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{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Second Spring<br />
| type = Album<br />
| artist = [[Matthews Southern Comfort]]<br />
| cover = Second Spring.jpeg<br />
| alt =<br />
| released = July 1970<br />
| recorded = 1970<br />
| studio =<br />
| genre = [[Folk rock]], [[country rock]]<br />
| length = 38:19<br />
| label = Vinyl: Uni (Europe), [[Decca Records|Decca]] (US)<br />
CD: Line / BGO<br />
| producer = [[Iain Matthews|Ian Matthews]]<br />
| prev_title = [[Matthews' Southern Comfort (album)|Matthews' Southern Comfort]]<br />
| prev_year = 1970<br />
| next_title = [[Later That Same Year]]<br />
| next_year = 1970<br />
}}<br />
{{Music ratings<br />
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]] <br />
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r62809|first=Jim|last=Worbois}}</ref> <br />
|rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''<br />
|rev2Score = C<ref name="CG">{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]|publisher=[[Ticknor & Fields]]|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: M|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=M&bk=70|accessdate=March 7, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}</ref><br />
| noprose = yes<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Second Spring''''' is the first album by [[country rock]]/[[folk rock]] musician [[Iain Matthews|Ian Matthews]]' band [[Matthews Southern Comfort]], released on the Uni label in July 1970. It was Matthews' second album after his departure from [[Fairport Convention]] and was recorded with the touring band he put together following the release of his first solo LP, ''[[Matthews' Southern Comfort (album)|Matthews' Southern Comfort]]''.<br />
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The original vinyl album was reissued on CD by Line Records in Germany in 1993, and a remastered version was released by BGO Records in 1996 as part of a 2-on-1 release with ''Matthews' Southern Comfort''.<br />
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==Track listing==<br />
#"Ballad of Obray Ramsey" (Ian Matthews) - 2:25<br />
#"Moses in the Sunshine" (Carl Barnwell) - 6:18<br />
#"Jinkson Johnson" (Ian Matthews) - 5:29<br />
#"Tale of the Trial" (Ian Matthews) - 2:42<br />
#"Blood Red Roses" (Ian Matthews) - 2:27<br />
#"Even As" (Carl Barnwell) - 2:49<br />
#"[[Darcy Farrow]]" (Tom Campbell, [[Steve Gillette]]) - 3:34<br />
#"[[Something in the Way She Moves]]" ([[James Taylor]]) - 4:48<br />
#"Southern Comfort" ([[Sylvia Tyson]]) - 7:47<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
*[[Iain Matthews|Ian Matthews]] - guitar, lead vocals, arranger<br />
*Carl Barnwell - guitar, harmony vocals, lead vocal on "Even As"<br />
*[[Mark Griffiths (musician)|Mark Griffiths]] - lead guitar, harmony vocals<br />
*Andy Leigh - bass, harmony vocals<br />
*[[Gordon Huntley]] - steel guitar<br />
*Ray Duffy - drums<br />
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Guest Musicians <br />
*[[Tom Paley]] - banjo<br />
*Martin Jenkins - mandolin<br />
*Roger Churchyard - violin, fiddle<br />
*Byard Ray - fiddle<br />
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==Production==<br />
*Production: Ian Matthews and Southern Comfort<br />
*Production Coordinator: Steve Barlby<br />
*Recording Engineers: Robin Black at Morgan Studios, London on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 9; John Wood at Sound Techniques Studios, London on tracks 3, 7 and 8.<br />
*Art Direction: [[Paul Whitehead]]<br />
*Cover Design: Ian Matthews<br />
*Photography: Ray Stevenson<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1970 debut albums]]<br />
[[Category:Matthews Southern Comfort albums]]<br />
[[Category:Decca Records albums]]<br />
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