Second Spring

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Second Spring
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Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1970
Recorded1970
Genre Folk rock, country rock
Length38:19
Label Vinyl: Uni (Europe), Decca (US) CD: Line / BGO
Producer Ian Matthews
Matthews Southern Comfort chronology
Matthews' Southern Comfort
(1970)
Second Spring
(1970)
Later That Same Year
(1970)
Professional ratings
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Christgau's Record Guide C [2]

Second Spring is the first album by country rock/folk rock musician Ian Matthews' band Matthews Southern Comfort, released on the Uni label in July 1970. It was Matthews' second album after his departure from Fairport Convention and was recorded with the touring band he put together following the release of his first solo LP, Matthews' Southern Comfort .

Contents

The original vinyl album was reissued on CD by Line Records in Germany in 1993, and a remastered version was released by BGO Records in 1996 as part of a 2-on-1 release with Matthews' Southern Comfort.

Track listing

  1. "Ballad of Obray Ramsey" (Ian Matthews) – 2:25
  2. "Moses in the Sunshine" (Carl Barnwell) – 6:18
  3. "Jinkson Johnson" (Ian Matthews) – 5:29
  4. "Tale of the Trial" (Ian Matthews) – 2:42
  5. "Blood Red Roses" (Ian Matthews) – 2:27
  6. "Even As" (Carl Barnwell) – 2:49
  7. "Darcy Farrow" (Tom Campbell, Steve Gillette) – 3:34
  8. "Something in the Way She Moves" (James Taylor) – 4:48
  9. "Southern Comfort" (Sylvia Tyson) – 7:47

Personnel

Guest Musicians

Production

References

  1. Worbois, Jim. Second Spring at AllMusic
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 7 March 2019 via robertchristgau.com.