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Released by Island (ILPS 9102) in July 1969, with John Wood engineering, it reached 12 in the UK over eight weeks, the band's first chart success, and the single "Si Tu Dois Partir" reached 21. The band recorded three unreleased Dylan songs they had heard from the Basement Tapes; Iain Matthews left during the sessions, after "Percy's Song". The title came from the word game Ghost, a coinage of Denny's. In May 1969 the drummer Martin Lamble and Jeannie Franklyn died in a road accident.

Denny sang lead and played harpsichord, with Richard Thompson on guitars, dulcimer, accordion and organ, Ashley Hutchings on bass, Simon Nicol on guitars and dulcimer and Lamble on drums; guests included Dave Swarbrick on fiddle, Matthews, Trevor Lucas, Marc Ellington and Dave Mattacks. AllMusic's Richie Unterberger gave it five stars, Pitchfork 9.3 out of 10 and Christgau an A-minus; the Observer called it a thoroughly English masterpiece, as Wikipedia reports it.