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Perspectives

Leon Rosselson: Perspectives (Fuse CFCD006)

Perspectives
Leon Rosselson

Fuse Records CFCD006 (Compilation CD, UK, 1997)
Gadfly Records Gadfly 241 (CD, USA, 2000)

Musicians

Leon Rosselson: vocals [1-4, 6-13, 15-18], backing vocals [5], guitar [1-4, 7, 9-10, 13-14, 16-17], glockenspiel [5], piano [14-15], melodeon [14], moog [14];
Martin Carthy: guitar [1, 5], harmonicas [13], moog [14], chorus [4], backing vocals [5];
Roy Bailey: vocals [4-5, 14];
John Kirkpatrick: button accordion [4], jew’s harp [4], chorus [4];
Sue Harris: oboe [4], chorus [4];
Fiz Shapur: piano [5, 11-12], keyboards [6, 18];
synthesiser [10, 12], French horn [5];
Billy Bragg: electric guitar [8];
The Oyster Band (Alan Prosser: electric guitar, chorus; John Jones: melodeon, chorus; Ian Kearey: electric bass; Ian Telfer: fiddle; Russel Lax: percussion) [8];
Steve Berry: bass [11];
Rory McLeod: harmonica [13];
Dave Bishop: alto saxophone [18];
Terry Johnston: guitars [18];
Steve McManus: bass [18]

Tracks

  1. The Ant and the Grasshopper (2.33)
  2. Perspectives (3.01)
  3. They’re Going to Build a Motorway … (2.48)
  4. Plan (4.04)
  5. The Man Who Puffs the Big Cigar (4.21)
  6. Garden of Stone (2.44)
  7. History Lesson (2.54)
  8. Ballad of a Spycatcher (5.26)
  9. Song of the Moderate Man (3.55)
  10. Consider the Majority (3.17)
  11. The Saint (3.18)
  12. No Cause for Alarm (6.00)
  13. Experts (4.29)
  14. In the Park (3.12)
  15. The Last Chance (11.40)
  16. The Rules of the Game (3.04)
  17. Somebody’s Stolen the End of My Dream (4.33)
  18. Topside Down Party (4.49)

All words by Leon Rosselson
#1, 2*, 3*, 4 first released on That’s Not the Way It’s Got to Be, Acorn CF 251
#5, 14 first released on Love, Loneliness, Laundry, Fuse CF 271
#6*, 18 first released on The Word is Hugga Mugga Chugga Lugga Humbugga Boom Chit, Trailer LER 3015
#7*, 16* first released on Palaces of Gold, Acorn CF 249
#8, 12, 13 first released on I Didn’t Mean It, Fuse CF 392
#9* first released on If I Knew Who the Enemy Was …, Fuse CF 284
#10, 11 first released on Bringing the News From Nowhere, Fuse CF 390
#15 first released on Temporary Loss of Vision, Fuse CF 384
#17* first released on For the Good of the Nation, Fuse CF 381
Tracks marked * are re-recordings.