Malvina Reynolds: Discography / Recordings

Malvina Reynolds: Song Lyrics and Poems

Recordings

Though Malvina is still better known as a songwriter than as a performer, to 2006 eleven full-length recordings of her performances had been released. In 2007 and 2008, two further retrospective collections were released.

Full-Length LPs, Cassettes, and CDs

1. Another County Heard From. New York: Folkway Records FN-2524, 1960, 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc. // reissue: New York: Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings F-2524, 2000, as compact disc. Note that some sources incorrectly spell this title Another Country...
--- The Pied Piper
--- We Hate to See Them Go
--- Let It Be
--- The Faucets Are Dripping
--- Don't Talk to Me of Love
--- Money Blues
--- The Day the Freeway Froze
--- The Delinquent
--- Mommy's Girl
--- [There'll Come a Time]: This is listed on the album jacket, but is not on the disc!
--- Somewhere Between
--- I Live in a City
--- The Little Land
--- Oh Doctor!
--- Sing Along
--- The Miracle

2. Malvina Reynolds Sings the Truth. New York: Columbia CS-9414, 1967, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // Columbia CL-2614, 1967, monaural 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc.
--- The New Restaurant
--- What's Goin' On Down There
--- Little Boxes
--- Battle of Maxton Field
--- God Bless the Grass
--- I Don't Mind Failing
--- What Have They Done to the Rain?
--- The Devil's Baptizin
--- Singing Jesus
--- The Bloody Neat
--- Quiet
--- Love Is Something (Magic Penny)
--- Bitter Rain

3. Artichokes, Griddle Cakes, and Other Good Things. Vida, OR: Pacific Cascade Records LPL-7018, 1970, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // Pacific Cascade Records LPC-7018, 1970, 1 7/8 ips. cassette tape.
--- Artichokes
--- The Pets II
--- Johnny Built a House
--- Wheels
--- Everybody Says
--- One Shoe
--- The Stars Are Hiding
--- I Live in a City
--- You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out
--- Morningtown Ride
--- Griddle Cakes
--- It Turned Out to Be a Song
--- I Went A-Gathering
--- Don't Bother Me
--- Little Boat
--- Eight Candles
--- In Bethlehem

4. Malvina Reynolds. Los Angeles: Century City Records CCRS-5100, 1971, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // Century City Records CCR-5100, 1971, monaural 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // reissue: Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CFS-5100, 1977, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // Helsinki, Finland: as West Coast Woman, Love Records LRLP 215, 1977, 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc.
--- The World's Gone Beautiful
--- Daddy's in the Jail
--- It Isn't Nice
--- Boraxo
--- We Hate to See Them Go
--- There'll Come a Time
--- From Way Up Here
--- The Desert
--- D.D.T.
--- Let It Be
--- Morningtown Ride
--- No Hole in My Head

5. The Ultimate Pollution. New York: Jeffrey Norton Publishers, 1971, 1 7/8 ips. cassette tape.
--- You'll Be a Man
--- The Devil's Baptizin
--- Skagit Valley
--- There's a Bottom Below
--- Turn Around
--- You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out
--- Little Boxes
--- The Bloody Neat
--- The Little Red Hen

6. Malvina. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CFS-2807, 1972, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc. Note that some sources incorrectly report the song order on this album.
--- Little Boxes
--- You'll Be a Man
--- The Albatross
--- No Room
--- Turn Around
--- The Little Red Hen
--- There's a Bottom Below
--- Green Shadows
--- The Day the Freeway Froze
--- The Money Crop
--- Somewhere Between
--- This World

7. Funny Bugs, Giggleworms and Other Good Friends (with Nancy Raven). Vida, OR: Pacific Cascade Records LPS-7025, 1973, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // Pacific Cascade Records LPC-7025, 1973, 1 7/8 ips. cassette tape.
--- Magical Food
--- Funny Bug Basin
--- Rabbits Dance
--- You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out
--- Place to Be
--- Hello Ladybug
--- Says the Bee
--- Little Birds
--- What Time Is It?
--- The Pets
--- Black Horse

8. Held Over. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CFS-3688, 1975, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc.
--- If You Love Me
--- The Whale
--- Rosie Jane
--- What Have They Done to the Rain
--- On the Rim of the World
--- World in Their Pocket
--- Look on the Sunny Side
--- God Bless the Grass
--- We Don't Need the Men
--- I Wish You Were Here
--- Ballad of Robban's First Ride
--- Magic Penny

9. Magical Songs. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CR-040, 1978, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // Cassandra Records SCR-040, 1978, 1 7/8 ips. cassette tape.
--- Sweet Stuff
--- Wheels
--- The Lambeth Children O
--- My Street
--- Kennebunkport
--- Quiet
--- Never Touch a Singing Bird
--- Don't Push Me
--- Let Us Come In
--- It's Up to You
--- Morningtown Ride
--- Magical Song
--- The Whale
--- I've Got a Song

10. Mama Lion. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CR-050, 1980, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc // Stockholm, Sweden: Amigo AMLP-835, 1980, stereo 12-inch 33 1/3 rpm disc.
--- Skagit Valley Forever
--- Bury Me in My Overalls
--- The Judge Said
--- If You Were Little
--- The Devil's Baptizin
--- The Little Mouse
--- Power Plant Reggae
--- Mario's Duck
--- Back Alley Surgery
--- Dialectic
--- Carolina Cotton Mill Song
--- The Last Time

