Playin' Favorites

Playin' Favorites
Studio album by Don McLean
Released	October 1973
Recorded	Summer 1973
Studio	The Record Plant, New York City; remixed at the Record Plant, Sausalito
Genre	Bluegrass folk
Length	34:06
Label	United Artists
Producer	Ed Freeman
Don McLean chronology
Don McLean (1972) Playin' Favorites (1973) Homeless Brother (1974)
Singles from Playin' Favorites
"Everyday [1] " Released: 23 March 1973 "Mountains O' Mourne [2] " Released: 19 October 1973 "Fool's Paradise [3] " Released: December 1973 "Sitting on Top of the World [4] " Released: 1974

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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Track listing

Side A

1. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Bo Carter, Little Walter) 2:00
2. "Living With the Blues" (Brownie McGhee) 2:20
3. "Mountains O' Mourne" (Percy French) 4:36
4. "Fool's Paradise" (Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley, Norman Petty) 4:10
5. "Love O' Love" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Don McLean) :50
6. Medley: "Bill Cheetham/Old Joe Clark" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Don McLean) 3:50

Side B

1. "Everyday" (Charles Hardin, Norman Petty) "Glen D. Hardin" was incorrectly listed on some labels as the songwriter. 2:30
2. "Ancient History" (Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker) 3:30
3. "Over the Mountains" (Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker) 3:20
4. "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) 2:50
5. "New Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn) 2:55
6. "Happy Trails" (Dale Evans) 1:15

Chart positions

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [8]	22
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	42[ citation needed ]

Personnel

• Steve Berg – guitar (tracks A1–A2, B4–B5)
• Dave Bromberg – dobro (track B1)
• Buzzy Feiten – tambourine (track A2), guitar (tracks A2, A4)
• John Hughey – pedal steel (track B2)
• Neil Larsen – keyboards (track A4), piano (tracks A3, B1)
• Chuck Leavell – piano (tracks A1–A2, B2, B4–B5)
• Tony Levin – bass (tracks A3–A4, B1–B2)
• Danny Manselino – percussion (track A2)
• Rick Marotta – drums (tracks A1–A2, B2, B4–B5)
• Don McLean – guitar, banjo, vocals
• Frank Orsini – fiddle (tracks A1, B5)
• Rob Rothstein – bass (tracks A1, B4–B5), vocals (tracks A1, B3, B5)
• Johnny Sandlin – percussion (tracks A1, B5)
• Russ Savakus – bass violin (tracks A1–A2, B5)
• Frank Wakefield – mandolin (tracks A1, A6, B4–B6), vocals (tracks A1, B3, B5)
• Ronnie Zito – tambourine (track B1), banjo (track A4)
• Mike Mainieri – marimba (track A4)
• Albertine Robinson – backing vocals (track A2)
• Maretha Stewart – backing vocals (track A2)
• Tasha Thomas – backing vocals (track A2)

Technical

• Ed Freeman – producer
• Frank Hubach – engineer (tracks A2–B3, B6), remixer
• Jim Reeves – engineer (tracks A1, B4–B5)
• Mike Salisbury – art direction
• Fred Conrad – photography

References

1. "Don McLean - Every Day".
2. "Don McLean - Mountains O'Mourne".
3. "Don McLean - Fool's Paradise".
4. "Don McLean - Sitting on Top of the World [Mono]".
5. "Don McLean - Playin' Favorites (vinyl, LP, Album)". discogs. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
6. "Release 'Playin'' Favorites' by Don McLean". Musicbrainz. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
7. "Playin' Favorites". Don McLean Online. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.