The RCA Albums Collection (Remastered)

~ Release by John Denver (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

25-disc set packaged in individual cardstock LP-sleeve replicas and a 40-page booklet. Disc 25, "John Denver Sings", reissues a private-pressing LP Denver created for friends and family in 1966.

Track times as reported by CD player.

Annotation last modified on 2023-04-12 18:42 UTC.

Tracklist

1▶CD: Rhymes & Reasons
2▶CD: Take Me To Tomorrow
3▼CD: Whose Garden Was This
#TitleRatingLength
1Tremble If You Must
cover recording of:
Tremble If You Must
lyricist and composer:
Paul Potash (songwriter)
1:25
2Sail Away Home
recording of:
Sail Away Home
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
4:39
3The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
cover recording of:
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
lyricist and composer:
Robbie Robertson
publisher:
Canaan Music Inc, WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
3:58
4Mr. Bojangles
cover recording of:
Mr. Bojangles
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Jeff Walker
publisher:
Gotillion Music (BMI), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
4:40
5I Wish I Could Have Been There (Woodstock)
recording of:
I Wish I Could Have Been There
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
2:31
6Whose Garden Was This
cover recording of:
Whose Garden Was This
lyricist and composer:
Tom Paxton (US folk singer-songwriter)
3:49
7The Game Is Over
recording of:
The Game Is Over
writer:
Jean Bouchéty (musician, composer and bandleader), Jean-Pierre Bourtayre and John Denver
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc.
2:27
8Eleanor Rigby
cover recording of:
Eleanor Rigby
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
3:13
9Old Folks
cover recording of:
Old Folks (Les Vieux)
lyricist:
Jacques Brel
composer:
Jacques Brel, Jean Corti (Italo-French accordion player, composer) and Gérard Jouannest (French musician & songwriter)
translator:
Mort Shuman (US singer, pianist & songwriter)
translated version of:
Les Vieux
5:02
10Golden Slumbers / Sweet Sweet Life / Tremble If You Must (Version II)
medley including a cover recording of:
Golden Slumbers (The Beatles)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
is based on:
Cradle Song (“Golden Slumbers” poem)
medley including a recording of:
Sweet Sweet Life
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
medley including a cover recording of:
Tremble If You Must
lyricist and composer:
Paul Potash (songwriter)
4:32
11Jingle Bells
recording of:
Jingle Bells
lyricist and composer:
James Lord Pierpont (in 1850)
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
composed at and lyrics written at:
Simpson Tavern in Medford, Massachusetts, United States (in 1850)
1:07
4▶CD: Poems, Prayers & Promises
5▶CD: Aerie
6▶CD: Rocky Mountain High
7▶CD: Farewell Andromeda
8▶CD: John Denver's Greatest Hits
9▶CD: Back Home Again
10▶CD: An Evening With John Denver
11▶CD: An Evening With John Denver (cont'd)
12▶CD: Windsong
13▶CD: Rocky Mountain Christmas
14▶CD: Spirit
15▶CD: John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
16▶CD: I Want To Live
17▶CD: John Denver
18▶CD: Autograph
19▶CD: Some Days Are Diamonds
20▶CD: Seasons Of The Heart
21▶CD: It's About Time
22▶CD: Greatest Hits, Volume 3
23▶CD: Dreamland Express
24▶CD: One World
25▶CD: John Denver Sings