Peter, Paul and Mary (album)

Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter, Paul and Mary

Studio album by Peter, Paul and Mary

Released

May 1962

Genre

Folk

Length

33:14

Peter, Paul and Mary chronology

Peter, Paul and Mary
(1962)

Moving
(1963)

Singles from Peter, Paul and Mary

"Lemon Tree"
Released: April 1962^[1]
"If I Had a Hammer"
Released: July 1962^[2]
"500 Miles"
Released: December 1962^[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]

Peter, Paul and Mary is the first album by Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1962 on Warner Bros. Records. Released in both mono and stereo on catalog no. 1449, It is one of the rare folk albums to reach US#1 - staying for over a month. The lead-off singles "If I Had a Hammer" and "Lemon Tree" reached numbers 10 and 35 respectively on the Billboard Pop Singles chart. It was the group's biggest selling studio album, eventually certified Double Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for U.S. sales of more than two million copies. The Album was reissued as 180 Gram vinyl in 2016 under the Waxtime Label as #772125. The Waxtime issue has 3 Bonus tracks which are side 1 #7 - One Kind of Favor ( live) ,side 2 track #7 - The Times They Are A' Changin' ( Live) & Track #8 - If I Had My Way ( Live)

At the Grammy Awards of 1963, their recording of "If I Had a Hammer" won the Best Folk Recording and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal Grammies.

Track listing

Side one

"Early in the Morning" (Noel "Paul" Stookey^[5])
"500 Miles" (Hedy West)
"Sorrow" (Noel Stookey, Peter Yarrow)
"This Train" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey)
"Bamboo" (Dave Van Ronk)
"It's Raining" (Paul Stookey, Peter Yarrow)

Side two

"If I Had My Way" (Rev. Gary Davis)
"Cruel War" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey)
"Lemon Tree" (Will Holt)
"If I Had a Hammer" (Pete Seeger, Lee Hays)
"Autumn to May" (Peter Yarrow, Noel Stookey)
"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (Pete Seeger)

Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
1962	Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)	1
1963	Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200)	1

Credits

Musical Director - Milton Okun
Cover Design - Milton Glaser
Producer - Albert Grossman
Recording Engineer - Bill Schwartau
Cover Photo - Bernard Cole
Cover Photographed at The Bitter End, New York City

Preceded by Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music by Ray Charles	Billboard 200 number-one album (mono) October 20, 1962 - November 30, 1962	Succeeded by My Son, the Folk Singer by Allan Sherman
Preceded by My Son, the Nut by Allan Sherman	Billboard 200 number-one album October 26, 1963 - November 1, 1963	Succeeded by In the Wind by Peter, Paul and Mary

↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/5274
↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/5296
↑ http://www.45cat.com/record/5334
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Official Peter, Paul & Mary Website, "Early In The Morning" Credits & Lyrics

Peter, Paul and Mary

Peter Yarrow Paul Stookey Mary Travers

Studio albums	Peter, Paul and Mary Moving In the Wind A Song Will Rise See What Tomorrow Brings The Peter, Paul and Mary Album Album 1700 Late Again Peter, Paul and Mommy In These Times

Compilation albums	The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together Songs of Conscience and Concern

Live albums	In Concert Peter, Paul & Mommy, Too

Singles	"Lemon Tree" "If I Had a Hammer" "Puff, the Magic Dragon" "500 Miles" "Blowin' in the Wind" "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" "Stewball" "Tell It on the Mountain" "The Times They Are a-Changin'" "When the Ship Comes In" "San Francisco Bay Blues" "Early Morning Rain" "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" "Too Much of Nothing" "Day Is Done" "Leaving on a Jet Plane"

Other songs	"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" "And When I Die" "El Salvador" "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "This Land Is Your Land"

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