Song from the Street

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Song from the Street
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ReleasedOctober 1971
RecordedApril 13 – May 4, 1971
StudioThunder Sound, Toronto, Ontario; Eastern Sound, Toronto
Label True North
Producer Gene Martynec
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Song from the Street was the debut album of Canadian singer-songwriter Murray McLauchlan, released in 1971. [1] This album was the fourth release by fledgling Canadian label True North Records, and McLauchlan its second Singer-Songwriter artist joining Bruce Cockburn. (True North released a record by electronic group Syrinx before Song from the Street).

The album title is echoed in Murray McLauchlan's compilation release thirty-six years later, which was titled Best of Murray McLauchlan: Songs from the Street.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Murray McLauchlan

  1. "I Just Get Older" – 2:47
  2. "You Make My Loneliness Fly" – 4:06
  3. "Sixteen Lanes of Highway" – 5:30
  4. "Jesus Please Don't Save Me ('Til I Die)" – 3:18
  5. "I Would Call You My Friend" – 3:32
  6. "One Night By My Window" – 3:43
  7. "Child's Song" – 6:24
  8. "Back on the Street" – 3:11
  9. "Honky Red" – 3:57
  10. "Ranchero's Lament" – 2:44

Personnel

Technical
  1. "Murray McLauchlan release: Song from the Street". Musicbrainz. Retrieved 5 April 2014.


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