Tapestry (Don McLean album)

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Tapestry
Don McLean - Tapestry Coverart.png
Original cover designed by Norber Jobst.
Studio album by Don McLean
Released October 1970 (1970-10)
Recorded 1970 (1970)
Sierra Sound Laboratories, Berkeley, CA
Genre Folk
Length 40:38
Label Mediarts
Producer Jerry Corbitt
Don McLean chronology
Tapestry
(1970)
American Pie
(1971) American Pie1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]

Tapestry is Don McLean's 1970 debut album. The album was originally released by Mediarts Records but was re-launched in 1971 by United Artists after United Artists' purchase of Mediarts.[2] The album was also reissued in 1981 on Liberty Records with the song "Three Flights Up" deleted.

The album was produced by Jerry Corbitt of The Youngbloods.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Don McLean

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "Castles in the Air"   2:50
2. "General Store"   2:53
3. "Magdalene Lane"   4:28
4. "Tapestry"   3:44
5. "Respectable"   2:29
6. "Orphans of Wealth"   4:37
Total length:
20:44
Side two
No. Title Length
7. "Three Flights Up"   5:48
8. "And I Love You So"   4:16
9. "Bad Girl"   3:39
10. "Circus Song"   5:00
11. "No Reason for Your Dreams"   2:09
Total length:
19:54

Personnel

  • Don McLean – Vocals, Guitar, Banjo
  • Rick Turner – Guitar, Bass Guitar
  • Peter Childs – Dobro, Bass Guitar
  • Jerry Corbitt – Bass Guitar
  • Gregory Dewey, Jeff Meyer – Drums
  • Scott Lawrence, Edward Bogas – Piano

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1970 Mediarts Records stereo LP 41-4

References / External links

  1. Allmusic review
  2. don-mclean.com Accessed 2008 July 28

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