The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children

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Released1969
Recorded1969
Genre Children's Folk
Label Columbia
Producer Arthur Shimkin
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The Simon Sisters Sing The Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children is the third and final studio album by the Simon Sisters, released by Columbia Records, in 1969.

Contents

The album features musical settings of classic children's poetry.

Releases

Lobster Quadrille was released as Columbia CC 24506 with a blue label, and it was their first release for Columbia Records. The album originally came packaged with a hardcover illustrated book containing all the poems. It was re-released without the book as Columbia CR 21525 with a red label.

The album was reissued in 1973 to capitalize on Carly Simon's success as a solo artist, under the title Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children as Columbia CR 21539. For this edition, additional instrumentation was added to the original album to give it a more pop-oriented sound. [2] It also has a new cover featuring a photo of the sisters.

In 2008, Shout! Factory released the album on CD, under the title Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs for Children. [2] Although the disc's packaging uses the illustration from the album's original cover, the CD contains the 1973 version of the album.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [3]

Side 1
No.TitleLyric sourceLength
1."Wynken, Blynken and Nod" Eugene Field 2:27
2."Calico Pie" Edward Lear 3:00
3."The Lamplighter" Robert Louis Stevenson 1:49
4."The Owl and the Pussycat" Edward Lear 2:09
5."Sleep, Baby, Sleep"Adapted from Mother Goose by Lucy Simon 2:53
Side 2
No.TitleLyric sourceLength
6."The Lamb" William Blake 2:14
7."The Lobster Quadrille" Lewis Carroll 2:49
8."Who Has Seen the Wind" Christina Rossetti 2:20
9."I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day" Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3:24
10."A Red, Red Rose" Robert Burns 2:50
11."A Pavane for the Nursery" William Jay Smith 2:33

Personnel

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Carly & Lucy Simon: Sing Songs For Children". Carlysimon.com. Archived from the original on June 17, 2016. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  3. Carly & Lucy Simon Sing Songs for Children (booklet). The Simon Sisters. Shout!. 2008.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)