Matty Grooves Records
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Matty Grooves Records is a record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 which was started by the members of Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

 in 2004
2004 in music
See also:* 2004 in music Record labels established in 2004-January:*January 1**The Vienna New Year's Concert is conducted by Riccardo Muti.**Kurt Nilsen wins World Idol....

, when Woodworm Records
Woodworm Records
Woodworm Records was a record label created in 1979 to enable the British folk-rock band Fairport Convention to release their album Farewell Farewell. The album was a recording of performances taken from the band's 1979 farewell tour...

 was put into hold. The name is derived from the English folk song of similar name
Matty Groves
"Matty Groves" is an English folk ballad that describes an adulterous tryst between a man and a woman that is ended when the woman's husband discovers and kills them. It dates to at least the 17th century, and is one of the Child Ballads collected by 19th-century American scholar Francis James Child...

.

Release List

Cat No Artist Title UK Release Notes
MGCD041 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Over the Next Hill
Over the Next Hill
Over the Next Hill, released in 2004, is an album by the band Fairport Convention. It has been described by Mojo as "simply [Fairport's] best album in 25 years"....

August 2004
MGCD042 The Dylan Project 2 2005
MG2CD043 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Off the Desk
Off the Desk
-Personnel:*Simon Nicol – vocals, guitar*Dave Pegg – vocals, bass guitar, mandolin on "Canny Capers"*Ric Sanders – violin, mandolin on "Morris Medley"*Chris Leslie – vocals, bouzouki, mandolin, violin, Native American flute*Gerry Conway – drums, percussion...

2006 2-CD. Recorded live during the 2004 and 2005 winter tours.
MGCD044 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Sense of Occasion
Sense of Occasion
Sense of Occasion is a 2007 studio album by British folk-rock veterans Fairport Convention. The title comes from the fact that 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the band ....

February 2007
MGCD045 Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, arguably most visible as a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the pre-eminent electric folk band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of important folk and rock groups including The Ian Campbell...

 & PJ Wright
Galileo's Apology February 2007
MG4CD046 Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, arguably most visible as a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the pre-eminent electric folk band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of important folk and rock groups including The Ian Campbell...

A Box of Pegg's August 2007 4-CD box set including book. Compilation of tracks mostly released previously, but not necessarily on CD; various artist credits.
MG2CD1947 Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg
Dave Pegg is an English multi-instrumentalist and record producer, arguably most visible as a bass guitarist. He is the longest-serving member of the pre-eminent electric folk band Fairport Convention and has been bassist with a number of important folk and rock groups including The Ian Campbell...

60th Birthday Bash August 2008 2-CD. Recorded live at Birmingham Town Hall
Birmingham Town Hall
Birmingham Town Hall is a Grade I listed concert and meeting venue in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England. It was created as a home for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival established in 1784, the purpose of which was to raise funds for the General Hospital, after St Philip's Church became...

, 3 November 2007.
MGCD048 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Live at Cropredy '08 March 2009 Recorded live at the Cropredy Festival, 9 August 2008.
MGCD049 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Fame & Glory April 2009 Some tracks are live recordings.
MGCD050 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Festival Bell
Festival Bell
Festival Bell is a 2011 studio album from electric folk band Fairport Convention. The name of the album is a reference to the bell of the same name that currently rings in St Mary's Church in Cropredy, Oxfordshire...

January 2011

DVD Release List

Cat No Artist Title UK Release Notes
MGDVD01 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Fairport@Forty January 2008 A Live DVD featuring Highlights of Fairport's Cropredy Convention in 2007.
MGDVD02 Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention are an English folk rock and later electric folk band, formed in 1967 who are still recording and touring today. They are widely regarded as the most important single group in the English folk rock movement...

Off The Screen December 2009 Highlights of Fairport Convention's saturday night set at Fairport's Cropredy Convention in 2009.
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