Flowers and Stones

Flowers and Stones

Flowers and Stones

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By 1990 Peter, Paul & Mary had settled into their role as a live attraction, still releasing an album each year--many of them live--to their larger-than-cult audience, but hardly expecting hits anymore. Not that they still couldn't sing a great song in the studio when they wanted, as this nonlive recording proves. They still rely heavily on their Bob Dylan connection 30 years on via fine covers of Zimmy's "I Shall Be Released," "It Ain't Me, Babe," and "The Last Thing on My Mind." "Danny's Downs" is truly gorgeous. And "Yuppies in the Sky"--done to the theme of "Ghost Riders in the Sky"--was a humorous live staple throughout the late '80s and early '90s. Even after years of pretenders to the throne, Peter, Paul & Mary were still the essence of folk pop. --Bill Holdship

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Flowers
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • It IS a SACD Hybrid if the copyright is 2002 ABKCO
  • Not as advertised
  • Near Classic '66-67 Stones
  • Where The Summer of Love Found The Stones
  • Everybody Should Get Flowers
Flowers
The Rolling Stones , and Rolling Stones
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ASIN: B00006AW2N
Release Date: 2002-08-27

Tracks:

  1. Ruby Tuesday
  2. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby Standing in the Shadow?
  3. Let's Spend the Night Together
  4. Lady Jane
  5. Out of Time
  6. My Girl
  7. Backstreet Girl
  8. Please Go Home
  9. Mother's Little Helper
  10. Take It or Leave It
  11. Ride on Baby
  12. Sittin' on a Fence

Album Description

This Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD) recording offers high-resolution sound and is playable on both standard CD players and SACD-compatible devices.

Album Description

Remastered reissue of 1967 album, suitable for standard & 'Super Audio' CD players. Digipak.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars It IS a SACD Hybrid if the copyright is 2002 ABKCO.......2007-05-31

I just got mine and thought the same thing the last poster did -- that Amazon screwed up and this isn't a SACD hybrid as advertised. But it IS one. If you look on the disk itself, you will the DSD and Super Audio CD. I was angry at first because I already have the regular CD and wanted the SACD hybrid, but after opening it I am a happy camper. FWIW, it is in a cardboard case and the case says nothing about being a SACD hybrid.

1 out of 5 stars Not as advertised.......2007-05-17

Flowers was advertised as a SACD hybrid, I received the remastered CD. This rating only reflects Amazons incorrect listing on the website.

