A Rare Conundrum

A Rare Conundrum is an album by Scottish folk musician Bert Jansch, released in 1977 in the UK. The album was first released by Ex Libris Records]] in Denmark in late 1976 as Poormouth with an alternative cover and a slightly different track list.

Track listing Original LP
All tracks composed by Bert Jansch; except where indicated


 * 1) "Daybreak"
 * 2) "One To A Hundred"
 * 3) "Pretty Saro" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
 * 4) "Doctor, Doctor"
 * 5) "3 A.M."
 * 6) "The Curragh of Kildare" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
 * 7) "Instrumentally Irish" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch and Rod Clements)
 * 8) "St. Fiacre"
 * 9) "If You See My Love"
 * 10) "Looking For A home"
 * 11) "Poor Mouth"
 * 12) "Cat And Mouse"
 * 13) "Three Chord Trick"
 * 14) "Lost Love"

Poormouth track list (Danish release)
Tracks with a star(*) don't appear on the original LP release


 * 1) "Poor Mouth"
 * 2) "St. Fiacre Revenge"
 * 3) "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell) (*)
 * 4) "Pretty Saro"
 * 5) "Doctor, Doctor"
 * 6) "Lost Love"
 * 7) "Candy Man" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch) (*)
 * 8) "Daybreak"
 * 9) "One to a Hundred"
 * 10) "Three Dreamers" (*)
 * 11) "Per's Hose Pipe" (re-titled "Instrumentally Irish") (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch and Rod Clements)
 * 12) "The Curragh Of Kildare" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)
 * 13) "If You See My Love"
 * 14) "Three Chord Trick"

2009 Remaster
Same as the original LP release, with the following bonus tracks:


 * 1) "Three Dreamers"
 * 2) "Dragonfly" (John Bidwell)
 * 3) "Candyman" (Traditional; arranged by Bert Jansch)

Personnel

 * Bert Jansch – vocals, guitars
 * Rod Clements – bass, mandolin, guitar, vocals
 * Ralph McTell – harmonica
 * 'Mantha – backing vocals on "Three Card Trick"
 * Mike Piggott – violin
 * Pick Withers – drums, percussion
 * Dave Bainbridge - Fender Rhodes on "If You See My Love"; backing vocals on "Three Card Trick"
 * Technical
 * Peter Henderson, Colin Fairley, Jean-Louis Proust, Lindsay Kidd, Aldo Bocca - engineer
 * Mike Hedges - tape op
 * Frank Sansom - art direction
 * Nick Hockley - illustration