In December 1967, “Warner Bros” label released “Song Cycle”, the debut Van Dyke Parks album. It, was recorded in 1967 at “Sunset Sound Recorders” in Hollywood, and was produced by Lenny Waronker.

Personnel:

• Van Dyke Parks – vocal
• Ron Elliott, Dick Rosmini – guitar
• Nicolai Bolin, Vasil Crlenica, William Nadel, Alan Reuss, Leon Stewart, Thomas Tedesco– balalaika
• Carl Fortina – accordion
• Misha Goodatieff – violin
• Virginia Majewski – viola
• Don Bagley, Gregory Bemko, Chuck Berghofer, Harry Bluestone, Samuel Boghossian, Dennis Budimir, Joseph Ditullio, Jesse Ehrlich, Nathan Gershman, Philip Goldberg, Armand Kaproff, William Kurasch, Leonard Malarsky, Jerome Reisler, Orville Rhodes, Trefoni Rizzi, Lyle Ritz, Joseph Saxon, Ralph Schaffer, Leonard Selic, Frederick Seykora, Darrel Terwilliger, Bob West – strings
• Gayle Levant – harp
• Norman Benno, Arthur Briegleb, Vincent DeRosa, George Fields, William Green, James Horn, Richard Hyde, Jay Migliori, Thomas Morgan, Ted Nash, Richard Perissi, Thomas Scott, Thomas Shepard– woodwind
• Billie J. Barnum, Gerri Engeman, Karen Gunderson, James and Vanessa Hendricks, Durrie and Gaile Parks, Julia E. Rinker, Paul Jay Robbins, Nik Woods – choir
• Hal Blaine, Gary Coleman, James Gordon, Earl Palmer– percussion
• Steve Young – folk

Track listing:

All tracks by Van Dyke Parks, except where noted.

1. Vine Street – Randy Newman
2. Palm Desert
3. Widow’s Talk
4. Laurel Canyon Blvd
5. The All Golden
6. Van Dyke Parks (Public Domain)
7. Public Domain
8. Donovan’s Colours – Donovan Leitch
9. The Attic
10. Laurel Canyon Blvd
11. By the People
12. Pot Pourri