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Paul McCartney produced this debut album of twee but pretty, romantic pop-folk. Besides "Those Were the Days" (which actually originally appeared only on the US version, though it's on the CD reissue now available throughout the world), the highlights are Donovan's "Lord of the Reedy River" and "The Honeymoon Song," which McCartney himself had sung with the Beatles way back in 1963 on the BBC. If there's a fault to be found, it's that there's too high a percentage of pre-rock/pop standards à la "There's No Business Like Show Business." As it turns out this was more due to the leanings of McCartney than Hopkin, who preferred the more simply arranged folk numbers such as the Donovan covers and the Welsh "Y Blodyn Gwyn." Also on board is a rather nice composition, "The Game," by Beatles producer George Martin, who contributed some piano and orchestra conducting to the album. The CD reissue includes George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me" (which was on the original U.K. version of the LP, but was taken off the American counterpart), as well as the "Those Were the Days" B-side "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and versions of "Those Were the Days" that Hopkin sang in Italian and Spanish.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mary Hopkin, Guitar, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Raskin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Donovan, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Donovan Leitch, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Ray Noble, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - E J Hughes, Composer - R H Jones, Composer
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mikis Theodorakis, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - William Sansom, Composer
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - HARRY NILSSON, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - FRANK LOESSER, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Donovan Leitch, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Bernice Petkere, ComposerLyricist - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Joseph Young, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Ric Cartey, Composer - Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Carole Joyner, Composer
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - George Gershwin, Composer - Ira Gershwin, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - George Martin, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Irving Berlin, Composer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Peter Seeger, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Bernard Gallagher, Composer - Graham Lyle, Composer
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Geoff Emerick, Producer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Bernard Gallagher, Composer - Graham Lyle, Composer
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
DISC 2
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Traditional, Composer - Raskin, Author - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Daiano, Translator
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Eugene Raskin, Composer - Arturo Kaps Schoenfeld, Adapter - Jose Carreras Moysi, Adapter
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Heinz Korn, Composer - Paul Mccartney, Producer - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Gene Raskin, Composer
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Paul Mccartney, Producer - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Eddy Marnay, Adapter - Mary Hopkin, MainArtist - Eugene Raskin, Translator
℗ 2010 Apple Corps Ltd
Album review
Paul McCartney produced this debut album of twee but pretty, romantic pop-folk. Besides "Those Were the Days" (which actually originally appeared only on the US version, though it's on the CD reissue now available throughout the world), the highlights are Donovan's "Lord of the Reedy River" and "The Honeymoon Song," which McCartney himself had sung with the Beatles way back in 1963 on the BBC. If there's a fault to be found, it's that there's too high a percentage of pre-rock/pop standards à la "There's No Business Like Show Business." As it turns out this was more due to the leanings of McCartney than Hopkin, who preferred the more simply arranged folk numbers such as the Donovan covers and the Welsh "Y Blodyn Gwyn." Also on board is a rather nice composition, "The Game," by Beatles producer George Martin, who contributed some piano and orchestra conducting to the album. The CD reissue includes George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me" (which was on the original U.K. version of the LP, but was taken off the American counterpart), as well as the "Those Were the Days" B-side "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and versions of "Those Were the Days" that Hopkin sang in Italian and Spanish.
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:20:13
- Main artists: Mary Hopkin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Catalogue
- Genre: World
© 2015 Apple Corps Ltd This Compilation ℗ 2015 Apple Corps Ltd
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