Al Stewart - Troubadour [Full Album]

[@andyprada2767]

This is a superb compilation. Al should hire you as a consultant and release it. Well done!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thank you Andy! And yes the idea behind all 3 of my albums on this channel was to take individual tracks from across the years that, when brought together, seemed to 'belong' as part of an album. I would love it if these were released officially; but I'm equally thrilled that so many people are getting to hear this stuff for free on KZbin.

[@elviroyoung5028]

That you internet for discovering Al Stewart and others , I mean I knew Year of the Cat and Time Passages but this guy is up there with the Greatest , thank you Al , see you in eternity.

[@elviroyoung5028]

That was Thank you internet.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Yes I wish more people knew how wonderful Al's back catalogue is beyond the big hits that everyone knows. Part of the reason why I make these videos. Thanks for watching!

[@elviroyoung5028]

Ooh David this guy is worthy for me to share his music , I dont know if he's alive but I got fused with the Glory of God 26 years ago and can now alter the weather , sort of , I mean I like the music but the LIGHT (4-5 yards wide with a multicolour interior mingled in each other with 100's of rays beaming out) , it had been on the Dutch island of Bonaire for over 250 years until 1995 , some say that it must of had come on a slaveship called Salomon II in 1726 with slaves from Ethiopia , IT had been seen on the shores of Colombia and Venezuela for over 200 years , IT was hiding in the cone of a mountain called Blandaris , if Al is alive he should write a song about the journey of the Shechinah Glory , I had written an article for the local newspaper back in 92 that they wouldnt published it was called "The Glory of God" , 3 years later I get hit square in the chest by the Light .........not finished with my mission ......and Al is not finished with his last song.........

[@frankcassidy9174]

I saw him at Royal Albert Hall ,fantastic live seeing him again at the Cadogan hall CAN'T wait!!!! been a fan since 1979 I was on holiday on Ibiza and 2 of his songs were on a beach jukebox.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

He's the best!

[@miscellaneousetc.4280]

Man I love al stewart so much. Thanks for this amazing collection. No one around here gets it. He's a treasure.

[@soulvaccination8679]

I have been listening ever since 1976..I get it..I was there for it all.

[@austenobrian3757]

The first time I saw Al Stewart was at Leeds University when the concert was interrupted by a bomb scare. We had a break and then he came back and finished the gig. It was a few months before he released Past, Present & Future and he was still trying out some of the songs on an audience. It was just him and a guitar, not the full backing of the recorded songs.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Wonderful, would have loved to have seen that!

[@dougiedavids7363]

Just bought myself a few Al Stewart CDs after listening to Russians & Americans again and I'm super excited to be relistening to Al and this channel I see has quite a bit of Al content I never saw before! Might just binge all of it within a week! Thank you for creating this channel and spreading more of Al's music!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

You are welome, I hope you enjoy! More coming soon.

[@liegebricking]

I have loved Al's playing and songwriting since 1970 when I heard small fruitsong. His lyrics and wonderful songs wow

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

I hope you enjoy the albums I've put together on this channel - thank you for listening!

[@noopportunitynecessary]

What a treasure, thank you for doing this

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

And thank you for listening! I've made two other 'new' Al albums on my channel and I hope you enjoy them too.

[@martym4335]

SUCH AN OVERLOOKED TALENT THANK YOU SIR FOR YOUR TALENT & POETRY AND BLESSING

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thank you for listening!

[@johnnorth9355]

As well as being a great song writer and singer Al is also a tremendous guitar player. Very few people can play 'interesting' guitar whilst performing as well but Al manages this with aplomb. A troubadour par excellence.

[@PinkfloydFloydpink]

I wish we can go back in time to amazing music thank you for sharing 😎🎸😎💨😎💨😎

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thank you for watching! Feel free to check out the other Al Stewart material on my channel, with more coming soon!

[@PinkfloydFloydpink]

@@TheAlStewartArchives I thank you for inviting me to your channel 😊🌎😊🤩

[@kellywhite1285]

Wonderful compilation! Thanks for getting it together for us.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

You are most welcome thank you for listening!

[@gplunk]

I love this approach; Al in a small cafe, playing unplugged, w/ occasional flute accompaniment....

