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  • Summary: The seven-disc box set features 121 tracks from the British folk rock band including 55 unreleased alternative takes, radio sessions, TV appearances, and live recordings.
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  1. 100
    Bulging with 55 previously unreleased outtakes, Come All Ye is an education, and as entertaining as it gets.
  2. Oct 3, 2017
    90
    Come All Ye: The First Ten Years is essential listening. For fans, all of this is necessary, for the curious, start with the studio offerings (there are two fine offerings entitled Five Classic Albums, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2) or the double-disc Gold from 2008.
  3. 80
    There are 55 unreleased tracks here to tempt owners of the many previous Fairport box sets, and 2010’s Sandy Denny monument. What becomes clear, as Denny wanders in and out of the picture, is how she and Fairport defined each other.
  4. Jul 28, 2017
    80
    It’s a treasure trove for the faithful and a comprehensive baptism for the brave newbie.
  5. Mojo
    Jul 28, 2017
    80
    This is a completist's delight in drab artwork. [Sep 2017, p.100]
  6. Uncut
    Jul 31, 2017
    80
    A wealth of new material for diehard fans. [Aug 2017, p.46]
  7. Jul 28, 2017
    80
    At 121 tracks, a running time of nearly nine (NINE!) hours and 55 unreleased songs, it’s somewhat redundant to say this seven-disc boxset documenting the first decade of Fairport Convention’s life is strictly for the hardcore. Sadly – and herein lies the lament of the wallet-destroying boxset--in Come All Ye are songs that would convert a non-believer at 10 paces.