Rhymes & Reasons

~ Release by John Denver (see all versions of this release, 5 available)

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1The Love of the Common People4:08
2Catch Another Butterfly
recording of:
Catch Another Butterfly
lyricist and composer:
Mike Williams (country music singer, songwriter and record producer)
2:32
3Daydreams
recording of:
Daydream
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
2:56
4The Ballad of Spiro Agnew
recording of:
Ballad of Spiro Agnew
lyricist and composer:
Tom Paxton (singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Deep Fork Music, Inc.
0:17
5Circus
recording of:
Circus
writer:
John Denver and Michael Johnson (singer, songwriter & guitarist)
2:40
6When I'm Sixty-four
cover recording of:
When I’m Sixty‐Four
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs Ltd. (, in 1967), Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
written at:
Paul McCartney’s Home in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom (in 1956)
2:04
7The Ballad of Richard Nixon
0:06
8Rhymes and Reasons
recording engineer:
Ray Hall (engineer)
assistant producer:
Kris O'Connor
producer:
Milt Okun
12 string guitar, acoustic guitar [6-string guitar] and lead vocals:
John Denver
double bass:
Dick Kniss
membranophone:
Herb Lovelle
pedal steel guitar:
Steve Weisberg
arranger:
John Denver and Milt Okun
recording of:
Rhymes & Reasons
lyricist and composer:
John Denver
3:16
9Yellow Cat
recording of:
Yellow Cat
lyricist and composer:
Steven Fromholz
2:54
10Leaving on a Jet Plane4.353:38
11(You Dun Stomped) My Heart
recording of:
(You Dun Stomped) My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Mason Williams (US classical guitarist, composer, writer, comedian & poet)
2:43
12My Old Man
cover recording of:
My Old Man
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Jeff Walker
4:37
13I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
cover recording of:
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
writer:
Billy Taylor (jazz/bop pianist) and Richard Lamb
publisher:
Duane Music Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
3:51
14Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life (Sugacity)
cover recording of:
Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life
writer:
Pat Garvey and Victoria Garvey (singer, songwriter, keyboardist)
2:13
15Rusty Green
2:07
16Take Me To Tomorrow (early version)
2:46