The Legendary Me is the 1970 album by the pioneer British

Great Britain

Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...

 Folk musician Wizz Jones

Wizz Jones

Raymond Ronald Jones better-known as Wizz Jones is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 1965 to the present...

. The album contains eight cover tunes written by songwriter and Jones' friend Alan Tunbridge

Alan Tunbridge

-Life and work:Normally painting in oils, Alan Tunbridge has also designed a great number of book dust-jacket illustrations, mainly in Scraperboard....

. The standout tracks are "The Legendary Me", "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning", and "Dazzling Stranger". Sunbeam Records has reissued this album on vinyl (catalogue number SBRLP 5015) and on CD (with additional tracks) (catalogue number SBRCD 5015).

Track listing

1. "See How the Time is Flying" (Alan Tunbridge
   Alan Tunbridge
   -Life and work:Normally painting in oils, Alan Tunbridge has also designed a great number of book dust-jacket illustrations, mainly in Scraperboard....
   
   ) - 3:26
2. "Willie Moore" (Traditional) - 4:22
3. "The Legendary Me" (Alan Tunbridge) - 5:21
4. "When I Cease to Care" (Alan Tunbridge) - 4:17
5. "Nobody Told You So" (Alan Tunbridge) - 5:17
6. "Beggar Man" (Alan Tunbridge) - 4:46
7. "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning" (Reverend Gary Davis
   Reverend Gary Davis
   Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis, was an American blues and gospel singer and guitarist, who was also proficient on the banjo and harmonica...
   
   ) - 3:00
8. "Dazzling Stranger" (Alan Tunbridge) - 3:04
9. "If I'd Only Known" (Wizz Jones) - 2:21
10. "Slow Down to My Speed" (Alan Tunbridge) - 3:08
11. "Stick a Little Label on It" (Alan Tunbridge) - 3:49

Bonus tracks (included on 2006 CD release)

1. "Sisters of Mercy
   Sisters of Mercy
   The Religious Order of the Sisters of Mercy is an order of Catholic women founded by Catherine McAuley in Dublin, Ireland, in 1831. , the order has about 10,000 members worldwide, organized into a number of independent congregations....
   
   " (Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Cohen
   Leonard Norman Cohen, is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, poet and novelist. Cohen published his first book of poetry in Montreal in 1956 and his first novel in 1963. His work often explores religion, isolation, sexuality and interpersonal relationships...
   
   ) - 4:21
2. "Glory of Love" (Billy Hill
   Billy Hill (songwriter)
   Billy Hill was an American songwriter, violinst, and pianist who found fame writing Western songs such as "They Cut Down the Old Pine Tree", "The Last Roundup", "Wagon Wheels", and "Empty Saddles"...
   
   ) - 2:49
3. "Needle of Death" (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...
   
   ) - 4:29

Personnel

• Wizz Jones
  Wizz Jones
  Raymond Ronald Jones better-known as Wizz Jones is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 1965 to the present...
  
   - acoustic guitar, vocals
• John Turner - bass
• Peter Berryman - guitar (on "The Legendary Me")
• 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....
  
  - accordion (on "Dazzling Stranger")

Production

• Producer: Ian Baker/John Turku
• Recording Engineer: Kelly Lucena
• Mixing: unknown
• Photography: unknown
• Liner Notes: unknown

External links

Sunbeam Records