Description
Fame and Glory presents a unique collection of songs and tunes by visionary Breton composer Alan Simon. Representing the highlights of Fairport Convention's collaboration with Alan Simon, this compilation spans over a decade of Fairport's contributions to a project that includes the gold disc winning Excalibur song cycle and the more recent Anne de Bretagne. The songs and tunes on this album are a wonderful evocation of Arthurian legend, Celtic mythology and Breton folklore.
The words and music are by Alan Simon with contributions by Fairport's Chrris Leslie and Ric Sanders. The music is performed by Fairport Convention with guest appearances by Jacqui McShee, Martin Barre, Dave Mattacks, Dan Ar Braz, John Helliwell, James Wood and Flook.
The band previously made this compilation available to fans on CD, but this is the first release of these songs on vinyl.
This mastered-for-vinyl double 140g coloured splatter vinyl release has been personally overseen by Alan Simon.
The line-up on this compilation is:
Gerry Conway — drums and percussion
Dave Pegg — bass guitar
Simon Nicol — guitars, vocals
Ric Sanders — violin
Chris Leslie — vocals, bouzouki, mandolin and violin
‘Fame And Glory’ also features special guests:
Martin Barre — electric guitar
John Helliwell — saxophone, clarinet Dan Ar Bras — electric guitar
Andreas Wlolenweider — harp
Alan Simon — flute
Laurent Tixier — viellie a roue
Pat O'May — Electric guitar
John Wetton — vocals
Jacqui McShee — vocals
James Wood — vocals, acoustic guitar Dave Mattacks - drums