Birthday Blues
A solo record made while Pentangle was starting, with Danny Thompson and Terry Cox on several tracks.
Bert Jansch, 1969
- Released
- January 1969
- Studio
- IBC Studios, London
- Label
- Transatlantic
- Producer
- Shel Talmy
Shel Talmy produced Birthday Blues for Transatlantic as TRA 179, with Damon Lyon-Shaw engineering at IBC Studios in London. Danny Thompson played bass and Terry Cox drums, the rhythm section of Pentangle, joined by Ray Warleigh on alto saxophone and flute and Duffy Power on harmonica. Anne Briggs is credited as writer of Wishing Well.
Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell is named for Heather Sewell, an art student whom Jansch had married in October 1968.
Track listing
- Come Sing Me a Happy Song to Prove We Can All Get Along the Lumpy, Bumpy, Long and Dusty Road2:01
- The Bright New Year1:31
- Tree Song2:33
- Poison3:12
- Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell2:09
- I've Got a Woman5:11
- A Woman Like You4:22
- I Am Lonely2:21
- Promised Land2:48
- Birthday Blues1:10
- Wishing Well2:13
- Blues2:41
Personnel
- Bert Jansch guitar, vocals
- Danny Thompson bass
- Terry Cox drums
- Ray Warleigh alto saxophone, flute
- Duffy Power harmonica
- Shel Talmy producer
- Damon Lyon-Shaw engineer
More from Bert Jansch
Bert Jansch (1965), It Don't Bother Me (1965), Jack Orion (1966), Bert and John (1966), Nicola (1967), Rosemary Lane (1971), L.A. Turnaround (1974), Live at the 12 Bar (1996), The Black Swan (2006)
Sources
- Birthday Blues (release), Discogs
- Birthday Blues (master), Discogs
- Bert Jansch, Wikipedia