Rocky Mountain High
His first top ten album, built around the song that became a Colorado state song.
John Denver, 1972
- Released
- 15 September 1972
- Studio
- RCA Studios, New York City
- Label
- RCA Victor
- Producer
- Milt Okun
Released by RCA Victor on 15 September 1972 under catalogue number LSP-4731, it was produced by Milt Okun in New York. It reached number four in the US, eleven in the UK and number one in Canada. The cover photograph was taken at Slaughterhouse Falls on the Rio Grande Trail near Aspen.
The title song, Rocky Mountain High, opens the record, which also holds John Prine's Paradise, For Baby (For Bobbie), Darcy Farrow, Prisoners and Goodbye Again, then closes with the Season Suite. Dick Kniss, Mike Taylor, Gary Chester and Frank Owens play on it, and Denver, Kniss and Taylor are credited as writers. J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten recorded Prisoners for the 2013 tribute The Music Is You.
Track listing
- Rocky Mountain High4:41
- Mother Nature's Son2:26
- Paradise2:20
- For Baby (For Bobbie)2:58
- Darcy Farrow4:22
- Prisoners3:38
- Goodbye Again3:36
- Season Suite
Personnel
- John Denver vocals, guitar
- Dick Kniss bass
- Mike Taylor guitar
- Gary Chester percussion
- Frank Owens piano
- Milt Okun producer
More from John Denver
Rhymes & Reasons (1969), Take Me to Tomorrow (1970), Poems, Prayers & Promises (1971), John Denver's Greatest Hits (1973), Back Home Again (1974), An Evening with John Denver (1975)
Sources
- Rocky Mountain High (John Denver album), Wikipedia
- Listen: J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten Team Up to Cover John Denver's "Prisoners", Pitchfork (2013-03-06)