Album
Rhymes & Reasons
1969 · Folk, World, & Country
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Rhymes & Reasons is a Folk album by John Denver, originally released in 1969. On Gatefold: 34 pressings tracked.
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Tracklist
- 1The Love of the Common People4:06
- 2Catch Another Butterfly2:30
- 3Daydreams2:54
- 4The Ballad of Spiro Agnew0:15
- 5Circus2:37
- 6When I'm Sixty-Four2:02
- 7The Ballad of Richard Nixon0:04
- 8Rhymes and Reasons3:15
- 9Yellow Cat2:52
- 10Leaving on a Jet Plane3:37
- 11(You Dun Stomped) My Heart2:41
- 12My Old Man4:34
- 13I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free3:49
- 14Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life (Sugacity)2:10
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- stripped-back
- earnest
- pastoral
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written and recorded by singer-songwriter John Denver in 1966, originally included on his debut demo recording John Denver Sings as "Babe I Hate To Go". He made several copies and gave them out as presents for Christmas of that year. Denver's then producer Milt Okun convinced him to change the title and was renamed "Leaving on a Jet Plane" in 1967.
In 1969, simultaneous to the success of the Peter, Paul and Mary version, Denver recorded the song again for his debut studio album, Rhymes & Reasons, and was released as a single in October 1969 through RCA Records. Although it is one of John Denver's best known songs, his single failed to enter the charts.
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" was re-recorded in 1973 for John Denver's Greatest Hits. This version appears on most of his compilation albums. He re-recorded it for the fourth and last time in 1996, which appears on his The Last Recordings album, released 27 years later in 2023.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Al RichmondFRENCH HORN
- George MargeFLUTE, ENGLISH HORN, BARITONE SAXOPHONE
- George OcknerVIOLIN
- Herbie LovelleDRUMS
- John DenverVOCALS, GUITAR
- John GlaselTRUMPET, FLUTE
- Marvin StammTRUMPET, FLUTE
- Max PollikoffVIOLIN
- Paul GriffinPIANO, ORGAN
- Paul PrestopinoGUITAR, MANDOLIN
- Richard BergFRENCH HORN
- Richard RomoffBASS
- Russ SavakusBASS, VIOLIN
- Stan FreePIANO, ORGAN
- Sylvan ShulmanVIOLIN
- Teddy SommerDRUMS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 34 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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