A Songwriter’s Tale

Tracklist

• 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

More by Mike Batt

Watership Down

Watership Down 2000

Zero Zero

Zero Zero 1982

Six Days in Berlin

Six Days in Berlin 1981

Waves

Waves 1980

Caravans

Caravans 1979

Schizophonia

Schizophonia 1977

Release credits

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

Issues

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  A
  (Combined release view)
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  A
  A Songwriter's Tale

  CD
  24 March 2008
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  A
  A Songwriter’s Tale

  Digital Media
  1 January 2009
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  A
  A Songwriter’s Tale

  2x CD (Mike Batt Archive Series)
  17 May 2010