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Peter, Paul & Mary: Moving

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On January 15, 1963, “Warner Bros” label released “Moving”, the second Peter, Paul & Mary studio album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Albert Grossman.

Personnel:

  • Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar
  • Noel “Paul” Stookey – vocals, guitar
  • Mary Travers – vocals
  • Bill Schwartau – recording
  • Push Pin Studios – design
  • Bernard Cole – front cover photography
  • Barry Feinstein – back photography
  • John Court – liner notes
  • Milton Okun – music director

Track listing:

  1. Settle Down (Goin’ Down That Highway) – Mike Settle
  2. Gone the Rainbow – Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Milt Okun
  3. Flora – Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Elaina Mezzetti
  4. Pretty Mary – Paul Stookey, Elaina Mezzetti, Milt Okun
  5. Puff, the Magic Dragon – Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton
  6. This Land Is Your Land – Woody Guthrie
  7. Man Come into Egypt – Fred Hellerman, Fran Minkoff
  8. Old Coat – Paul Stookey, Mary Travers, Elaina Mezzetti
  9. Tiny Sparrow – Paul Stookey, Elaina Mezzetti, Milt Okun
  10. Big Boat – Paul Stookey, Milt Okun, Elaina Mezzetti
  11. Morning Train – Elaina Mezzetti
  12. A’soalin‘ – Paul Stookey, Tracy Batteaste, Elaina Mezzetti

Peter, Paul And Mary: Same

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In May 1962, “Warner Bros” label released the self-titled, debut Peter, Paul and Mary album. It was recorded in 1962, and was produced by Albert Grossman. In 1963 “Grammy Awards”, the recording of “If I Had a Hammer” won the “Best Folk Recording and Best Performance by a Vocal Group Grammies”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Paul Stookey – vocals, guitar, arrangements
  • Mary Travers – vocals
  • Bill Schwartau – recording
  • Milton Glaser – design
  • Bernard Cole – cover photography
  • Milton Okun – musical director

Track listing:

All tracks are traditional American folk songs, except where noted.

  1. Early in the Morning – Noel “Paul” Stookey
  2. 500 Miles – Hedy West
  3. Sorrow
  4. This Train
  5. Bamboo – Dave Van Ronk
  6. It’s Raining
  7. If I Had My Way – Rev. Gary Davis
  8. Cruel War – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  9. Lemon Tree – Will Holt
  10. If I Had a Hammer – Pete Seeger, Lee Hays
  11. Autumn to May – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  12. Where Have All the Flowers Gone? – Pete Seeger

Ray Charles: The Genius Of

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In October 1959, “Atlantic” label released “The Genius of Ray Charles”, the seventh Ray Charles album. It was recorded May – June 1959, at “6 West Recording” in New York City, and was produced by Nesuhi Ertegün and Jerry Wexler.

Personnel:

  • Ray Charles – vocals, piano
  • Allen Hanlon – guitar
  • Wendell Marshall – bass guitar
  • Ted Sommer – drums
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
  • John Hunt – trumpet
  • Melba Liston – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Thomas Mitchell – trombone
  • Al Grey – trombone
  • Frank Wess – flute
  • Clark Terry – trumpet
  • Ernie Royal – trumpet
  • Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Snooky Young – trumpet
  • Marcus Belgrave – trumpet
  • John Hunt – trumpet
  • Melba Liston – trombone
  • Quentin Jackson – trombone
  • Thomas Mitchell – trombone
  • Al Grey – trombone
  • Bob Brookmeyer – valve trombone
  • Frank Wess – flute, alto and tenor saxophone
  • Marshal Royal – alto saxophone
  • Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone
  • Zoot Sims – tenor saxophone
  • Billy Mitchell – tenor saxophone
  • David “Fathead” Newman – tenor saxophone
  • Quincy Jones – arranger, conductor
  • Ernie Wilkins – arrangements
  • Ralph Burns – arrangements
  • Ralph Burns – arrangements
  • Johnny Acea – arrangements
  • Al Cohn – arrangements
  • Harry Lookofsky – concertmaster
  • Bill Schwartau, Tom Dowd – recording
  • Marvin Israel – cover design
  • Lee Friedlander – cover photography
  • Nat Hentoff – sleeve notes

Track listing:

  1. Let the Good Times Roll – Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore
  2. It Had to Be You – Gus Kahn, Isham Jones
  3. Alexander’s Ragtime Band – Irving Berlin
  4. Two Years of Torture – Percy Mayfield, Charles Joseph Morris
  5. When Your Lover Has Gone – Einar Aaron Swan
  6. Deed I Do – Walter Hirsch, Fred Rose
  7. Just for a Thrill – Lil Hardin Armstrong, Don Raye
  8. You Won’t Let Me Go – Bud Allen, Buddy Johnson
  9. Tell Me You’ll Wait for Me – Charles Brown, Oscar Moore
  10. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ – Joe Greene
  11. Am I Blue? – Grant Clarke, Harry Akst
  12. Come Rain or Come Shine – Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen

Peter Paul And Mary: In The Wind

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On October 1, 1963, “Warner Bros” label released “In the Wind”, the third Peter, Paul and Mary album. It was recorded in 1963, and was produced by Albert Grossman and
Milt Okun. At the “Grammy Awards” of 1964, Peter, Paul and Mary cover of “Blowin’ in the Wind” won the “Best Folk Recording” and “Best Performance by a Vocal Group”.

Personnel:

  • Peter Yarrow – vocals, guitar
  • Noel “Paul” Stookey – vocals, guitar
  • Mary Travers – vocals
  • Edgar O. DeHaas – bass
  • Bill Schwartau – recording
  • Barry Feinstein – photography
  • Bob Dylan – liner notes

Track listing:

  1. Very Last Day – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  2. Hush-A-Bye – traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  3. Long Chain On – Jimmy Driftwood
  4. Rocky Road – Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  5. Tell It on the Mountain – arranged by Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Milt Okun, Noel Stookey
  6. Polly Von” a.k.a. Polly Vaughn and Molly Bawn – Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey
  7. Stewball – Mary Travers, Milton Okun, Noel Stookey, Elena Mezzetti
  8. All My Trials – traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, Mary Travers
  9. Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right – Bob Dylan
  10. Freight Train – Elizabeth Cotten
  11. Quit Your Low Down Ways – Bob Dylan
  12. Blowin’ in the Wind – Bob Dylan