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Love Chronicles
Love Chronicles
Studio album by Al Stewart
Released	September 1969 (UK), January 1970 (US)
Recorded	1968-1969
Genre	Folk
Length	43:03
Label	CBS (UK), Epic (US)
Producer	Roy Guest, John Wood, Al Stewart
Al Stewart chronology

Love Chronicles is the second studio album of folk artist Al Stewart, released in September 1969. It was his first album to be released in the US (and was also the only one of his first four albums). Among the supporting musicians were Jimmy Page and four members of Fairport Convention: bassist Ashley Hutchings, guitarist Simon Nicol (listed as "Simon Breckenridge"), drummer Martin Lamble (as Martyn Francis) and guitarist Richard Thompson (listed as "Marvyn Prestwick").^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B+^[2]

Love Chronicles was released in the UK as part of the double CD To Whom It May Concern, which is an anthology of Stewart's first three albums. In 2007, Love Chronicles was re-issued with three bonus tracks.

Track listing edit

All tracks composed and arranged by Al Stewart

Original LP release edit

"In Brooklyn" – 3:42
"Old Compton Street Blues" – 4:25
"The Ballad of Mary Foster" – 8:01
"Life and Life Only" – 5:47
"You Should Have Listened to Al" – 3:01
"Love Chronicles" – 18:06

Cassette release edit

"You Should Have Listened to Al"
"Old Compton Street Blues"
"The Ballad of Mary Foster"
"Life and Life Only"
"In Brooklyn"
"Love Chronicles"

2007 Collectors' Choice Music edition edit

"In Brooklyn" – 3:43
"Old Compton Street Blues" – 4:26
"The Ballad of Mary Foster" – 8:02
"Life and Life Only" – 5:49
"You Should Have Listened to Al" – 3:02
"Love Chronicles" – 18:04

Bonus tracks

"Jackdaw" – 3:20
"She Follows Her Own Rules" (Al Stewart, Peter White) – 3:18
"Fantasy" – 2:15

Personnel edit

Al Stewart – vocals, guitar
Jimmy Page – guitar on "Love Chronicles"
Simon Breckenridge (pseudonym for Simon Nicol) – guitar
Marvyn Prestwyck (pseudonym for Richard Thompson) – guitar
Brian Brocklehurst^[4] – bass
Harvey Burns – drums
Martyn Francis (pseudonym of Martin Lamble) – drums
Brian Odgers – bass
John Paul Jones – bass on "Love Chronicles"
Ashley Hutchings – bass
Steve Gray – organ
Phil Phillips – organ
Krysia Kristianne, Robin Lamble – backing vocals on "Jackdaw"

Technical edit

Ron Pender, John Wood – engineer
Sophie Litchfield – photography

References edit

^ Unterberger, Richie. "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ Thane Tierney: Liner Notes to Love Chronicles (Collectors' Choice Music reissue) at Discogs
^ Peter Vacher (22 December 2010). "Brian Brocklehurst obituary". London: Guardian. Retrieved 20 August 2012.