Fairport Convention - BBC Radio 2 FM Nightride 1988 and 1989, HiFi Video Recorder masters 

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I managed to find the video cassette masters after all these years. I have removed all the idiotic comments from the programme presenter, except for one.

Only someone not in his right mind would have attempted to record these sessions! Nightride was a 3 hour programme on Radio 2 (12-3am), I think at least five songs were generally recorded for broadcast between Monday and Friday, usually one on each programme (but not necessarily) and at a different time each night - you work it out! 


1988-04-30 to 1988-05-04

01  The Hiring Fair
02  Matty Groves
03  Meet on the Ledge
04  Cat on the mixer/3 left feet
05  Port Merion - Adaptive Noise Reduction applied to reduce FM interference
06  Head in a sack?

1989-03-10 to 1989-03-14

07  London River
08  The noise club
09  Walk awhile
10  Banter
11  The hiring fair
12  Banter
13  The beggar's song



Simon Nicol            guitar/vocals
Dave Pegg              bass/vocals
Dave Mattacks          Drums
Ric Sanders            fiddle
Martin Alcock          guitar