4 out of 5 stars Near Classic '66-67 Stones.......2007-03-12

"Flowers" holds the same place in the Stones' U.S. catalog that "Yesterday...and Today" held in the Beatles' - until the CD era, when the Beatles eliminated those bastardized US Capitol releases with UK editions of all catalog titles up to "Sgt. Pepper's", for it was those UK Parlophone albums that the Beatles and George Martin meticulously prepared and programmed. (This international uniformity lasted until enough time had elapsed to allow for nostalgia and commerce to warrant repackaging those American Beatles titles in expensive boxed sets).
But the Stones' UK catalog was never so clearly superior; the British Deccas are not necessarily superior to their US counterparts. Certainly original Decca vinyl was sonically preferable to London's 'fake stereo' in the '60s. Otherwise, however, the biggest difference was cultural: hit singles have always sold albums in the States. In England their inclusion on LPs was seen as redundant. If the Beatles always produced their albums in England, by 1964 The Stones were recording - in superb stereo - at Chicago's Chess Studios, and soon they stormed the charts and defined their times with 'The Last Time', 'Satisfaction' and other classics recorded at RCA in Hollywood. Partly this may have to do with Andrew Oldham's awareness that his role as producer was limited, and that to make great sounding records the Stones needed terrific engineers like Ron Malo (Chess) and Dave Hassinger (RCA). Which brings us to the rather maligned US-only "Flowers", like "December's Children" a hodge-podge that has steadily gained the status of near-classic, an album that sounds remarkably vital forty years after its release.
Not really, contrary to general assumption, a 'compilation', "Flowers" was issued in June 1967, the same month Brian Jones escorted Nico to the Montery Pop Festival where, still the wizard and true star ahead of the curve, he appeared onstage resplendent in his baubles and singular finery to introduce his friend Jimi Hendrix to America. But it was also a period of stress and crisis in the Stones' world, with the band unable to tour - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Brian Jones (along with various friends and family) had all been busted for drugs during the preceding months, and the completion and release of "Their Satanic Majesties Request" would be delayed until November; radiant doomed Brian Jones was privately in the midst of a free-fall that would lead to his inevitable dismissal from the Stones, followed, just weeks later, by his death July 3, 1969.
At the time of release most of "Flowers" was new to the US audience (which might explain why it was another smash hit, reaching # 3 in "Billboard", during a 35 week chart run), containing tracks from UK versions of "Aftermath" and "Between The Buttons" that were deleted before Stateside release, along with two classic late '66 hit singles previously unavailable in album form. Three tracks had not been released anywhere by the Stones. As such "Flowers" at first sounds somewhat like a cross between the two previous studio albums. (It was, however, oddly flawed by the inclusion of three hits already available on the US editions of those albums - 'Let's Spend The Night Together,' 'Ruby Tuesday,' and 'Lady Jane').
Musically 1966 - 67 was the period during which Brian had lost interest in the guitar, instead coloring each song with an array of different instruments that always seemed to deepen the mood and power of the music. The Stones, with Ian Stewart and Jack Nitzche helping out, were experimenting, moving away from the classic American blues/r&b/soul/country forms that had inspired their first five albums. The music here is detailed and carefully textured, the songwriting sharp and acerbic, though often here with an introspective, late-night ambience that distinguishes it from the more willful "Buttons". "Flowers" does finally establish its own identity disctinct from the the two earlier classics, as exemplified by the English-folk/Appalachian tone of the exquisite closing track ('Sittin' On A Fence'). One is struck by the band's effortlessly great songwriting and ability to create fresh settings for each track. 'Sittin' On A Fence' is a brilliant example of the Stones' ambivilance (remember "Salt Of The Earth" or "Street Fighting Man")as well as a dramatic and effective climax to a great set. Elsewhere, 'Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby' remains a work of blistering power and density, its amphetemine fueled roar of guitar feedback, Wyman's impossibly heavy bass, and otherwordly pop-art horns concealing a dazzling lyric of Freudian sexual repression that demands to "tear through the shadow..." during its bridge. 'Out Of Time,' is both shorter and in a different mix from the UK version. The sole cover, 'My Girl' is lovely but minor, a bit too respectful of the Temptations' original to be considered inspired (compare the band's 1978 re-invention of 'Imagination'). Side two (of the vinyl album) provides one gem after another, from the waltz-time class analysis of 'Backstreet Girl', with Brian's gorgeous accordion and Mick's brutal yet tender vocal; 'Please Come Home' is 'Mona' on on acid, its relentless, hypnotic Diddleybeat transformed by Brian's theremin and what sounds like either synthesizer or mellotron, Keith's virtuosic guitar swirling through the mix atop Charlie Watts' perfect drumming (and, by the way, Shirley Watts makes a singular appearance here on backing vocals). 'Mother's Little Helper' is of course a classic single and another masterful track, with the droning guitar and Brian's sitar(?)providing a sense of dread and foreboding while Mick's vocal projects absolute confidence. 'Take It Or Leave It' is a pensive jewel, 'Ride On Baby' a unique rocker on which Keith's guitars are restrained but trenchant while Charlie's congas and Brian's harpsichord, bells, and harp (not harmonica) stand out as especially inventive.
Why not five stars? As stated, the three re-runs are simply lazy. Let us rewrite history by replacing them: open this album with another non-album single from '66, 'Sad Day'. Replace 'Let's Spend the Night' with 'Mother Baby's' B-side, the psychedelic blues 'Who's Driving Your Plane?' and insert the hotel room insomnia and restlessness of 'What to Do' as track five (in place of 'Lady Jane'). Now we have an album that is thematically and musically a far more cohesive statement. (And of course we use the full 5:37 'Out Of Time')...With the CD format and a multi disc changer anyone can program the album this way, and it's how I now choose to listen to it.
It doesn't matter anymore if this album was put out as stopgap. The 1966-67 Stones made accomplished, frequently startling music that can't be categorized as merely 'transitional', and some of the best appears on "Flowers", in remastering that, since the 2002 catolog upgrade, is superb. Finally, ponder the album jacket - on the front cover, Brian's is the only flower whose stem is without any leaves at all...

