The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #109131   Message #2278100
Posted By: Nick
03-Mar-08 - 07:19 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres (Al Stewart)
Subject: RE: Help wanted with lyrics please
I used to live in Chalk Farm in the mid 70s and worked in one of the local pubs as a second job as I was poor. One of the regulars in there who I got to know well was a guy called Sandy Faris who orchestrated the album (along with writing the theme music to "Upstairs Downstairs", Boots Xmas commercials and more serious music) and played it to me.

(The Queens on the corner of Regents Park Road near Primrose Hill Park at the time was a wonderful pub. No music, no hassle and a really cosmopolitan bunch of regulars from locals to newspaper editors to well known theatrical and TV personalities who all came and mixed together and chatted and had fun pretty much regardless of who you were. Had some wonderful times in there and met some lovely people. Probably a grotty theme pub now or a block of flats.)