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''Liege & Lief'' is the fourth album by the English rock band Fairport Convention. It is the third and final album the group released in the UK in 1969, all of which prominently feature Sandy Denny as lead female vocalist. (Denny does not appear on the group's debut album from 1968.) It is also the very first Fairport album on which all songs have either been adapted (freely) from traditional British and Celtic folk material (e.g., Matty Groves, Tam Lin), or else are original compositions (e.g., Come All Ye, Crazy Man Michael) written and performed in a similar style. By introducing songs of this genre into the group's repertoire, Denny, who had previously sung and recorded traditional folk songs as a solo artist, was instrumental in this transformation. Although Denny quit the band even before the album's release, Fairport Convention has continued to the present day to make music almost exclusively within the traditional British folk idiom, and are still one of the artists most strongly associated with it. The album was moderately successful, peaking at number 17 on the British charts during a 15-week run.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 FAIRPORT CONVENTION – The Official Charts Company )〕 It is often credited, though the claim is sometimes disputed, as the first major "British folk rock" album. (This term is not to be confused with American-style folk rock, which had first achieved mainstream popularity on both sides of the Atlantic with The Byrds’ early work several years prior.) The popularity of ''Liege & Lief'' did a great deal to establish the new style commercially and artistically as a distinct genre. In an audience vote at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2006, the album was voted Most Influential Folk Album of All Time.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher=BBC Radio 2 )〕 ==History== Following the motorway accident that had killed Martin Lamble, the band were left without a drummer. After the release of ''Unhalfbricking,'' Dave Mattacks took over the role and, having previously been a drummer at Mecca Ballrooms, had to "learn a whole new style of drumming."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Simon Nicol writes about Fairport Convention )〕 Dave Swarbrick, a little older than the rest of the band, had already been in a successful duo with guitarist Martin Carthy. After his appearance on ''Unhalfbricking'', he too joined Fairport full-time. The band rehearsed and put together ''Liege & Lief'' over the summer of 1969 at a house in Farley Chamberlayne, near Winchester, launching it with a sold-out concert in London's Royal Festival Hall late in 1969. Gone were the covers of songs by Bob Dylan and others, replaced by electrified versions of traditional English folksongs and the first of a long line of instrumental medleys of folk dance tunes driven by Dave Swarbrick's violin playing. Much of this material had been found by Ashley Hutchings in Cecil Sharp's collection, maintained by the English Folk Dance and Song Society. The title is composed of two Middle English words: ''liege'' meaning loyal〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Liege )〕 and ''lief'' meaning ready.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lief )〕 The cover, a gatefold in grey and purple, featured cameo images of the band along with tracklisting and credits. Soon after the release of ''Liege & Lief'', Ashley Hutchings left to further pursue traditional music in a new band, Steeleye Span; Sandy Denny also left to form Fotheringay. In 2007 a double album "Liege and Lief Deluxe Edition" was released; the second album consisted mainly of BBC radio live performances and two stylistically uncharacteristic outtakes, the Frank Sinatra songs "The Lady Is a Tramp" and "Fly Me to the Moon".〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Netrhythms : A to Z Album and Gig Reviews )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liege & Lief」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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