4 out of 5 stars Where The Summer of Love Found The Stones.......2006-11-14

Crippled by drug busts and court appearances, the summer of '67 Stones had little time to come up with new material, much less an answer to the revolutionary pop of the Beatles' just-released Sgt. Pepper. Therefore Decca records was forced to put out this compilation of hits and outtakes dating back as far as Dec. '65 ( those being "My Girl," "Out of Time," "Mother's Little Helper," "Backstreet Girl" and "Sittin' On A Fence"). But that's hardly a raw deal, as the album is in essence a mini-greatest hits of the Stones at the peak of their mid-sixties creativity:
the shimmering Jan '67 single of "Ruby Tuesday"/ "Let's Spend The Night Together" (the latter of which makes its contemporary "Strawberry Fields" sound like a druggy chore by comparison), The anarchic energy of Aug '66's "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby," the glorious chorus in "Out of Time" from the Aftermath album, and so on. But the true forgotten gems here are "Backstreet Girl," a decadent acoustic waltz with the late multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones on accordian (the fact that his flower on the album cover had no leaves was a band in-joke), with Mick's lyrics pointing the finger at the philandering of his fellow pop stars as much as himself, and "Sittin' On A Fence," Keith and Brian doing some lovely acoustic dueling as Mick ponders his old classmates and the life he could have led. An album released in summer, it's actually perfect for a cold winter's night, talented young men conjuring all kinds of visions for one's own darkness.

5 out of 5 stars Everybody Should Get Flowers.......2006-08-29

OK...To understand Flowers, you have to first realize the context in which it was released. Flowers was released as an American only album of material that was not issued on previous albums, material that was cut from the American versions of albums released in their full 14 track format in Britain, or singles that had not made it into an album yet. Also don't forget that the Stones weren't touring at the time, attempting to find the same refuge that the Beatles had in their studio to try some experimentation a la Sgt. Peppers which became Satanic Majesties. Now that the proper context has been established, this album finds the Rolling Stones at the peak of their mid-60's creative power. Group founder Brian Jones had not yet cashed out on his drug and alcohol binges and he was totally into what has retrospectively been dubbed "flavoring" the albums and tracks that the Stones were putting out. The album is strung together with singles: "Ruby Tuesday" b/w "Let's Spend the Night Together", "Have You Seen Your Mother?", "Mother's Little Helper", and "Lady Jane". This material coupled with the leftovers from the British releases of Aftermath and Between the Buttons helps make this album somewhat eclectic like the other two albums but no less entertaining. The psycho-Bo Diddley "Please Go Home" is great 60's style garage-psyche rock. Anytime the Stones go Bo Diddley is worth listening to, by the way. "Out of Time" is a great companion piece to "Under My Thumb" from Aftermath, as it features much of the same instrumentation, with Brian Jones anchoring the song on his marimbas once again. "Back Street Girl" and "Ride on Baby" both fall into the same vein, with the use of the classical instruments on the rock tracks for that mock-Baroque feel that many of the 60's bands like the Kinks and Yardbirds went for with their use of harpsichords, etc. "Sitting on a Fence" and "Take It or Leave It" are also like songs, with similar feels and good acoustic guitar work. "My Girl" to me is the one oddity on the album but somehow it works with the eclecticness of the finished product.
This album was one of the first albums that I ever bought when I got into the Rolling Stones. It was also the first Stones album that I bought my fiancee when we were 16. We both loved it and I have never regretted that choice. For me, the albums Aftermath and Between the Buttons represent height of the Stones in the 60's before they changed directions forever. This album, Flowers, bridges the two in the same way that Rubber Soul and Revolver were bridged by Yesterday and Today. These albums form critical trilogies of albums at points where two bands were reaching critical mass just as the dream of the 60's was ending for so many.
Now for the disclaimer: as some reviewers have pointed out, this album is not part of the canon of Rolling Stones albums. That may be true but when you compare this album to others such as Exile on Main Street and Sticky Fingers or Beggars Banquet and Let It Bleed, but you are essentially comparing different bands and different times when holding Flowers against these rockers. Flowers is a great album that is completely misunderstood and underestimated. This album came out in 1967 and when compared with other albums of that time and place it shines with the best of them.
Flowers and Stones
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • FABULOUS!!
  • Proud... poignant and fun!
  • Excellent material
  • Excellent material
  • Still fresh after all these years.
Flowers and Stones
Peter Paul & Mary
Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea
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Release Date: 1992-08-25

