Cropredy
Capers - Another People's History of Fairport Convention brings together the memories
of over 250 fans of the pioneers of British Folk-Rock in a collection of
stories told from the perspective of the front row seat. Fairport
Convention were formed in 1967 and their story now stretches back more than 57 years.
Their annual festival, Fairport's Cropredy Convention, held in a field in
Cropredy in Oxfordshire, regularly attracts more than 12,000 festival goers and
has been going for over 45. Cropredy
Capers follows on from 2022's highly regarded Gonna
See All My Friends and is another slice of Fairport history in the words of
fans, with stories of seeing and meeting the band in its many guises over the
years. There are tales going back to the very beginning of Fairport and tales
from the band's 2024 Winter tour. Packed
with fan photographs and hundreds of items from the archive of Fairport
archivist Ian Burgess, this really is a treasure trove of memories for any
Fairport fan to savour.