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STONEGROUND WORDS

 

 

SIDE 1

1. TOGETHER ALONE (4:53)

2. BETWEEN THE ROADS SIGNS (2:37)

3. SUMMER WEAVING (3:43)

4. MY RAINBOW RACE (4:11)

5. DO YOU BELIEVE? (5:26)

 

SIDE 2

6. I AM NOT A POET (NIGHT SONG) (5:22)

7. STONEGROUND WORDS (4:17)

8. SONG OF THE SOUTH, BASED ON A THEME FROM THE SONG OF THE NORTH, ADAPTED FROM THE ORIGINAL (4:44)

9. MAYBE I WAS(A GOLF BALL) 2:09)

10. HERE I AM (4:23)

 

 

LP issued by NEIGHBORHOOD RECORDS 1972, US NRS 47005, UK NHSP 301

 

Produced and Directed by Peter Schekeryk
Arranged by Roger Kellaway
Recorded at 914 Studios – Engineer: Brooks Arthur, assisted by Lewis Lahav & Larry Alexander

 

Melanie: Guitar, Ron Frangipani: Organ and Harmonium, Johnny Pacheco: Congas,

Hugh McCracken; Guitar, Billy Keith: Steel Guitar, Sal DiTroia; Acoustic Guitar

Don Payne: Fender Bass, Chuck Domanico, Upright, Roger Kellerway: Piano

Donald McDonald: Drums, Mel Lewis: Drums on Here I Am, Richard Davis: Upright Bass

Al Cohn: Tenor Saxaphone

 

All sections written by Melanie Safka except
My Rainbow Race written by Pete Seeger

 

 

A strikingly different image from the inner cover of the gatefold sleeve

 

 

 

 

 

STONEGROUND WORDS came with a portfolio cover containing five colour prints

 

COMMENTS

 

On both sides of the Atlantic Stonground Words came elaborately packaged in a sleeve designed as a portfolio and containing five 12" x 12" colour prints.

 

In the UK this was Melanie's first album on her own Neighborhood Records. Two singles were released, Together Alone b/w Summer Weaving (NBH 1) and Do You Believe? b/w Stoneground Words (NBH 5)

 

Together Alone has been included on three CD compilations; Rhino's “Best Of, Buddha's “Beautiful People” and “All The Hits...And More.”

 

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