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Album by Long John Baldry
Good to Be Alive is an album by
Long John Baldry released in 1973.
[1] This release was credited to John Baldry on the cover and spine.
[2] "Maggie Bell" was an acoustic tribute to the singer of
Stone the Crows .
Track listing
"Good to Be Alive" (
Colin Allen ,
Zoot Money ) – 4:05
"Let Me Pass" (
Bo Diddley ) – 3:18
"Rake and Ramblin' Boy" (arranged by Baldry) – 3:27
"High and Low" (Jeff Thomas) – 3:43
"Gasoline Alley" (
Rod Stewart ,
Ron Wood ) – 3:39
"I Wish I Was a Rock" (Derroll Adams) – 1:18
"Up in the Trees" (Neil Shepherd) – 2:51
"Brand New Day" (
Al Kooper ) – 3:17
"Song for Martin Luther King" (Baldry) – 4:14
"Maggie Bell" (Baldry) – 3:06
"Let's Go" (
Chas Jankel ) – 2:39
"She" – duet with Lisa Strike (
Chris Ethridge ,
Gram Parsons ) – 4:38
Personnel
Additional musicians
Tony Newman – drums (tracks 5, 7)
Mike Driscoll – drums (track 1)
John Mealing – organ (track 1)
Bob Cohen – guitar on (track 1)
Andy Bown – acoustic guitar (track 9)
Pete Stanley –
banjo (tracks 5–7)
John Field, Mike French –
fiddle (tracks 5, 7)
Lesley Duncan – lead vocal (track 3)
Neil Shepherd – lead vocal (track 7)
Liza Strike – lead vocal (track 12)
The Pop Arts Strings – strings, brass
Technical
Jimmy Horowitz – producer, arranger
Andy Knight, Mike Claydon –
engineers
Steve Campbell – photography
David Fields –
cover art
Mike Gill – cover design
References