hypersongs

Earth Song/Ocean Song

Her second album: ten songs, mostly by folk writers, in sparse acoustic settings.
Mary Hopkin, 1971

The ten tracks are "International" (Gallagher and Lyle), "There's Got to Be More" (Harvey Andrews), "Silver Birch and Weeping Willow" and "Streets of London" (both by Ralph McTell), "How Come the Sun" (Tom Paxton and David Horowitz), "Earth Song" and "Ocean Song" (Liz Thorsen), "Martha" (Andrews), "The Wind" (Cat Stevens) and "Water, Paper & Clay" (Reina and Mike Sutcliffe). Hopkin sang lead and backing vocals and played guitar on one track and harmonium on another. Engineers were Bill Price and Alan Harris. The single was "Water, Paper & Clay" on November 26, 1971.

A 2010 remaster (October 25) adds "Kew Gardens", "When I Am Old One Day" and "Let My Name Be Sorrow", the last of which was a single in June 1971. The Second Disc's Joe Marchese wrote that she looked inward, turning to her roots for a warm collection of diverse folk songs.

Track listing

  1. International3:35
  2. There's Got to Be More3:55
  3. Silver Birch and Weeping Willow2:48
  4. How Come the Sun5:44
  5. Earth Song3:54
  6. Martha4:52
  7. Streets of London4:21
  8. The Wind2:04
  9. Water, Paper & Clay4:10
  10. Ocean Song4:05

More from Mary Hopkin

Post Card (1969), The Welsh World Of Mary Hopkin (1979), Spirit (1989), Recollections (2008)

Sources

  1. Earth Song/Ocean Song, Wikipedia
  2. Review: the Apple Records remasters, part 2, The Second Disc (2010-11-16)