Magical Flight Explained

Magical Flight
Type:	Album
Artist:	Wizz Jones
Cover:	Wizz jones Magical Flight 1.jpg
Recorded:	1977
Genre:	Folk, folk rock
Length:	36:41
Label:	Plant Life (UK);
Prev Title:	Happiness Was Free
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Letter from West Germany (197?)

Magical Flight is the 1977 album by the pioneer British folk musician Wizz Jones. In addition to composing some of the songs, Alan Tunbridge produced the U.K. cover artwork.

Track listing

1. "Pictures" (Alan Tunbridge) - 4:25
2. "Mississippi John" (Wizz Jones) - 2:01
3. "Old Fashioned Shotgun Wedding" (Tucker Zimmerman) - 4:30
4. "Song to Woody" (Bob Dylan) - 3:32
5. "Topolino Song" (Wizz Jones) - 2:50
6. "Magical Flight" (Alan Tunbridge) - 5:14
7. "The Valley" (Wizz Jones) - 5:14
8. "See How the Time is Flying" (Alan Tunbridge) - 5:19
9. "Canned Music" (Dan Hicks) - 3:37

Issue details

Issued in Germany, 1978, with alternative cover art/remixed.
Exact reissue on CD, 1999, with both English and German covers (but title text on UK cover moved and enlarged, see illustration).

Catalogue numbers

Plant Life PLR009
Folk Freak FF4003(Germany)
Scenescof SCOFCD 1006 (US)

Personnel

• Wizz Jones - guitar, vocals
• Sandy Spencer - cello, banjo
• Peter Berryman - guitar
• Rick Kemp - bass
• Nigel Pegrum - drums
• Maddy Prior - background vocals
• Bob Kerr - trumpet