Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (Fairport Convention album)

Who Knows Where the Time Goes? is the twentieth studio album released in 1997 by British folk rock band Fairport Convention. It is a mixture of studio and live tracks recorded by Mark Tucker at Woodworm Studios, Oxfordshire, The Cropredy Festival 1995 and the Fairport Convention Winter Tour 1997.[2] It was Fairport Convention's first studio album with singer and violinist Chris Leslie, who replaced Maartin Allcock and would become a mainstay in the band.

Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1997
Recorded1995–1997
GenreBritish folk rock
LabelWoodworm
ProducerFairport Convention, Mark Tucker
Fairport Convention chronology
Old New Borrowed Blue
(1996)
Who Knows Where the Time Goes?
(1997)
The Wood and the Wire
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The cover photograph was taken at Barford St. Michael Post Office, Oxfordshire.[3]

Track listing edit

  1. "John Gaudie" (Chris Leslie) – 5:05[4]
  2. "Sailing Boat" (Anna Ryder) – 5:25
  3. "Here's to Tom Paine" (Steve Tilston) – 5:14
  4. "The Bowman's Retreat" (Ric Sanders) – 3:02
  5. "Spanish Main" (Martin Allcock, Chris Leslie) – 4:28
  6. "The Golden Glove" (Traditional lyric; tune Sally Barker) – 6:04[5]
  7. "Slipology" (Ric Sanders) – 3:00
  8. "Wishfulness Waltz" (Alan Franks)/"Moonlight On The Water" (Benny Thomasson) – 5:42
  9. "Life's a Long Song" (Ian Anderson) – 2:35
  10. "Dangerous" (Kristina Olsen) – 4:38
  11. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong) – 3:50[6]
  12. "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?" (Sandy Denny) – 6:31[7]

Personnel edit

Fairport Convention

Additional personnel

  • Helen Miller – trombone
  • Sharron Naylor – background vocals
  • Richard Thompson – guitars
  • Roy Wood – instrumentation
  • John Dent – mastering
  • Mark Tucker – recording, production & mixing
  • Andy Price – design

Release history edit

  • 1997, June : Woodworm Records UK CD, WRCD025
  • 1998, March : Folkprint, UK limited edition LP, FP 005 PLP, with slightly different track list[3]
  • 2000 : Mooncrest Records, as Wishfulness Waltz, CRESTCD 048Z / CRESTCD 048, UK reissue with alternate packaging and bonus live tracks

References edit

  1. ^ "Who Knows Where the Time Goes? > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Fairport Convention: Who Knows Where the Time Goes?". Mainly Norfolk. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Fairport Convention Fansite " Expletive-Delighted!" – Discography – Who Knows Where The Time Goes?". Ian & Stephanie Rennie. Archived from the original on 23 October 2007. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. ^ Includes "John Gaudie" and "Jack Brook Da Prison Door", "Donald Blue" and "The Bonnie Isle O'Whalsay", all Trad. Arr. Chris Leslie
  5. ^ "The Golden Glove". Mainly Norfolk. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  6. ^ With Richard Thompson & Roy Wood, live from Cropredy 1995
  7. ^ Live from Canterbury Marlowe Theatre, March 1997