Tracks:

  1. All Mixed Up
  2. It Ain't Me Babe
  3. Golden Vanity
  4. Listen Mr. Bilbo (Mr. Bigot)
  5. No Man's Land
  6. Danny's Downs
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  14. I Shall Be Released

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By 1990 Peter, Paul & Mary had settled into their role as a live attraction, still releasing an album each year--many of them live--to their larger-than-cult audience, but hardly expecting hits anymore. Not that they still couldn't sing a great song in the studio when they wanted, as this nonlive recording proves. They still rely heavily on their Bob Dylan connection 30 years on via fine covers of Zimmy's "I Shall Be Released," "It Ain't Me, Babe," and "The Last Thing on My Mind." "Danny's Downs" is truly gorgeous. And "Yuppies in the Sky"--done to the theme of "Ghost Riders in the Sky"--was a humorous live staple throughout the late '80s and early '90s. Even after years of pretenders to the throne, Peter, Paul & Mary were still the essence of folk pop. --Bill Holdship

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars FABULOUS!!.......2004-05-29

Got this CD after seeing a special on PBS.

Wow, those liberals can sing! (ha)

The songs have deep meaning and some a touch of humor too!!

I really want to buy their latest CD, IN THESE TIMES...
it looks like it could be there best ever. PPM getting better with age like a fine wine. This is a very spiritually happy and healthy trio...and OH what a life they have had.

Even Republicans may like some of their songs.

5 out of 5 stars Proud... poignant and fun!.......2002-10-24

I'd be tempted to recommend this for no other reason than the performances of "It Ain't Me Babe" and "I Shall Be Released" but there is much, much more. Peter, Paul and Mary's voices blend in ways that perfectly underscore the term "synergy." They remain true to their folk roots with lesser-known pieces like "Golden Vanity" and "Listen Mr. Bilbo", never disguising their passion for a better world.

As in their live concerts, this also provides each performer an opportunity to shine in a solo effort that's particularly reflective of their individual personalities. The passion and poignancy of Mary Traver's voice has never been better than in her rendering of "No Man's Land". Noel Paul Stookey makes us laugh with "Yuppies in the Sky" and beam with "Danny's Downs". Okay, maybe Peter Yarrow gets just a little too preachy on "With Your Face to the Wind" but his "Fair Ireland" should be required listening for anyone who has wondered about "the troubles" in that wonderful land.

I wore out my audio cassette of this album, and jumped at the opportunity to own it on CD. Don't miss out.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent material.......2000-10-22

I have been a longtime fan of Peter,Paul&Mary. This c.d. is one of my favorites. Their covers of It Ain't Me Babe and I Shall Be Released are really great. I really have two favorite songs on this c.d. and they are Danny's Downs and With Your Face to the Wind. This c.d. allows each members of the trio to shine solo and together. Thanks for the many years of heartfelt music.

4 out of 5 stars Excellent material.......2000-10-22

I have been a longtime fan of Peter,Paul&Mary. This c.d. is one of my favorites. There covers of It Ain't Me Babe and I Shall Be Released are really great. I really have two favorite songs on this c.d. and they are Danny's Downs and With Your Face to the Wind.

4 out of 5 stars Still fresh after all these years........1998-09-25

There are a number of wonderful works on this offering, but I always turn to Danny's Downs first. It's a wonderfully crafted piece that will find your heart no matter where you are, what you're doing, how much stress you're under, or whom you're angry with. It simply must be heard.
Flowers
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Heart Pounding Rock and Roll
  • Time warp
  • Flowers --- Stone still in bloom
  • The Stones 'Yellow Submarine'
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Flowers
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Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Ruby Tuesday
  2. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby Standing In The Shadow?
  3. Let's Spend The Night Together
  4. Lady Jane
  5. Out Of Time
  6. My Girl
  7. Back Street Girl
  8. Please Go Home
  9. Mother's Little Helper
  10. Take It Or Leave It
  11. Ride On Baby
  12. Sittin' On A Fence

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So the Stones take off a few months to write, get arrested, the usual, and their U.S. label tosses together the 1967 version of December's Children, complete with tackily precious "psychedelic" artwork. And it's great, however clumsily sequenced and cursed with a lousy version of "My Girl" it may be. Non-single tracks withheld from the American editions of Aftermath and Between the Buttons stand as highlights even alongside "Let's Spend the Night Together," and the offhand nastiness of "Back Street Girl" and "Sittin' on a Fence" short-circuit the sleeve's floral motif. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Heart Pounding Rock and Roll.......2006-06-13

