Mary (Mary Travers album)

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Mary
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Studio album by Mary Travers
Released April 1971
Recorded 1970
Genre Folk
Length 36:20
Label Warner Bros. Records WS-1907
Producer Milton Okun
Mary Travers chronology
Mary
(1971)
Morning Glory
(1972)

Mary is the debut solo album by Mary Travers of Peter, Paul and Mary. It was the most successful of the 5 solo albums she recorded between 1971 and 1978.

As the album has never been released on CD it is now a valuable collectible.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "The Song Is Love" 3:00 (Paul Stookey/Peter Yarrow/Mary Travers/David Dixon/Richard Kniss)
  2. "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado" (2:06) (Bill Danoff/Taffy Nivert)
  3. "Children One And All" (3:17) (Rod McKuen)
  4. "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" (2:50) (Ewan MacColl)
  5. "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free" (3:25) (Bill Taylor/Dick Dallas)
  6. "Erika With The Windy Yellow Hair (1:15) (Mary Travers/Lee Holdridge)
  7. "Rhymes And Reasons" (2:37) (John Denver)

[edit] Side two

  1. "Follow Me" (2:36) (John Denver)
  2. "On The Path Of Glory (La Colline Au Whisky)" (2:15) (K. Ife/G. Magenta/Petula Clark/P. Delanoe/H. Shaper)
  3. "Circus" (3:16) (John Denver/Michael Johnson/Laurie Kuehn)
  4. "Song For The Asking" (2:03) (Paul Simon)
  5. "Indian Sunset" (6:59) (Elton John/Bernie Taupin)

[edit] Personnel

  • Mary TraversVocals
  • John Denver - Guitar
  • Sal Ditroia - Guitar
  • Paul Griffin - Piano
  • Frank Owens - Piano
  • Margaret Ross - Harp
  • Milton Okun - Producer
  • Lee Holdridge - Arranger and Conductor
  • Phil Ramone - Associate Producer and Recording Engineer
  • Milton Glaser - Design
  • Carl Fischer - Photograpy

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard

Year Chart Position
1971 Pop Albums 71