Randy Newman (album)
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| Studio album by Randy Newman | ||||
| Released | June 1968 | |||
| Recorded | 1968 | |||
| Genre | Rock/Singer-Songwriter | |||
| Length | 27:24 | |||
| Label | Reprise Records | |||
| Producer | Lenny Waronker and Van Dyke Parks | |||
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Randy Newman (often erroneously referred to as Randy Newman Creates Something New Under The Sun, which Newman himself denies is the album's true title) is the debut recording by Randy Newman, released in 1968 (see 1968 in music). Unlike his later albums which featured Newman and his piano backed by guitar, bass guitar and drums, Randy Newman was highly orchestral and aimed to blend the orchestra with Newman's voice and piano.
Randy Newman never dented the Billboard Top 200 and was not received as well by critics as Newman's acclaimed 1970s albums 12 Songs, Sail Away and Good Old Boys. In fact, Randy Newman was out of print for over fifteen years until it made its appearance on CD in 1995. It has also not been remastered with Sail Away and Good Old Boys in 2002.
However, "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" has been covered by David Gray, Bette Midler (on the Beaches soundtrack), Nina Simone, Claudine Longet, Judy Collins, Dusty Springfield, Neil Diamond, Brian Short (of Black Cat Bones), Dave Van Ronk, Joe Cocker, Norah Jones, and more recently by Katie Melua. Even the reggae-band UB40 included a version on its first album.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written, arranged and composed by Randy Newman
- "Love Story (You and Me)" – 3:20
- "Bet No One Ever Hurt This Bad" – 2:00
- "Living Without You" – 2:25
- "So Long Dad" – 2:02
- "I Think He's Hiding" – 3:04
- "Linda" – 2:27
- "Laughing Boy – 1:55
- "Cowboy" – 2:36
- "Beehive State" – 1:50
- "I Think It's Going To Rain Today" – 2:55
- "Davy the Fat Boy" – 2:50
[edit] Personnel
- Randy Newman - vocals, piano
- Anthony Terran - trumpet
- Herb Ellis - guitar
- Jim Horn - saxophone
- Plas Johnson - saxophone
- Larry Knechtel - guitar, bass
- Carol Kaye - bass
- Al Casey - guitar
- Milton Bernhardt
- Mike Deasy, Sr. - guitar
- Ron Elliott - guitar
- Lyle Ritz - bass
- Jim Gordon - drums
- Tommy Morgan - harmonica
- Ray Kelley
- Ted Nash
- Don Bagley
- James Burton - guitar
- Israel Baker
- Arnold Belnick
- Harold Bemko
- Harry Bluestone
- Samuel Boghossian
- Gene Cipriano
- Gary Coleman
- Nick DeCaro
- Frank DeCaro
- James A. Decker
- David Duke
- Carl Fortina
- Frederick Seykora
- James Getzoff
- Joe Gibbons
- William Green
- Richard Hyde
- Armand Karpoff
- Louis Kievman
- William Kurash
- Michael Lang
- Don Lanier
- Gary LeVant
- Tommy LiPuma
- Leonard Malarsky
- Lew McCreary
- Jay Migliori
- Sid Miller
- Ollie Mitchell
- Louis Morell
- Richard Perissi
- William R. Perkins
- Jerome Reisler
- Victor Sazer
- Ralph Schaeffer
- Wilbur Schwartz
- Leonard Selic
- Sid Sharp
- Tommy Tedesco
- Sal Valentino
- Tibor Zelig
- Hubert Anderson
- Joseph DiFiore
- William Hinshaw
- Thomas Scott
- Harold Ayties
- Jesse Emrlich
- Elizabeth Ershoff
- David Filerman
- Gene Garf
- Jan Hlinka
- Norman Jeffreis
- Gordon Pope
- James Rowles
- Joseph Tullio
- William Weiss
- Robert Knight
