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Gladys’ Leap

Artist Fairport Convention Released 1985 Type album

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Fourteenth of the 29 Fairport Convention records held here. It came eighteen years into a run that began in 1967. 1985 is 21 years into Folk rock, which this tree dates from 1964.

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Gladys' Leap is the fourteenth studio album by Fairport Convention, released in August 1985. It was recorded in April and May 1985 at Woodworm Studios, Barford St. Michael, Oxfordshire, UK. It was produced and engineered by Simon Nicol, Dave Mattacks and Dave Pegg and the assistant engineers were Tim Matyear and Mark Powell. The album features the first contributions to a Fairport album by founding member Richard Thompson since Rosie in 1973. Thompson wrote the opening track "How Many Times" and played lead guitar on "Head in a Sack".

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