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 | |||
| Producer | Lenny Waronker, Van Dyke Parks | |||
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Randy Newman is the debut recording by Randy Newman, released in 1968. 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. (Cover shown above right is the second cover design. The first cover showed a full photo of Newman against a cloud-like blue background).
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; indeed, according to Ken Tucker, the album sold so poorly that Warner offered buyers the opportunity to trade the album for another in the company's catalog.[1]Randy Newman was out of print for over 15 years until it was re-released on CD in 1995. It was remastered by Lee Herschberg.
The album features the song "I Think It's Going to Rain Today", which was originally recorded by Julius LaRosa. It had also been covered by Judy Collins in 1966; Dusty Springfield issued a cover of the song shortly after the release of this album. Others who have recorded this song include David Gray, Bette Midler (on the Beaches soundtrack), Nina Simone, Claudine Longet, Neil Diamond, Brian Short (of Black Cat Bones), Dave Van Ronk, Peggy Lee, Joe Cocker, Norah Jones, Audra McDonald, UB40, Françoise Hardy, and more recently, Katie Melua and Peter Gabriel.
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Contents |
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and arranged 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
- Milt Bernhart - trombone
- Mike Deasy, Sr. - guitar
- Ron Elliott - guitar
- Lyle Ritz - bass
- Jim Gordon - drums
- Tommy Morgan - harmonica
- Ray Kelley - cello
- Ted Nash - saxophone
- Don Bagley - bass
- James Burton - guitar
- Israel Baker - violin
- Arnold Belnick - violin
- Harold Bemko - cello
- Harry Bluestone - violin
- Samuel Boghossian - viola
- Gene Cipriano - saxophone
- Gary Coleman - percussion (including mallets)
- Nick DeCaro - piano, accordion
- Frank DeCaro - guitar
- James A. Decker - French horn
- David Duke - French horn
- Carl Fortina - accordion
- Frederick Seykora - cello
- James Getzoff - flute
- Joe Gibbons - guitar
- William Green - saxophone
- Richard Hyde - trombone
- Armand Karpoff - cello
- Louis Kievman - viola
- William Kurash - violin
- Michael Lang - piano
- Don Lanier - guitar
- Gary LeVant - harmonica
- Tommy LiPuma - engineer
- Leonard Malarsky - violin
- Lew McCreary - trombone
- Jay Migliori - saxophone
- Sid Miller - saxophone
- Ollie Mitchell - trumpet
- Louis Morell - guitar
- Richard Perissi - French horn
- William R. Perkins - saxophone
- Jerome Reisler - violin
- Victor Sazer - cello
- Ralph Schaeffer - violin
- Wilbur Schwartz - saxophone
- Leonard Selic - viola
- Sid Sharp - violin
- Tommy Tedesco - guitar
- Sal Valentino - guitar, vocals
- Tibor Zelig - violin
- Hubert Anderson - percussion (including mallets)
- Joseph DiFiore - viola
- William Hinshaw - French horn
- Thomas Scott - saxophone
- Harold Ayties - viola? Será?
- Jesse Emrlich - cello
- Elizabeth Ershoff - harp
- David Filerman - cello
- Gene Garf - piano, organ
- Jan Hlinka - viola
- Norman Jeffreis - drums
- Gordon Pope - saxophone
- James Rowles - piano
- Joseph Tullio - cello
- William Weiss - violin
- Robert Knight - trombone
[edit] Singles
"I Think It's Going to Rain Today" b/w "The Beehive State" was issued as a single on Reprise 0284. Reprise also issued this single on a promotional 10" vinyl 78rpm record listing it as their "speed series"!
