Al Stewart Songbook

We are pleased to announce that the first and second volumes of the Al Stewart songbook, 24 P/Carrots and Between the Wars are now both available for download. (Thanks to Muffy Barkocy for hosting these files!)

The projected six-volume songbook, produced in cooperation with Al Stewart and Chapman management, is the only authorized publication to include all the words and music from Al's last six albums, from 24 P/Carrots to Between the Wars.

Al's songs are presented in fully-detailed piano-vocal arrangements by Blake Hodgetts, which capture many of the nuances of the original recordings. Basic guitar chords are also included. As a bonus, each song is accompanied by comments from Al regarding the circumstances surrounding the song, tidbits on the recording process, or Al's feelings about the number.

Sample page (GIF, 23K)
Sample page (PDF, 133K)
(Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader; see below)

Volume I currently contains the following tracks from 24 P/Carrots: Running Man Midnight Rocks Constantinople Merlin's Time Mondo Sinistro Murmansk Run/Ellis Island Rocks In The Ocean Paint By Numbers Optical Illusion The additional five tracks from Indian Summer will be added to this book and will be available in the future, with no additional registration required. (Note: this is still planned.)

Volume V contains the following tracks from Between the Wars: Night Train to Munich The Age of Rhythm Sampan Lindy Comes to Town Three Mules League of Notions Life Between the Wars Betty Boop's Birthday Marion the Châtelaine Joe the Georgian Always the Cause Laughing into 1939 The Black Danube In addition, this book contains transcriptions of most of the guitar solos by the incomparable Laurence Juber.

The songbooks are downloadable as PDF (Portable Document Format) files, suitable for printing on any Macintosh or Windows-equipped PC.To access PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader v3.0, available for free by clicking on the button below:

In accordance with the licensing agreement with Chapman Management, the songbook PDF files are encrypted and will require a password to be opened.
Licenses for the volumes can be purchased as follows:

24 P/Carrots:	US $4.00
Between the Wars:	US $5.00

Purchase via PayPal:


Please note: I cannot accept PayPal credit card payments, but I can accept PayPal payments linked to your bank account, or payments drawn from a balance deposited at PayPal. (Currently my own PayPal account is making twice as much interest as my checking account, so it's not a bad idea to have some funds deposited there.)

Passwords will be sent by email on receipt of the registration payment. If you do not have email access, passwords can be sent by conventional mail on request.

Download 24 P/Carrots Now (2.3 MB)

Download Between the Wars Now (1.4 MB)*

Be sure to download the file as a binary file and not as text, or it may not open properly. If you are using Netscape Navigator, you may need to configure Netscape's settings for .PDF files under Options: Settings: Helpers.You may also need to tell Netscape to "Save file to disk" rather than try to open it directly.

* Although Between the Wars is a larger songbook than 24 P/Carrots: an improved PDF compilation technique reduced the size considerably. If I get time, I will try to similarly optimize the earlier book.