''The Touch of Leonard Nimoy'' is the fourth studio album released from

Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy ( ; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor and director, famous for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes Development of Spock, originating Spock in Star Trek: T ...

. The album was released in 1969, on

Dot Records Dot Records was an American record label founded by Randy Wood (record producer), Randy Wood and Gene Nobles that was active between 1950 and 1978. The original headquarters of Dot Records were in Gallatin, Tennessee. In its early years, Dot sp ...

Background

Continuing with the folk sound and direction he established with his previous album, the songs range from

optimism Optimism is the Attitude (psychology), attitude or mindset of expecting events to lead to particularly positive, favorable, desirable, and hopeful outcomes. A common idiom used to illustrate optimism versus pessimism is Is the glass half empty ...

, political awareness, the human condition, living together, and love. Nimoy recorded "Just Can't Help Believing", "Trip to Nowhere", "Piece of Hope", and "Maiden Wine" on 7 October 1968, and on the 21st, recorded "Cycles", "Now's The Time", "I Search for Tomorrow", and "Nature Boy". As of November 1968, the record had not yet been titled. The song "Maiden Wine" was featured in the ''

Star Trek ''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...

'' episode, " Plato's Stepchildren". It is the song sung by

Spock Spock is a fictional Character (arts), character in the ''Star Trek'' media franchise. He first appeared in the Star Trek: The Original Series, original ''Star Trek'' series serving aboard the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701), USS ''Enterpri ...

while he was being manipulated by the Platonians in 2268 (hence the "serenade from the laughing spaceman", as originally named). "Star Trek: TOS" episode: "Plato's Stepchildren" (aired November 22nd, 1968) It had been composed on a vacation weekend at Lake Arrowhead.

Track listing

Side one

# "I Search for Tomorrow" (Paul Evans, Paul Parnes) # "Maiden Wine" (

) # "Now's the Time" (Val Stoecklein) # "Cycles" (Gayle Caldwell) # " I Think it's Gonna Rain Today" (

Randy Newman Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, pianist, composer, conductor and orchestrator. He is known for his non-rhotic Southern American English, Southern-accented singing style, early America ...

)

Side two

# " I Just Can't Help Believin'" (

Barry Mann Barry Mann (born Barry Imberman; February 9, 1939) is an American songwriter and musician, and was part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. He has written or co-written 53 hits in the UK and 98 in the US. Early ...

Cynthia Weil Cynthia Weil (October 18, 1940 – June 1, 2023) was an American songwriter who wrote many songs together with her husband Barry Mann. Weil and Mann were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1987, and in 2011, they jointly received the ...

) # "Nature Boy" ( Eden Ahbez) # "Contact" (Nimoy,

George Tipton George Aliceson Tipton (January 23, 1932 – February 12, 2016) was an American composer, musical arranger, and conductor, who is well known for his work in television and for his collaborations with singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson. Among ...

) # "The Man I Would Like to Be" ( Nimoy, George Tipton) # "A Trip to Nowhere" (

Don Costa Dominick P. "Don" Costa (June 10, 1925 – January 19, 1983) was an American conductor and record producer. He discovered singer Paul Anka and worked on several hit albums by Frank Sinatra, including '' Sinatra and Strings'' and '' My Way'' ...

, Johnny Crystal) # "Piece of Hope" (

)

Production

*Producer: Charles R. Grean *Arranger and Conductor:

*Engineers: Thorne Nogar and Dave Wiechman *Cover Photography: Tommy Mitchell *Art Direction: Christopher Whorf

External links

Review of ''Touch of Leonard Nimoy''
at maidenwine.com, a detailed Leonard Nimoy fan site.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Touch Of Leonard Nimoy Leonard Nimoy albums Albums produced by Charles Randolph Grean 1969 albums Folk albums by American artists Dot Records albums Albums arranged by George Tipton Albums conducted by George Tipton