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If all you know of Ralph Mctell is streets of London then think again.As a kid at school in the early 70's we dreaded the day when the hippie music teacher would bring his acoustic guitar to assembly and expect us kids to join in as he murdered "streets of London".Based on that song you would never buy this cd just because of the memories it brings back.
First released forty years ago in 1968,this was Ralphs 2nd LP on the Transatlantic lable.It features 13 tracks from the original album plus four bonus cuts,revisited versions of the album tracks.The tracks are all written by Mctell apart from two,Kind Hearted Woman Blues a Robert Johnson classic and My Baby keeps staying out all night long.Stand out tracks for me were Spiral Staircase ,The Fairground and the shortest tune here Wino and the mouse.
The style of playing fingerpicking like Davey GrahamFolk, Blues and Beyondand of Bert JanschBert Jansch.The opening track sounds good after all these years,especially now its on CD,but the most amazing thing about this album,is that playing it to mates that nobody has heard the album before,it seems to have got lost following the constant playing of "streets".A good friend who grew up at this time said that the first tune anybody learnt on guitar was streets or Blowin in the windThe Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
The more of these classic,lost folk albums that come to CD ,the better it will be for the planet.One day soon I may learn guitar myself.
This is a must have Cd from a brilliant time,I wish I had been born 10 years earlier.
First released forty years ago in 1968,this was Ralphs 2nd LP on the Transatlantic lable.It features 13 tracks from the original album plus four bonus cuts,revisited versions of the album tracks.The tracks are all written by Mctell apart from two,Kind Hearted Woman Blues a Robert Johnson classic and My Baby keeps staying out all night long.Stand out tracks for me were Spiral Staircase ,The Fairground and the shortest tune here Wino and the mouse.
The style of playing fingerpicking like Davey GrahamFolk, Blues and Beyondand of Bert JanschBert Jansch.The opening track sounds good after all these years,especially now its on CD,but the most amazing thing about this album,is that playing it to mates that nobody has heard the album before,it seems to have got lost following the constant playing of "streets".A good friend who grew up at this time said that the first tune anybody learnt on guitar was streets or Blowin in the windThe Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.
The more of these classic,lost folk albums that come to CD ,the better it will be for the planet.One day soon I may learn guitar myself.
This is a must have Cd from a brilliant time,I wish I had been born 10 years earlier.
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