This was
(1968,Chrysalis)Список песен:
1. My Sunday Feeling (Anderson)
2. Someday the Sun Won't Shine for You (Anderson)
3. Beggar's Farm (Abrahams/Anderson)
4. Move on Alone (Abrahams)
5. Serenade to a Cuckoo (Kirk)
6. Dharma for One (Anderson/Bunker)
7. It's Breaking Me Up (Anderson)
8. Cat's Squirrell (trad. arr. Abrahams)
9. A Song for a Jeffrey (Anderson)
10. Round (Anderson/Abrahams/Bunker/Cornick/Ellis)
Комментарий Иана Андерсона к альбому:
Когда мы приступили к работе над "This Was", я чувствовал, что это, конечно, здорово - играть блюз, но мы были лишь чьими-то подражателями... К моменту завершения записи я осознал все трудности, которые меня ждут в том случае, если я буду работать с Миком Абрахамсом и дальше. И не только из-за того, что его гитарная манера была ограничена рамками блюза. А потому, что ему было достаточно того, чтобы играть три-четыре раза в неделю в пабах, а все остальные надеялись, что альбом станет для нас ступенькой к чему-то куда большему - скажем, нашим шансом попутешествовать по миру и выбраться в Америку...Но кое-какая явная польза в нашем сотрудничестве все же была. Я играл на гитаре с 16-17 лет, и только когда я встретил Мика, я перестал ей заниматься и взялся за флейту... Очевидно, как раз из-за флейты меня больше всего и знают - этим я обязан Мику Абрахамсу
Тексты песен:
01. My Sunday Feeling
My Sunday feeling is coming on over me.My Sunday feeling is coming on over me,
Now that the night is over.
Got to clear my head so I can see.
Till I get to put together,
that old feeling won't let me be.
Won't somebody tell me where I laid my head last night?
Won't somebody tell me where I laid my head last night?
I really don't remember,
But with one more cigarette and I think I might.
Till I get to put together,
well that old feeling can't get me right.
Need some assistance, have you listened to what I said?
Need some assistance, have you listened to what I said?
Oh, I don't feel so good.
Need someone to help me to my bed.
Till I get to put together,
that old feeling is in my head.
02. Some Day The Sun Won't Shine For You
In the morning - gonna get my things together.Packing up and I'm leaving this place.
I don't believe you'll cry, there'll be a smile upon your face.
I didn't think how much you'd hurt me.
That's something that I laugh about.
Bring in the good times, baby.
And let the bad times out.
That old sun keeps on shining,
But someday it won't shine for you.
In the morning I'll be leaving.
I'll leave your mother too.
03. Beggar's Farm
You're taking chances. And your reputation's going down.Going out in the night-time. You think you make no sound.
But you don't fool me. 'Cos I know what you feel.
If you ignore the things I say -
someday soon's gonna find you
`way down on Beggar's Farm.
I pay my money for no returns.
I think I need you. Going to find someone.
Oh, you don't fool me. 'Cos I know what you feel.
When you go out I ask you why.
And I won't worry when I see you lying
down on Beggar's Farm.
When you run to me, going to turn away.
Won't even listen when you try to say
that you were only fooling around -
'Cos I know what you feel.
But if you ask me nicely, woman -
I'll wake up early one day soon and
I'll visit you down on Beggar's Farm.
04. Move On Alone
I feel so sad now that she's gone,I've been loving that woman too long.
There is no place to go because my friends have all moved,
Got nothing but sit in the sun.
Got tired of crying, guess I'll move on alone.
My bed is so empty and my heart is grown cold,
guess I'll just die before I grow old.
The place is untidy, that's `cos I ain't done my dirt,
I just grown tired of thinking.
Got tired of crying, guess I'll move on alone.
05. Serenade To A Cuckoo
[Instrumental]06. Dharma For One
[Instrumental]07. It's Breaking Me Up
So many long days. In so many ways.I try to get through to what lies deep inside of you.
Oh, baby. I said, you're breaking me up, woman.
Yeah, you're breaking me down.
You're lying in little pieces -
scattered all around.
You're doing your worst to see me get hurt.
You're waiting to see the tears running out of me.
But, oh, baby, I said you're breaking me up, woman.
You're breaking me down.
You're lying in little pieces -
scattered all around.
My teares have run dry and you wonder why.
I've found a new woman who don't do the things you can.
Oh, baby, I said you're breaking me up, woman.
You're breaking me down.
You're lying in little pieces -
scattered all around.
08. Cat's Squirrel
[Instrumental]09. A song for Jeffrey
Gonna lose my way tomorrow,gonna give away my car.
I'd take you along with me,
but you would not go so far.
Don't see what I do not want to see,
you don't hear what I don't say.
Won't be what I don't want to be,
I continue in my way.
Don't see, see, see where I'm goin',
Don't see, see, see where I'm goin',
Don't see, see, see where I'm goin' to,
I don't want to.
Everyday I see the mornin' come on in the same old way.
I tell myself tomorrow brings me things I would not dream today.
