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1977 compilation album by Judy Collins
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So Early in the Spring... The First 15 Years , (or simply So Early in the Spring ) is a compilation album by American singer and songwriter
Judy Collins , first released as a double
LP in 1977. It peaked at No. 42 on the
Billboard Pop Albums charts.
[2] The LP featured album portraits by renowned photographer Richard Avedon.
Although it is out-of-print, all the songs are available on other releases or compilations.
Track listing
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(LP Side One; Cassette Side One)
"Pretty Polly" (on LP, not on Cassette release) (Traditional) 5:49
"So Early, Early in the Spring" (Traditional) 3:10
"Pretty Saro" (Traditional) 3:05
"Golden Apples of the Sun" (
William Butler Yeats , "Song of the Wandering Oengus") 3:55
"Bonnie Ship the Diamond" (Traditional, arranged by Judy Collins) 2:17
"Farewell to Tarwathie" (Traditional) 5:08
(LP Side Two; Cassette Side One, continued)
"The Hostage" (
Tom Paxton ) 2:49
"La Colombe" (
Jacques Brel ) 5:05
"Coal Tattoo" (
Billy Edd Wheeler ) 3:04
"Carry It On" (Gil Turner) 2:49
"
Bread and Roses " (Music, 1976, by
Mimi Fariña ; Poem, 1912, by
James Oppenheim ) 3:06
"Marat/Sade" (Musical setting by Richard Peaslee, Peter Weiss, Geoffrey Skelton and Adrian Mitchell; Play by
Peter Shaffer ) 5:38
(LP Side Three; Cassette Side Two)
"Special Delivery" (Billy Mernit) 3:50
"The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey and Victoria Garvey Armstrong) 3:05
"
Both Sides Now " (
Joni Mitchell ) 3:14
"
Marieke " (
Jacques Brel ,
Gerard Jouannest ) 3:14
"
Send In The Clowns " (
Stephen Sondheim ) 4:01
"
Bird on the Wire " (
Leonard Cohen ) 4:39
(LP Side Four; Cassette Side Two, continued)
"Since You Asked" (Judy Collins) 2:34
"Born To The Breed" (Judy Collins) 4:50
"My Father" (Judy Collins) 5:02
"Holly Ann" (Judy Collins) 4:47
"Houses" (Judy Collins) 4:37
"Secret Gardens" (Judy Collins) 5:35
Personnel
Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
Production notes
Produced by
Mark Abramson ,
David Anderle ,
Jac Holzman , Ann Purtill,
Arif Mardin
Engineered by Glenn Berger,
John Haeny , David Jones, Jay Messina,
Phil Ramone , John Wood,
Shelly Yakus
References
Studio albums Live albums Compilation albums Singles Related