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The Rolling Stone Record Guide	[2]

Good to Be Alive is an album by Long John Baldry released in 1973.^[3][4] It was credited to John Baldry on the cover and spine. The album was produced by Jimmy Horowitz.^[5] "Maggie Bell" was an acoustic tribute to the singer of Stone the Crows.

1. "Good to Be Alive" (Colin Allen, Zoot Money) – 4:05
2. "Let Me Pass" (Bo Diddley) – 3:18
3. "Rake and Ramblin' Boy" (arranged by Baldry) – 3:27
4. "High and Low" (Jeff Thomas) – 3:43
5. "Gasoline Alley" (Rod Stewart, Ron Wood) – 3:39
6. "I Wish I Was a Rock" (Derroll Adams) – 1:18
7. "Up in the Trees" (Neil Shepherd) – 2:51
8. "Brand New Day" (Al Kooper) – 3:17
9. "Song for Martin Luther King" (Baldry) – 4:14
10. "Maggie Bell" (Baldry) – 3:06
11. "Let's Go" (Chas Jankel) – 2:39
12. "She" – duet with Lisa Strike (Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons) – 4:38

• Long John Baldry – 12-string guitar, vocals
• Dave Ball – guitar
• Denny Ball – bass guitar
• Terry Cox – drums
• Jimmy Horowitz – keyboards
• Sam Mitchell – steel guitar, dobro
• Chris Hughes – tenor saxophone
• Lesley Duncan, Lisa Strike, Susie Glover, Kay Garner – backing vocals

• Tony Newman – drums (tracks 5, 7)
• Mike Driscoll – drums (track 1)
• John Mealing – organ (track 1)
• Bob Cohen – guitar on (track 1)
• Andy Bown – acoustic guitar (track 9)
• Pete Stanley – banjo (tracks 5–7)
• John Field, Mike French – fiddle (tracks 5, 7)
• Lesley Duncan – lead vocal (track 3)
• Neil Shepherd – lead vocal (track 7)
• Liza Strike – lead vocal (track 12)
• The Pop Arts Strings – strings, brass

• Jimmy Horowitz – producer, arranger
• Andy Knight, Mike Claydon – engineers
• Steve Campbell – photography
• David Fields – cover art
• Mike Gill – cover design