Bridget St. John
Ask Me No Questions & Songs For The Gentle Man [1994] (1969 & 1971)
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Length:  1:18:16
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Bridget St John - To B Without A Hitch    3:08
      2.  
      		 Bridget St John - Autumn Lullaby    3:00
      3.  
      		 Bridget St John - Curl Your Toes    2:58
      4.  
      		 Bridget St John - Like Never Before    3:13
      5.  
      		 Bridget St John - The Curious Crystals Of Unusual Purity    3:58
      6.  
      		 Bridget St John - Bare Feet And Hot Pavements    2:45
      7.  
      		 Bridget St John - I Like To Be With You In The Sun (Song For The Laird Of Connaught Hall)    2:33
      8.  
      		 Bridget St John - Lizard-Long-Tongue Boy    3:07
      9.  
      		 Bridget St John - Hello Again (Of Course)    4:10
      10.  
      		 Bridget St John - Many Happy Returns    2:16
      11.  
      		 Bridget St John - Broken Faith    4:56
      12.  
      		 Bridget St John - Ask Me No Questions    7:48
      13.  
      		 Bridget St John - A Day A Way    3:17
      14.  
      		 Bridget St John - City Crazy    2:45
      15.  
      		 Bridget St John - Back To Stay    4:48
      16.  
      		 Bridget St John - Seagull-Sunday    3:10
      17.  
      		 Bridget St John - If You'd Been There    4:08
      18.  
      		 Bridget St John - Song For The Laird Of Connaught Hall Part 2    1:28
      19.  
      		 Bridget St John - Making Losing Better    3:55
      20.  
      		 Bridget St John - The Lady And The Gentle Man    3:08
      21.  
      		 Bridget St John - Downderry Daze    3:20
      22.  
      		 Bridget St John - The Pebble And The Man    3:33
      23.  
      		 Bridget St John - It Seems Very Strange    0:42
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      see for miles seecd 408.

      ask me no questions;
      The wholly acoustic debut album (originally released on John Peel's Dandelion label) from this oft-revered 1970s folk singer, whose deep, laid back, androgynous voice (some have said think of a folk equivalent to Nico or even Timi Yuro, but eithout the darkness of the former or the soul of the latter) marked her as decidedly different from her contemporaries such as Sandy Denny, Maddy Prior, Mandy Morton, Vashti Bunyan etc- as did her reliance on original rather than traditional material. The mood is wistful, pastoral, often melancholy, but the overall feeling is one of relaxed warmth and contentment, as songs such as 'Curious Crystals Of Unusual Purity' 'I Like To Be With You In The Sun' and 'Barefeet And Hot Pavements' demonstrate: for those who like their folk a little more wyrd, there's the curious 'Lizard-Long-Tongue Boy'. Features a guest appearance by John Martyn, as does its successor.

      songs for the gentle man;
      Second album, again originally released on Dandelion (in 1971) from underrated UK folk singer-songwriter, this time produced by Ron Geesin (yes, 'im wot co-wrote the Floyd's "Atom Heart Mother") and featuring much more elaborate arrnagements and instrumentation such as cello, flute, bassoon, horns, violins and backing vocals. The songs are also more playful and less melancholy than on her debut, although the same feeling of relaxed warmth prevails on 'Seagull Sunday' and 'Lady And The Gentle Man' which bring her most obvious influence- Joni Mitchell- out into the open. Elsewhere there are covers of songs by John Martyn (featuring the man himself on guitar) and Donovan, another artist she has been compared to: there's also an odd, harmonium-and-vocal closing track which sounds more like Nico than Nico, if one catches the drift. The package contains

      track list
      Ask Me No Questions
      To Be Without A Hitch
      Autumn Lullaby
      Curl Your Toes
      Like Never Before
      The Curious Crystals Of Unusual Purity
      Barefeet And Hot Pavements
      I Like To Be With You In The Sun (Song For The Laird Of Connaught Hall)
      Lizard-Long-Tongue Boy
      Hello Again (Of Course)
      Many Happy Returns
      Broken Faith
      Ask Me No Questions
      Songs For The Gentle Man
      A Day A Way
      City Crazy
      Back To Stay
      Seagull-Sunday
      If You'd Been There
      Songs For The Laird Of Connaught Hall Part 2
      Making Losing Better
      The Lady And The Gentle Man
      Downderry Daze
      The Pebble And The Man
      It Seems Very Strange
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