Technically, this 2005 collection isn't a Leon album but a CD of cover versions. This site generally does not concern itself with covers of Leon's work, but in this case an exception is warranted, since this CD is 'official' - in the sense that Leon conceived and helped organise it. It was released on Fuse Records, and the names of the performers, emblazoned on the CD cover, are mostly familiar - nearly all of Leon's major contributors during his recording career have pitched in with a song.
It should perhaps also be acknowledged that several songs which appear in Leon's main cannon do not actually feature him on the recording (for example, "The Ugly Ones" on If I Knew Who The Enemy Was is performed by Roy Bailey and Martin Carthy) so officially sanctioned recordings by those in Leon's inner circle are accepted elsewhere as being 'his' work.
It should perhaps also be acknowledged that several songs which appear in Leon's main cannon do not actually feature him on the recording (for example, "The Ugly Ones" on If I Knew Who The Enemy Was is performed by Roy Bailey and Martin Carthy) so officially sanctioned recordings by those in Leon's inner circle are accepted elsewhere as being 'his' work.
"From time to time, a song of mine has attracted other voices and other interpretations. Why not, then, it occurred to me, why not a whole album of other singers interpreting my songs? So 15 singers were approached and challenged to choose one song each to record, the only proviso being that it had to be a song he/she had not recorded before. This is the result..." - LR (Sleevenotes)
Song list
1. Still Is The Memory Green In My Mind - Performed by: Nancy Kerr & James Fagan
2. Whoever Invented The Fishfinger? - Performed by: John Kirkpatrick
3. Don't Get Married, Girls - Performed by: Liz Mansfield
4. Invisible Married Breakfast Blues - Performed by: Barb Jungr
5. Who Reaps The Profits? Who Pays The Price? - Performed by: Chris Foster
6. Stand Up For Judas - Performed by: David Campbell
7. Song of the Olive Tree - Performed by: Janet Russell
8. The Poet, the Wife and the Monkey - Performed by: Frankie Armstrong
9. The Wall that Stands Between - Performed by: Martin Carthy
10. Let Your Hair Hang Down - Performed by: Daniela Rosselson
11. My Daughter, My Son - Performed by: Sandra Kerr
12. William - Performed by: Roy Bailey
13. The Man Who Puffs The Big Cigar - Performed by: Eliza Carthy
14. Jackboot Democrats - Performed by: Des de Moor
15. World Turned Upside Down - Performed by: Robb Johnson
2. Whoever Invented The Fishfinger? - Performed by: John Kirkpatrick
3. Don't Get Married, Girls - Performed by: Liz Mansfield
4. Invisible Married Breakfast Blues - Performed by: Barb Jungr
5. Who Reaps The Profits? Who Pays The Price? - Performed by: Chris Foster
6. Stand Up For Judas - Performed by: David Campbell
7. Song of the Olive Tree - Performed by: Janet Russell
8. The Poet, the Wife and the Monkey - Performed by: Frankie Armstrong
9. The Wall that Stands Between - Performed by: Martin Carthy
10. Let Your Hair Hang Down - Performed by: Daniela Rosselson
11. My Daughter, My Son - Performed by: Sandra Kerr
12. William - Performed by: Roy Bailey
13. The Man Who Puffs The Big Cigar - Performed by: Eliza Carthy
14. Jackboot Democrats - Performed by: Des de Moor
15. World Turned Upside Down - Performed by: Robb Johnson