hypersongs

Bedsitter Images

His 1967 debut: eleven songs of London bedsit life with orchestral arrangements by Alexander Faris.
Al Stewart, 1967

Bedsitter Images (CBS 63087) was produced by Roy Guest, with orchestration by Alexander Faris and Mike Claydon as engineer; the studio is not stated. A revised edition with a new cover, The First Album (Bed-Sitter Images), appeared in 1970 and drops several songs, adding "Lover Man" by Mike Heron and "Clifton in the Rain"; a 2007 Collectors' Choice reissue adds "Go Your Way" and Pete Townshend's "My Contemporaries". AllMusic's Richie Unterberger gave it two and a half stars, Karl Dallas reviewed it in Melody Maker on November 25, 1967, and Rambles.net wrote of the 2007 reissue that the album is retro in the best possible way.

Track listing

  1. Bedsitter Images3:20
  2. Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres3:59
  3. The Carmichaels2:52
  4. Scandinavian Girl2:35
  5. Pretty Golden Hair3:39
  6. Denise at 163:18
  7. Samuel, Oh How You've Changed4:00
  8. Cleave to Me2:53
  9. A Long Way Down from Stephanie3:27
  10. Ivich4:24
  11. Beleeka Doodle Day6:57

Sources

  1. Bed-Sitter Images, Wikipedia
  2. Al Stewart interview, Songwriter Universe (2021)
  3. Al Stewart: The First Album, Rambles.net (2007-09-01)