Biography
Sir John Betjeman, CBE was an English poet, writer, and broadcaster who described himself in Who’s Who as a “poet and hack”. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death. He was a founding member of the Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture. He began his career as a journalist and ended it as one of the most popular British Poets Laureate and a much-loved figure on British television. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Betjeman
Album & Cover
Cover Location:
Who Did What: Photography – J. Garrett
Label: Charisma CAS1086(UK)
Source: Vinyl. Album. Cover. Art, The Complete Hipgnosis Catalogue: Aubrey Powell
Tracklist
| Side One Indoor Games Near Newbury Business Girls Agricultural Caress Youth And Age On Beaulieu River Hants The Arrest Of Oscar Wilde At The Cadogan Hotel |
Side Two Lenten Thoughts The Cockney Amorist Longfellow’s Visit To Venice The Flight From Bootle A Shropshire Lad On A Portrait Of A Deaf Man A Child Ill |
Credits
Cello – Keith Harvey
Conductor, Composed By – Jim Parker
Cornet – Iaan Wilson, Jim Watson
Double Bass – Arthur Watts
Drums – Clem Cattini
Engineer – Roger Quested
Euphonium – D. Purser
Flugelhorn – G.E. Whiting
Guitar, Banjo – Vic Flick
Mastered By – Porky
Percussion – Frank Ricotti, Jim Lawless
Piano – Jim Parker, Tom Parker
Producer – Hugh Murphy, Tom Parker
Saxophone – London Saxophone Quartet
Steel Guitar – Rod King
Tenor Vocals – Ian Partridge
Viola, Violin, Mandolin – Susan Baker
