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Spiral Staircase - Classic Songs
Compilation album by Ralph McTell
Released	1997
Recorded	1967 to 1970
Genre	Folk, folk rock, country blues
Label	Snapper
Producer	Gus Dudgeon, Ralph McTell

Spiral Staircase – Classic Songs is a double CD compilation of tracks from Ralph McTell's early Transatlantic LPs Eight Frames a Second, Spiral Staircase, My Side of Your Window and Revisited. It was released in 1997. ^[1]

Track listing

All titles by Ralph McTell except where stated.

Disc 1

1. "Summer Come Along"
2. "Terminus"
3. "Michael in the Garden" [Version 2]
4. "Nanna's Song"
5. "Last Train and Ride"
6. "Wino and the Mouse"
7. "Clown"
8. "Willoughby's Farm"
9. "The Mermaid and the Seagull"
10. "Eight Frames a Second"
11. "Wait Until the Snow"
12. "Hesitation Blues" (Trad. arr. Ralph McTell)
13. "England 1914"
14. "Girl on a Bicycle" (Ralph McTell/Gary Petersen)
15. "Mrs. Adlam's Angels"
16. "Granny Takes a Trip" (Boyer/Beard)
17. "Blind Blake's Rag" (Trad. arr. Ralph McTell)
18. "Spiral Staircase"
19. "Father Forgive Them" [Version 1]
20. "All Things Change"
21. "Streets of London"

Disc 2

1. "Factory Girl" [Version 2]
2. "Bright and Beautiful Things"
3. "Father Forgive Them" [Version 2]
4. "Michael in the Garden" [Version 1]
5. "I've Thought About It"
6. "Blues in More Than 12 Bars"
7. "Rizraklaru (Anag)"
8. "Factory Girl" [Version 1]
9. "Silver Birch and Weeping Willow"
10. "Louise"
11. "Too Tight Drag" ( Blind Blake)
12. "Kew Gardens"
13. "Fairground"
14. "Sleepy Time Blues"
15. "Daddy's Here"
16. "Morning Dew" ( Bonnie Dobson arr. Fred Neil)
17. "I'm Sorry - I Must Leave"

Note. Titles marked '[Version 1]' are from the original albums; those marked '[Version 2]' are re-mixes from Revisited.

Musical credits

• Ralph McTell - guitar, vocals
• For other musicians see Eight Frames a Second, Spiral Staircase and My Side of Your Window.

Production credits

• See the articles on the contributing albums Eight Frames a Second, Spiral Staircase, My Side of Your Window and Revisited.

References