Streets of London [Import]

Ralph McTell | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 22, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Repertoire
• ASIN: B000028DCT
• Also Available in: Hardcover  |  Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,571 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Streets of London

2. You Make Me Feel Good

3. Grande Affaire

4. Seeds of Heaven

5. El Progresso

6. Country Boys

7. Another Star Ascending (The Boxer)

8. Red Apple Juice

9. Heron Song

10. Pity the Boy

11. Interest on the Loan

12. Jenny Taylor/Je N'Etais La

13. Lunar Lullaby

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic British Folk Album, April 28, 2003

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B. Hurley "truly heal" (Desert Hot Springs, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streets of London (Audio CD)

I came across Ralph McTell's Streets of London lp in a german record store in the mid seventies and became totally enamored of this British singer/songwriter's voice, guitar stylings, and song writing. Virtually unknown in the States, as are many of Britain's finest unfortunately, Ralph McTell seems to embody the glorious spirit of the British songwriter as storyteller tradition. I dug deep grooves in the vinyl in college, and learned many of the songs myself.
Many people in the States know of the song Streets of London, though they have little idea who sang it, but I will say that every song on this cd is a classic. Frankly I collected many of Ralph's lp's and none move me so much as this one. Particular favorites on the album are Lunar Lullaby, Grand Affair, and Red Apple Juice, all of which I have been playing and singing for the last twenty five years oh so, without benefit of having the album in my collection. I am so happy to see that it has been reissued on cd and look forward to playing it over and over again.
I would love to see a new awareness of Ralph's music in the States, though I fear that may only come in the form of late night musical infomercials, ala Roger Whitaker, Slim Whitman, and unfortuntely, I fear, Gordon Lightfoot. If you love a sonorous, deeply resonant voice, wonderful songwriting, and tastefull guitar playing, buy this cd. You will not be dissapointed.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sounds even better thirty years later., September 13, 2006

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Nicholas G. Skroumbelos "OL55CADDY" (New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streets of London (Audio CD)

When this album came out in 1975 this is all you heard throughout my college dorm. The sensual baritone of Ralph McTell
really did it for the ladies - and apparently still does.
I've given dozens of this album away and never one complaint.
In the parlance of Hollywood, McTell is sort of like Johnny Cash
meets Phil Ochs. These are songs of the lessons of life. If you
like Leonard Cohen you'll like Ralph McTell. Don't listen to the previous reviewer, this is a great songwriter and guitarist plying his craft. If you can, try to locate the almost impossible to find "Zimmerman Blues" and "Long Way from here to Clare."
Incidently, Kraftwerk was the reason the Pogues formed. The attitude was "Let's show 'em what human beings on instruments can do." That's what Ralph McTell is about.

5.0 out of 5 stars I could never join a club that would have me as a member..., January 12, 2008

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T. Noon "music addict" (Fort Worth, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Streets of London (Audio CD)

...but I'll gladly join any group of McTell fans, despite what our underinformed cynic below thinks. I have nothing really to add to what should be dozens of rave reviews, but I would like to correct the ever fallible Amazon listings. The Repertoire version of this cd does have the bonus track "Summer Lightning". However, it does not have "Country Boys" or "Another Star Ascending (The Boxer), which can be found on the long out of print Leola version of the cd. If I am to any extent mistaken I'm sure someone will jump in and correct me, but that's how my copies go.