{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox album | name = Right Side Up | type = studio | artist = Ralph McTell | cover = Ralph McTell's Right Side Up album cover.jpg | alt = | released = 1976 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Air Studios, London | genre = Folk | length = {{Duration|m=35|s=54}} | label = Warner Bros. Records/WEA | producer = Ralph McTell, Peter Swettenham | prev_title = Streets... | prev_year = 1975 | next_title = Ralph, Albert & Sydney | next_year = 1977 }}
'''''Right Side Up''''' is an album by Ralph McTell released in 1976 by Warner Bros. Records/WEA, recorded at Air Studios in London by Pete Henderson and Mike Stavrou, and produced by Ralph McTell and Peter Swettenham (one-time member of band Grapefruit).
Musicians who appear on the album include Danny Thompson, (double bass), John Stevens and Pick Withers - (drums) - Rod Clements (of Lindisfarne), - Dave Pegg (from Fairport Convention), bass players. Backing vocals were provided by Tony Rivers - of The Castaways - Ken Gold and John Perry (also one-time member of band Grapefruit). John Martyn played guitar on "River Rising".<ref>Sleeve notes, CD re-release 2001</ref>
==Track listing== All tracks composed by Ralph McTell; except where indicated
;Side one # "San Diego Serenade" (Tom Waits) - 2:45 # "Naomi" - 3:07 # "Tequila Sunset" - 3:22 # "Weather the Storm" - 4:01 # "River Rising" - 3:57
:Side Two # "From Clare to Here" - 4:13 # "Chairman and the Little Man" - 2:09 # "Country Boys" - 2:32 # "Slow Burning Companion" - 3:28 # "Nightmares" - 2:55 # "May You Never" (John Martyn) - 3:25
# "Song for Ireland" (additional track, learnt by McTell from the version by Dick Gaughan, written by Phil Colclough originally released in 1982, added to re-release of the album)
==Track notes== # "San Diego Serenade": McTell - "I've always admired Tom Waits writing for both his melody and his wonderfully evocative lyrics." # "Weather the Storm":McTell - "It remains one of my most requested pieces in live work." # "From Clare to Here": McTell - "A chance remark from a fellow building site labourer remembered from 1963 as " it's a long way from Clare to here." # "Country Boys": McTell: "Cornwall was in my mind when I wrote this, and Ry Cooder was on everybody's turntable." # "May You Never": McTell - "John Martyn has written so many beautiful songs, but I guess this is still my favourite."
==Personnel== *Ralph McTell - vocals, acoustic guitar *John Martyn - electric guitar on "River Rising" *Dave Pegg, Rod Clements - bass guitar *Danny Thompson - acoustic bass *Sam Mitchell - dobro *Graham Preskett - keyboards, string arrangements *Peter Swettenham - keyboards *John Stevens, Pick Withers - drums, percussion *John Perry, Ken Gold, Tony Rivers - backing vocals ;Technical *Mike Stavrou, Peter Henderson - mixing *Mike Dymond - photography
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *Allmusic [http://www.allmusic.com/album/right-side-up-r107744/review album review] {{Ralph McTell|state=autocollapse}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Ralph McTell albums Category:1976 albums Category:Warner Records albums Category:Albums recorded at AIR Studios