I have to admit that even though "Flowers" is sort of a catch all of B sides, songs that came out on UK records, older studio things and a few rereleased songs, this is a collection that I really, really like. I play this record just the way it is. I deleted no songs. nor did I add any, when I put this record on my iPod. I guess I was just so used to listening to the songs in this order that I couldn't bear to change it. All of the songs on this record were penned by Mick and Keith, except for Smokey Robinson's "My Girl." The record opens with the better than excellent "Ruby Tuesday," which kind of sets the tone for the album as it segues right into the rocking "Mother's Little Helper," than it's all she wrote as "Mother" fades into "Let's Spend the Night Together." Wow, if that line up doesn't get your pulse pumping, you blood running, your heart pounding, well you're just plain not human.

5 out of 5 stars Time warp.......2003-12-02

Ok. So my son bought me this because it was always playing in the background when he was small (along with "Little White Duck" and Leonard Cohen, of course). It doesn't matter that the songs are also on other albums...they have to be somewhere....

This album reminds me of what the hell I thought I was doing way back then. The attitudes represented in the songs are a fair representation of the mentality of the times. And remember,"Let's Spend Some Time Together" was left off this disc. It's worth going back to the source!

4 out of 5 stars Flowers --- Stone still in bloom.......2002-09-13

Flowers is good album. It may feature songs that appear elsewhere, but it is a pivotal album in the Stones catalog. It marks an important turning point in the band, representing the band's original sound and introducing sounds that would be hallmarks of future releases.

4 out of 5 stars The Stones 'Yellow Submarine'.......2002-07-27

Wow.........some of the more negative reviews are harsh. 'WEEDS' is what one reviewer called 'Flowers'. First, I got to say that I'm a huge Stones fan. 'Exile' and 'Sticky Fingers' are my favorites, but it was 'Flowers', 'Between The Buttons' and 'Through The Past Darkly' that turned me on to the Stones when I was about 13 years old. I didn't know much about them before these records. What I do remember though, is how these records affected me. I would listen to 'Flowers' every morning before going to school and hum every song until I got home and then I'd put it back on the turntable again. 'Have You Seen Your Mother Baby....' is a GREAT single (although legend has it that a much better mix of the tune exists somewhere). 'Ride On Baby' is my favorite. 'Out of Time' is classic 1966 pop. 'Backstreet Girl' is very English. These songs are filled with Brian Jones colors.

This record led me to Stones. Like 'Yellow Submarine' led me to The Beatles. Buy it for your kids who are to young for 'Sister Morphine'.

1 out of 5 stars Not The Stones Best, That's For Sure!.......2002-07-15

The only reason you buy Flowers is because you want all the Stones releases. It was originally released in June of 67 as a clean up of the Stones catalog. The band was working on albums and releasing singles without worrying about getting them onto albums during this time, so I'm sure the record execs were going nuts trying to find a way to grab all the money they could before the band faded away.

Let's Spend The Night Together and Ruby Tuesday had been released together as a single in January along with the Between The Buttons album (which did not include either of them). Both songs had just dropped from the charts and were stuck on Flowers to increase sales, as was Have You Seen Your Mother which had been released the previous Sept but had not been included on an album either. Mother's Little Helper had been pulled from the American version of Aftermath for some reason, so Flowers was it's first album release. Lady Jane had been released both as a single and on Aftermath, so who knows why it was stuck on Flowers. Out of Time has such a wierd history, but this was the first American release.

This leaves us with the remainder of the Flowers cuts, which are the reason why Stones collectors still buy the album. All of them are available only on Flowers. Of this bunch, none are especially good, although I do sort of like Mick's rendition of My Girl. The others (Back Street Girl, Please Go Home, Take It Or Leave It, Ride on Baby, & Sittin' On A Fence) have nothing to recommend them.
Crimsworth: Flowers, Stones, Fountains and Flames
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Crimsworth: Flowers, Stones, Fountains and Flames
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Release Date: 2005-02-28

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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Case of the essential rain drop.......2005-09-03

Bill comes to us in the guise of a megalithic rain drop constantly dripping with an ambient background to sustain the intensity. It is a chapter right out of Noah and the Ark but with water as the main theme and with God as the absent plumber. If you are into Chinese water torture or leaky faucets you will enjoy this work. One thing is for certain, you will hear the biggest water drop of your life. A must for all who are into water music (unlike the Handel kind)!

