a VG example due to the prone sleeve but wear is minimal and the vinyl is still great! ILPS9162)

FAIRPORT CONVENTION Liege & Lief (1969 UK first issue 8-track LP on the Island pink 'i' rough texture label, gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a degree of shelfwear with a bit of surface marking and general light scuffing but nothing too extreme. The vinyl remains in excellent condition with few surface scuffs or hairlines to show general light use but nothing to have signifcant effect on playback with only a few spindle marks evident and a general nice lustre remaining to the disc - advantageously priced copy of this classic original, still in very good order 50+ years on. Arguably the band's most solid effort - recommended! ILPS9115)