Good to Be Alive (Long John Baldry album)

Good to Be Alive is an album by Long John Baldry released in 1973. "Maggie Bell" was an acoustic tribute to the singer of Stone the Crows.

Good to Be Alive
Studio album by
Long John Baldry
Released1973
RecordedSpring 1973
StudioIBC Studios, London
GenreBlues, folk, rock
Length42:32
LabelGM Records, Casablanca
ProducerJimmy Horowitz
Long John Baldry chronology
Everything Stops for Tea
(1972)		 Good to Be Alive
(1973)		 Welcome to Club Casablanca
(1976)

Track listing
  1. "Good to Be Alive" (Colin Allen, Zoot Money) – 4:05
  2. "Let Me Pass" (Bo Diddley) – 3:18
  3. "Rake and Ramblin' Boy" (arranged by Baldry) – 3:27
  4. "High and Low" (Jeff Thomas) – 3:43
  5. "Gasoline Alley" (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) – 3:39
  6. "I Wish I Was a Rock" (Derroll Adams) – 1:18
  7. "Up in the Trees" (Neil Shepherd) – 2:51
  8. "Brand New Day" (Al Kooper) – 3:17
  9. "Song for Martin Luther King" (Baldry) – 4:14
  10. "Maggie Bell" (Baldry) – 3:06
  11. "Let's Go" (Chas Jankel) – 2:39
  12. "She" - duet with Lisa Strike (Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons) – 4:38

Personnel

Additional musicians
  • Tony Newman – drums (tracks 5, 7)
  • Mike Driscoll – drums (track 1)
  • John Mealing – organ (track 1)
  • Bob Cohen – guitar on (track 1)
  • Andy Bown – acoustic guitar (track 9)
  • Pete Stanley – banjo (tracks 5-7)
  • John Field, Mike French – fiddle (tracks 5, 7)
  • Lesley Duncan – lead vocal (track 3)
  • Neil Shepard – lead vocal (track 7)
  • Liza Strike – lead vocal (track 12)
  • The Pop Arts Strings – strings, brass

Technical
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