Biography
Alastair Ian “Al” Stewart is a Glasgow-born English singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history. Stewart was a key figure in British music and he appears throughout the musical folklore of the revivalist era. He played at the first-ever Glastonbury Festival in 1970, knew Yoko Ono before she met John Lennon, shared a London flat with a young Paul Simon, and hosted at the Les Cousins folk club in London in the 1960s. Stewart has released sixteen studio and three live albums since his debut album Bedsitter Images in 1967, and continues to tour extensively in the US, Canada, Europe, and the UK. His latest release is Uncorked, which was released on his independent label, Wallaby Trails Recordings. Stewart has worked with Peter White, Alan Parsons, Jimmy Page, Richard Thompson, Rick Wakeman, Francis Monkman, Tori Amos, and Tim Renwick, and more recently has played with Dave Nachmanoff and former Wings lead-guitarist Laurence Juber. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Stewart
Album & Cover
On the US version, the woman on the front cover is Dave Gilmore’s (Pink Floyd) first wife Ginger, and the Cord car belonged to Jimmy Page(Led Zeppelin). Also on the US cover, the character holding the mirror to reflect the light is Doctor Strange from the Marvel comics.
Cover Location:
Who Did What: Photography – A .Powell
Label: Janus JXS7012(US), CBS 80477(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Carol 4:21 Sirens Of Titan 2:45 What’s Going On? 3:30 Not The One 4:13 Next Time 4:31 |
Side Two Apple Cider Re-Constitution 5:17 The Dark And The Rolling Sea 4:54 Modern Times 8:33 |
Credits
Producer – Alan Parsons
Written By – Al Stewart (tracks: A1 to B2), Al Stewart / Dave Mudge (tracks: B3)
