Name: Ask Me No Questions (Reissue)
Brand: Bridget St John

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

TDP54013

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Colour

Black

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-01-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Lasgo

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

5060672880138

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Bridget St John

Genre GB

Folk

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Trading Places

Bridget St John is a British singer and songwriter, best known for her three albums recorded between 1969 and 1972 on John Peel's Dandelion label. Her debut album, Ask Me No Questions, was produced by Peel himself. With her accomplished guitar playing skills, she credits John Martyn as her guitar mentor. St John's popularity peaked in 1974 when she was voted fifth most popular female singer in that year's Melody Maker readers poll.

After recording the second album Songs for the Gentle Man with producer Ron Geesin, St John released another album called Jumble Queen under Chrysalis Records in 1974. She then moved to Greenwich Village in 1976 and remained out of the public eye for over two decades. However, she made a comeback at a Nick Drake tribute concert in New York in 1999 where she performed "Northern Sky" and "One of These Things First". In 2006, she toured Japan alongside minimalist French musician Colleen.

In addition to her solo work, Bridget St John has collaborated with various artists including Mike Oldfield on his album Amarok, Kevin Ayers, and Robin Frederick. She reunited with Kevin Ayers in 2007 to record on his album The Unfairground in New York where they duetted on the song "Baby Come Home". Regarded by John Peel as "the best lady singer-songwriter in the country", Bridget

Blessed with a distinctive voice largely defined by a rich, cello-like timbre, the English singer and guitarist Bridget St John was brought to the attention of the adventurous guitarist John Martyn by fellow singer Robin Frederick and after being introduced to him by Martyn’s poet friend, Pete Roch, was championed by BBC Radio disc jockey John Peel, who formed the Dandelion label in 1969 (with Elektra record-plugger Clive Selwood) specifically to issue St John’s music. Recorded in a brief session that lasted for some nine or ten hours, debut album Ask Me No Questions features Martyn on second guitar on opener To Be Without A Hitch and the equally chilling Curl Your Toes, as well as the haunting title track, while future Fairport Convention and Soft Machine member Ric Sanders appears on Lizard Tongue Boy and Many Happy Returns.

Ask Me No Questions (Reissue)

Music GB