Then & Now 1982–1996: The Best of Fairport Convention

Compilation by Fairport Convention

Released 11 February 2002

Ashley Hutchings
bass [7, 18], vocal [18]
Bruce Rowland
drums (drum set) [18]
Cathy Lesurf
guest [7], lead vocals [7], vocal [18]
Dave Mattacks
drums (drum set) [3, 5, 7-9, 13-14, 18], glockenspiel [8], keyboard [13], percussion [5], tambourine [9]
Dave Pegg
background vocals [1, 9, 13], bass [1, 8-10, 12], bass guitar [5, 16], double bass [14], electric bass guitar [3, 13], electric guitar [9], mandola [16], mandolin [4, 14], tambourine [18], vocal [5, 16, 18]
Dave Swarbrick
violin [7, 18]
Fairport Convention
performer [13]
Maartin Allcock
12 string guitar [16], accordion [14], acoustic guitar [8, 16], background vocals [9, 13, 16], banjo [14], bodhrán [14], bouzar / gouzouki [1, 12], drums (drum set) [16], electric guitar [5, 13], electric piano [9], guitar [10], keyboard [3], mandolin [5], percussion [8], piano [5, 14], string quartet [3], vocal [5]
Mick Dolan
mix [3, 13]
Ric Sanders
violin [1, 3, 5, 8-10, 12-14, 16]
Richard Thompson
electric guitar [7, 18], vocal [18]
Simon Nicol
acoustic guitar [3, 7-9, 13-14, 16], electric guitar [3], guitar [1, 4, 10, 12, 18], lead vocals [9], mix [3, 13], recording [3, 13], vocal [1, 3, 5, 12-13, 16, 18]
Tim Matyear
recording [3, 13]