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Ian Matthews |
Matthews' Southern Comfort ♦ Southern Comfort |
Gotta Start Somewhere...
The Pyramid
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Summer Of Last Year / Summer Evening Hiett (2:50) / Hiett (3:05) Deram DM 111 [UK], 1/67 Group had Ian Matthews, John Paul Jones, and John McGlaughlin |
Ian Matthews to Fairport Convention (but he'll be back real soon, mkay?)
What's In A Name? Ian Matthews has used several different names during his career. Born Ian Matthews MacDonald in 1946, he first changed his last name to his middle name to avoid confusion with Ian MacDonald of King Crimson fame. In 1989, he changed his first name to Iain (a Scottish varient of Ian). (46) Ian MacDonald > (68) Ian Matthews > (89) Iain Mathews. |
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Matthews' Southern Comfort |
Decca DL-75191 | |
3/70 [UK: 1/70] | |
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Colorado Springs Eternal | Barlby | 2:25 |
A Commercial Proposition | Thompson | 6:18 |
The Castle Far | Barlby | 5:29 |
Please Be My Friend | Matthews | 2:42 |
What We Say | Matthews | 2:27 |
Dream Song | Matthews | 2:13 |
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Fly Pigeon Fly | Barlby-Hamwood | 2:49 |
The Watch | Barlby-Cornford-Matthews | 3:34 |
Sweet Bread | Barlby | 4:48 |
Thoughts For A Friend | Matthews | 3:17 |
I've Lost You | Barlby | 2:25 |
Once Upon A Lifetime | Barlby-Matthews | 4:22 |
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Colorado Springs Eternal / The Watch Barlby (2:25) /Barlby-Cornford-Matthews (3:34) Decca 32664, 6/70 |
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Second Spring |
Decca DL-75242 | |
10/70 [UK: 7/70] UK | |
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Ballad Of Obray Ramsey | Matthews | 2:27 |
Moses In The Sunshine | Barnwell | 6:25 |
Jinkson Johnson | arr Matthews | 5:31 |
Tale Of The Trial | Matthews | 2:43 |
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Blood Red Roses | arr Matthews | 2:30 |
Even As | Barnwell | 2:53 |
Darcy Farrow | Campbell-Gilette | 3:36 |
Something In The Way She Moves | Taylor | 4:52 |
Southern Comfort | Fricker | 7:55 |
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Woodstock / Ballad Of Obray Ramsey Mitchell (4:26) / Ian Matthews (2:27) Decca 32774, 11/70 BB #1 |
Ian to solo career, rest of band carries on.
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Hearts / If You Saw Thro' My Eyes Matthews (3:12) / Matthews (3:20) Vertigo VE-101, 1/71 |
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If You Saw Thro' My Eyes |
Vertigo VEL-1002 | |
1/71 [UK: 1/71] | |
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Desert Inn | Matthews | 3:30 |
Hearts | Matthews | 3:12 |
Never Ending | Matthews | 2:48 |
Reno Nevada | Fariņa | 4:47 |
Little Known | Matthews | 2:55 |
Hinge | Matthews | 1:20 |
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Hinge | Matthews | 0:25 |
Southern Wind | Matthews | 3:10 |
It Came Without Warning | Burham-Jacobs | 4:01 |
You Couldn't Lose | Matthews | 3:35 |
Morgan The Pirate | Fariņa | 6:41 |
If You Saw Thro' My Eyes | Matthews | 2:34 |
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Later That Same Year |
Decca DL-75264 | |
3/71 BB [UK: 12/70] | |
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Woodstock | Mitchell | 4:26 |
To Love | Goffin-King | 4:35 |
And Me | Matthews | 4:36 |
Tell Me Why | Young | 2:03 |
My Lady | Matthews | 1:35 |
And When She Smiles (She Makes The Sun Shine) | Anderson | 2:09 |
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Mare, Take Me Home | Anderson | 3:38 |
Sylvie | Barnwell | 6:08 |
The Brand New Tennessee Waltz | Winchester | 2:57 |
For Melanie | Barnwell | 6:50 |
Road To Ronderlin | Matthews | 2:18 |
Note: Woodstock replaced Jonah on the US release.
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Desert Inn / Reno Nevada Matthews (3:30) / Fariņa (4:47) Vertigo VE-102, 5/71 |
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Mare, Take Me Home / The Brand New Tennessee Waltz Anderson (3:38) / Winchester (2:57) Decca 32845, 6/71 BB |
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Frog City |
Capitol ST-800 | |
6/71 [UK: 5/71] | |
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Good Lord D.C. | Barnwell | 2:43 |
Roses | Barnwell | 3:10 |
The Passing | Leigh | 3:44 |
The Dreadful Ballad Of Willie Hurricane | Barnwell | 4:00 |
April Lady | Barnwell | 3:39 |
I Sure Like Your Smile | Barnwell | 2:26 |
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My Old Kentucky Home | Newman | 4:12 |
Take A Message | Barnwell | 3:47 |
The Leaving Song | Leigh | 3:25 |
Return To Frog City | Griffiths | 2:45 |
Get Back Home | Hubart | 3:45 |
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I Sure Like Your Smile / Return To Frog City Barnwell (2:26) / Griffiths (2:45) Capitol 3133, 6/71 |
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Mississippi River Festival(8/4/71) Southern Comfort |
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Tell Me Why / To Love Young (2:03) / Goffin-King (4:35) Decca 32874, 10/71 BB |
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Ian formed Plainsong in 72, releasing In Search Of Amelia Earhart. Solo work with pick-up bands followed. |