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    If You Go Away: The RCA Years 1965-1970

    02/26/2007 | Bear Family 

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • The Summer's Long
  • 2:48
  • 2
  • Channning Way
  • 2:54
  • 3
  • Each of Us Alone
  • 3:55
  • 4
  • I've Been to Town
  • 3:07
  • 5
  • Yes
  • 3:01
  • 6
  • The Hunters
  • 3:13
  • 7
  • One Day Soon
  • 2:14
  • 8
  • Summer in My Eye
  • 2:43
  • 9
  • Times Gone By
  • 3:11
  • 10
  • Looking Back at Thirty
  • 3:46
  • 11
  • So Many Others (Remake)
  • 2:32
  • 12
  • The Lovers
  • 5:58
  • 13
  • Rusting in the Rain
  • 2:28
  • 14
  • The Plains on My Country Ballet Suite in 3 Movements
  • 7:40
  • 15
  • Alamo Junction
  • 2:24
  • 16
  • The Summer's Long (Alternate Take)
  • 2:44
  • 17
  • The House Upon the Hill
  • 2:37
  • 18
  • Stanyan Street Revisited
  • 3:07
  • 19
  • We Have Only Love (Demo Version)
  • 2:31
  • 20
  • On My Own (Demo Version)
  • 2:01
  • 21
  • The Tamarack Tree
  • 2:37
  • 22
  • Take Me Home Again
  • 4:25
  • 23
  • Sleep Now Love
  • 1:59
  • 24
  • Trashy
  • 2:30
  • 25
  • So Many Others (Alternate Take)
  • 2:31
  • 26 (2)
  • Some Trust in Chariots
  • 2:31
  • 27 (2)
  • People Change
  • 2:33
  • 28 (2)
  • How Deep Is Down?
  • 1:58
  • 29 (2)
  • When Flora Was Mine
  • 2:55
  • 30 (2)
  • If You Go Away (NE Me Quittes Pas)
  • 4:03
  • 31 (2)
  • So Long San Francisco
  • 2:51
  • 32 (2)
  • The Loner
  • 2:24
  • 33 (2)
  • Solo
  • 2:23
  • 34 (2)
  • The Lonely Things
  • 2:41
  • 35 (2)
  • She
  • 2:53
  • 36 (2)
  • The Good Times Is All Done Now
  • 2:13
  • 37 (2)
  • Truck Stop
  • 2:56
  • 38 (2)
  • Thank You
  • 2:47
  • 39 (2)
  • I Turn to You
  • 2:23
  • 40 (2)
  • Church Windows (Instrumental)
  • 2:47
  • 41 (2)
  • Flowers
  • 2:51
  • 42 (2)
  • Me and the Cat
  • 2:09
  • 43 (2)
  • For Silence Is Golden (Demo Version)
  • 2:18
  • 44 (2)
  • Watching You Sleep/Thank You
  • 3:09
  • 45 (2)
  • My Old Man
  • 2:47
  • 46 (2)
  • Darlin' Don't You Know
  • 1:59
  • 47 (2)
  • The Girls of the Summer
  • 2:46
  • 48 (2)
  • Happy Birthday Ernie (Bon Anniversary Ernie)
  • 0:42
  • 49 (2)
  • Flowers
  • 2:51
  • 50 (2)
  • My Mother's Eyes
  • 2:23
  • 51 (2)
  • The World I Used to Know (Rejected Version)
  • 2:48
  • 52 (2)
  • Gee It's Nice to Be Alone (Demo Version)
  • 1:49
  • 53 (2)
  • If You Go Away (Alternate Version)
  • 4:06
  • 54 (2)
  • So Long San Francisco (Alternate Lyrics)
  • 2:46
  • 55 (3)
  • The Hurtin'
  • 2:15
  • 56 (3)
  • You
  • 2:36
  • 57 (3)
  • Before the Moneys Came
  • 2:11
  • 58 (3)
  • The Summertime of Days
  • 2:27
  • 59 (3)
  • The Women
  • 4:04
  • 60 (3)
  • Zangra
  • 3:01
  • 61 (3)
  • Down at Mary's Old Time Bar
  • 2:19
  • 62 (3)
  • Meantime
  • 2:28
  • 63 (3)
  • Open the Window and See All the Clowns
  • 1:41
  • 64 (3)
  • I'm Strong, But I Like Roses
  • 3:26
  • 65 (3)
  • The Statue
  • 3:33
  • 66 (3)
  • Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe
  • 2:10
  • 67 (3)
  • Loneliness in Crowds
  • 2:24
  • 68 (3)
  • Nouveau Fleur (Instrumental)
  • 2:13
  • 69 (3)
  • Me and the Cat
  • 2:44
  • 70 (3)
  • Something More
  • 2:09
  • 71 (3)
  • Meantime (Alternate Take)
  • 2:27
  • 72 (3)
  • Open the Window and See All the Clowns (Alternate Take)
  • 1:45
  • 73 (3)
  • Don't Forget to Bring Her a Rose
  • 2:31
  • 74 (3)
  • Ain't You Glad You're Livin', Joe
  • 2:10
  • 75 (3)
  • The Habit
  • 2:00
  • 76 (3)
  • The Habit
  • 2:00
  • 77 (3)
  • My Old Man
  • 2:47
  • 78 (3)
