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Blue Balloon

Blue Balloon (Squeezer SQZ 124)

Blue Balloon
John Kirkpatrick

Squeezer SQZ 124 (LP, UK, 1987)
Music & Words MWCD 4022 (CD, UK, 1998)

Recorded in Febrary 1987 at Ideal Sound Recorders, London;
Engineered by Nic Cathcart-Jones;
Produced by John Kirkpatrick;
Front sleeve illustration by William Dudley

Musicians

John Kirkpatrick, vocals, button accordion, Anglo concertina, triangle, spoons, vibraslap;
Richard Thompson, electric and acoustic guitars;
Ruari McFarlane, electric and acoustic bass guitars;
Gerry Conway, drums;
Sue Harris, oboe, hammered dulcimer, vocals [9];
Howard Evans, trumpet;
Roger Williams, trombone;
Christine Collister, Clive Gregson, vocals [3-4, 8-9]

Tracks

Side 1Side 2
  1. Noah (5.38)
  2. Blue Balloon (5.24)
  3. Black Against the Snow (5.42)
  4. Don't Shoot, I'm Wearing My Seat Belt (4.27)
  1. Tunnel of Love (3.29)
  2. Laudroloverette (5.38)
  3. A Lenght of Yarn (4.52)
  4. Hole in My Heart (4.20)
  5. Dog's Gone Wild (3.15)

All tracks written by John Kirkpatrick