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Yep, a return to his roots!

[@KimBroadie]

Troubador is exactly what you brought up in Al. I can hear his original voice and song. Love this more than studio arrangements

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@brucekalter4206]

Nice to hear these versions. Thanks for posting this as well as your other "compilations" of Al Stewart music. I like to imagine that this is what some of these songs sounded like when he first wrote them & was practicing them, prior to them being "produced" on an album. For those who like Al Stewart's music (like I do --- a fan since the 70's) and want something "close" to a solo acoustic album, I would recommend the album (on CD, & possibly other media versions now too) called UNCORKED, which Al did along with lead guitarist Dave Nachmanoff. It was recorded live at a concert & released in 2009... and contains almost all "deep cuts" from albums, & all acoustic. Definitely worthwhile to listen to for Al Stewart fans new and old!!!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Agreed, Corked is a wonderful album - thanks for listening!

[@bobbyneal6322]

Thank you so much for this! Quite enjoyable! I love Al's music! Thanks much, again!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

You are very welcome Bobby! I hope you enjoy the rest of the channel.

[@kaisersoze9880]

Al one of my top 5 Scotsman musicians ! Ian , Al , Jack Bruce, Donovan , Jim Kerr etc etc Lord Grenville top 5 songs of Al.. so reminds me of my time spent in USN.. Stuck on the ship going no where.. Just around in circles ! No regrets , but makes me smile ! LOL

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

I hope you enjoy my channel! Check out my other Al videos and keep an eye for my next Al project which is currently in the works and coming soon!

[@kaisersoze9880]

@@TheAlStewartArchives I will.. on it !

[@sim5847]

@@TheAlStewartArchives where is the ASBAF channel you refer to?

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

@@sim5847 It's a Facebook group; feel free to join! facebook.com/groups/2219759745

[@sim5847]

@@TheAlStewartArchives joined

[@scottkelly9139]

Excellent. Thank you

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening!

[@iainbald5827]

absolutely brilliant.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening, Iain!

[@LeungJan2008]

Thank you David!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Your welcome Angelo, I hope you enjoyed! Feel free to check out my other Al Stewart videos.

[@scotsimmons3905]

Nice. I've never heard these unplugged versions.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening Scott I hope you enjoyed!

[@michelavazzana]

Oh, I just noticed the # of views and I'm so happy this reached so many (smart) people...! 👍👍👍👏👏👏

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Yes it was a huge shock to me that this ended up being the most watched of my 'new' Al albums, I remember when I created it wondering if anyone would listen to it at all! Nice to pass the 20K count, and the total channel views are at about 114K which again I'm really pleased with. This channel was the one good thing that came out of all the extra time I had during the pandemic!

[@michelavazzana]

@@TheAlStewartArchives , this is wonderful and well deserved! And I do appreciate it even more considering you young age. Bravo David, let's keep Al's name and work alive! I try to do the same here in Italy where Al is less famous and many, too many, forgot about him. ❤🤗

[@chrismorgan7494]

Genius

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening!

[@Ke1thFellows]

BRILLIANT raw folk as it should be.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening Keith, glad you enjoyed! Plenty of other Al Stewart stuff on my channel.

[@LeungJan2008]

Hi David, I love this work. Thank you!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thank you Angelo; I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@lawrencestewart8685]

very nice!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thank you Lawrence I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@vincentventurini8103]

Thank you so much, this is wonderful

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

You are most welcome Vincent, thank you for listening!

[@rapidfirerob4]

Thanks again! Way cool!!

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@myrthegreenfield2281]

❤Laughing into 1939.. My dad was born🤞🦋

[@indiandaeng]

Up with top song writers of his era. Heady lyrics. It is a shame he is not in the Rock and Roll Hall in Cleveland

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

He absolutely should be - he is one of the finest songwriters of his or any generation.

[@grendel_nz]

Nice idea, good listen :)

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening, glad you enjoyed!

[@liegebricking]

Al I have loved what he does since I heard small fruitsong 1970 He is one of the greatest. In my book better than both Dylan and Cohen.

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

I'd agree with you there!

