Easy (Ralph McTell album)

Easy is the 1974 album by British Folk musician Ralph McTell. Guest musicians include folk pioneers Wizz Jones, Bert Jansch and Danny Thompson from Pentangle; Gerry Conway from Fotheringay; and Dave Mattacks from Fairport Convention.

Easy
Studio album by Ralph McTell
Released	March 1974
Recorded	1974
Genre	Folk, folk rock, country blues
Label	Reprise
Producer	Ralph McTell, Danny Thompson, Tony Visconti
Ralph McTell chronology
Not Till Tomorrow (1972) Easy (1974) Streets... (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Ralph McTell [2]

1. "Take It Easy"
2. "Maddy Dances"
3. "Maginot Waltz"
4. "Sweet Mystery"
5. "Stuff No More"
6. "Run Johnny Run"
7. "Zig Zag Line"
8. "Let Me Down Easy"
9. "Would I Lie to You?"
10. "Summer Lightning"

Personnel

• Ralph McTell - acoustic guitars (1-10), lead vocals (1-10), banjos (7), harmonium (3), harmonica (5,7)
• Wizz Jones - guitar (1)
• Bert Jansch - guitar (6)
• Danny Thompson - double bass (1-2,4,5-6,8-10), bass drum (5), hi-hat (5)
• Steve Bonnett - mandolin (1,2)
• Mike Piggott - violin (4)
• Lynsey Scott - violin (1)
• Dave Mattacks - drums (1,2)
• Gerry Conway - drums (4,6,9)
• Michael Bennett - background vocals (1)
• John Kongos - background vocals (6)

Production

• Producers: Ralph McTell, Danny Thompson and Tony Visconti
• Recording Engineers: Phil Dunne, John Kongos, Mike Noble and Tony Visconti
• Cover painting: Enrique Serra

Awards and accolades

• "Easy" reached number 31 in the UK Album Chart soon after its release in March, 1974.[3]
• "Easy" was awarded a Silver disc for record sales in August, 1976.[4]

Release history

Country	Date	Label	Format	Catalogue	Notes
United Kingdom	1974	Reprise	LP	K54013
United States	1978	Kicking Mule	LP	KM303	The US release has a revised running order.
United Kingdom	1999	Leola	CD	TPGCD17	The CD release has two bonus tracks.

Track variations

The UK 1999 CD release includes two bonus tracks taken from a single released in 1972:[5]

• "Teacher Teacher" (Ralph McTell)
• "Truckin' Little Baby" (Blind Boy Fuller)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Easy" LP sleeve, 1974.
3. Chart Stats. “Ralph McTell”. Accessed 22 September 2009.
4. BPI. “Certified Awards Search: Ralph McTell” Archived June 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 22 September 2009.
5. "Easy" CD insert, 1999.