The Essential

Tracklist

• 1
  The Last Thing on My Mind
  3:05
• 2
  I Give You the Morning
  2:49
• 3
  Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
  2:59
• 4
  I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound
  3:41
• 5
  Ramblin' Boy
  3:58
• 6
  My Lady's a Wild, Flying Dove
  3:11
• 7
  Leaving London
  3:15
• 8
  What Did You Learn in School Today?
  1:44
• 9
  Bottle of Wine
  2:22
• 10
  Outward Bound
  2:33
• 11
  Goin' to the Zoo
  2:29
• 12
  All Night Long
  2:32
• 13
  Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues
  3:24
• 14
  Peace Will Come
  2:39
• 15
  Annie's Going to Sing Her Song
  3:00
• 16
  One Time and One Time Only
  2:49
• 17
  Ev'ry Time (When We Are Gone)
  3:10
• 18
  Deep Fork River Blues (UK EP version)
  2:44
• 19
  Now That I've Taken My Life
  3:20
• 20
  Dance in the Shadows
  3:37
• 21
  Forrest Lawn
  2:58
• 22
  The Marvelous Toy
  2:29
• 23
  The Willing Conscript
  2:33
• 24
  My Son, John
  2:47
• 25
  Beau John (UK EP version)
  3:43
• 26
  Victoria Dines Alone
  2:58
• 27
  Morning Again (Alt. version)
  3:41
• 28
  Prayin' for Snow
  5:03
• 29
  My Dog's Better Than Your Dog (UK EP version)
  1:22
• 30
  Whose Garden Was This
  2:32
• 31
  Daily News
  2:17
• 32
  When Annie Took Me Home (Live at the Marquee club, London)
  4:12
• 33
  Bishop Cody's Last Request
  3:35
• 34
  Cindy's Cryin'
  5:03
• 35
  Jennifer's Rabbit / I Give You the Morning
  5:20
• 36
  The Marvelous Toy (alternate UK single version)
  2:10

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Release credits

• Albert Bouchard
  membranophone [12]
• Barry Kornfeld
  banjo [1, 3-6, 8-9, 11, 17, 23, 31], guitar [1, 3-11, 16-17, 23-24, 31], harmonica [1, 4-6, 8, 11, 31]
• Ben Taylor
  additional [13, 19, 22, 35]
• Bill Lee
  bass [7, 10, 16, 24]
• Dave Sanders
  engineer [12]
• David Bromberg
  acoustic guitar [12], electric guitar [12], guitar [21]
• David Green
  engineer [21]
• David Grisman
  mandocello [26]
• David Horowitz
  keyboard [21], piano [12-13, 19, 22, 35]
• Dennis Murphy
  engineer [21]
• Felix Pappalardi
  bass [3-4, 9, 17, 23], guitarrón mexicano [1, 4-6, 8, 11, 31]
• Fred Ehrhardt
  engineer [13, 19, 22, 35]
• Hank Freeman
  flute [26]
• Herb Bushler
  bass [12-13, 19, 21-22, 35], electric bass guitar [12]
• Herbert Brown
  bass [26]
• Hubert Laws
  flute [12]
• Jack Bonus
  flute [12], tenor saxophone [12]
• Jim Tyler
  banjo [26]
• Jimmy Madison
  membranophone [12]
• Johnny Coles
  flugelhorn [12]
• Joshua Rifkin
  arranger [12]
• Keith Holzman
  producer [13, 19, 22, 35]
• Marc Horowitz
  guitar [13, 19, 22, 35]
• Maury Baker
  membranophone [26]
• Max Pollikoff
  violin [12]
• Milt Okun
  arranger [21], producer [13, 19, 21-22, 35]
• Paul A. Rothchild
  producer [1, 3-11, 16-17, 23-24, 31]
• Paul Dillon
  membranophone [26]
• Paul Harris
  keyboard [26]
• Paul Prestopino
  guitar [21]
• Peter K. Siegel
  producer [12, 26]
• Phil Ramone
  engineer [21]
• Richard Davis
  bass [12]
• Richard Grando
  soprano recorder [12], soprano saxophone [12]
• Robert Sylvester
  arranger [26], cello [12, 26]
• Seymour Barab
  cello [26]
• Shelly Yakus
  engineer [12]
• Ted Sommer
  membranophone [21]
• Tom Paxton
  guitar [1, 3-13, 16-17, 19, 21-24, 26, 31, 35], vocal [1, 3-13, 16-17, 19, 21-24, 26, 31, 35]
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  The Essential

  Digital Media
  31 May 2019