Birthday Blues (album)

Birthday Blues
Studio album by
Bert Jansch
ReleasedJanuary 1969
Recordedc. October–November 1968
StudioIBC Studios, London
GenreFolk rock, folk baroque
LabelTransatlantic
ProducerShel Talmy
Bert Jansch chronology
Nicola
(1967) 		Birthday Blues
(1969) 		Rosemary Lane
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Uncut[2]

Birthday Blues is the sixth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1969.[3]

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

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

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ MacDonald, Ian (October 1997). "Bert Jansch: Blackwater Side / Birthday Blues/Rosemary Lane". Uncut. No. 5. p. 91.
  3. ^ "Bert Jansch website". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 24 November 2008.


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