2x CD (Mike Batt Archive Series)

A Songwriter’s Tale

Album by Mike Batt

Released 24 March 2008

CD 1: A Songwriter’s Tale
1
Bright Eyes
3:54
2
Soldier’s Song
4:15
3
The Walls of the World
3:28
4
A Winter’s Tale
4:14
5
Love Makes You Crazy
4:20
6
System 605
3:03
7
Caravan Song
3:45
8
Theme From “Caravans” (instrumental)
3:41
9
I Feel Like Buddy Holly
4:27
10
Lady of the Dawn
4:10
11
The Winds of Change
4:06
12
Please Don’t Fall in Love
3:21
13
I Watch You Sleeping
5:10
14
Railway Hotel
3:27
15
The Closest Thing to Crazy
4:16
16
The Ride to Agadir
5:59
CD 2: The Orinoco Kid
1
Summertime City
Mike Batt with The New Edition
3:37
2
Madhouse Rag
2:54
3
The House of the Clown
3:22
4
Hang On, Sloopy
4:02
5
Memphis, Tennessee
3:41
6
Your Mother Should Know
2:08
7
Sinking Like a Stone
3:10
8
The Myths and Legends of King Merton Womble and His Journey to the Centre of the Earth
5:29
9
Nashville Wombles
4:55
10
To Wimbledon With Love
3:48
11
Wombling White Tie and Tails
3:34
12
The Orinoco Kid
3:17
13
Minuetto Allegretto
3:37
14
The Empty Tidy Bag Blues
4:00

Henry Spinetti
drums (drum set) [1-16]
Mike Batt
arranger [2.13, 1.1-16], conductor [1-16], lead vocals [8-11, 13], producer [2.8-11, 2.13, 1.1-16]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
performing orchestra [1-16]
Tim Harries
bass [1-16]