''Many a Mile'' is
Buffy Sainte-Marie's second
album
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, released in 1965.
Though originally released on
Vanguard Records, it was never reissued on
CD when the rest of Sainte-Marie's catalog for that label came out in the late 1990s. It was reissued on CD in Italy via Fontana Records, and in 2015 in the United Kingdom via Ace Records.
The album contained a larger proportion of traditional material than her debut, including a number of
Child Ballads. The most famous song here is "
Until It's Time for You to Go", which has been covered by
Cher
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,
Neil Diamond,
Shirley Bassey
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,
Françoise Hardy
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and
Elvis Presley
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. "Groundhog" shows Sainte-Marie playing her unique
mouthbow. The song "The Piney Wood Hills" was re-recorded for ''
I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again'' three years later (in a Nashville country arrangement), and again thirty years later on the album ''
Up Where We Belong''.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie, except where noted.
Side one
#"Must I Go Bound" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:36
#"Los Pescadores (The Fishermen)" – 2:01
#"Groundhog" (Traditional) – 2:13
#"On the Banks of Red Roses" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:36
#"
Fixin' to Die" (
Bukka White
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) – 2:29
#"
Until It's Time for You to Go" – 2:27
#"The Piney Wood Hills" – 3:40
Side two
#
"Welcome, Welcome Emigrante" – 2:12
#"Broke Down Girl" – 2:00
#"Johnny Be Fair" – 1:44
#"Maple Sugar Boy" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 1:42
#"Lazarus" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 2:56
#"
Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies" (Traditional; arranged by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 4:48
#"Many a Mile" (
Patrick Sky) – 2:42
Personnel
*Buffy Sainte-Marie – vocals, guitar, mouthbow
*
Russ Savakus – string bass
*Daddy Bones – second guitar on "The Piney Wood Hills"
*
Patrick Sky – second guitar on "Many a Mile"
;Technical
*Jules Halfant – design
*Ken Van Sickle – photography
References
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1965 albums
Buffy Sainte-Marie albums
Albums produced by Maynard Solomon
Vanguard Records albums
Fontana Records albums