Second Spring Explained

Second Spring
Type:Album
Artist:Matthews Southern Comfort
Cover:Second Spring.jpeg
Released:July 1970
Recorded:1970
Genre:Folk rock, country rock
Length:38:19
Label:Vinyl: Uni (Europe), Decca (US)CD: Line / BGO
Producer:Ian Matthews
Prev Title:Matthews' Southern Comfort
Prev Year:1970
Next Title:Later That Same Year
Next Year:1970

Second Spring is the first album by country rock/folk rock musician Ian Matthews' band Matthews Southern Comfort, released on the Uni label in July 1970. It was Matthews' second album after his departure from Fairport Convention and was recorded with the touring band he put together following the release of his first solo LP, Matthews' Southern Comfort.

The original vinyl album was reissued on CD by Line Records in Germany in 1993, and a remastered version was released by BGO Records in 1996 as part of a 2-on-1 release with Matthews' Southern Comfort.

Track listing

  1. "Ballad of Obray Ramsey" (Ian Matthews) - 2:25
  2. "Moses in the Sunshine" (Carl Barnwell) - 6:18
  3. "Jinkson Johnson" (Ian Matthews) - 5:29
  4. "Tale of the Trial" (Ian Matthews) - 2:42
  5. "Blood Red Roses" (Ian Matthews) - 2:27
  6. "Even As" (Carl Barnwell) - 2:49
  7. "Darcy Farrow" (Tom Campbell, Steve Gillette) - 3:34
  8. "Something in the Way She Moves" (James Taylor) - 4:48
  9. "Southern Comfort" (Sylvia Tyson) - 7:47

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