  • You (Take 2)
  • 2:43
  • 79 (3)
  • I'm Strong But I Like Roses (Alternate Take)
  • 3:23
  • 80 (3)
  • Meantime (First Version)
  • 2:03
  • 81 (3)
  • Kill the Wind
  • 1:53
  • 82 (3)
  • Don't Forget to Bring Her a Rose
  • 2:33
  • 83 (3)
  • Open the Window and See All the Clowns
  • 1:49
  • 84 (3)
  • Loneliness in Crowds (Alternate Take)
  • 2:21
  • 85 (3)
  • Something More (Demo Version)
  • 2:10
  • 86 (4)
  • I'll Say Goodbye (Je Partirai)
  • 2:41
  • 87 (4)
  • La Mer Sans Soleil (Sea Without Sun)
  • 3:03
  • 88 (4)
  • Le Bourgeois
  • 3:16
  • 89 (4)
  • Through European Windows
  • 3:52
  • 90 (4)
  • Song Without Words (Chansons Sans Paroles)
  • 2:54
  • 91 (4)
  • Paris (Mon Arbre)
  • 2:34
  • 92 (4)
  • Baby Be My Love (L'Amour Avec Toir)
  • 2:38
  • 93 (4)
  • The Ever Constant Sea
  • 2:34
  • 94 (4)
  • Like a Child
  • 2:49
  • 95 (4)
  • On the Road Again (Qu'est-Ce Que Tu Attends LA)
  • 2:38
  • 96 (4)
  • Nathalie
  • 3:21
  • 97 (4)
  • The Far West (Le Play Pays)
  • 3:06
  • 98 (4)
  • Pushing the Clouds Away
  • 1:57
  • 99 (4)
  • Do You Like the Rain
  • 2:41
  • 100 (4)
  • Gifts from the Sea
  • 2:45
  • 101 (4)
  • Some Day We'll See Spains (Concerto for Guitar & Orchestra) (Extract fr
  • 7:46
  • 102 (4)
  • Seasons in the Sun
  • 2:58
  • 103 (4)
  • Capri in July
  • 2:08
  • 104 (4)
  • Je Vien de Loin (French Vocal/1ST International Issue)
  • 3:03
  • 105 (4)
  • A Kind of Loving
  • 2:49
  • 106 (4)
  • I'm Only Me
  • 3:49
  • 107 (4)
  • Chasin' the Sun
  • 3:34
  • 108 (4)
  • The Money Boys of Cannes (Demo Version)
  • 2:37
  • 109 (4)
  • Bon Soir Mademoiselle
  • 3:03
  • 110 (4)
  • Through European Windows (Alternate Take)
  • 4:12
  • 111 (5)
  • Prologue: A Cat Named Sloopy
  • 4:14
  • 112 (5)
  • To Share the Summer Sun
  • 2:27
  • 113 (5)
  • Round, Round, Round
  • 2:57
  • 114 (5)
  • I'll Never Be Alone
  • 1:53
  • 115 (5)
  • The Ducks on the Millpond
  • 2:45
  • 116 (5)
  • Midnight Walk
  • 2:08
  • 117 (5)
  • Listen to the Warm
  • 2:11
  • 118 (5)
  • It's Raining
  • 3:41
  • 119 (5)
  • Weekend
  • 1:23
  • 120 (5)
  • Brown October
  • 2:39
  • 121 (5)
  • Where Are We Now?
  • 4:09
  • 122 (5)
  • The Singing of the Wind
  • 1:27
  • 123 (5)
  • Dondelion Days
  • 2:16
  • 124 (5)
  • I Live Alone
  • 2:20
  • 125 (5)
  • Epilogue: One Day I'll Follow the Birds
  • 1:23
  • 126 (5)
  • Entre Act: Listen to the Warm (Instrumental)
  • 4:51
  • 127 (5)
  • Listen to the Warm
  • 2:08
  • 128 (5)
  • I Have Loved You in So Many Ways
  • 1:59
  • 129 (5)
  • We Touch Shoulder to Shoulder
  • 1:56
  • 130 (5)
  • Sunday in November
  • 1:26
  • 131 (5)
  • Beyond This Wall (The Phoenix from the Flames)
  • 2:25
  • 132 (5)
  • The Warm and Gentle Girls
  • 2:42
  • 133 (5)
  • Be Gentle, Please
  • 0:58
  • 134 (5)
  • Hurry
  • 1:47
  • 135 (5)
  • Round, Round, Round (Reprise)
  • 2:38
  • 136 (5)
  • Conversation After 1: Am
  • 2:52
  • 137 (5)
  • I Have Loved You in So Many Ways (Theme)
  • 3:05
  • 138 (5)
  • Me and the Cat
  • 2:25
  • 139 (5)
  • After the Toll Beach
  • 0:35
  • 140 (5)
  • Listen to the Warm (Alternate Vocal)
  • 2:08
  • 141 (5)
  • Twenty-Nine
  • 1:20
  • 142 (5)
  • Midsummer
  • 2:28
  • 143 (6)
  • The Single Man
  • 3:13
  • 144 (6)
  • Leave Me Something
  • 2:50
  • 145 (6)
  • I Never Go There Anymore
  • 3:08
  • 146 (6)
  • The Phoenix
  • 2:25
  • 147 (6)
  • The Last of the Wine
  • 4:31
  • 148 (6)
  • Elegy #1
  • 1:34
  • 149 (6)
  • The Girls of the Summer
  • 3:06
  • 150 (6)
  • Where Would I Be?