11. Ear to the Ground. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings SFW CD-40124, 2000, compact disc reissue of tracks from earlier recordings (CFS-5100, CFS 3688, CFS 2807, and CR-050). This compilation may be obtained by writing to Schroder Music Company, 704 Gilman Street, Berkeley CA 94710 (order form at http://www.sisterschoice.com/form.html).
--- It Isn't Nice
--- On the Rim of the World
--- What Have They Done to the Rain?
--- Look on the Sunny Side
--- The World's Gone Beautiful
--- Little Boxes (spoken intro)
--- Little Boxes
--- Little Red Hen
--- Dialectic
--- Bury Me in My Overalls
--- There's a Bottom Below
--- The Little Mouse
--- Rosie Jane
--- The Money Crop
--- Magic Penny
--- The Albatross
--- Skagit Valley Forever
--- The Judge Said (spoken intro)
--- The Judge Said
--- Mario's Duck
--- Carolina Cotton Mill Song
--- Boraxo
--- This World

12. Malvina Reynolds. Melbourne, Australia: Omni Recording Corporation, Omni 112, 2007, compact disc reissue of Malvina Reynolds, plus twelve additional tracks. Distributed in the U.S. by City Hall Records.
--- The World's Gone Beautiful
--- Daddy's in the Jail
--- It Isn't Nice
--- Boraxo
--- We Hate to See Them Go
--- There'll Come a Time
--- From Way Up Here
--- The Desert
--- D.D.T.
--- Let It Be
--- Morningtown Ride
--- No Hole in My Head
--- Alcatraz (Pelican Island) (originally issued on 45 rpm Century City Records CCR-510)
--- Like the Miller Grinds the Wheat (originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-50)
--- Rand Hymn (previously unreleased)
--- The Plutonium Song (previously unreleased)
--- Tungsten (originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-51)
--- The Cement Octopus (originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-52)
--- The Albatross (originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-51)
--- Buying the Package (previously unreleased)
--- Overtime (previously unreleased)
--- Nancy Newman of Liberty Hall (previously unreleased)
--- There'll Come a Time (alternate version, previously unreleased)
--- It Isn't Nice (alternate version, originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-50)

13. Malvina Reynolds...Sings the Truth. Melbourne, Australia: Omni Recording Corporation, Omni 114, 2008, compact disc reissue of Malvina Reynolds Sings the Truth, plus sixteen additional tracks. Distributed in the U.S. by City Hall Records.
--- The New Restaurant
--- What's Goin' On Down There
--- Little Boxes
--- Battle of Maxton Field
--- God Bless the Grass
--- I Don't Mind Failing
--- What Have They Done to the Rain?
--- The Devil's Baptizin
--- Singing Jesus
--- The Bloody Neat
--- Quiet
--- Love Is Something (Magic Penny)
--- Bitter Rain
--- Casitas (Little Boxes), performed by Victor Jara (originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-53)
--- Malvina's Introduction (live recording)
--- Malvina reads Victor's version (originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-53)
--- Little Boxes (originally issued on 45 rpm Cassandra CS-52)
--- Uneasy Dreams (previously unreleased)
--- Patchwork of Dreams (previously unreleased)
--- Malvina's Blues (1965 live recording by KPFA)
--- Sick World (1965 live recording by KPFA)
--- I Lived Through This Day (1965 live recording by KPFA)
--- If You Love Me (1967 live recording by KQED)
--- If Peace Time Came (live recording)
--- Mailman Blues (November 1972 live recording)
--- The Money Crop (November 1972 live recording)
--- Let Them Eat Cake (November 1972 live recording)
--- World in Their Pocket (1967 live recording by KQED)
--- The Little Mouse (1977 Bread and Roses Festival live recording)

45 rpm Singles

1. Malvina Reynolds Sings 'Like the Miller Grinds the Wheat' and 'It Isn't Nice'. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CS-50, 1969; 7-inch 45 rpm disc.

2. Malvina Reynolds Sings 'The Albatross' and 'Tungsten'. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CS-51, 1969; 7-inch 45 rpm disc.

3. 'Alcatraz' / 'Let It Be'. Century City Records CCR-510, 1969; 7-inch 45 rpm disc. Possibly a promotional item?

4. Malvina Reynolds Sings 'Little Boxes' and 'Cement Octopus'. Berkelely, CA: Cassandra Records CS-52, 1971; 7-inch 45 rpm disc.

5. 'Casitas' / 'Little Boxes'. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CS-53, 1973; 7-inch 45 rpm disc. 'Casitas' was Víctor Jara's rewrite of 'Little Boxes,' sung in Spanish by Jara; Malvina sang a translation of the Jara rewrite on the flip side.

6. 'The Judge Said' / 'Young Moon'. Berkeley, CA: Cassandra Records CS-54, 1977; 7-inch _____ disc. Produced by Steve Goodman and recorded in Chicago to help recall Wisconsin judge Archie Simonson (see notes on the lyrics to 'The Judge Said').

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