''When I Leave Berlin'' is the 1973 album by the pioneer
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musician
Wizz Jones
Raymond Ronald Jones (born 25 April 1939), better-known as Wizz Jones, is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England and has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 196 ...
. Wizz was accompanied on some of the songs by his future group "
Lazy Farmer", and
Bert Jansch
Herbert Jansch (3 November 1943 – 5 October 2011) was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s as an acoustic guitarist and singer-songwriter ...
played guitar on "Freudian Slip". The album was remastered and released on CD by
Sunbeam Records
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in 2007, also included as bonus tracks were the six songs from his 1973
EP ''
Winter Song''.
The title track was also covered in concert by
Bruce Springsteen
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and the
E Street Band
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on 30 May 2012 in
Berlin
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.
Track listing
#"Living Alone" (Wizz Jones) - 2:39
#"Pastures of Plenty" (
Woody Guthrie
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) - 3:38
#"First Girl I Loved" (
Robin Williamson
Robin Duncan Harry Williamson (born 24 November 1943) is a Scottish multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and storyteller who was a founding member of The Incredible String Band.
Career
Williamson lived in the Fairmilehead area of Edinbur ...
) - 6:59
#"She's Only Waiting" (Wizz Jones) - 2:38
#"Cluck Old Hen" (Traditional) - 3:20
#"When I Leave Berlin" (Wizz Jones) - 3:18
#"Frankie" (
Mississippi John Hurt
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Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. He wo ...
) - 3:06
#"Skip Rope Song" (
Jesse Winchester
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) - 3:56
#"Winter Song" (
Alan Hull
James Alan Hull (20 February 1945 – 17 November 1995) was an English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tyneside folk rock band Lindisfarne.
Career
Hull was born at 68 Sutton's Dwellings, Adelaide Terrace, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyn ...
) - 4:03
#"Freudian Slip" (Wizz Jones) - 4:26
Bonus tracks (included on 2007 CD release)
#"When You're Gone" (
Alan Tunbridge
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Normally painting in oils, Alan Tunbridge has also designed a great number of book dust-jacket illustrations, mainly in Scraperboard.
Many of h ...
) - 2:40
#"Come Back Baby" (
Lightnin' Hopkins
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) - 3:30
#"Cocaine Blues" (
Rev. Gary Davis) - 3:10
#"Frankie" (
Mississippi John Hurt
John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), better known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer and guitarist.
Raised in Avalon, Mississippi, Hurt taught himself to play the guitar around the age of nine. He wo ...
) - 2:40
#"Guitar Shuffle" (
Big Bill Broonzy
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Country (also called country and western) is ...
) - 1:55
#"Winter Song" (
Alan Hull
James Alan Hull (20 February 1945 – 17 November 1995) was an English singer-songwriter and founding member of the Tyneside folk rock band Lindisfarne.
Career
Hull was born at 68 Sutton's Dwellings, Adelaide Terrace, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyn ...
) - 4:05
Personnel
*
Wizz Jones
Raymond Ronald Jones (born 25 April 1939), better-known as Wizz Jones, is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was born in Thornton Heath, Surrey, England and has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 196 ...
- acoustic guitar, vocals
*
Sandy Jones
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- banjo
*
Jake Walton - guitar, dulcimer, background vocals
*
John Bidwell
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Born in New York, he emigrated at the age ...
- flute, background vocals
*
Don Cogin
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- banjo
Production
*Producer: Ian A. Anderson
*Recording Engineer: Ian A. Anderson
*Sleeve Design: Terence Brace
*Photography: Ralph Clement
References
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Wizz Jones albums
1973 albums