  • 2:32
  • 151 (6)
  • Elegy#2
  • 1:38
  • 152 (6)
  • I've Saved the Summer
  • 2:04
  • 153 (6)
  • In Passing
  • 1:51
  • 154 (6)
  • Some of Them Fall
  • 2:21
  • 155 (6)
  • Elegy #3
  • 1:38
  • 156 (6)
  • The Importance of the Rose (C'est LA Rose)
  • 2:25
  • 157 (6)
  • The Ivy That Clings to the Wall (Instrumental)
  • 2:24
  • 158 (6)
  • Inside of Me
  • 5:24
  • 159 (6)
  • The Voyeur
  • 2:42
  • 160 (6)
  • Home to See Maria
  • 2:29
  • 161 (6)
  • The Lovers of December
  • 3:35
  • 162 (6)
  • Things Have Come (Gymnopedes #1)
  • 3:52
  • 163 (6)
  • Home by Water (Gymnopedes #3)
  • 2:52
  • 164 (6)
  • Sometimes
  • 2:48
  • 165 (6)
  • And to Each Season
  • 5:29
  • 166 (6)
  • The Wind of Change
  • 5:03
  • 167 (6)
  • The Girls of the Summer (Alternate Vocal)
  • 3:05
  • 168 (6)
  • The Ivy That Clings to the Wall (Vocal Version)
  • 2:56
  • 169 (7)
  • Up
  • 2:07
  • 170 (7)
  • I'll Catch the Sun
  • 2:12
  • 171 (7)
  • Glad Rag Doll
  • 2:21
  • 172 (7)
  • The Women (Alternate Take)
  • 4:49
  • 173 (7)
  • We Have Only Love
  • 2:57
  • 174 (7)
  • Soldiers Who Want to Be Heroes (Parody)
  • 2:15
  • 175 (7)
  • The Waltz Goes On (Demo Version)
  • 2:15
  • 176 (7)
  • To Die in Summertime (Demo Version)
  • 2:33
  • 177 (7)
  • Seasons in the Sun (Alternate Vocal)
  • 2:57
  • 178 (7)
  • So Many Others
  • 4:04
  • 179 (7)
  • Ain't You Glad You're Livin, Joe (Alternate Take)
  • 2:33
  • 180 (7)
  • Simple Gifts (Demo Version)
  • 2:00
  • 181 (7)
  • If You Go Away
  • 4:04
  • 182 (7)
  • Love and Let Love (Demo Version)
  • 1:40
  • 183 (7)
  • Don't Forget to Bring Her a Rose
  • 2:30
  • 184 (7)
  • Some of Them Fall (Alternate Vocal)
  • 2:27
  • 185 (7)
  • When the Green Berets Come Home
  • 1:50
  • 186 (7)
  • The New Words
  • 2:29
  • 187 (7)
  • Portuguese Band
  • 2:39
  • 188 (7)
  • El Monte
  • 1:57
  • 189 (7)
  • Children One and All
  • 3:01
  • 190 (7)
  • We
  • 3:09
  • 191 (7)
  • I Never Will Marry (Demo Version)
  • 1:42
  • 192 (7)
  • River, River (Demo Version)
  • 2:20
  • 193 (7)
  • Things Bright and Beautiful
  • 4:42
  • 194 (7)
  • One by One
  • 3:08
  • 195 (7)
  • All of Me Is Mine (Demo Version)
  • 1:54
  • Credits

    • Tommy Morgan
    • Harmonica, Clavietta, Penny Whistle, Arranger, Harpsichord, Leader, Maracas, Celeste
    • Thomas J. Tedesco
    • Guitar (Acoustic), Bass, Bazouki, Guitar (Steel), Guitar (Bass), Guitar, Banjo
    • Rod McKuen
    • Leader, Producer, Discography, Reissue Producer, Vocals
    • Gene Cipriano
    • Clarinet, Flute, Saxophone, Oboe, French Horn, Flute (Alto)
    • Pete Jolly
    • Piano, Piano (Electric), Keyboards, Harp, Harpsichord


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