A Rare Conundrum
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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) | |||
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A Rare Conundrum is an album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1977 in the UK.[2][3] 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.[4]
Track listing Original LP
[edit]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)
[edit]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
[edit]Same as the original LP release, with the following bonus tracks:
- "Three Dreamers"
- "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell)
- "Candyman" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
Personnel
[edit]- 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
References
[edit]- ^ "A Rare Conundrum Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
- ^ Clayton-Rea, Tony (3 July 2009). "Reissue". The Irish Times. p. 14.
- ^ Sweers, Britta (2005). Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 288.
- ^ "Bert Jansch website". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.