Spiral Staircase (Ralph McTell album)

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"