Good to Be Alive (Long John Baldry album)

Good to Be Alive
Studio album by Long John Baldry
Released	1973
Recorded	Spring 1973
Studio	IBC Studios, London
Genre	Blues, folk, rock
Length	42:32
Label	GM Records, Casablanca [1]
Producer	Jimmy Horowitz
Long John Baldry chronology
Everything Stops for Tea (1972) Good to Be Alive (1973) Welcome to Club Casablanca (1976)

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The Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

Good to Be Alive is an album by Long John Baldry released in 1973. ^{[3] [4]} It was credited to John Baldry on the cover and spine. The album was produced by Jimmy Horowitz. ^[5] "Maggie Bell" was an acoustic tribute to the singer of Stone the Crows.

Track listing

1. "Good to Be Alive" (Colin Allen, Zoot Money) – 4:05
2. "Let Me Pass" (Bo Diddley) – 3:18
3. "Rake and Ramblin' Boy" (arranged by Baldry) – 3:27
4. "High and Low" (Jeff Thomas) – 3:43
5. "Gasoline Alley" (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) – 3:39
6. "I Wish I Was a Rock" (Derroll Adams) – 1:18
7. "Up in the Trees" (Neil Shepherd) – 2:51
8. "Brand New Day" (Al Kooper) – 3:17
9. "Song for Martin Luther King" (Baldry) – 4:14
10. "Maggie Bell" (Baldry) – 3:06
11. "Let's Go" (Chas Jankel) – 2:39
12. "She" – duet with Lisa Strike (Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons) – 4:38

Personnel

• Long John Baldry – 12-string guitar, vocals
• Dave Ball – guitar
• Denny Ball – bass guitar
• Terry Cox – drums
• Jimmy Horowitz – keyboards
• Sam Mitchell – steel guitar, dobro
• Chris Hughes – tenor saxophone
• Lesley Duncan, Lisa Strike, Susie Glover, Kay Garner – backing vocals

Additional musicians

• Tony Newman – drums (tracks 5, 7)
• Mike Driscoll – drums (track 1)
• John Mealing – organ (track 1)
• Bob Cohen – guitar on (track 1)
• Andy Bown – acoustic guitar (track 9)
• Pete Stanley – banjo (tracks 5–7)
• John Field, Mike French – fiddle (tracks 5, 7)
• Lesley Duncan – lead vocal (track 3)
• Neil Shepherd – lead vocal (track 7)
• Liza Strike – lead vocal (track 12)
• The Pop Arts Strings – strings, brass

Technical

• Jimmy Horowitz – producer, arranger
• Andy Knight, Mike Claydon – engineers
• Steve Campbell – photography
• David Fields – cover art
• Mike Gill – cover design

References

1. "Long John Baldry". The Hamilton Spectator. 9 October 2007. p. G3.
2. The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 20.
3. "Long John Baldry Good to be Alive". AllMusic .
4. North, Peter (23 July 1999). "We haven't lost that loving feeling: It's been many years since we adopted Long John Baldry as one of our own". Edmonton Journal. p. E8.
5. Myers, Paul (2007). It Ain't Easy: Long John Baldry and the Birth of the British Blues. Greystone Books. p. 165.