''Judith'' is the tenth studio album by American singer and songwriter

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, released in 1975 by

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in both stereo (7E-1032) and CD-4 quadraphonic (EQ-1032) versions. Collins recorded ''Judith'' three years after her precedent album ''

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'', having been focused during the interim on producing ''Antonia: a Portrait of the Woman'' a documentary about

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. Peaking at No. 17 on the ''Billboard'' Pop Albums chart, ''Judith'' became Collins' best-selling studio album to date: certified

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by the

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in 1975, for sales of over 500,000 copies, ''Judith'' would be certified

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in 1996, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies. Collins received a

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nomination for

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for her cover of

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's " Send in the Clowns". Sondheim won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year that same year, based on the popularity of Collins' performance of the song on this album. The single peaked at No. 36 on Billboard's Pop singles chart in 1975, and then reentered the chart in 1977, reaching No. 19; it spent a total of 27 non-consecutive weeks on this chart. The album also includes material by

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, and the 1930s standard "

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", as well as three of Collins' own compositions- "Houses", "Song for Duke", and "Born to the Breed".

Track listing

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) – 2:59 # "Angel Spread Your Wings" (

) – 3:05 # "Houses" (Judy Collins) – 4:32 # "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey) – 3:03 # "Song for Duke" (Judy Collins) – 3:33 # " Send in the Clowns" (

) – 3:57 # " Salt of the Earth" ( Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59 # "

" ( E.Y. "Yip" Harburg,

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) – 3:13 # "

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) – 4:07 # " I'll Be Seeing You" (

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) – 3:44 # "Pirate Ships" (

) – 2:42 # "Born to the Breed" (Judy Collins) – 4:45

Personnel

*Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano *George Marge –

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, flute, recorder *Bill Slapin - alto flute *Romeo Penque – flute, bass flute *Emanuel Vardi - viola *

Gene Orloff Gene Orloff (June 14, 1921 – March 23, 2009) was an American violinist, concertmaster, arranger, contractor and session musician. Background The son of a Russian immigrant violin maker, Orloff would try and get his father's violin down from th ...

– violin *

Kenny Ascher Kenneth Lee Ascher (born October 26, 1944 in Washington, D.C.) is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger who is active in jazz, rock, classical, and musical theater genres — in live venues, recording studios, and cinema production ...

– electric piano *

Hugh McCracken Hugh Carmine McCracken (March 31, 1942 – March 28, 2013) was an American rock guitarist and session musician based in New York City, primarily known for his performance on guitar and also as a harmonica player. McCracken was additionally ...

David Spinozza David Spinozza is an American guitarist and producer. He worked with former Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon during the 1970s, and had a long collaboration with singer-songwriter James Taylor, producing Taylor's album ''Walking ...

, Steve Burgh, Charlie Brown,

– guitar *

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 198 ...

– bass *

Steve Gadd Stephen Kendall Gadd (born April 9, 1945) is an American drummer, percussionist, and session musician. Gadd is one of the best-known and highly regarded session and studio drummers in the industry, recognized by his induction into the ''Modern D ...

– drums *

Ralph MacDonald Ralph Anthony MacDonald (March 15, 1944 – December 18, 2011) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian American, Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist. His compositions ...

– percussion *

Kenneth Bichel Ken Bichel is an American actor, composer, conductor, pianist, and synthesizer musician. Musical career Bichel attended the Juilliard School where he graduated with a master's degree in piano performance in 1969. While at Juilliard he met Gersh ...

– ARP synthesizer *

Eric Weissberg Eric Weissberg (August 16, 1939 – March 22, 2020) was an American singer, banjo player, and multi-instrumentalist, whose most commercially successful recording was his banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos," featured as the theme of the film ''Deliver ...

– bass, guitar, steel guitar,

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Pat Rebillot Patrick Earl "Pat" Rebillot (born April 21, 1935) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life and education Born in Louisville, Ohio, Rebilliot studied music at Mt. Union College and the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music with Jeno Taka ...

, Paul Griffin – organ, electric piano *

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 *Arthur Clarke,

Seldon Powell Seldon Powell (15 November 1928 – 25 January 1997) was an American soul jazz, swing, and R&B tenor saxophonist and flautist born in Lawrenceville, Virginia. He worked with Tab Smith (1949), Lucky Millinder (1949–51), Neal Hefti, and Louis Be ...

, Tony Studd,

Frank Wess Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. In addition to his extensive solo work, Wess is remembered for his time in Count Basie's band from the early 1950s into the 1960s. Critic ...

Randy Brecker Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B. Early life Brecker was born on Nov ...

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- horns *Steve Goodman, Denver Collins,

Cissy Houston Emily "Cissy" Houston ( ''née'' Drinkard; born September 30, 1933) is an American soul and gospel singer. After a successful career singing backup for such artists as Roy Hamilton, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin, Houston embar ...

, Sylvia Shemwell, Eunice Peterson, Eric Weissberg - background vocals *

Corky Hale Corky Hale (born July 3, 1936) is an American jazz harpist, pianist, flutist, and vocalist. She has been a theater producer, political activist, restaurateur, and the owner of the Corky Hale women's clothing store in Los Angeles, California. Ear ...

– harmonica, harp *Dom Cortes – accordion *George Ricci – cello *and many more

Production notes

Arif Mardin Arif Mardin (March 15, 1932 – June 25, 2006) was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco and country. He worked at Atlantic Records for ov ...

– producer *

Jonathan Tunick Jonathan Tunick (born April 19, 1938, New York City) is an American orchestrator, musical director, and composer, and one of seventeen " EGOTs" - people to have won all four major American showbusiness awards: the Tony Awards, Academy Awards, Emmy A ...

– arranger, conductor ("Houses", "Send in the Clowns" and "I'll Be Seeing You") *Arif Mardin – arranger, conductor (remaining songs) *

Phil Ramone Philip Ramone (né Rabinowitz, January 5, 1934March 30, 2013) was a South African-born American recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer, who in 1958 co-founded A & R Recording, Inc., a recording studio with business par ...

– recording engineer *Glenn Berger – assistant recording engineer *Glen Christensen – art direction *David Larkham, Ron Wong– design *Francesco Scavullo – photography

Sources

* Judith at allmusic.combr>Judy Collins Original Elektra Releases

References

{{Authority control 1975 albums Judy Collins albums Albums produced by Arif Mardin Elektra Records albums