Birthday Blues (album) explained

Birthday Blues
Type:	Album
Artist:	Bert Jansch
Cover:	birthdayblues1969.jpg
Released:	January 1969
Recorded:	c. October–November 1968
Studio:	IBC Studios, London
Genre:	Folk rock, folk baroque
Label:	Transatlantic
Producer:	Shel Talmy
Prev Title:	Nicola
Prev Year:	1967
Next Title:	Rosemary Lane
Next Year:	1971

Birthday Blues is the sixth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1969.^[1]

Track listing

All songs composed by Bert Jansch except where noted.

1. "Come Sing Me a Happy Song to Prove We All Can Get Along the Lumpy, Bumpy, Long and Dusty Road" – 2:05
2. "The Bright New Year" – 1:34
3. "Tree Song" – 2:37
4. "Poison" – 3:16
5. "Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell" – 2:10
6. "I've Got a Woman" – 5:15
7. "A Woman Like You" – 4:27
8. "I Am Lonely" – 2:31
9. "Promised Land" – 2:51
10. "Birthday Blues" – 1:14
11. "Wishing Well" (Jansch, Anne Briggs) – 2:17
12. "Blues" – 2:40

Personnel

• Bert Jansch - vocals, guitars
• Danny Thompson - bass
• Terry Cox - drums
• Ray Warleigh - alto saxophone, flute
• Duffy Power - harmonica

Technical

• Damon Lyon-Shaw - engineer
• Hans Feurer - cover photography
• Heather Jansch - cover design
• Gordon House - graphics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bert Jansch website . 2008-11-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081205024612/http://www.bertjansch.com/disco.html . 2008-12-05 .