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1988 also saw the release of a compilation album, The Very Best of Ralph McTell. Issued by Start, it was McTell's first album to appear on CD. McTell was a regular visitor to, and occasional performer at, Fairport Convention's annual music festival in the village of Cropredy, near Banbury.
"Streets of London" is a folk song by Ralph McTell, who first recorded it for his 1969 album Spiral Staircase. It was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974. McTell himself noted that there were 212 known recorded versions of the song. [ 1 ]
Mar 15, 2024 · 4 min read. Six Decades of Ralph McTell. Folk Legend Ralph McTell is back on the road. Few could imagine that in post-war London, there was a teenage boy dreaming of being a musical guitar-in-hand vagabond playing chords and blues melodies perfected by blind African American musicians.
Jul 26, 2019 · Ralph McTell calls Streets of London the “blip in his graph”. It’s by far his most successful, best-known and loved song, one that has inspired hundreds of cover versions around the world.
Mar 26, 2020 · The result was Ralph McTell agreeing to write a new verse of his legendary hit Streets of London - something he'd always previously refused to do. First recorded in 1969, the song at one...
Nov 2, 2023 · From There to Here: Ralph McTell on busking in Paris, his musical legacy, touring Ireland and the meanings behind his famous songs Streets of London and From Clare to Here.
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This was not released as a single until 1974, five years after it first appeared on Spiral Staircase. McTell had originally written this song when he recorded his debut album Eight Frames a Second, which was released in early 1968. However he left it off, as he regarded it as too depressing.
