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Off The Desk
Live album by
Released2006
Recorded2004–2005
GenreRock
Length101:17
LabelMatty Grooves
Fairport Convention chronology
Sense of Occasion
(2007)
Off The Desk
(2006)

Off The Desk is a live album by Fairport Convention. It was recorded on Fairport Convention's Winter Tours during 2004 and 2005 and the double CD features many tracks previously unavailable as live recordings.

Track listing

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CD1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Over the Falls"Chris Leslie4:21
2."Adieu Adieu"Traditional, arrangement by Simon Nicol, Dave Pegg, Dave Swarbrick, Bruce Rowland2:23
3."The Happy Man"trad., arr. Leslie2:48
4."Canny Capers"Ric Sanders5:13
5."Willow Creek"Steve Tilston, Chris Parkinson4:11
6."Genesis Hall"Richard Thompson4:09
7."Over the Next Hill"Tilston4:18
8."Portmeirion"Sanders5:24
9."My Love is in America"Leslie4:40
10."Western Wind"trad., arr. Nicol, Pegg, Sanders, Leslie, Gerry Conway4:58
11."Rosemary's Sister"Huw Williams6:20
Total length:48:53
CD2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Some Special Place"Sanders3:50
2."I'm Already There"Leslie6:16
3."The Fossil Hunter"Leslie6:30
4."The Journeyman's Grace"Swarbrick, Thompson4:34
5."Wait for the Tide to Come In"Ben Bennion4:41
6."The Wassail Song"trad., arr. Fairport3:27
7."Morris Medley" (Laudnum Bunches/Orange in Blossom/Banks of the Dee)trad., arr. Leslie2:31
8."Close to You"Leslie4:07
9."The Hiring Fair"Ralph McTell7:30
10."Walk Awhile"Swarbrick, Thompson4:18
11."John Gaudie"Leslie4:33
Total length:52:24

Personnel

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special guests on "Wait for the Tide to Come In":

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 2008 Matty Grooves double CD MG2CD043
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  • "allmusic ((( Off the Desk > Overview )))". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 9 August 2010.