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1974 studio album by Swingle II
Words & Music is the second album by the London-based Swingle II singers released in 1974 on the CBS label. The original Paris-based The Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group (Swingle II) continued to record, for Columbia/CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present.
Track listing
Side 1
"The Windmills of Your Mind " (Alan and Marilyn Bergman , Michel Legrand ) - 2:22
"The Way We Were" (A. Bergman, M. Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch ) – 2:21
"Maple Leaf Rag ('Satchmo') " (Scott Joplin ; arr. Tony Vincent Issacs) - 2:35
"Amazing Grace " (Traditional; arranged by Ward Swingle) - 4:17
”Killing Me Softly with His Song " (Norman Gimbel , Charles Fox ) – 3:35
Side 2
"The Entertainer " (Joplin; arr. Isaacs) - 3:36
"Try to Remember" (Tom Jones , Harvey Schmidt ) - 2:40
"The Fool on the Hill " (John Lennon , Paul McCartney ) – 2:29
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone " (Pete Seeger ) – 2:53
"Bridge over Troubled Water " (Paul Simon ) – 4:23[ 1]
Singers
Mary Beverley & Olive Simpson – sopranos
Carol Hall & Linda Hirst – contraltos
John Potter & Ward Swingle – tenors
John Lubbock & David Beavan - basses[ 1]
Musicians
Ward Swingle – keyboards
Daryl Runswick – bass guitar
Chris Karan - drums[ 1]
Production
Arrangements and adaptions: Ward Swingle
Producers: Ward Swingle & Terry Edwards
Recorded at: CBS Studios, London
Engineer: Bernie O’Gorman
Album art direction: Roslav Szaybo (CBS Records)
Album photography: Colin Gibbs & Alan Jones
References
CBS S 80554 original album sleeve notes
The Swingle Singers / Les Swingle Singers Swingle II The Swingles The (New) Swingle Singers Notable compilations