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| Released | October 1973 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 1973 | |||
| Studio | The Record Plant, New York City; remixed at the Record Plant, Sausalito | |||
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| Label | United Artists | |||
| Producer | Ed Freeman | |||
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Playin' Favorites is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1973. It was re-issued by BGO Records in 1995. [5] [6] [7]
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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| Australian (Kent Music Report) [8] | 22 |
| United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) | 42[ citation needed ] |
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