Easy

Easy is the 1974 album by British Folk musician Ralph McTell. Guest musicians include folk pioneers Wizz Jones, Bert Jansch and Danny Thompson from Pentangle; Gerry Conway from Fotheringay; and Dave Mattacks from Fairport Convention. McTell started writing for the album at a friend's cottage in a tiny hamlet near the village of St Ewe, Cornwall. He fell in love with Cornwell and purchased a derelict cottage which he made habitable and still possessed 30 years later. Things were going well with the recording when Tony Visconti’s manager tried to get McTell to sign with his “Rare Earth” production company. McTell's manager was his brother, Bruce, and he thought it a bad idea, this resulted in Visconti being taken off the record. Danny Thompson and McTell finished the production. The cover painting was by Enrica Y Auque Serra. It was one of a pair of popular Victorian prints popularly known as "Morning" and "Evening". Track listing All tracks composed by Ralph McTell Side One "Take It Easy" - 2:32 "Maddy Dances" - 2:15 "Maginot Waltz" - 3:24 "Sweet Mystery" - 2:32 "Stuff No More" - 3:15