''Don McLean'' is the third
studio album by
American
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** American ancestry, pe ...
singer-songwriter
Don McLean
Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1971 hit song " American Pie", an eight-and-a-half-minute folk rock "cultural touchstone" about the loss of innocence of the early ...
, released in 1972, peaking at number 23 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart.
It was reissued by
BGO Records in 1996. The photo on the cover of the album was taken overlooking the Village of
Cold Spring, NY.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Don McLean, except where indicated.
#"Dreidel" - 3:45
#"Bronco Bill's Lament" - 3:36
#"Oh, My What a Shame" - 3:30
#"If We Try" - 3:30
#"The More You Pay (The More It's Worth)" - 2:51
#"Narcisissima" 3:53
#"Falling Through Time" - 3:44
#"On the Amazon" (
Vivian Ellis
Vivian John Herman Ellis, CBE (29 October 1903 – 19 June 1996) was an English musical comedy composer best known for the song "Spread a Little Happiness" and the theme " Coronation Scot".
Life and work
Ellis was born in Hampstead, London in ...
,
Clifford Grey,
Greatrex Newman
Greatrex Newman (3 July 1892 – 27 January 1984) was an English writer, song-writer and screenwriter.
He was born in Manchester, England and died in Eastbourne
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) - 3:17
#"Birthday Song" - 2:34
#"The Pride Parade" - 4:31
Chart positions
Personnel
*Don McLean - guitar, vocals
*
Warren Bernhardt
Warren Bernhardt (November 13, 1938 – August 19, 2022)''WBGO'', (Newark, NJ)"Warren Bernhardt, pianist with Steps Ahead, Steely Dan and other bands, dies at 83" August 24, 2022. Retrieved on August 24, 2022. was an American pianist in jazz, pop ...
- piano on "Oh My What a Shame"
*
Dick Hyman - piano on "On the Amazon"
*
Ralph MacDonald
Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist.
His compositions include "Where Is the Love", a Gra ...
- percussion, conga
*Ed Trickett - hammered dulcimer
*
Don Brooks
Don Frank Brooks (8 March 1947, in Dallas, Texas – 25 October 2000, in Manhattan, New York) was an American blues harmonica performing artist.
Career
Brooks was a full-time harmonica player with Waylon Jennings and was a prolific session musici ...
- harmonica
*
Howard "Buzz" Feiten - guitar
*
Neil Larsen
Neil Larsen (born August 7, 1948) is an American jazz keyboardist, musical arranger and composer. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio and grew up in Sarasota, Florida before relocating to New York and then, in 1977, Los Angeles.
Early life
Larsen was ...
- piano
*
Tony Levin
Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer, specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (since 1 ...
- bass on "Dreidel" and "Birthday Song"
*
Chris Parker - drums
*George Ricci - cello
*
Bob Rothstein - bass, vocals
*
Russ Savakus
Russell Savakus (May 13, 1925 – June 26, 1984) was an American session bass player (both electric and stand-up), violinist and singer. Savakus recorded with numerous artists in and around the 1960s folk and folk-rock movement in New York. Earl ...
- bass, violin, vocals
*Ed Freeman - string arrangements
*West Forty Fourth Street Rhythm and Noise Choir - chorus
;Technical
*Tom Flye, Dennis Ferrante, Ed Sprigg, Rod O'Brien - engineer
*
John Olson - cover photography
Releases
* CD Don McLean Beat Goes On / BGO Records 2011
References
External links
*
Don McLean albums
1972 albums
United Artists Records albums
Albums recorded at Record Plant (New York City)
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