[*] = Bonus-track
1. Fairport Convention - Polydor 1968
Tracks:
1. Time Will Show the Wiser / 2. I Don't Know Where I Stand / 3. If (Stomp) / 4. Decameron / 5. Jack O'Diamonds / 6. Portfolio / 7. Chelsea Morning / 8. Sun Shade / 9. Lobster / 10. It's Alright Ma, It's Only Witchcraft / 11. One Sure Thing / 12. M.1 Breakdown / 13. Suzanne [*] / 14. If I Had a Ribbon Bow [*] / 15. Morning Glory [*] / 16. Reno, Nevada [*]
Rating : 8
2. What We Did In Our Holidays - Island 1969
Tracks:
1. Fotheringay / 2. Mr. Lacey / 3. Book Song / 4. Lord Is in This Place...How Dreadful Is This Place / 5. No Man's Land / 6. I'll Keep It With Mine / 7. Eastern Rain / 8. Nottamun Town / 9. Tale in Hard Time / 10. She Moves Through the Fair / 11. Meet on the Ledge / 12. End of a Holiday / 13. Throwaway Street Puzzle [*] / 14. You're Gonna Need My Help [*] / 15. Some Sweet Day [*]
Rating : 8
3. Unhalfbricking - Island 1969
Tracks:
1. Genesis Hall / 2. Si Tu Dois Partir / 3. Autopsy / 4. Sailor's Life / 5. Cajun Woman / 6. Who Knows Where the Time Goes? / 7. Percy's Song / 8. Million Dollar Bash / 9. Dear Landlord [*] / 10. Ballad of Easy Rider [*]
Rating : 8
4. Liege and Lief - Island 1969
Tracks:
1. Come All Ye / 2. Reynardine / 3. Matty Groves / 4. Farewell, Farewell / 5. Deserter / 6. Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/Foxhunters' Jig/Toss the F / 7. Tam Lin / 8. Crazy Man Michael / 9. Sir Patrick Spens [#] / 10. Quiet Joys of Brotherhood [#]
Rating : 9
5. Full House - Island 1970
Tracks:
1. Walk Awhile / 2. Doctor of Physick / 3. Dirty Linen / 4. Sloth / 5. Sir Patrick Spens / 6. Flatback Caper / 7. Poor Will and the Jolly Hangman / 8. Flowers of the Forest / 9. Now Be Thankful [Mono Version] [*]
/ 10. Sir B. McKenzie's Daughter's Lament for the 77th Mounted Lancers Retrea [*] / 11. Bonny Bunch of Roses [*] / 12. Now Be Thankful [New Stereo Mix] [*]
Rating : 10
6. Angel Delight - Island 1971
Tracks:
1. Lord Marlborough / 2. Sir William Gower / 3. Bridge over the River Ash / 4. Wizard of the Worldly Game / 5. Journeyman's Grace / 6. Angel Delight / 7. Banks of the Sweet Primroses / 8. Instrumental Medley: The Cuckoo's Nest/Hardiman the Fiddler/Papa Stoor / 9. Bonny Black Hare / 10. Sickness and Diseases / 11. Journeyman's Grace [BBC Radio Session Recording] [*]
Rating : 10
7. John Babbacombe Lee - Island 1971
Tracks:
1. John's Reflections on His Boyhood /2. This Was the Happiest Period in His Life/ 3. Tragedy Now Strikes Hard / 4. John Was Hardly More Than a Bewildered Observer at His Own Trial /5. When It Comes, He Cannot Sleep / 6. Farewell to a Poor Man's Son [#][*] / 7. Breakfast in Mayfair [#][*]
Rating : 10
8. Rosie - Island 1973
Tracks:
1. Rosie / 2. Matthew Mark Luke and John / 3. Knights of the Road / 4. Peggy's Pub / 5. The Plainsman / 6. Hungarian Rhapsody / 7. My girl / 8. Me with You / 9. Hen's March / 10. Furs and Feathers / 11. Matthew, Mark, Luke & John [Live][*] / 12. Hens March Through the Midden/The Four Poster Bed [Live][*] / 13. Rosie [Live [*] / 14. Claw [Live][*] / 15. Furs and Feathers [Live][*]
