So Early in the Spring (Judy Collins album)

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So Early in the Spring... The First 15 Years
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Compilation album by
Judy Collins
Released1977
Genre Folk
Label Elektra
Producer Mark Abramson, David Anderle, Jac Holzman, Ann Purtill, Arif Mardin
Judy Collins chronology
Bread and Roses
(1976)		So Early in the Spring... The First 15 Years
(1977)		 Hard Times for Lovers
(1979)
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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. [4] The LP featured album portraits by renowned photographer Richard Avedon.

Contents

Although it is out-of-print, all the songs are available on other releases or compilations.

Track listing [5]

(LP Side One; Cassette Side One)

  1. "Pretty Polly" (on LP, not on Cassette release) (Traditional) 5:49
  2. "So Early, Early in the Spring" (Traditional) 3:10
  3. "Pretty Saro" (Traditional) 3:05
  4. "Golden Apples of the Sun" (William Butler Yeats, "Song of the Wandering Oengus") 3:55
  5. "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" (Traditional, arranged by Judy Collins) 2:17
  6. "Farewell to Tarwathie" (Traditional) 5:08

(LP Side Two; Cassette Side One, continued)

  1. "The Hostage" (Tom Paxton) 2:49
  2. "La Colombe" (Jacques Brel) 5:05
  3. "Coal Tattoo" (Billy Edd Wheeler) 3:04
  4. "Carry It On" (Gil Turner) 2:49
  5. "Bread and Roses" (Music, 1976, by Mimi Fariña; Poem, 1912, by James Oppenheim) 3:06
  6. "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)

  1. "Special Delivery" (Billy Mernit) 3:50
  2. "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey and Victoria Garvey Armstrong) 3:05
  3. "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) 3:14
  4. "Marieke" (Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest) 3:14
  5. "Send In The Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) 4:01
  6. "Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) 4:39

(LP Side Four; Cassette Side Two, continued)

  1. "Since You Asked" (Judy Collins) 2:34
  2. "Born To The Breed" (Judy Collins) 4:50
  3. "My Father" (Judy Collins) 5:02
  4. "Holly Ann" (Judy Collins) 4:47
  5. "Houses" (Judy Collins) 4:37
  6. "Secret Gardens" (Judy Collins) 5:35

Personnel

Production notes

Charts

Chart performance for So Early in the Spring
Chart (1977)Peak
position
Canada Top Albums ( RPM ) [6] 59
US Top LPs & Tape ( Billboard ) [7] 42
US Top 100 Albums ( Cash Box ) [8] 38
US The Album Chart ( Record World ) [9] 72

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References

  1. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "So Early in the Spring...The First 15 Years Review". AllMusic . Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). "Collins, Judy". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th Concise ed.). New York: Muze UK Ltd. pp. 338–339. ISBN   978-1-84609-856-7.
  3. ↑ Evans, Paul (1992). "Judy Collins". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). New York: Random House. p. 154. ISBN   0-679-73729-4.
  4. ↑ "US Albums and Singles Charts > Judy Collins". Billboard . Retrieved 2022-02-28.
  5. ↑ Times and composer names added per original LP label
  6. ↑ "RPM Top Albums" (PDF). RPM . Vol. 28, no. 10. December 3, 1977. p. 34. ISSN   0315-5994.
  7. ↑ "Billboard Top LPs & Tape" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 89, no. 42. New York: Billboard Publications Inc. October 22, 1977. p. 98. ISSN   0006-2510.
  8. ↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Albums" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. XXXVIII, no. 22. New York: The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc. October 16, 1977. p. 57. ISSN   0008-7289.
  9. ↑ "The Album Chart" (PDF). Record World . Vol. 35, no. 1574. New York: Record World Pub. Co. September 3, 1977. p. 42. ISSN   0034-1622.
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