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Spiral Staircase (Ralph McTell album)

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Released
  
1969

Artist
  
Ralph McTell

Label
  
Transatlantic Records

Recorded
  
1968

Release date
  
1969

Producer
  
Gus Dudgeon

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Studio
  
Regent Sound Studies, London

Spiral Staircase (1969)
  
My Side of Your Window (1969)

Genres
  
Folk music, Folk rock, Country blues

Similar
  
Eight Frames a Second, My Side of Your Window, Revisited, You Well‑Meaning Brought, Streets

Ralph mctell spiral staircase 1969 full album


Spiral Staircase is British folk musician Ralph McTell's second album. Produced by Gus Dudgeon and released in the UK in 1969, its opening track, "Streets of London", has become McTell's signature tune.

Contents

Track listing

All titles by Ralph McTell except where stated.

  1. "Streets of London"
  2. "Mrs Adlam's Angels"
  3. "Wino and the Mouse"
  4. "England 1914"
  5. "Last Train and Ride"
  6. "The Fairground"
  7. "Spiral Staircase"
  8. "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" (Robert Johnson)
  9. "Bright and Beautiful Things"
  10. "Daddy's Here"
  11. "Rizraklaru (Anag.)"
  12. "(My) Baby Keeps Staying Out all Night Long" (Buddy Moss)
  13. "Terminus"

Personnel

  • Ralph McTell - guitar, vocals
    • Jug Band

    on "Last Train and Ride" and "Spiral Staircase"

  • Brian "Brock" Brocklehurst - double bass
  • Mick "Henry VIII" Bartlett - jug
  • "Whispering Mick" Bennett - washboard
  • Peter Berryman - second guitar
  • Mike Vickers - orchestral arrangements
  • Brian Gascoigne - musical direction

    • Production credits

  • Producer: Gus Dudgeon for Tuesday Productions
  • Engineer: Tom Allom at Regent Sound
  • Sleeve design: Peter Thaine
  • Liner notes: Ben Klein

    • Awards and accolades

  • McTell's song "Streets of London" won the Ivor Novello Award for songwriting in 1974.
  • A re-recorded version of "Streets of London" became a world-wide hit single in 1975.
  • During his 60th birthday concert at the Royal Festival Hall in November, 2004, McTell was presented with a Gold Disc of "Spiral Staircase".

    • Release history

    Many of the tracks on this album also feature in the "Spiral Staircase - Classic Songs" compilation.

    Track variations

    The UK 2007 CD release includes four bonus tracks that were re-mixed or re-recorded in 1970 for "Revisited":

    14. "Spiral Staircase" 15. "Last Train and Ride" 16. "The Fairground" 17. "Terminus"

    Songs

    1The Streets Of London4:08
    2Mrs Adlam's Angels2:45
    3Wino And The Mouse1:02

    References

    Spiral Staircase (Ralph McTell album) Wikipedia
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