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A Rare Conundrum

1977 studio album by Bert Jansch

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]

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Track listing Original LP

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated

  1. "Daybreak"
  2. "One To A Hundred"
  3. "Pretty Saro" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
  4. "Doctor, Doctor"
  5. "3 A.M."
  6. "The Curragh of Kildare" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
  7. "Instrumentally Irish" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch and Rod Clements)
  8. "St. Fiacre"
  9. "If You See My Love"
  10. "Looking For A home"
  11. "Poor Mouth"
  12. "Cat And Mouse"
  13. "Three Chord Trick"
  14. "Lost Love"

Poormouth track list (Danish release)

Tracks with a star(*) don't appear on the original LP release

  1. "Poor Mouth"
  2. "St. Fiacre Revenge"
  3. "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell) (*)
  4. "Pretty Saro"
  5. "Doctor, Doctor"
  6. "Lost Love"
  7. "Candy Man" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch) (*)
  8. "Daybreak"
  9. "One to a Hundred"
  10. "Three Dreamers" (*)
  11. "Per's Hose Pipe" (re-titled "Instrumentally Irish") (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch and Rod Clements)
  12. "The Curragh Of Kildare" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
  13. "If You See My Love"
  14. "Three Chord Trick"

2009 Remaster

Same as the original LP release, with the following bonus tracks:

  1. "Three Dreamers"
  2. "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell)
  3. "Candyman" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)

Personnel

  • 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

  1. [1]
    "A Rare Conundrum Review by Thom Jurek". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. [2]
    Clayton-Rea, Tony (3 July 2009). "Reissue". The Irish Times. p. 14.
  3. [3]
    Sweers, Britta (2005). Electric Folk: The Changing Face of English Traditional Music. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 288.
  4. [4]
    "Bert Jansch website". Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 25 November 2008.


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