Bed-Sitter Images is the debut studio album of folk artist Al Stewart

Al Stewart

Al Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician.Stewart came to stardom as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s, and developed his own unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of the great characters and events from history.He is...

, released in 1967, and again in a revised edition with a new cover picture in 1970. The songs were orchestrated by Alexander Faris

Alexander Faris

Alexander "Sandy" Faris is an Irish composer, conductor and writer, known for his television theme tunes. He has composed and recorded many operas and musicals, and has composed film scores and orchestral works.-Life and career:...

. Although the cover of both editions spells "Bed-Sitter

Bedsit

A bedsit, also known as a bed-sitting room, is a form of rented accommodation common in Great Britain and Ireland consisting of a single room and shared bathroom; they are part of a legal category of dwellings referred to as Houses in multiple occupation....

" with a hyphen, many reviews, and even Al Stewart's official website, spell the title as "Bedsitter Images".

The album is commercially available as part of a 2-CD box set To Whom It May Concern, which contains Stewart's first three albums as well as both sides of his first single and the tracks added to the 1970 re-release, which also featured a new cover, and known as The First Album (Bed-Sitter Images). A new CD reissue in 2007 (Collectors' Choice Music

Collectors' Choice Music

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) contains all tracks from both versions of the album plus bonus tracks.

The album has also been released in Japan as The News from Spain (The First Album), with the addition of some later recordings by Stewart.

1967 release

1. "Bed-Sitter Images" - 3:20
2. "Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres" - 3:59
3. "The Carmichaels" - 2:52
4. "Scandinavian Girl" - 2:35
5. "Pretty Golden Hair" - 3:39
6. "Denise at 16" - 3:18
7. "Samuel, Oh How You've Changed" - 4:00
8. "Cleave to Me" - 2:53
9. "A Long Way Down From Stephanie" - 3:27
10. "Ivich" - 4:24
11. "Beleeka Doodle Day" - 6:57

• Alexander Faris - Orchestral Arrangements

1970 UK Re-release

1. "Lover Man" - 2:31
2. "Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres" - 3:59
3. "The Carmichaels" - 2:52
4. "Clifton in the Rain" - 2:41
5. "Bed-Sitter Images" - 3:20
6. "Denise at 16" - 3:18
7. "Samuel, Oh How You've Changed!" - 4:00
8. "A Long Way Down From Stephanie" - 3:27
9. "Ivich" - 4:24
10. "Beleeka Doodle Day" - 6:57

2007 Collectors' Choice Music edition

1. "Bed-Sitter Images" - 3:18
2. "Swiss Cottage Manoeuvres" - 4:01
3. "The Carmichaels" - 2:53
4. "Scandinavian Girl" - 2:35
5. "Pretty Golden Hair" - 3:39
6. "Denise at 16" - 3:19
7. "Samuel, Oh How You've Changed!" - 4:02
8. "Cleave to Me" - 2:53
9. "A Long Way Down from Stephanie" - 3:29
10. "Ivich" - 4:26
11. "Beleeka Doodle Day" - 7:00
12. "Lover Man" - 2:33
13. "Clifton in the Rain" - 2:48
14. "Go Your Way" - 1:51
15. "My Contemporaries" - 0:30