In the Wind

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In the Wind
In the wind.jpg
Studio album by
Peter, Paul and Mary
ReleasedOctober 1963
Recorded1963
Genre Folk
Length37:22
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Albert Grossman
Milt Okun (musical director)
Peter, Paul and Mary chronology
Moving
(1963)		In the Wind
(1963)		 In Concert
(1964)
Singles from In the Wind
  1. "Blowin' in the Wind"
    Released: 18 June 1963 [1]
  2. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
    Released: 28 August 1963 [2]
  3. "Stewball"
    Released: November 1963 [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

In the Wind is the third album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in October 1963, a few months before the arrival of the Beatles heralded the British Invasion. It was reissued on audio CD in 1990.

Contents

The lead-off single of Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" sold a phenomenal 300,000 copies in the first week of release. On July 13, 1963, it reached number two on the Billboard pop chart, with sales exceeding one million copies. [6] It spent five weeks atop the easy listening chart. The second single from the album, "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", another song by Dylan, peaked at number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart and number 9 on the Pop Singles chart.

At the Grammy Awards of 1964, their recording of "Blowin' in the Wind" won the Best Folk Recording and Best Performance by a Vocal Group. [7]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Very Last Day" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 2:33
  2. "Hush-a-Bye" (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow and Noel Stookey) – 2:23
  3. "Long Chain On" (Jimmy Driftwood) – 4:38
  4. "Rocky Road" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 3:42
  5. "Tell It on the Mountain" (arranged by Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Milton Okun, Noel Stookey) – 2:58
  6. "Polly Von" a.k.a. Polly Vaughn and Molly Bawn [8] (Mary Travers, Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey) – 4:10

Side two

  1. "Stewball" (Traditional; arranged by Mary Travers, Milton Okun, Noel Stookey and Elena Mezzetti) – 3:12
  2. "All My Trials" (Traditional; arranged by Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Milton Okun) – 3:19
  3. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) – 3:16
  4. "Freight Train" (Elizabeth Cotten) – 2:47
  5. "Quit Your Low Down Ways" (Bob Dylan) – 2:07
  6. "Blowin' in the Wind" (Bob Dylan) – 2:57

Personnel

Additional personnel

Chart history

Chart performance for In the Wind
YearChartPosition
1963Billboard 200 [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] 1

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References

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  2. ↑ "Peter, Paul And Mary - Don't Think Twice, It's All Right". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Peter, Paul And Mary - Stewball". 45cat.com. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  4. ↑ AllMusic review
  5. ↑ "In The Wind" (PDF). Record Mirror . No. 157. 14 March 1964. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Sounes, Down The Highway: The Life Of Bob Dylan, p.135 ISBN   978-0802116864
  7. ↑ "Grammy Award Nominees 1964 – Grammy Award Winners 1964". Awardsandshows.com. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Polly Vaughn (and variations)". Gel.com.au. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. November 2, 1963.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. November 9, 1963.
  11. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. November 16, 1963.
  12. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. November 23, 1963.
  13. ↑ "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. November 30, 1963.
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