Birthday Blues (album)

Birthday Blues
Studio album by Bert Jansch
Released	January 1969
Recorded	c. October–November 1968 at IBC Studios, London
Genre	Folk rock, Folk baroque
Label	Transatlantic
Producer	Shel Talmy
Bert Jansch chronology
Nicola (1967) Birthday Blues (1969) Rosemary Lane (1971)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Birthday Blues is the sixth album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1969.^[2]

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

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Bert Jansch website". Archived from the original on 2008-12-05. Retrieved 2008-11-24.