Spiral Staircase (Ralph McTell album)

Spiral Staircase
Studio album by Ralph McTell
Released 1969
Recorded 1968
Studio Regent Sound Studies, London
Genre Folk/Folk rock/Country blues
Label Transatlantic
Producer Gus Dudgeon
Ralph McTell chronology
Eight Frames a Second
(1968)Eight Frames a Second1968		 Spiral Staircase
(1969)		 My Side of Your Window
(1969)My Side of Your Window1969

Spiral Staircase is British folk musician Ralph McTell's second album.[1] Produced by Gus Dudgeon and released in the UK in 1969, its opening track, "Streets of London", has become McTell's signature tune.

Track listing

All titles by Ralph McTell except where stated.

  1. "Streets of London"
  2. "Mrs Adlam's Angels"
  3. "Wino and the Mouse"
  4. "England 1914"
  5. "Last Train and Ride"
  6. "The Fairground"
  7. "Spiral Staircase"
  8. "Kind Hearted Woman Blues" (Robert Johnson)
  9. "Bright and Beautiful Things"
  10. "Daddy's Here"
  11. "Rizraklaru (Anag.)"
  12. "(My) Baby Keeps Staying Out all Night Long" (Buddy Moss)
  13. "Terminus"

Personnel

Jug Band

on "Last Train and Ride" and "Spiral Staircase"

Production credits

Awards and accolades


Release history

Country Date Label Format Catalogue Notes
United Kingdom 1969 Transatlantic LP TRA177
France 1978 Transatlantic LP TRA89554/5 Record 2 of 2-LP set. Record 1 is "Eight Frames a Second"
Australia 1980 Transatlantic/
7 Records		 LP MLF227
Japan 1980 Transatlantic LP YS-7057-LA
Israel Logo/Transatlantic LP TRA177
Germany 1988 Titan LP
CD		 577/3001-1
577/3001-2
United Kingdom 1990 Ariola Express CD 295945 Released as "The Streets of London"
United Kingdom 1996 Wooden Hill CD HILLCD5
United Kingdom 2007 Transatlantic CD TRRCD401 'Expanded Edition' with four bonus tracks taken from "Revisited".

Many of the tracks on this album also feature in the "Spiral Staircase - Classic Songs" compilation.

Track variations

The UK 2007 CD release includes four bonus tracks that were re-mixed or re-recorded in 1970 for "Revisited":[4]

14. "Spiral Staircase"
15. "Last Train and Ride"
16. "The Fairground"
17. "Terminus"

References

  1. ↑ "Spiral Staircase" LP sleeve, 1969.
  2. ↑ BBC. "Sold on Song: Streets of London". Accessed 9 May 2009.
  3. ↑ Leola Music Ltd. “The London Show”, TPGDVD25, 2005.
  4. ↑ "Spiral Staircase" CD inlay, 2007.
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