The Notes and the Words: A Collection of Demos and Rarities
AlbumTracklist 295:52
CD 1
| 1 | Blues Run the Game (home demo) | 3:29 | |
| 2 | Soho (home demo) | 3:13 | |
| 3 | It Ain’t Me Babe (home demo) | 3:40 | |
| 4 | East Virginia (home demo) | 3:24 | |
| 5 | Geordie (home demo) | 3:23 | |
| 6 | In Memory (The Tender Years) (home demo) | 2:32 | |
| 7 | I Love My True Love (home demo) | 2:30 | |
| 8 | Ethusel (home demo) | 4:51 | |
| 9 | Carnival (home demo) | 3:10 | |
| 10 | They Don’t Seem to Know You (home demo) | 2:23 | |
| 11 | Gerrard Street (home demo) | 1:59 | |
| 12 | Seven Virgins (home demo) | 2:56 | |
| 13 | A Little Bit of Rain (home demo) | 2:23 | |
| 14 | Go Your Own Way My Love (home demo) | 4:01 | |
| 15 | Cradle Song (home demo) | 2:24 | |
| 16 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes? (home demo) | 4:31 | |
| 17 | Motherless Children (home demo) | 2:31 | |
| 18 | You Never Wanted Me Alex Campbell and His Friends | 3:21 | |
| 19 | Milk and Honey | 4:30 | |
| 20 | She Moves Through the Fair (acoustic version) | 5:02 | |
| 21 | Fotheringay (acoustic version) | 3:06 | |
| 22 | Now and Then (demo) | 3:47 | |
| 23 | Autopsy (demo) | 4:27 |
CD 2
| 1 | Are the Judges Sane? | 3:18 | |
| 2 | Mr. Lacey (alternative take with Sandy lead vocal) Fairport Convention | 2:55 | |
| 3 | The Ballad of Easy Rider (‘Liege & Lief’ outtake) Fairport Convention | 4:54 | |
| 4 | A Sailor’s Life (first version without Swarb) Fairport Convention | 11:22 | |
| 5 | Come All Ye (take 1) Fairport Convention | 5:25 | |
| 6 | Matty Groves (take 1) Fairport Convention | 7:45 | |
| 7 | The Way I Feel (original version) Fotheringay | 4:04 | |
| 8 | The Sea (studio demo) Fotheringay | 4:53 | |
| 9 | Winter Winds (studio demo) Fotheringay | 2:24 | |
| 10 | The Pond and the Stream (studio demo) Fotheringay | 3:07 | |
| 11 | John the Gun Fotheringay | 5:06 | |
| 12 | Late November (Joe Boyd mix) | 4:32 | |
| 13 | Next Time Around (demo) | 5:05 | |
| 14 | Lord Bateman (demo) | 6:14 |
CD 3
| 1 | The Optimist (demo) | 4:30 | |
| 2 | Wretched Wilbur (demo) | 2:36 | |
| 3 | Crazy Lady Blues (demo) | 3:31 | |
| 4 | North Star Grassman and the Ravens (BBC TV ‘One in Ten’ live performance) | 3:23 | |
| 5 | Blackwaterside (alternative take) | 4:18 | |
| 6 | It’ll Take a Long Time (demo) | 4:39 | |
| 7 | For Nobody to Hear (original version) | 4:34 | |
| 8 | Quiet Joys of Brotherhood (demo) | 2:45 | |
| 9 | The Lady (demo) | 2:59 | |
| 10 | Bushes and Briars (demo) | 3:52 | |
| 11 | The Music Weaver (demo) | 3:05 | |
| 12 | No End (alternative take) | 10:29 | |
| 13 | Solo (alternative take without overdub) | 4:28 | |
| 14 | Whispering Grass (studio demo) | 4:14 | |
| 15 | Friends (alternative take) | 3:31 | |
| 16 | Dark the Night (alternative take) | 4:36 | |
| 17 | Until the Real Thing Comes Along (studio demo) | 3:24 |
CD 4
| 1 | The King and Queen of England (home demo, take 1) | 3:08 | |
| 2 | After Halloween (home demo) | 3:00 | |
| 3 | Take Away the Load (home demo) | 1:38 | |
| 4 | Stranger to Himself (home demo) | 2:17 | |
| 5 | By the Time It Gets Dark (home demo) | 3:22 | |
| 6 | Down in the Flood (live) Fairport Convention | 3:16 | |
| 7 | Knocking on Heaven’s Door (live) Fairport Convention | 4:26 | |
| 8 | Like an Old Fashioned Waltz (live) Fairport Convention | 4:10 | |
| 9 | Dawn (alternative version) | 4:09 | |
| 10 | One More Chance (alternative version) | 3:45 | |
| 11 | What Is True? (studio demo) | 3:17 | |
| 12 | No More Sad Refrains (live ‘Marc Time’) | 3:12 | |
| 13 | I Wish I Was a Fool for You (original ‘Gold Dust’ album version) | 4:27 | |
| 14 | Gold Dust (original ‘Gold Dust’ album version) | 4:17 | |
| 15 | Candle in the Wind (piano version) | 4:31 | |
| 16 | One Way Donkey Ride (acoustic version) | 3:54 | |
| 17 | I’m a Dreamer (alternative take without strings) | 4:59 | |
| 18 | Still Waters Run Deep (acoustic version) | 2:53 | |
| 19 | Full Moon (featuring David Swarbrick violin solo) | 4:30 | |
| 20 | Moments (acoustic version) | 3:42 | |
| 21 | Makes Me Think of You (demo) | 2:46 |