Songs From A Room

 

 

Released: April 1969
Reissued: April 2007, digipack, remastered with 2 bonus tracks (Legacy)
Chart position: UK #2, US #63
Gold: Canada
Producer: Bob Johnston

01. Bird On The Wire (3:26)
02. Story Of Isaac (3:37)
03. A Bunch Of Lonesome Heroes (3:15)
04. The Partisan (3:26)
05. Seems So Long Ago, Nancy (3:40)
06. The Old Revolution (4:47)
07. The Butcher (3:19)
08. You Know Who I Am (3:29)
09. Lady Midnight (2:59)
10. Tonight Will Be Fine (3:50)
Tracks 1-10 Recorded 1968
Originally issued as Songs From a Room Columbia CS 9767
Produced by Bob Johnston
11. Like A Bird (3:20)
Previously unreleased earlier version of Bird On The Wire
12. Nothing To One (2:18)
Previously unreleased earlier version of You Know Who I Am

Tracks 11-12 recorded May 1968
Produced by David Crosby
Mixed 2006 at Sony Music Studios by Dave Swope and Bruce Dickinson

All songs written by Leonard Cohen except The Partisan by Hy Zaret and Anna Marly

Tracks 1-10 originally released 1969
Tracks 11-12 originally recorded 1968 & released 2007
All rights reserved by Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Original Album Credits:
Produced by Bob Johnston
Engineer: Neil Wilburn
Back-up: Ed Hudson
Cover design: Ira Friedlander
Cover photo: John Berg

Reissue Credits:
Produced for Reissue by Bruce Dickinson
Mastered by Mark Wilder
Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz
Project Direction: Penny Morgan
Art Direction: Howard Fritzson
Design: Jeff Schulz / Command-Z-Design
Liner Notes: Anthony DeCurtis
Photography: Bob Cato, David Gahr, (c) Conde Nest Archives/Corbis

Additional music, photos and artwork provided by Mr. Leonard Cohen

Thanks: Lisa Zbitnew, Jarkko Arjatsalo, Anjani Thomas, Ed Sanders, Robert Kory, Michelle Rice, Adam Block, Richard Bowe, Tom Burleigh, James Devlin, Mandy Eidgah, Jeremy Holiday, Jeff Jones, Dave Toomey

Uncredited & reconstructed credits:
Recorded: September and November 1968 (Bob Johnston); May 1968, Hollywood (David Crosby)
Venue: Nashville (Columbia Studio A?)
Charlie Daniels: bass, fiddle, acoustic guitar
Ron Cornelius: acoustic and electric guitar
Bubba Fowler: banjo, bass, acoustic guitar
Bob Johnston: keyboards, organ