Album: Eight Frames a Second by Ralph McTell (1968)
Genre: Country | Style: Folk
Format: Album

Description: "Eight Frames a Second" is the debut album by British folk musician Ralph McTell. Released in the UK in 1968, it is notable for being the first record produced by Gus Dudgeon, and the first arranged by Tony Visconti.
The title refers to the term for slow motion when film is slowed down from twenty-four frames a second
The whole album was recorded on four track and mixed to MONO! Later a version with a green cover was mixed to a basic stereo for USA and Canada. 
The UK 2007 CD release includes four bonus tracks:


Artist Background: "Ralph McTell" (born Ralph May, 3 December 1944) is an English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player who has been an influential figure on the UK folk music scene since the 1960s. McTell is best known for his song "Streets of London", which has been covered by over two hundred artists around the world, and for his tale of Irish emigration, "From Clare to Here". In the 1980s he wrote and played songs for two TV children's programmes, Alphabet Zoo, which also featured Nerys Hughes, follo... Part of the Farnborough,England music scene. Associated with Country movement. Known for Folk style.

Music Scene: Part of the Farnborough,England music scene. Associated with Country movement. Known for Folk style.

Tags: Country, Folk, 1960s, Album


"Eight Frames a Second" is the debut album by British folk musician Ralph McTell. Released in the UK in 1968, it is notable for being the first record produced by Gus Dudgeon, and the first arranged by Tony Visconti.
The title refers to the term for slow motion when film is slowed down from twenty-four frames a second
The whole album was recorded on four track and mixed to MONO! Later a version with a green cover was mixed to a basic stereo for USA and Canada. 
The UK 2007 CD release includes four bonus tracks:


Eight Frames a Second

Ralph McTell

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