Talk:Ralph McTell

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The style of the article is a bit strange: everything is broken into single sentences instead of being grouped into paragraphs of two of three sentences. There is no discography (albums/ singles) so it is rather difficult for me to add this information: There is a new Ralph McTell album: "Gates of Eden" (2007) Ogg 19:44, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

My apologies: I have just spotted it, in the second-to-last paragraph. Ogg 19:46, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Everything is not broken up into single sentences; many of the paragraphs are multi-sentence. Besides, a paragraph is a unit of thought so single-sentence are legitimate when appropriate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.112.74.115 (talk) 22:27, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Streets of London

I think the article is wrong to say Ralph's re-recording of "Streets of London" features only his voice and guitar. According to this feature article on 'Spiral Staircase' Ralph McTell is quoted as saying: Actually, at this time I still did not want the song to appear on Spiral Staircase but Gus pleaded with me to do just one take of it at the very end of the recording sessions. Whilst the jug band, (Henry, Mick and Pete) repaired to the pub around the corner, I reluctantly agreed.

So the voice and guitar version is the one that appears on Spiral Staircase. I believe Ralph re-recorded the song in 1974 with accompaniment, and that is the one released as a single. -- Mickraus 20:15, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

I found a page that confirms my thoughts above: the original version on Spiral Staircase is just voice and guitar, and the re-recoreded version released as a single has a backing band. See the BBC's Sold on Song Top 100, No. 32. -- Mickraus 21:21, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dodgy Link

hi, not sure how to correct this myself (so hopefully somebody else more knowledgeable in these matters can sort it out) but if you click on the 'revisited' link in the list of ralph's albums, it takes you to a page concerning a peter gabriel album of the same name Cleverclogs1960 (talk) 20:58, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Citations and Discography

Hello, I'd like to help resolve the Citation and Discography queries on this article, but I need to know exactly what is required, for example:

Citations - does every individual statement need a source, or will one reference per paragraph do, or even generic references to McTell's published biographies?

Discography - the current list is incomplete and (as noted by Cleverclogs1960 above) includes a number of unhelpful links. I can provide a complete UK discography.

Also, what info is needed for the infobox? I'll be happy to do the edits when I know what's needed.

Notthesameasyouremail (talk) 23:37, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Not everything needs references – just things that could be challenged, such as chart placings, for example.

As for the infobox, here are the fields that make up the Musical Artist infobox. Not all fields require filling, but obviously, the more, the merrier. Just copy and paste the template text into this article (but don't save the page until the template is complete). - Dudesleeper / Talk 23:49, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, Dudesleeper. Here is the completed Infobox. (Moved to main article 17 May 2008) Notthesameasyouremail (talk) 17:30, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Here is McTell's UK discography, corrected and updated. I have omitted the numerous Transatlantic/Castle 'Best Of' compilations because they are limited to songs released in 1968-1970 and are in any case effectively superseded by the recent reissues of Ralph's first three albums. Any comments before I edit the main article?

(Moved to main article 17 May 2008) Notthesameasyouremail (talk) 21:45, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I have completed my updates of the content - I will now work on the citations. Notthesameasyouremail (talk) 09:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Citations added. Notthesameasyouremail (talk) 02:27, 25 May 2008 (UTC)