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Fairport Convention: "There was a manic feeling in the air"

John Harris, The Guardian, 3 August 2007

In 1969, reeling from the shock of a tragic car crash, Fairport Convention recorded an album that would change British folk for ever. John Harris hears the story of Liege and Lief.

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