''Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy'' is

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 ...

's second album released shortly after '' Music from Outer Space''. It was released in early 1968 by

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and reached 97 on the US album chart.

Background

The album is a continuation of the "Spock and Space" sound on which Nimoy embarked on his debut album. Side one showcases the side fans know as Mr. Spock but in a softer light, along with his struggle between being human and Vulcan. Side two represents Nimoy's interests in a variety of songs: novelty, pop, country and love songs. Side one of this album is presented on the

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Records 1995 reissue of ''Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music from Outer Space''.

Track listing

Side one

#"Highly Illogical" ( Charles R. Grean, Fred Hertz) #"The Difference Between Us" (

Cy Coben Seymour "Cy" Coben (4 April 1919 – 26 May 2006) was an American songwriter whose hits were recorded by bandleaders, country singers, and other artists such as The Beatles, Tommy Cooper and Leonard Nimoy. Biography Early life Coben was born i ...

) #"Once I Smiled" (Grean, Leonard Nimoy) #"Spock Thoughts" (Grean, Max Ehrmann¹) #"By Myself" (

Howard Dietz Howard Dietz (September 8, 1896 – July 30, 1983) was an American publicist, lyricist, and librettist, best remembered for his songwriting collaboration with Arthur Schwartz. According to historian Stanley Green, Dietz and Schwartz were "most cl ...

Arthur Schwartz Arthur Schwartz (November 25, 1900 – September 3, 1984) was an American composer and film producer, widely noted for his songwriting collaborations with Howard Dietz. Biography Early life Schwartz was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New ...

) #"Follow Your Star" (Grean, Hertz) #"Amphibious Assault" (Grean,

Mason Williams Mason Douglas Williams (born August 24, 1938) is an American classical guitarist, composer, singer, writer, comedian, and poet, best known for his 1968 instrumental " Classical Gas" and for his work as a comedy writer on ''The Smothers Brothers ...

)

Side two

#" The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" (Grean) #"Cotton Candy" (Cliff Ralke) #" Gentle on My Mind" ( John Hartford) #"Miranda" (

Bart Howard Bart Howard (born Howard Joseph Gustafson, June 1, 1915 – February 21, 2004) was an American composer and songwriter, most notably of the jazz standard "Fly Me to the Moon", which has been performed by Kaye Ballard, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, ...

) #" If I Were a Carpenter" (

Tim Hardin James Timothy Hardin (December 23, 1941 – December 29, 1980) was an American folk music and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. In addition to his own success, his songs " If I Were a Carpenter", " Reason to Believe", " Misty Roses" and " ...

) #" Love of the Common People" ( John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins)

Production

* Produced by Charles R. Grean and Tom Mack * Arranged and conducted by Charles R. Grean *The lyrics of "Spock Thoughts" are in fact the prose poem "

Desiderata "Desiderata"(Latin: 'things desired') is a 1927 prose poem by the American writer Max Ehrmann. The text was widely distributed in poster form in the 1960s and 1970s. History Max Ehrmann of Terre Haute, Indiana, started writing the work in 1921, ...

" by Max Ehrmann.

References

External links

Review of ''Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy''
at maidenwine.com, a detailed Leonard Nimoy fan site. {{Authority control Leonard Nimoy albums Albums produced by Charles Randolph Grean 1968 albums Dot Records albums