The_Sandpipers_(album)

<i>The Sandpipers</i> (album)

The Sandpipers (album)

1967 studio album by The Sandpipers

The Sandpipers was an LP album featuring the group of the same name, released by A&M Records in May 1967. The album reached #53 on the Billboard charts.

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The catalog numbers were LP 125 in monaural and SP 4125 in stereo in the U.S. and AML 901 in the U.K. Other international releases included Argentina (Fermata LF-130, titled Los Sandpipers Volumen 2), Australia (A&M SAML-932), Canada (A&M LP 125), Germany (A&M 212 005), Italy (A&M AP 4125), South Africa (A&M LAM 2014, titled The French Song), Spain (A&M HD (S) 371-08), Taiwan (First FL-S-1555, red vinyl, and Bell SWL-1068, orange vinyl), and Venezuela (Fermata LP-7212).[2] The album was also released under license in Australia by World Record Club with a different cover titled Softly As I Leave You (R-03855).

The May 6, 1967 issue of Record World reviewed the album: Enticing, sultry group crooning of the Sandpipers is building a reputation. This package will enhance it. They select old and new, familiar and unfamiliar tunes like "Inchworm," "Yesterday" and their new single, "Glass."[3]

Track listing

Side One

  1. "The French Song" (Harry Pease/Larry Vincent) 3:10
  2. "Bon Soir Dame" (Bud Dashiell) 2:45
  3. "For Baby" (John Denver) 2:46
  4. "Inch Worm" (Frank Loesser) 3:15
  5. "It's Over" (Jimmie Rodgers) 2:50
  6. "Glass" (Marks/Sheldon) 3:08

Side Two

  1. "Rain, Rain Go Away" (Kuiokalani Lee) 2:15
  2. "Yesterday" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 2:21
  3. "Michelle" (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) 3:00
  4. "Try To Remember" (Tom Jones/Harvey Schmidt) 2:55
  5. "I'll Remember You" (Kuiokalani Lee) 2:34
  6. "Softly As I Leave You" (Antonio De Vita/Giorgio Calabrese/Hal Shaper) 3:00

Production

Reissue

The album was combined with Guantanamera in a 2000 CD release by Collectors' Choice Music.

References

  1. [1]
    Allmusic review
  2. [2]
    The Sandpipers - The Sandpipers. Los Angeles: A&M Records. 1966. - images Discogs
  3. [3]
    Record World May 6, 1967


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