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| | Fairport Convention Discography: Slipcue.Com Folk Guide |
 | | The songs revolve around the legend of the English convict named John "Babbacombe" Lee, who was sentenced to death in the 1880's, but apparently survived being hung at the gallows not once, nor twice, but a full three separate times. |
| | Famous as "the man they could not hang," Lee spent two decades in prison, until his release in 1907, an event described in the album's rather arcane liner notes. |
| | Of particular note is the band's implicit criticism for Britain's tabloid culture, which had inflamed public opinion in the "Babbacombe" case; in the decades since this record's release, that tabloid mentality has practically overtaken our entire popular culture, making the message more timely than ever. |
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