Magical Flight
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Magical Flight |
| type | Album |
| artist | Wizz Jones |
| cover | Wizz jones Magical Flight 1.jpg |
| released | |
| recorded | 1977 |
| genre | Folk, folk rock |
| length | 36:41 |
| label | Plant Life (UK); |
| prev_title | Happiness Was Free |
| prev_year | 1976 |
| next_title | Letter from West Germany |
| (197?) | |
| misc | {{Extra album cover |
| header | Alternative cover (German issue) |
| type | studio |
| cover | Wizz jones Magical Flight 2.jpg |
| :: |
| name = Magical Flight | type = Album | artist = Wizz Jones | cover = Wizz jones Magical Flight 1.jpg | alt = | released = | recorded = 1977 | venue = | studio = | genre = Folk, folk rock | length = 36:41 | label = Plant Life (UK); | producer = | prev_title = Happiness Was Free | prev_year = 1976 | next_title = Letter from West Germany (197?) | next_year = | misc = {{Extra album cover| | header = Alternative cover (German issue) | type = studio | cover = Wizz jones Magical Flight 2.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/wizz_jones_Magical_Flight_1a.jpg" caption="Cover of the U.K. CD reissue, note changes to text from L.P. version"] ::
| rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = | noprose=yes |}} Magical Flight is the 1977 album by the pioneer British folk musician Wizz Jones. In addition to composing some of the songs, Alan Tunbridge produced the U.K. cover artwork.
Track listing
- "Pictures" (Alan Tunbridge) - 4:25
- "Mississippi John" (Wizz Jones) - 2:01
- "Old Fashioned Shotgun Wedding" (Tucker Zimmerman) - 4:30
- "Song to Woody" (Bob Dylan) - 3:32
- "Topolino Song" (Wizz Jones) - 2:50
- "Magical Flight" (Alan Tunbridge) - 5:14
- "The Valley" (Wizz Jones) - 5:14
- "See How the Time is Flying" (Alan Tunbridge) - 5:19
- "Canned Music" (Dan Hicks) - 3:37
Issue details
Issued in Germany, 1978, with alternative cover art/remixed.
Exact reissue on CD, 1999, with both English and German covers (but title text on UK cover moved and enlarged, see illustration).
Catalogue numbers
Plant Life PLR009
Folk Freak FF4003(Germany)
Scenescof SCOFCD 1006 (US)
Personnel
- Wizz Jones - guitar, vocals
- Sandy Spencer - cello
- Pete Berryman - guitar
- Rick Kemp - bass
- Nigel Pegrum - drums
- Maddy Prior - background vocals
- Bob Kerr - trumpet
References
References
- [{{AllMusic
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