Produced by Don Paul;
Recorded at EMI Abbey Road Studios, Morgan Studios, and Spot Studios in November 1969-March 1971

Musicians

Julie Covington: vocals;
Nick Harrison: piano [1];
Clem Cattini: drums [1, 11];
Pete Atkin: piano [2, 8, 12], guitar [8, 15];
Lyn Dobson: sitar [3], flute [3];
Brian Daly: guitar [4, 7, 9-11];
Alan Franks: trumpet [4];
Russell Davies: tuba [4];
Mike Maran: piano [7, 9-10];
Dave Bell: bass [7];
Kenny Clare: drums [7, 9-10];
Steve Cook: bass [8, 12];
Mike Travis: drums [8, 12];
Dave Bell: bass [9-10];
Russell Davies: backing vocals [10], tuba [12];
Herbie Flowers: bass [11, 13];
Duncan Campbell: flugelhorn [12];
Henry McCenzie: bass clarinet [12];
Alan Parker: guitar [13];
Alan Hawkshaw: organ [13];
Barry Morgan: drums [13];
Tony Campo: bass [15]

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. The Magic Wasn’t There (3.13)
2. Ice-Cream Man (2.50)
3. If I Had My Time Again (2.37)
4. He Just Don’t Appeal to Me (3.38)
5. Winter Kept Us Warm (2.03)
6. The Beautiful Changes (2.22)

LP Side 2

7. Queen of Lights (2.37)
8. For Instance (2.51)
9. The Standards of Today (2.14)
10. The Original, Original Honky Tonk Night Train Blues (2.04)
11. Don’t Bother Me Now (4.58)
12. Friendly Island Song (2.04)
13. My Silks and Fine Array (4.58)

CD Bonus Tracks

14. The Way Things Ought to Be (2.53)
15. Tonight Your Love Is Over (3.13)

Tracks 1-3, 5-9, 11-12, 15 Pete Atkin, Clive James;
Track 4 Porter Grainger, arr. Pete Atkin;
Track 10 Pete Atkin;
Track 13 poem by William Blake, music Don Fraser;
Track 14 Don Paul

Produced by Joe Boyd and John Wood;
Recorded primarily at Britannia Row Studios, Islington

Musicians

Julie Covington: vocals;
Richard Thompson: guitars;
Neil Larson: keyboards;
Willie Weeks: bass;
Neil Larson: keyboards

plus
John Cale: clavinet, piano [1, 2, 4, 9];
Ray Cooper: percussion [2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10];
John Kirkpatrick: accordion [5, 8];
Trevor Lucas: 12 string guitar [2, 6, 10];
Simon Nicol: rhythm guitar [1, 2, 7, 9, 11-13];
Chris Spedding: Roland guitar synthesiser [9];
Richard Thompson: mandola [9], electric guitar [12-13];
Russ Titelmann: acoustic guitar [4];
Steve Winwood: organ [2, 3, 7];
Dave Pegg: bass [12-13];
Dave Mattacks, drums [12-13];
Andy Fairweather-Low, Trevor Lucas, Iain Matthews, Richard Thompson, Gary Travers, Greg Prestopino: backing vocals [6]

Tracks

LP Side 1

1. (I Want to See the) Bright Lights [Richard Thompson] (3.41)
2. By the Time It Gets Dark [Sandy Denny] (2.47)
3. Sip the Wine [Tim Drummond] (5.50)
4. How [John Lennon] (3.38)
5. Barbara’s Song [Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill] (4.34)

LP Side 2

6. A Little Bit More [Karen Alexander] (2.47)
7. Let Me Make Something in Yourself [Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi] (4.26)
8. I Can’t Dance [Tom T. Hall] (3.56)
9. The Kick Inside [Kate Bush] (4.19)
10. Dead Weight [Anna McGarrigle] (2.23)
11. Dancing in the Dark [Andy Fairweather-Low] (3.00)

CD Bonus Tracks

The CD reissue Julie Covington …plus has two bonus tracks which were originally released as a single Only Women Bleed / Easy to Slip (Virgin VS 196) in 1977:

12. Easy to Slip [Lowell George, Fred Martin] (4.16)
13. Only Women Bleed [Alice Cooper, Dick Wagner] (2.19)