1973 studio album by Don McLean
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]
Track listing
Side A
- "Sitting on Top of the World" (Bo Carter, Little Walter) 2:00
- "Living With the Blues" (Brownie McGhee) 2:20
- "Mountains O' Mourne" (Percy French) 4:36
- "Fool's Paradise" (Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley, Norman Petty) 4:10
- "Love O' Love" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Don McLean) :50
- Medley: "Bill Cheetham/Old Joe Clark" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Don McLean) 3:50
Side B
- "Everyday" (Charles Hardin, Norman Petty) "Glen D. Hardin" was incorrectly listed on some labels as the songwriter. 2:30
- "Ancient History" (Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker) 3:30
- "Over the Mountains" (Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker) 3:20
- "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) 2:50
- "New Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn) 2:55
- "Happy Trails" (Dale Evans) 1:15
Chart positions
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
- ^ "Don McLean - Every Day".
- ^ "Don McLean - Mountains O'Mourne".
- ^ "Don McLean - Fool's Paradise".
- ^ "Don McLean - Sitting on Top of the World [Mono]".
- ^ "Don McLean - Playin' Favorites (vinyl, LP, Album)". discogs. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Release 'Playin Favorites' by Don McLean". Musicbrainz. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ "Playin' Favorites". Don McLean Online. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ^ 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.
