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Whales and Nightingales

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Released
  
August 1970

Length
  
42:32

Artist
  
Judy Collins

Producer
  
Mark Abramson

Genre
  
Folk music

Recorded
  
1970

Whales & Nightingales (1970)
  
Living (1971)

Release date
  
August 1970

Label
  
Elektra Records

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Similar
  
Judy Collins albums, Folk music albums

Whales & Nightingales is a 1970 album by Judy Collins. It peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

Contents

The album included material by Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, Jacques Brel and Joan Baez, as well as Collins' top-forty version of "Amazing Grace", and the traditional "Farewell To Tarwathie", on which Collins sang to the accompaniment of humpback whales.

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1971, for sales of over 500,000 copies in the US.

Track listing

  1. "A Song for David" (Joan Baez) – 3:30
  2. "Sons Of" (Eric Blau, Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest, Mort Shuman; arranged and adapted by Joshua Rifkin) – 2:26
  3. "The Patriot Game" (Dominic Behan) – 4:06
  4. "Prothalamium" (Michael Sahl, Aaron Kramer; arranged and adapted by Joshua Rifkin) – 1:42
  5. "Oh, Had I a Golden Thread" (Pete Seeger) – 3:57
  6. "Gene's Song" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Gene Morrow) – 1:22
  7. "Farewell to Tarwathie" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Judy Collins) – 5:31
  8. "Time Passes Slowly" (Bob Dylan) – 3:35
  9. "Marieke" (Jacques Brel, Gérard Jouannest; arranged and adapted by Joshua Rifkin) – 3:18
  10. "Nightingale I" (Judy Collins) – 2:11
  11. "Nightingale II" (Judy Collins, Joshua Rifkin) – 5:19
  12. "Simple Gifts" (Traditional; arranged and adapted by Judy Collins) – 1:32
  13. "Amazing Grace" (John Newton; arranged and adapted by Judy Collins) – 4:03

Personnel

  • Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • John Nagy - string arrangement on "Time Passes Slowly"

    • Songs

    1Song for David3:30
    2Sons Of2:26
    3Patriot Game4:07

    References

    Whales & Nightingales Wikipedia
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