Liege & Lief, released in 1969, is the fourth electric folk album released by Fairport Convention and it helped establish British folk-rock as a distinct and influential genre.
Avoiding the cover material found on their earlier releases, the album consists of electrified versions of traditional English folk songs and the first of a long line of instrumental medleys of folk dance tunes driven by Dave Swarbrick's violin playing. Richard Thompson's original compositions, "Farewell, Farewell" and "Crazy Man Michael," are both bittersweet songs of love and leaving which were inspired by an auto accident that had taken the lives of drummer Martin Lamble and Thompson's girlfriend. Liege & Lief remains a seminal example of the power of excellent storytelling and musicianship.

Fairport Convention Liege & Lief Track Listing

1. Come All Ye 
2. Reynardine 
3. Matty Groves 
4. Farewell, Farewell 
5. Deserter 
6. Medley: The Lark in the Morning/Rakish Paddy/The Foxhunter's Jig/Toss T 
7. Tam Lin 
8. Crazy Man Michael