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Unhalfbricking is the third studio album by the English folk rock band Fairport Convention and the first of two albums released by the band in 1969. It is seen as a transitional album in their history and marked a further musical move away from American influences towards more traditional English folk songs that had begun on their previous album, What We Did on Our Holidays and reached its peak on the follow-up, Liege & Lief, released later the same year.

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Type
Album
Artist
Fairport Convention
First released
1969-07
folkfolk rockfolk-rockrock

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Listeners
3
Total plays
112

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Music

Genre
Folk-Rock
Year
1969
Tracks
10

Key facts

Album.prev_year
1968
Album.name
Unhalfbricking
Album.type
studio
Album.artist
Fairport Convention
Album.cover
Fairport Convention-Unhalfbricking (album cover).jpg
Album.released
July 3, 1969
Album.recorded
January–April 1969
Album.studio
Sound Techniques and Olympic, London
Album.genre
British folk rock
Album.length
38:51
Album.label
Island
Album.language
English and French
Album.prev_title
What We Did on Our Holidays
Album.next_title
Liege & Lief
Album.next_year
1969

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  • Production
  • Title and cover
  • Aftermath
  • Reception
  • Track listing
  • Release history
  • Personnel
  • Certifications
  • References

Unhalfbricking is the third studio album by the English folk rock band Fairport Convention and the first of two albums released by the band in 1969. It is seen as a transitional album in their history and marked a further musical move away from American influences towards more traditional English folk songs that had begun on their previous album, What We Did on Our Holidays and reached its peak on the follow-up, Liege & Lief, released later the same year.

The album features several Bob Dylan songs, which he had not yet released. It also features Sandy Denny's signature song "Who Knows Where the Time Goes?", which was subsequently covered by many other performers and is now regarded as a classic. The only traditional song on the album, "A Sailor's Life", is seen as pivotal in the development of English folk rock music.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Unhalfbricking” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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