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

▶ CD 1: Rhymes & Reasons
▶ CD 2: Take Me To Tomorrow
▶ CD 3: Whose Garden Was This
▼ CD 4: Poems, Prayers & Promises
#TitleRatingLength
1Poems, Prayers And Promises
producer:
Milt Okun
lead vocals:
John Denver
recording of:
Poems, Prayers and Promises (on 1971-02-09)
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
3.54:09
2Let It Be
cover recording of:
Let It Be
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Music Ltd. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (Germany) GmbH (1998–2002), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020) and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
3:41
3My Sweet Lady
recording of:
My Sweet Lady
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc., Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing and My Pop’s Songs
44:27
4Wooden Indian
recording of:
Wooden Indian
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
1:42
5Junk
cover recording of:
Junk
written in:
India (in 1968)
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles) (in 1968)
publisher:
Northern Songs and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
1:46
6Gospel Changes
3:30
7Take Me Home, Country Roads
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
assistant producer:
Jean Kaplow
producer:
Milt Okun
acoustic guitar [6-string guitar] and lead vocals:
John Denver
banjo and pedal steel guitar:
Eric Weissberg
double bass:
Dick Kniss
guitar:
Bill Danoff and Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band)
membranophone:
Gary Chester (studio drummer and educator)
piano:
Frank Owens (American pianist)
background vocals:
Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert and Starland Vocal Band
vocals:
John Denver
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 94) and Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 358)
recording of:
Take Me Home, Country Roads (on 1971-02-04)
writer:
Bill Danoff, John Denver and Taffy Nivert
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing, My Pop’s Songs, Reservoir Media Music and Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc. (in 1971)
sub-publisher:
ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
4.353:14
8I Giess He'd Rather Be In Colorado
recording of:
I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado
writer:
Bill Danoff and Taffy Nivert
12:10
9Sunshine On My Shoulders
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
assistant producer:
Jean Kaplow
producer:
Milt Okun
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar [6-string guitar] and lead vocals:
John Denver
double bass:
Dick Kniss
guitar:
Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band)
conductor:
Milt Okun
orchestrator:
Lennie Niehaus (American saxophonist and score composer)
recording of:
Sunshine on My Shoulders (in 1971)
lyricist:
John Denver
composer:
John Denver, Dick Kniss and Michael Taylor (Guitarist & former member of the John Denver Band)
publisher:
BMG Ruby Songs, Dino Park Publishing, JD Legacy Publishing, My Pop’s Songs, Reservoir Media Music, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and フジパシフィックミュージック BMG事業部 (Fujipacific Music Inc., BMG Division)
35:16
10Around & Around
producer:
Milt Okun
recording of:
Around and Around
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
publisher:
Cherry Lane Music Publishing Company Inc.
2:22
11Fire And Rain
cover recording of:
Fire and Rain
lyricist and composer:
James Taylor (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
publisher:
Country Road Music, Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (Fujipacific Music SBK Department)
3:48
12The Box
2:48
▶ CD 5: Aerie
▶ CD 6: Rocky Mountain High
▶ CD 7: Farewell Andromeda
▶ CD 8: John Denver's Greatest Hits
▶ CD 9: Back Home Again
▶ CD 10: An Evening With John Denver
▶ CD 11: An Evening With John Denver (cont'd)
▶ CD 12: Windsong
▶ CD 13: Rocky Mountain Christmas
▶ CD 14: Spirit
▶ CD 15: John Denver's Greatest Hits, Volume 2
▶ CD 16: I Want To Live
▶ CD 17: John Denver
▶ CD 18: Autograph
▶ CD 19: Some Days Are Diamonds
▶ CD 20: Seasons Of The Heart
▶ CD 21: It's About Time
▶ CD 22: Greatest Hits, Volume 3
▶ CD 23: Dreamland Express
▶ CD 24: One World
▶ CD 25: John Denver Sings