A Rare Conundrum is the eleventh album by Scottish

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

 folk musician Bert Jansch

Bert Jansch

Herbert "Bert" Jansch was a Scottish folk musician and founding member of the band Pentangle. He was born in Glasgow and came to prominence in London in the 1960s, as an acoustic guitarist, as well as a singer-songwriter...

, released in 1977 in the UK. The album was first released by Ex Libris in Denmark

Denmark

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 in late 1976 as Poormouth with an alternative cover and a slightly different tracklist.

Track listing Original LP

All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated

1. "Daybreak"
2. "One to a Hundred"
3. "Pretty Saro"
4. "Doctor, Doctor"
5. "3 A.M."
6. "Curragh of Kildare" (traditional)
7. "Instrumentally Irish"
8. "St. Fiacre"
9. "If You See My Love"
10. "Poor Mouth"
11. "Cat and Mouse"
12. "Three Chord Trick"
13. "Love Love"
14. "Lost Love"

Poormouth tracklist (Danish release)

Tracks with a star(*) don't appear on any other Jansch release

1. "Poor Mouth"
2. "St. Fiacre Revenge"
3. "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell) (*)
4. "Pretty Saro"
5. "Doctor, Doctor"
6. "Lost Love"
7. "Candy Man" (*)
8. "Daybreak"
9. "One to a Hundred"
10. "Three Dreamers" (*)
11. "Per's Hose Pipe" (re-titled "Instrumentally Irish")
12. "Curragh of Kildare" (traditional)
13. "If You See My Love"
14. "Three Chord Trick"

2009 CD Remaster tracklist released 15 June 2009

1. "Daybreak"
2. "One To A Hundred"
3. "Pretty Saro"
4. "Doctor, Doctor"
5. "3 A.M"
6. "The Curragh Of Kildare"
7. "Per's Hose Pipe – Instrumentally Irish"
8. "St. Fiacre"
9. "If You See My Love"
10. "Looking For A Home"
11. "Poor Mouth"
12. "Cat And Mouse"
13. "Three Chord Trick"
14. "Lost Love"
15. "Three Dreamers"
16. "Dragonfly"
17. "Candy Man"

Credits

• Bert Jansch – vocals, guitars
• Rod Clements
  Rod Clements
  Rod Clements is a British guitarist and singer-songwriter.-Career:...
  
   – bass, mandolin, guitar, vocals
• Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell
  Ralph McTell is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s....
  
   – harmonica
• 'Mantha – backing vocals
• Mike Piggott – violin
• Pick Withers
  Pick Withers
  David "Pick" Withers was the original drummer for the rock band Dire Straits and played on their first four albums, which included hit singles such as "Sultans of Swing," "Romeo and Juliet" and "Private Investigations."...
  
   – drums