A Rare Conundrum Explained
A Rare Conundrum |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Bert Jansch |
Cover: | arareconundrum1977.jpg |
Released: | May 1977 in UK; possibly late 1976 in Denmark |
Recorded: | c. October 1975-July 1976 at Nova Sound, London and Air Studios, London, plus "Doctor, Doctor" from sessions at CBE, Paris in 1973 |
Genre: | Folk |
Label: | Charisma |
Producer: | Rod Clements (except "Doctor Doctor" produced by Danny Thompson; "3 A.M." by Bert Jansch) |
Prev Title: | Santa Barbara Honeymoon |
Prev Year: | 1975 |
Next Title: | Avocet |
Next Year: | 1979 |
A Rare Conundrum is an album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1977 in the UK.[1] [2] The album was first released by Ex Libris Records]] in Denmark in late 1976 as Poormouth with an alternative cover and a slightly different track list.[3]
Track listing Original LP
All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated
- "Daybreak"
- "One To A Hundred"
- "Pretty Saro" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
- "Doctor, Doctor"
- "3 A.M."
- "The Curragh of Kildare" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
- "Instrumentally Irish" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch and Rod Clements)
- "St. Fiacre"
- "If You See My Love"
- "Looking For A home"
- "Poor Mouth"
- "Cat And Mouse"
- "Three Chord Trick"
- "Lost Love"
Poormouth track list (Danish release)
Tracks with a star(*) don't appear on the original LP release
- "Poor Mouth"
- "St. Fiacre Revenge"
- "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell) (*)
- "Pretty Saro"
- "Doctor, Doctor"
- "Lost Love"
- "Candy Man" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch) (*)
- "Daybreak"
- "One to a Hundred"
- "Three Dreamers" (*)
- "Per's Hose Pipe" (re-titled "Instrumentally Irish") (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch and Rod Clements)
- "The Curragh Of Kildare" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
- "If You See My Love"
- "Three Chord Trick"
2009 Remaster
Same as the original LP release, with the following bonus tracks:
- "Three Dreamers"
- "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell)
- "Candyman" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
Personnel
- Bert Jansch – vocals, guitars
- Rod Clements – bass, mandolin, guitar, vocals
- Ralph McTell – harmonica
- 'Mantha – backing vocals on "Three Card Trick"
- Mike Piggott – violin
- Pick Withers – drums, percussion
- Dave Bainbridge - Fender Rhodes on "If You See My Love"; backing vocals on "Three Card Trick"
- Technical
- Peter Henderson, Colin Fairley, Jean-Louis Proust, Lindsay Kidd, Aldo Bocca - engineer
- Mike Hedges - tape op
- Frank Sansom - art direction
- Nick Hockley - illustration
Notes and References
- News: Clayton-Rea . Tony . Reissue . The Irish Times . 3 July 2009 . 14.
- Book: Sweers . Britta . Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music . 2005 . Oxford University Press, USA . 288.
- Web site: Bert Jansch website . 2008-11-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205024612/http://www.bertjansch.com/disco.html . 5 December 2008 . dead .