Take me Back to the Jungle by late & legendary Scottish folk singer and songwriter Matt McGinn is an album that I feel almost duty bound to share with the world whenever the chance arises. So I’m gonna take this chance to share it with y’all today here on The Collective Jukebox.
I was given this album as a young child and grew up listening to it. It’s a collection of songs that I’d recommend every parent gives to their child.
Take me Back to the Jungle by Matt McGinn
The Album was released in 1973 and was McGinn’s 5th Studio Album. By this time Matt had become experienced in the entertaining side of things and had learned to do a good job of writing songs that could be funny and jovial to listen to whilst addressing some Important Political and Social issues of the day. Take me back to the Jungle was probably his best piece of work when it comes to this.
It’s the type of album you could give to a child and theyl love every song as a nice and funny little ditty. But as they get older and begin to understand life a little more, the more they’ll start to understand what the
Take me back to the Jungle Tracks;
Side 1
1. Take me back to the Jungle
2. With Fire and With Sword
3. Tony Capaldi
4. Cead Mile’ Failte’
5. The little Carpenter
6. The Wurrum & The Sparra
Side 2
7. Hi Jack
8..Life is a Fountain
9. Have a Banana
10. The Little Carpenter
11. The Man the Could Not Hang
12. Tell me what the Tea Leaves tell me
13. On the Beach at Portobello