Rating : 7
9. Nine - Island 1973
Tracks:
1. Hexhamshire Lass / 2. Polly on the Shore / 3. Brilliancy Medley/Cherokee Shuffle / 4. To Althea from Prison / 5. Tokyo / 6. Bring 'Em Down / 7. Big William / 8. Pleasure and Pain / 9. Possibly Parsons Green / 10. Devil in the Kitchen (Fiddlestix) [*] / 11. George Jackson [Live][*] / 12. Pleasure & Pain [Live][*] / 13. Six Days on the Road [Live][*]
Rating : 7
10. Rising For The Moon - Island 1975
Tracks:
1. Rising for the Moon / 2. Restless / 3. White Dress / 4. Let It Go / 5. Stranger to Himself / 6. What Is True? / 7. Iron Lion / 8. Dawn / 9. After Halloween / 10. Night-Time Girl / 11. One More Chance / 12. Tears [*] / 13. Rising for the Moon [*] / 14. Stranger to Himself [*] / 15. One More Chance [*]
Rating : 8
11. Gottle O´Gear - Island 1976
Tracks:
1. When First Into This Country / 2. Our Band / 3. Lay Me Down Easy / 4. Cropredy Capers / 5. The Frog Up the Pump (Jig Medley) / 6. Don't Be Late / 7. Sandy's Song / 8. Come and Get It / 9. Limey's Lament
Rating : 4
12. Bunny Bunch of Roses - Vertigo 1977
Tracks:
1. Jams O'Donnells Jig / 2. The Eynsham Poacher / 3. Adieu, Adieu / 4. The Bonny Bunch of Roses / 5. The Poor Ditching Boy / 6. General Taylor / 7. Run Johnny Run/ 8. The Last Waltz / 9. Royal Seleccion No. 13
Rating : 6
13. Tipplers Tales - Vertigo 1978
Tracks:
/ 1. Ye Marriners All
Three Drunken Maidens / 2. Jack O'Rion / 3. Reynard The Fox / 4. Lady of Pleasure / 5. Bankrupted / 6. The Widow of Westmoorland / 7. The Hair of the Dogma / 8. As Bitme / 9. John Barleycorn
Rating : 6
14. Heyday - Hannibal 1987 ( BBC 1968-69)
Tracks:
1. Close The Door Lightly When You Go / 2 I Don't Know Where I Stand / 3. Some Sweet Day / 4. Suzanne / 5. If It Feels Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong / 6. Gone, Gone, Gone / 7. Reno, Nevada / 8. I Still Miss Someone / 9. Tried So Hard / 10. Bird On A Wire / 11. Shattering Live Experience / 12. Percy's Song
Rating : 5
15. Glady´s Leap - Woodworm 1985
Tracks:
1. How Many Times / 2. Bird From The Mountain / 3. Honour and Praise / 4. The Hiring Fair / 5. Instrumental Medley:The Riverhead Gladys Leap The Wise Maid / 6. My Feet Are Set For Dancing / 7. Wat Tyler / 8. Head In A Sack
Rating :
16. In Real Time - Island 1987 ( BBC 1968-69)
Tracks:
1. Reynard The Fox 2. The Widow of Westmorland's Daughter / 3. The Hiring Fair / 4. Crazy Man Michael / 5. Close To The Wind / 6. Big Three Medley: The Swirling Pit Matty Groves The Rutland Reel / 7. Sack The Juggler / 8. Meet On The Ledge
Rating :
17. Expletive Delighted 1986 - VARRICK
Tracks:
1. The Rutland Reel / Sack The Juggler / 2. The Cat On The Mixer / Three Left Feet / 3. Bankrupted / 4. Portmeirion / 5. Jams O'Donnell's Jigs / n6. / 7. Expletive Delighted / 8. Sigh Beg Sigh Mor / 9. Innstück / 10. The Gas Almost Works / 11. Hanks For The Memory
