Album

Shelagh McDonald's debut, the album titled simply Album (B&C Records CAS 1019, 1970), was produced by Sandy Roberton for September Productions, with Roger Quested and Vic Gamm engineering and Robert Kirby arranging. Mainly Norfolk says it was recorded in three sessions between February and March 1970 in London, though some track dates fall in June and December 1970. Its first side holds "Mirage", Gerry Rafferty's "Look Over the Hills and Far Away", "Crusoe", Keith Christmas's "Waiting for the Wind to Rise" and the first "Ophelia's Song"; its second Andy Roberts's "Richmond", the traditional "Let No Man Steal Your Thyme", "Peacock Lady", "Silk and Leather" and Christmas's "You Know You Can't Lose". A 2000 Mooncrest CD adds a second "Ophelia's Song" and demos, and Toppermost praises Kirby's arrangements as first class. It was the first of her two albums before she disappeared from the scene in 1972.