[@kaisersoze9880]

not a single thumbs down ! Damn Straight !

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thank you!

[@josephchristopher5209]

3 dunderheads messed that up .

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

@@josephchristopher5209 What can I say....some people obviously have no taste ;)

[@lisalane7648]

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[@thewordofgord]

Enjoying this Thanks!. Back in the 70's I would guess, another collector played me tape of early Al from bbc broadcasts. One guitar and vocals. I distinctly recall Peel introducing Old Compton Street Blues and You Should Have Listened to Al. It sounded very good so it must have been copied from source. It was on loan to him and I never saw it again. Ring any bells?

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Yes I think I might have heard that - I'll put the word out and see if I can aquire a copy to host on the channel!

[@thewordofgord]

@@TheAlStewartArchives Thanks. Admittedly it was decades ago, but as a collector I have a good memory for outstanding bootlegs.

[@barbarasmoody680]

Thank you for this album! The timeline of Al Stewart's performances with his many timely commentaries serves as an esoteric series of historical references. eg, this YOTC includes mention of the criminal Ken Lay: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Lay so Al sang this song sometime between 2001 and 2006?

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Ah well spotted! I don’t actually know when the performance is from but that’s a good guess.

[@juancarlosvasquezurena5999]

La primera vez que escuche su música, me cautivó, sin embargo, no sabía quién era el artista.

[@sim5847]

These albums you create are gold dust! Do you have a Beleeka Doodle Day unplugged? I could have gone to Cambridge with Lionel......I think I tried to raise a £1

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thank you for listening! I don't have an unplugged Beleeka Doodle Day unfortunately! I'd love to hear Al re-record some of the material on the first 3 albums.

[@sim5847]

@@TheAlStewartArchives I requested it at a gig at the Bridgewater hall and he sang the first line - I think he could be talked into it for next tour

[@rac7773]

Great riff in BDD, but I think the song drones on for too long. My ex SIL loved that song.

[@hasseelmerson]

This is like Memory lane, great compilation, did he ever played in Sweden?

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

I have no idea, sorry!

[@antonioeduardoalmeidaolive3167]

Não conhecia, muito top, lembra Bob Dylan, gostaria de ouvir algum album com banda se existir. Valeu👍

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Al Stewart tem muitos álbuns com bandas - eu recomendo "Past Present and Future" e "Modern Times" como dois de seus melhores!

[@antonioeduardoalmeidaolive3167]

@@TheAlStewartArchives Obrigado vou atráz destes albuns, o cara é muito show

[@josephmilsark123]

What happened to the instrumental solos in Year of the Cat?

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

I imagine they’re somewhat difficult to play when it’s just Al by himself with a guitar!

[@goneby100]

Al, folk hero from way back,, way afor the cat thing.

[@sim5847]

strolling through the crowds like Kenneth Layne not Peter Lorre?

[@jackwegener3484]

It's "Kenneth Lay", CEO of Enron. Died in 2006. Look him up. He did some unsavory things.

[@johnhawkes4317]

Great stuff! Can you provide a track list and some info on when and where these performances took place?

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Thanks for listening John! Will get the track list sorted sometime soon - I don't have the info on where all the performances took place but will see what I can find - they are performances over about 4 decades!

[@alexandresaioro3896]

Set list??

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

Here you go Alexandre: 1. House Of Clocks (0:00) 2. Carol (3:04) 3. Laughing into 1939 (6:41) 4. Old Admirals (11:00) 5. Antarctica (16:10) 6. On The Border (19:00) 7. Nostradamus (22:45) 8. In Brooklyn (32:00) 9. The Candidate (36:24) 10. Night of the 4th of May (37:32) 11. Year of the Cat (45:12) 12. Clifton in the Rain (49:11)

[@alexandresaioro3896]

@@TheAlStewartArchives Thanks

[@LostChordMark]

skips from House of Clocks to YotC

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

How do you mean? Is there a problem with the playback for you?

[@LostChordMark]

@@TheAlStewartArchives yes sir

[@TheAlStewartArchives]

@@LostChordMark Sorry to hear that - I will look into it.

[@josealvesmachado8317]

cyndi lauper the best