Rating :
18. Red & Gold - 1988 NEW ROUTES
Tracks:
1. Set Me Up / 2. The Noise Club / 3. Red and Gold / 4. The Beggars Song / 5. The Battle / 6. Dark Eyed Molly / 7. The Rose Hip / 8. London River / 9. Summer Before The War / 10. Open The Door Richard
Rating :
19. The Five Seasons - 1991 WOODWORM
Tracks:
1. Claudy Banks / 2. All Your Beauty / 3. Cup of Tea! / A Loaf of Bread / Miss Monahan's / 4. Gold / 5. Rhythy of the Time / 6. The Card Song / Shuffle the Pack / 7. Mock Morris/ 8. Sock In It / 9. Ginnie / 10. The Wounded Whale
Rating :
20. Jewel In The Crown - 1995 WOODWORM
Tracks:
1. Jewel In The Crown / 2. Slipjigs and Reels / 3. A Surfeit of Lampreys/ 4. Kind Fortune/ 5. Diamonds and Gold / 6. The Naked Highwayman / 7. The Islands / 8. The Youngest Daughter / 9. London Danny / 10. Summer In December / 11. Travelling By Steam / 12. She's Like The Swallow / 13. Red Tide / 14. Home Is Where The Heart Is / 15. Closing Time
Rating :
21. Old, New, Borrowed, Blue - 1996 WOODWORM
Tracks:
1. Woodworm Swing / 2. Men / 3. Aunt Sally Shuffle / 4. There Once Was Love / Innstück / 5. Frozen Man / 6. Mr Sands is in the Building / 7. Lalla Rookh / 8. Foolish You / 9. Crazy Man Michael / 10. Widow of Westmoreland's Daughter / 11. Genesis Hall / 12. The Deserter / 13. The Swimming Song / 14. Struck It Right / 15. The Hiring Fair / 16. Matty Groves / Dirty Linen
Rating :
22. Who Knows Where The Time Goes? - 1997 WOODWORM
Tracks:
1. John Gaudie / 2. Sailing Boat / 3. Here's to Tom Paine / 4. The Bowman's Retreat / 5. Spanish Main / 6. The Golden Glove / 7. Slipology / 8. Wishfulness Waltz / 9. Life's a Long Song / 10. Dangerous / 11. Heard it Through the Grapevine / 12. Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Rating :
23. The Wood And The Wire -1999 WOODWORM
Tracks:
1. The Wood and the Wire / 2. The Dancer / 3. Wandering Man / 4. The Heart of the Song / 5. A Year and a Day / 6. The Game Pieces / 7. Close to You / 8. Still a Mystery / 9. Banbury Fair / 10. The Lady Vanishes / 11. The Good Fortunes / 12. Western Wind / 13. Don't Leave Too Soon / 14. Rocky Road
Rating : 7
24. XXXV - 2001 WOODWORM
Tracks:
1. Madeleine / 2. My Love is in America / 3. The Happy Man / 4. Portmeirion/ 5. The Crowd / 6. The Banks of Sweet Primroses / 7. The Deserter / 8. The Light of Day / 9. I Wandered by a Brookside / 10. Neil Gow's Apprentice / 11. Everything But The Skirl / 12. Talking About My Love / 13. Now Be Thankful / 14. The Crowd Revisited
Rating :
25. From Cropredy to Portmeirion - 2002
Tracks:
1. The Eynsham Poacher / 2. Bird From the Mountain / 3. London River / 4. Honour and Praise / 5. From a Distance / 6. On the Floor / 7. Red and Gold / 8. Portmeirion / 9. Medley Lark in the Morning & Matty Groves & Rutland Reel & Sack the Juggler / 10. Meet on the Ledge
Rating :
26. Over the Next Hill - 2004
Tracks:
1.
