''Ballroom Streets'' is a 1978 double album released by
Melanie. The album is essentially a live album but recorded in the studio with a small audience. It mixed new recordings of old songs with some new songs. When first issued on CD in 1989, it did not contain "Holding Out", "Any Guy", "Groundhog Day" and "Friends and Company". There was a rare promotional only 12-inch single with the songs "Cyclone (Candles in the Rain)" and "Running After Love"
omato TOM 12D-0004distributed at the time of the album's release.
Track listing
All songs written by Melanie Safka except where noted.
#"Running After Love" – 4:24
#"Holdin' Out" – 3:15
#"Cyclone /
Candles in the Rain
''Candles in the Rain'' is singer Melanie's third album. Released in 1970, the album produced Melanie's first Top Ten single in North America, "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)", which was inspired by the crowd's reaction to her performance at Woo ...
" – 7:18
#"Beautiful Sadness" – 5:43
#"Do You Believe" – 3:52
#"Nickel Song" – 3:03
#"Any Guy" – 3:08
#"
What Have They Done to My Song Ma
"What Have They Done to My Song Ma" is a song written and performed by Melanie Safka. It was co-written by HM Saffer II, a notable American painter and musician who worked for Warner Brothers Productions.
It was released in 1970 as the B-side o ...
" – 4:17
#"I Believe" – 3:49
#"Poet" – 3:50
#"Save Me" – 6:53
#"Together Alone" – 3:26
#"
Ruby Tuesday" (
Keith Richards,
Mick Jagger) – 6:36
#"Buckle Down" – 3:14
#"Miranda" (
Phil Ochs
Philip David Ochs (; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and ...
) – 3:46
#"
Brand New Key
"Brand New Key" is a pop song written and sung by folk music singer Melanie. Initially a track of Melanie's album '' Gather Me'', produced by Melanie's husband Peter Schekeryk, it was known also as "The Rollerskate Song" due to its chorus. It was ...
" – 3:38
#"Groundhog Day" – 4:01
#"Friends and Company" – 6:50
*Melanie - acoustic guitar, vocals
*Sal DiTroia - acoustic guitar
*Tony Battaglia – guitar, slide guitar, bass
*Luis Cabaza – keyboards
*Robbie Georgia – dobro, rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*Stan Kipper – drums, backing vocals
*Bob Leone – bass
*John Tegthoff - organ, backing vocals
*Mary McCaffrey – vocals
*
The Persuasions – backing vocals
*T.C. – backing vocals
;Technical
*Peter Schekeryk – producer
*Michael Laskow, Paul Kaminsky – engineer
*Benno Friedman - cover photography
*Gregg Lamping - tech engineer
[Printed on LP jacket "Above and beyond the call"]
Charts
References
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1978 albums
Melanie (singer) albums
Tomato Records albums