All the Leaves are Brown: The Golden Era Collection is a 2001 release compiling the first four albums by The Mamas & the Papas in their entirety, with some single-exclusive mono versions and one non-album track. The package includes a brief history of the group and its albums by Matthew Greenwald, author of Creeque Alley: The Oral History of The Mamas & The Papas.
All the Leaves are Brown: The Golden Era Collection | |
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Released | August 28, 2001 |
Recorded | 1965–68 |
Genre | Pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic pop, sunshine pop |
Length | 154:13 |
Label | MCA |
Producer | Lou Adler (original) Andy McKaie (reissue) |
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Allmusic | [1] |
Track listing
editAll songs by John Phillips unless otherwise noted.
Disc One
edit- If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (Feb 1966)
- "Monday, Monday"
- "Straight Shooter"
- "Got a Feelin'" (John Phillips, Denny Doherty)
- "I Call Your Name" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
- "Do You Wanna Dance?" (Bobby Freeman)
- "Go Where You Wanna Go"
- "California Dreamin'" (J. Phillips, Michelle Phillips)
- "Spanish Harlem" (Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector)
- "Somebody Groovy"
- "Hey Girl" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
- "You Baby" (Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan)
- "The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page)
- The Mamas & the Papas (Sept 1966)
- "No Salt on Her Tail"
- "Trip Stumble and Fall"
- "Dancing Bear"
- "Words of Love"
- "My Heart Stood Still" (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
- "Dancing in the Street" (Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter)
- "I Saw Her Again" (J. Phillips, Doherty)
- "Strange Young Girls"
- "I Can't Wait"
- "Even if I Could"
- "That Kind of Girl"
- "Once Was a Time I Thought"
- The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (March 1967)
- "Dedicated to the One I Love" (Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling)
- "My Girl" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White)
- "Creeque Alley" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
Disc Two
edit- The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (continued)
- "Sing for Your Supper" (Rodgers, Hart)
- "Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell)
- "Free Advice" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
- "Look Through My Window"
- "Boys & Girls Together"
- "String Man" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
- "Frustration"
- "Did You Ever Want to Cry"
- "John's Music Box"
- Non-LP single
- "Glad to Be Unhappy" (Rodgers, Hart)
- Released Oct 1967
- The Papas & The Mamas (May 1968)
- "The Right Somebody to Love" (Jack Yellen, Lew Pollack)
- "Safe in My Garden"
- "Meditation Mama (Transcendental Woman Travels)" (J. Phillips, Lou Adler)
- "For the Love of Ivy" (J. Phillips, Doherty)
- "Dream a Little Dream of Me" (Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn)
- "Mansions"
- "Gemini Childe"
- "Nothing's Too Good For My Little Girl" (Ned Wynn)
- "Too Late"
- "Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)"
- "Rooms"
- "Midnight Voyage"
- Single versions (mono)
- "I Saw Her Again" (J. Phillips, Doherty)
- Released June, 1966
- "Words of Love"
- Released Nov 1966
- "Creeque Alley" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
- Released Apr 1967
- Note: Although labeled as the mono single version, this is actually the mono LP version.