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1 Track listing  


1.1  Side A  




1.2  Side B  






2 Chart positions  




3 Personnel  




4 References  













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Playin' Favorites
Studio album by
Don McLean
ReleasedOctober 1973
RecordedSummer 1973
StudioThe Record Plant, New York City; remixed at the Record Plant, Sausalito
Genre
  • folk
    • Length34:06
    LabelUnited Artists
    ProducerEd Freeman
    Don McLean chronology
    Don McLean
    (1972)     		Playin' Favorites
    (1973)     		Homeless Brother
    (1974)
    Singles from Playin' Favorites

    1. "Everyday[1]"
      Released: 23 March 1973
    2. "Mountains O' Mourne[2]"
      Released: 19 October 1973
    3. "Fool's Paradise[3]"
      Released: December 1973
    4. "Sitting on Top of the World[4]"
      Released: 1974

    Playin' Favorites is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Don McLean, released in 1973. It was re-issued by BGO Records in 1995. [5][6][7]

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    Track listing[edit]

    Side A[edit]

    1. "Sitting on Top of the World" (Bo Carter, Little Walter) 2:00
    2. "Living With the Blues" (Brownie McGhee) 2:20
    3. "Mountains O' Mourne" (Percy French) 4:36
    4. "Fool's Paradise" (Sonny LeGlaire, Horace Linsley, Norman Petty) 4:10
    5. "Love O' Love" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Don McLean) :50
    6. Medley: "Bill Cheetham/Old Joe Clark" (Traditional; adapted and arranged by Don McLean) 3:50

    Side B[edit]

    1. "Everyday" (Charles Hardin, Norman Petty) "Glen D. Hardin" was incorrectly listed on some labels as the songwriter. 2:30
    2. "Ancient History" (Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker) 3:30
    3. "Over the Mountains" (Irene Stanton, Wayne Walker) 3:20
    4. "Lovesick Blues" (Cliff Friend, Irving Mills) 2:50
    5. "New Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, George Vaughn) 2:55
    6. "Happy Trails" (Dale Evans) 1:15

    Chart positions[edit]

    Chart (1973) Peak
    position
    Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] 22
    United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 42[citation needed]

    Personnel[edit]

    • Steve Berg – guitar (tracks A1–A2, B4–B5)
  • Dave Bromberg – dobro (track B1)
  • Buzzy Feiten – tambourine (track A2), guitar (tracks A2, A4)
  • John Hughey – pedal steel (track B2)
  • Neil Larsen – keyboards (track A4), piano (tracks A3, B1)
  • Chuck Leavell – piano (tracks A1–A2, B2, B4–B5)
  • Tony Levin – bass (tracks A3–A4, B1–B2)
  • Danny Manselino – percussion (track A2)
  • Rick Marotta – drums (tracks A1–A2, B2, B4–B5)
  • Don McLean – guitar, banjo, vocals
  • Frank Orsini – fiddle (tracks A1, B5)
  • Rob Rothstein – bass (tracks A1, B4–B5), vocals (tracks A1, B3, B5)
  • Johnny Sandlin – percussion (tracks A1, B5)
  • Russ Savakus – bass violin (tracks A1–A2, B5)
  • Frank Wakefield – mandolin (tracks A1, A6, B4–B6), vocals (tracks A1, B3, B5)
  • Ronnie Zito – tambourine (track B1), banjo (track A4)
  • Mike Mainieri – marimba (track A4)
  • Albertine Robinson – backing vocals (track A2)
  • Maretha Stewart – backing vocals (track A2)
  • Tasha Thomas – backing vocals (track A2)
    • Technical

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Don McLean - Every Day".
  • ^ "Don McLean - Mountains O'Mourne".
  • ^ "Don McLean - Fool's Paradise".
  • ^ "Don McLean - Sitting on Top of the World [Mono]".
  • ^ "Don McLean - Playin' Favorites (vinyl, LP, Album)". discogs. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  • ^ "Release 'Playin Favorites' by Don McLean". Musicbrainz. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  • ^ "Playin' Favorites". Don McLean Online. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  • ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 187. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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