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Easy (Ralph McTell album)

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Released
  
March, 1974

Easy (1974)
  
Streets... (1975)

Release date
  
March 1974

Recorded
  
1974

Artist
  
Ralph McTell

Label
  
Leola

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Genres
  
Folk music, Folk rock, Country blues

Producers
  
Ralph McTell, Danny Thompson, Tony Visconti

Similar
  
Not till Tomorrow, Spiral Staircase, Streets, You Well‑Meaning Brought, Right Side Up

Easy is the 1974 album by British Folk musician Ralph McTell. Guest musicians include folk pioneers Wizz Jones; Bert Jansch and Danny Thompson from Pentangle; Gerry Conway from Fotheringay; and Dave Mattacks from Fairport Convention.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ralph McTell

  1. "Take It Easy"
  2. "Maddy Dances"
  3. "Maginot Waltz"
  4. "Sweet Mystery"
  5. "Stuff No More"
  6. "Run Johnny Run"
  7. "Zig Zag Line"
  8. "Let Me Down Easy"
  9. "Would I Lie to You?"
  10. "Summer Lightning"

Personnel

  • Ralph McTell - acoustic guitars (1-10), lead vocals (1-10), banjos (7), harmonium (3), harmonica (5,7)
  • Wizz Jones - guitar (1)
  • Bert Jansch - guitar (6)
  • Danny Thompson - double bass (1-2,4,5-6,8-10), bass drum (5), hi-hat (5)
  • Steve Bonnett - mandolin (1,2)
  • Mike Piggott - violin (4)
  • Lynsey Scott - violin (1)
  • Dave Mattacks - drums (1,2)
  • Gerry Conway - drums (4,6,9)
  • Michael Bennett - background vocals (1)
  • John Kongos - background vocals (6)

    • Production

  • Producers: Ralph McTell, Danny Thompson and Tony Visconti
  • Recording Engineers: Phil Dunne, John Kongos, Mike Noble and Tony Visconti
  • Cover painting: Enrique Serra

    • Awards and accolades

  • "Easy" reached number 31 in the UK Album Chart soon after its release in March, 1974.
  • "Easy" was awarded a Silver disc for record sales in August, 1976.

    • Track variations

    The UK 1999 CD release includes two bonus tracks taken from a single released in 1972:

  • "Teacher Teacher" (Ralph McTell)
  • "Truckin' Little Baby" (Blind Boy Fuller)

    • Songs

    1Take It Easy2:32
    2Maddy Dances2:13
    3Maginot Waltz3:19

    References

    Easy (Ralph McTell album) Wikipedia
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