''Birthday Blues'' is the sixth album by Scottish

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musician

Bert Jansch Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter ...

, released in 1969.

Track listing

All songs composed by Bert Jansch except where noted. # "Come Sing Me a Happy Song to Prove We All Can Get Along the Lumpy, Bumpy, Long and Dusty Road" – 2:05 # "The Bright New Year" – 1:34 # "Tree Song" – 2:37 # "Poison" – 3:16 # "Miss Heather Rosemary Sewell" – 2:10 # "I've Got a Woman" – 5:15 # "A Woman Like You" – 4:27 # "I Am Lonely" – 2:31 # "Promised Land" – 2:51 # "Birthday Blues" – 1:14 # "Wishing Well" (Jansch,

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) – 2:17 # "Blues" – 2:40

Personnel

* Bert Jansch - vocals, guitars *

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- bass *

Terry Cox Terence William Harvey 'Terry' Cox (born 13 March 1937, in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire) played drums in the British folk rock bands The Pentangle, Duffy's Nucleus and Humblebums. He also drummed with several other artists, most notably Da ...

- drums *

Ray Warleigh Raymond Kenneth Warleigh (28 September 1938 – 21 September 2015) was an Australian alto saxophonist and flautist. Biography Ray Warleigh was born in Sydney, Australia, and migrated to England in 1960, where he quickly established himself as an ...

- alto saxophone, flute *

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- harmonica ;Technical *Damon Lyon-Shaw - engineer *

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- cover photography *Heather Jansch - cover design *Gordon House - graphics

References

Bert Jansch albums 1969 albums Albums produced by Shel Talmy Transatlantic Records albums Albums recorded at IBC Studios {{1960s-folk-album-stub