Vocalists:
Cliff Richard (1)
Marc Almond (2)
Don McLean (3)
Paul Young (4)
Jon Anderson (5)
Richard Sharp (6)
Colin Blunstone (7)
Gene Pitney (8)
Leo Sayer (9)
Donovan (10)
Mike Read (11)
Colin Blunstone (12)
The Rodolfus Choir, conducted by Ralph Allwood (13)
David Essex (14)

Musicians:
Tom Toomey: guitars (all)
Herbie Flowers: bass (1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 12)
Gary Forse: keyboards/piano (1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 11 ,12)
Pete Boita: drums/percussion (all)
Tony Rivers & Anthony Thompson: backing vocals (all)
Edmund Butt: 1st violin (2, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Sarah Ewins: 2nd violin (2, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Susan Knight: viola (2, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Robert Max: cello (2, 7, 8, 10, 12)
Mark David: trumpet (2, 9)
Cliff Hall: piano (4)
Mike Senior: violin (5)
Simon Spiro: backing vocals (8)
Ben Robbins: keyboards (4)
Patmore Lewis: violin (3)

Produced by Jon Sweet; associate producer Mike Read; except (14) produced by Rod Edwards

Tracks:
1. November Night (3:57)
2. Narcissus (4:59)
3. Farewell (4:10)
4. Greenaway (5:53)
5. Youth & Age (4:21)
6. Pershore Station (4:31)
7. Peggy (4:16)
8. Myfanwy at Oxford (4:39)
9. Indoor Games (5:30)
10. Moira MacCavendish (4:54)
11. Distant View (3:51)
12. In Memory (4:10)
13. Sunday Morning (6:31)
14. Myfanwy (4:10)

Poetry by Sir John Betjeman
Music composed by Mike Read
 

Notes: Further details at <http://www.n-m-c.co.uk/commerce/pages/html/john_betjeman.htm>. Songs is, I believe, a re-issue of a previous title called Words & Music. Initial pressings of Songs include a limited edition bonus disc of 15 more tracks (produced by Rod Edwards) featuring guest performances by Justin Hayward, Annie Haslam, Steve Harley, Captain Sensible, Alvin Stardust and others.

The track on which Jon Anderson guests, "Youth & Age", is described as follows in Mike Read's liner notes:

"Following an operation at the Acland Nursing Home, Oxford in 1945 Betjeman went to Beaulieu in the New Forest for a fortnight to convalesce, as a guest of Jack and Vera, the father and stepmother of his friend Arthur MacKenzie. Across the water from their home, Friars Oak, lived Brigadier Buckland and his daughter Clemency, whom Betjeman met and incorporated into the poem inspired by his stay - 'Youth & Age On Beaulieu Water, Hants'. I've tried to capture both the fresh optimism of the early sunlight and the tranquillity of sunset. The highly distinctive voice of Yes frontman Jon Anderson brings to life the scenario that Betjeman captured with his pen over fifty years ago."