''When I Leave Berlin'' is the 1973 album by the pioneer
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Wizz Jones
Raymond Ronald "Wizz" Jones (25 April 1939 – 27 April 2025) was an English acoustic guitarist, and singer-songwriter. He performed from the late 1950s and recorded from 1965 until 2025. He possessed what was described as "unparalleled virtuo ...
. Wizz was accompanied on some of the songs by his future group "
Lazy Farmer", and
Bert Jansch
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played guitar on "Freudian Slip". The album was remastered and released on CD by
Sunbeam Records 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
Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer, songwriter, and composer widely considered to be one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American Left, A ...
) - 3:38
#"First Girl I Loved" (
Robin Williamson) - 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
John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Biography Early years
John Hurt was born in Teoc,Cohen, Lawrence (1996). Liner notes to ''Av ...
) - 3:06
#"Skip Rope Song" (
Jesse Winchester
James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid ...
) - 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
James Alan Hull was born on Tuesday, 20 February 1945 at 68 Sutton's Dwellings, Adel ...
) - 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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Life and work
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
Samuel John "Lightnin'" Hopkins (March 15, 1912 – January 30, 1982) was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, ''Rolling Stone'' magazine ranked him No. 71 on its li ...
) - 3:30
#"Cocaine Blues" (
Rev. Gary Davis) - 3:10
#"Frankie" (
Mississippi John Hurt
John Smith Hurt (March 8, 1893 – November 2, 1966), known as Mississippi John Hurt, was an American country blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Biography Early years
John Hurt was born in Teoc,Cohen, Lawrence (1996). Liner notes to ''Av ...
) - 2:40
#"Guitar Shuffle" (
Big Bill Broonzy
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) - 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
James Alan Hull was born on Tuesday, 20 February 1945 at 68 Sutton's Dwellings, Adel ...
) - 4:05
Personnel
*
Wizz Jones
Raymond Ronald "Wizz" Jones (25 April 1939 – 27 April 2025) was an English acoustic guitarist, and singer-songwriter. He performed from the late 1950s and recorded from 1965 until 2025. He possessed what was described as "unparalleled virtuo ...
- acoustic guitar, vocals
*
Sandy Jones - banjo
*
Jake Walton - guitar, dulcimer, background vocals
*
John Bidwell - flute, background vocals
*
Don Cogin - 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