Sweeping the Spotlight Away

Sweeping the Spotlight Away is a 1974 album by Canadian singer-songwriter Murray McLauchlan.

Track listing
All songs by Murray McLauchlan.
 * 1) "Down by the Henry Moore"
 * 2) "The Next in Line"
 * 3) "Honey, Let's Get Up and Dance"
 * 4) "Shoeshine Workin' Song"
 * 5) "Maybe Tonight"
 * 6) "Takin' My Leave
 * 7) "Do You Dream of Being Somebody"
 * 8) "Ragged Hobo Bums"
 * 9) "Sweeping the Spotlight Away"

Personnel
with:
 * Murray McLauchlan – vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano
 * Dennis Pendrith – bass
 * Chris Parker – drums (tracks 1-3,5-9)
 * Pat Godfrey – piano (track 1)
 * Ben Mink – mandolin (track 1), fiddle (track 5)
 * Mike McKenna – guitar (tracks 2,7), slide guitar (tracks 5-6)
 * Ron Dann – steel guitar (tracks 1,2,8)
 * John Mills-Cockell – horn arrangement (track 3), strings arrangement (track 7)
 * Eugene Amaro – clarinet (track 3), saxophone (track 6)
 * Mike Stewart – saxophone (tracks 3, 6)
 * Russ Little – trombone (track 3)
 * Guido Basso – trumpet (track 3)
 * Barry Keane – drums (track 4)
 * Ollie Strong – steel guitar (track 4)
 * Richard Armin, Paul Armin, Adele Armin, Gerard Kantarjian, Jaak Liivoja, William Richards, Harry Skura – strings (track 7)
 * Catherine Smith – harmony vocals (track 7)
 * Bruce Cockburn – guitar (track 9)
 * Technical
 * Bill Seddon - recording and mix engineer
 * Bart Schoales - art direction, design
 * Wim Vanderkooy - cover photography