1968 - Memories









1968

Vanguard : VSD-79263
Released : April, 1968
Cover photo by Jim Marshall; design by Jules Halfant
Back cover photo by Dave Gahr (taken 7/23/65 - Newport Folk Festival)
Liner notes by Maynard Solomon.
Original label : Gold
Contains outtakes and previously unreleased songs recorded between September, 1964 and March, 1966.

Side 1

1. The quiet joys of brotherhood
A 1964 song of Dick's, arranged by Peter Schickele recorded in Nashville in 1967.

2. Joy 'round my brain (alternate version)
A longer (and stereo) version of their December, 1966 single, written in the fall of 1964

3. Lemonade Lady 
Another early one, from early 1964, and probably an outtake from their first album

4. Downtown
Outtake from Celebrations for a grey day, written in the summer of 1964

5. Almond Joy
Another summer of 1964 song, although Dylanologist Ian Woodward says proof exists to date it back to the January, 1963 UK sessions that produced the Dick Farina & Eric von Schmidt LP

6. Blood Red Roses 
A traditional song with slightly rearranged or adjusted lyrics, copyrighted to Dick by Mimi in January, 1969. An outtake of uncertain origin.

7. Morgan the Pirate
I could swear I saw this on a single in 1968, but thus far, research has only proven this to be a false memory. Recorded in 1967 in Nashville for a solo LP for Mimi, it took a slight turn and ended up as Mimi, Joan, outtakes & live from Newport recordings and copyrighted by Mimi in January, 1969.



Side 2

1. Dopico; Celebration for a grey day (live)

2. House unamerican blues activity dream (live) 
Along with the above Dopico; Celebration, these three songs make up the only released segment of their 7/26/65 Newport performance. Discredited on the 2001 Complete Vanguard sessions , that afternoon's performance is most likely as clear as this excerpt.

3. A swallow song (sung by Joan Baez)
Outtake from her "rock and roll" album, also released as a single, VRS-35040 (June, '66).

4. All the world has gone by (sung by Joan Baez)
ditto for this one, but not released as a single; co-authored by Dick, Joan, and Kim Chappell

5. Pack up your sorrows (alternate version)
not the 1st album version, not the single version, but a whole other stereo edit/mix/vocal/dulcimer break


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"Originally cataloged as Richard Fariña, and cataloged VSD-79281 as a Mimi solo LP of Dick's songs, Memories may not have sold as well as the previous two albums, as witnessed by the fact that I have never seen a stamper higher than a 1B, meaning they covered their sales and only wore out one stamper doing it. Vanguard used their gold label until 1973, when they switched to a marbled one. I have never seen a copy of this album with a marbled label. Sales must have been relatively small indeed."


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