Over the Next Hill / 2
I'm Already There / 3
Wait for the Tide to Come In / 4. Canny Capers / 5. Over the Falls / 6. The Wassail Song / 7. The Fossil Hunter / 8. Willow Creek / 9. Westward / 10. Some Special Place / 11. Si Tu Dois Partir
Rating :
27. Sense of Occasion - Matty Groves MGCD044 - 2007
Tracks:
1. Keep on Turning the Wheel / 2. Love on a Farmboy's Wages / 3. The Bowman's Return / 4. South Dakota to Manchester / 5. Spring Song / 6. Polly on the Shore / 7. Just Dandy / 8. Tam Lin / 9. In Our Town / 10. Edge of the World / 11. Hawkwood's Army / 12. The Vision / 13. Your Heart and Mine / 14. Untouchable / 15. Galileo's Apology / 16. Best Wishes
Rating : 6
28. Festival Bell - Matty Groves MGCD050 - 2011
Tracks:
1. Mercy Bay / 2. Rui's Guitar / 3. Danny Jack's Chase / 4. Reunion Hill / 5. Wouldn't Say No / 6. Around the Wild Cape Horn / 7. Celtic Moon / 8. Ukulele Central / 9. Albert & Ted / 10. Darkside Wood / 11. London Apprentice/Johnny Ginears / 12. Rising for the Moon / 13. Danny Jack's Reward / 14. The Festival Bell
Rating : 7
29. By Popular Request - Matty Groves MGCD051 2012
Tracks:
1. Walk Awhile / 2. Crazy Man Michael / 3. The Hiring Fair / 4. The Hexampshire Lass / 5. Red and Gold / 6. Sir Patrick Spens / 7. Genesis Hall / 8. Farewell Farewell / 9. Rosie / 10. Matty Groves / 11. Fotheringay / 12. Jewel in the Crown / 13. Meet on the Ledge
Rating : 8
30. Myths and Heroes - Matty Groves 2015
Tracks:
1. Myths and Heroes / 2. Clear Water / 3. The Fylde Mountain Time / Roger Bucknall's Polka / 4. Theodore's Song / 5. Love at First Sight / 6. John Condon / 7. The Gallivant / 8. The Man in the Water / 9. Bring Me Back My Feathers / 10. Grace and Favour / 11. Weightless / The Gravity Reel / 12. Home / 13. Jonah's Oak
Rating :
31. 50:50 - Matty Groves 2017
Tracks:
1. Eleanor's Dream / 2. Ye Mariners All (Live) / 3. Step by Step / 4. The Naked Highwayman (Live) / 5. Danny Jack's Reward (Expensive Version!) / 6. Jesus on the Mainline (Live) / 7. Devil's Work / 8. Mercy Bay (Live) / 9. Our Bus Rolls On / 10. Portmeirion (Live) / 11. The Lady of Carlisle / 12. Lord Marlborough (Live) / 13. Summer by the Cherwell
Rating :
32. Shuffle and Go - Matty Groves 2020
Tracks:
1. Don't Reveal My Name / 2. Cider Rain / 3. Good Time for a Fiddle and Bow / The Christmas Eve Reel / 4. A Thousand Bars / 5. Shuffle and Go / 6. Moses Waits / 7. Steampunkery / 8. Linseed Memories / 9. The Year of Fifty Nine / 10. The Byfield Steeplechase / 11. Moondust and Solitude / 12. Jolly Springtime / 13. Precious Time
Rating :
My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation -
With Sandy Denny or Judy Dyble:
1. Rising For The Moon ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
2. Fotheringay ( Denny ) What We Did In Our Holidays
3. The Deserter ( Trad. ) Liege and Lief
4. Percy's Song ( Dylan ) Unhalfbricking
5. Crazy Man Michael ( Thompson ) Liege and Lief
6. Farewell, Farewell ( Thompson ) Liege and Lief
7. Matty Groves ( Trad. ) Liege and Lief
8. Genesis Hall ( Thompson ) Unhalfbricking
9. One More Chance ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
10. Who Knows Where The Time Goes ( Denny ) Unhalfbricking
11. Come All Ye ( Hutchings/Denny ) Liege and Lief
12. White Dress ( Swarbrick ) Rising For The Moon
13. What Is True ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
14. Close The Door Lightly When You Go ( Anderson ) Heyday
15. Eastern Rain ( Mitchell ) What We Did In Our Holidays
16. Autopsy ( Denny ) Unhalfbricking
17. Tam Lin ( Trad. ) Liege and Lief
19. Stranger To Himself ( Denny ) Rising For The Moon
20. You Never Wanted Me ( Frank ) Who Knows Where The Time Goes ( Denny-box)
21. I Don't Know Where I Stand ( Mitchell ) Heyday
22. Some Sweet Day ( Bryant/Bryant ) Heyday
23. Reno Nevada ( Farina ) Heyday
24. Time Will Show the Wiser ( Rhodes ) Fairport Convention ( Judy Dyble)
25. Chelsea Morning ( Mitchell ) Fairport Convention ( Judy Dyble)
26. I Don't Know Where I Stand ( Mitchell ) Fairport Convention ( Judy Dyble)
27. Decameron ( Thompson/Ghosh/Horvitch ) Fairport Convention ( Judy Dyble)
Without Sandy