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Jackson C. Frank / Blues Run the Game

	Jackson C. Frank Jackson C. Frank Columbia 33SX 1788 (LP, UK, 1965) Castle Music CMRCD366 (CD reissue, UK, 2001) Jackson Again Jackson C. Frank B & C Records BCLP4 (LP reissue, UK, 31 March 1978)
	Blues Run the Game Jackson C. Frank Mooncrest CRESTCD 021 (CD reissue, UK, February 1996) Blues Run the Game (Expanded Deluxe Edition) Jackson C. Frank Castle Music CMEDD762 (2 CD, UK, September 2003)

All songs written by Jackson C. Frank;
LP produced by Paul Simon,
Published by Pattern Music Ltd.

Jackson C. Frank was Sandy Denny’s boyfriend in 1967-68 and died in 1999. Sandy played tambourine on the B side of the 1965 single Blues Run the Game / Can’t Get Away From My Love, which was her earliest appearance on a record. These two tracks became available on CD for the first time on the 2003 2 CD “Deluxe Edition” of Blues Run the Game. Sandy Denny recorded three of Frank’s songs by herself, Blues Run the Game, Milk and Honey, and You Never Wanted Me.

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. Blues Run the Game (3.34)
2. Don’t Look Back (3.01)
3. Kimbie (3.19)
4. Yellow Walls (3.01)
   (Al Stewart: 2^nd guitar)
5. Here Come the Blues (4.04)

LP Side 2

6. Milk and Honey (3.41)
7. My Name Is Carnival (3.47)
8. I Want to Be Alone (Dialogue) (3.20)
9. Just Like Anything (2.26)
10. You Never Wanted Me (3.12)

CD Bonus Tracks

Both the 1996 and 2001 CD reissues have 5 bonus tracks. They are previously unreleased songs recorded in 1975:

11. Marlene (4.49)
12. Marcy’s Song (She’s Just a Picture) (4.22)
13. The Visit (4.48)
14. Prima Donna of Swans (5.06)
15. Relations (3.48)

All songs written by Jackson C. Frank except
Track 3 Trad. arr. Jackson C. Frank

The first CD of the 2 CD “Expanded Deluxe Edition” of Blues Run the Game contains the 10 original LP tracks, the A and B side of Frank’s only single (track 11-12) and nine studio tracks recorded in 1975 from a planned but never issued album of which five already appeared on the earlier CDs. The second CD is comprised of seven tracks from the 1960 Peaches & Crust acetate, six recordings from a 1994 studio session and some 1997 kitchen recordings including two alternative tracks:

Deluxe CD 1

1. Blues Run the Game (3.31)
2. Don’t Look Back (2.57)
3. Kimbie (3.13)
4. Yellow Walls (2.59)
   (Al Stewart: 2^nd guitar)
5. Here Come the Blues (4.00)
6. Milk and Honey (3.36)
7. My Name Is Carnival (3.44)
8. I Want to Be Alone (Dialogue) (3.17)
9. Just Like Anything (2.21)
10. You Never Wanted Me (3.07)
11. Blues Run the Game (single version) (2.47)
12. Can’t Get Away From My Love (2.48)
    (Sandy Denny: tambourine)
13. Marlene (4.54)
14. Marcy’s Song (She’s Just a Picture) (4.28)
15. The Visit (4.56)
16. Prima Donna of Swans (5.13)
17. Relations (3.51)
18. Cover Me With Roses (2.17)
19. Cryin’ Like a Baby (3.33)
20. Spanish Moss (3.50)
21. Have You Seen the Unicorn (0.35)

All songs written by Jackson C. Frank except
Track 3 Trad. arr. Jackson C. Frank

Deluxe CD 2

1. Goodbye to My Loving You (3.58)
2. October (4.04)
3. Mystery (2.34)
4. I Don’t Want to Love You No More (2.37)
5. Child Fixin’ to Die (Young Child) (2.57)
6. Halloween Is Black As Night (2.44)
7. Night of the Blues (version 1) (2.01)
8. (Tumble) In the Wind (version 1) (2.38)
9. Bull Men (2.12)
10. Maria Spanish Rose (2.47)
11. Singing Sailors (2.45)
12. The Spectre (1.59)
13. Half the Distance (2.35)
14. Night of the Blues (version 2) (3.48)
15. (Tumble) In the Wind (version 2) (3.07)
16. Last Month of the Year (2.57)
17. Ananias (1.33)
18. Borrow Love and Go (2.07)
19. Washington Jail (2.35)
20. Jesse James (3.03)
21. In the Pines (Roud 3421) (3.29)
22. On My Way to the Canaan Land (2.52)

All songs written by Jackson C. Frank except
Tracks 16-20, 22 trad. arr. Jackson C. Frank
Track 21 Huddie Ledbetter