Whose Garden Was This

Whose Garden Was This
Studio album by John Denver
Released	October 1970
Studio	RCA, New York City
Genre	Folk
Length	36:52
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Milton Okun
John Denver chronology
Take Me to Tomorrow (1970) Whose Garden Was This (1970) Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971)

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Whose Garden Was This is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver, consisting mainly of cover songs. It was released in October 1970. This album was subsequently re-released as bonus tracks on re-releases of the albums John Denver and Spirit . British singer Dame Vera Lynn recorded the title song in 1972 for her album Unforgettable Songs by Vera Lynn. Actually, Vera Lynn was keen to sing the song on her BBC television show (1972) but felt the song was a little too short and asked Tom Paxton for a further verse to be added - and he duly obliged - with the 'forest/squirrels' one. Subsequently he often sang this later version in concert.^{[ citation needed ]}

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Tremble If You Must"	Paul Potash	1:22
2.	"Sail Away Home"	John Denver	4:35
3.	"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"	Robbie Robertson	3:54
4.	"Mr. Bojangles"	Jerry Jeff Walker	4:36
5.	"I Wish I Could Have Been There (Woodstock)"	Denver	2:30

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Whose Garden Was This"	Tom Paxton	3:44
2.	"The Game Is Over"	Denver Jean-Pierre Bourtayre Jean Bouchéty	2:25
3.	"Eleanor Rigby"	John Lennon Paul McCartney	3:11
4.	"Old Folks"	Jacques Brel Gérard Jouannest Jean Corti Mort Shuman	4:51
5.	"Golden Slumbers"/"Sweet Sweet Life"/"Tremble If You Must (Version II)" (medley)	Lennon McCartney / Denver / Potash	4:28
6.	"Jingle Bells"	James Pierpont Denver [a]	1:06

Notes

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Personnel

Musicians John Denver – guitar, vocals, arranger Paul Griffin – keyboards Russ Savakus – bass Teddy Sommer – drums David Spinozza – guitar Mike Taylor – guitar

Production John Crotty – recording engineer Jean Goldhirsch – production assistant Ray Hall – recording engineer Milt Okun – producer, arranger, string arrangements Design Mark Ahlstrom – liner notes photography David Hecht – cover photography Joe Stelmach – album design

References

1. Whose Garden Was This at AllMusic