Second Spring

Infobox Album |
Name = Second Spring
Type = Album
Artist = Ian Matthews


Released = 1969
Recorded = 1969
Genre = Folk rock/Country rock
Length = 38:19
Label = Line/Decca
Producer = Ian Matthews
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wvfpxqq5ldfe link]
Last album = "Matthews' Southern Comfort" (1969)
This album = "Second Spring" (1969)
Next album = "Later That Same Year" (1970)

"Second Spring" is the 1969 album by Country rock/Folk rock musician Ian Matthews' band Matthews' Southern Comfort. This was Ian's third album after his departure from Fairport Convention.

Track listing

#"Ballad of Obray Ramsey" (Ian Matthews) - 2:25
#"Moses in the Sunshine" (Carl Barnwell) - 6:18
#"Jinkson Johnson" (Ian Matthews) - 5:29
#"The Tale of the Trial" (Ian Matthews) - 2:42
#"Blood Red Roses" (Ian Matthews) - 2:27
#"Even As" (Carl Barnwell) - 2:49
#"Darcy Farrow" (Tom Campbell/Steve Gillette) - 3:34
#"Something in the Way She Moves" (James Taylor) - 4:48
#"Southern Comfort" (Sylvia Tyson) - 7:47

Personnel

*Ian Matthews - guitar, lead vocals, arranger
*Carl Barnwell - guitar, harmony vocals
*Mark Griffiths - bass, guitar, harmony vocals
*Gordon Huntley - steel guitar
*Tom Paley - banjo
*Andy Leigh - bass, harmony vocals
*Martin Jenkins - mandolin
*Ray Duffy - drums
*Roger Churchyard - violin, fiddle
*Byard Ray - fiddle

Production

*Producer: Ian Matthews
*Production Coordinator: Steve Barlby
*Recording Engineer: Ian Matthews
*Art Direction: Paul Whitehead
*Cover Design: Ian Matthews
*Photography: Ray Stevenson