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Released on A&M Records, also Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden), Every Breath You Take (The Police) and Roxanne (The Police)
Produced by Joe Boyd, also Arnold Layne (Pink Floyd), Midnight at the Oasis (Maria Muldaur) and Si tu dois partir
Written by [traditional], also Greensleeves (John Coltrane), Milk Cow Blues (Aerosmith) and Banana Boat Song (Day‐O) (Harry Belafonte)
Engineered by John Wood, also Si tu dois partir, Who Knows Where the Time Goes? and Oh Very Young (Cat Stevens)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
[traditional] wrote 2823 songs on fono, the 3rd most of any writer
Joe Boyd produced 10 of Fairport Convention’s top 10 songs
John Wood engineered 5 of Fairport Convention’s top 10 songs
Joe Boyd produced 209 songs on fono
Credits
All 11 credits
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Produced by
- Fairport Convention, Joe Boyd and Simon Nicol
- Performed by
- Ashley Hutchings, Dave Swarbrick, Martin Lamble and Sandy Denny
- Engineered by
- John Wood
- Part of
- Unhalfbricking
- Released on
- A&M Records
- Written by
- [traditional]
- Produced by
- Fairport Convention, Joe Boyd and Simon Nicol
- Performed by
- Ashley Hutchings, Dave Swarbrick, Martin Lamble and Sandy Denny
- Engineered by
- John Wood
- Part of
- Unhalfbricking
- Released on
- A&M Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same producer: Joe Boyd
Same writer: [traditional]
Same engineer: John Wood
Same label: A&M Records
Same producer: Joe Boyd
Same writer: [traditional]
Same engineer: John Wood
Same label: A&M Records
Elsewhere
Sources (12)
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1MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was performed by Ashley Hutchings
A Sailor’s Life was performed by Ashley Hutchings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was performed by Dave Swarbrick
A Sailor’s Life was performed by Dave Swarbrick
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was performed by Martin Lamble
A Sailor’s Life was performed by Martin Lamble
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was performed by Sandy Denny
A Sailor’s Life was performed by Sandy Denny
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was produced by Fairport Convention
A Sailor’s Life was produced by Fairport Convention
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was produced by Joe Boyd
A Sailor’s Life was produced by Joe Boyd
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was produced by Simon Nicol
A Sailor’s Life was produced by Simon Nicol
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was written by [traditional]
A Sailor’s Life was written by [traditional]
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life is part of the release Unhalfbricking
A Sailor’s Life is part of the release Unhalfbricking
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz A&M Records is the label of the song A Sailor’s Life
A&M Records is the label of the song A Sailor’s Life
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was engineered by John Wood
A Sailor’s Life was engineered by John Wood
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz A Sailor’s Life was released on 1969-07