4 out of 5 stars Cool ambience...great for insomnia.......2003-07-05

If you like Brian Eno's ambient series then you'll love this. This is great music to relax and/or sleep to.

5 out of 5 stars Improves with each listen.......2003-05-22

Bill Nelson does a great job on this CD with this dreamy melodic effort. One thing I might add to these other fine reviews is that after listening to this many times over I believe that both songs are identical.

5 out of 5 stars Environmental protection.......2001-03-03

This little gem is a recent favorite of mine and if you are a fan of Eno's 'On Land' this will prove a pleasant surprise. Two 30 minute soundscapes that soar, rumble and brood, complementing an environmental installation. For those familiar only with Bill Nelson's wonderful guitar, 'Crimsworth' is an excellent diversion into a real landscape imagined in musical terms. Recommended.

5 out of 5 stars A great surprise from Nelson.......2000-03-14

Bill Nelson is an extremely prolific artist. He puts out records high and low, and my previous experiences is - while he has excellent judgement in whom he works with (David Sylvian, Harold Budd and Roger Eno come to mind) - his own output hasn't really appealed to me. However, this release shows that he really knows how to create great atmosphere. Not unlike the David Sylvian/Holger Czukay collaborations from the late 80's (esp. Plight+Premonition), this is an absolutely gorgeous pece of layered work, the kind you wish would go on forever (there are 2 similar tracks, which both clock at around 30 minutes). Highly recommended!
Flowers + 10 Bonus Tracks
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    Flowers + 10 Bonus Tracks
    The Rolling Stones
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    Product Description

    This is a special edition Russian import cd. It has all 12 tracks from the original album plus an additional 10 bonus tracks (22 songs total). Please see the above photo of the back cover for a list of songs. There is also a mini-poster included with this cd.
    Flowers & Stones
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • FABULOUS!!
    • Proud... poignant and fun!
    • Excellent material
    • Excellent material
    • Still fresh after all these years.
    Flowers & Stones
    Peter Paul & Mary
    Manufacturer: Capitol
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
    Traditional FolkTraditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B00000DR3D
    Release Date: 1990-09-17

    Tracks:

    1. All Mixed Up
    2. It Ain't Me Babe
    3. Golden Vanity
    4. Listen, Mr. Bilbo (Mr. Bigot)
    5. No Mans Land
    6. Danny's Downs
    7. With Your Face To The Wind (Harriet's Song)
    8. Yuppies In The Sky
    9. Coming Of The Roads
    10. Dodi Li
    11. The Love In You
    12. Fair Ireland
    13. The Last Thing On My Mind
    14. I Shall Be Released

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    By 1990 Peter, Paul & Mary had settled into their role as a live attraction, still releasing an album each year--many of them live--to their larger-than-cult audience, but hardly expecting hits anymore. Not that they still couldn't sing a great song in the studio when they wanted, as this nonlive recording proves. They still rely heavily on their Bob Dylan connection 30 years on via fine covers of Zimmy's "I Shall Be Released," "It Ain't Me, Babe," and "The Last Thing on My Mind." "Danny's Downs" is truly gorgeous. And "Yuppies in the Sky"--done to the theme of "Ghost Riders in the Sky"--was a humorous live staple throughout the late '80s and early '90s. Even after years of pretenders to the throne, Peter, Paul & Mary were still the essence of folk pop. --Bill Holdship

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars FABULOUS!!.......2004-05-29

    Got this CD after seeing a special on PBS.

    Wow, those liberals can sing! (ha)

    The songs have deep meaning and some a touch of humor too!!

    I really want to buy their latest CD, IN THESE TIMES...
    it looks like it could be there best ever. PPM getting better with age like a fine wine. This is a very spiritually happy and healthy trio...and OH what a life they have had.

    Even Republicans may like some of their songs.

    5 out of 5 stars Proud... poignant and fun!.......2002-10-24

    I'd be tempted to recommend this for no other reason than the performances of "It Ain't Me Babe" and "I Shall Be Released" but there is much, much more. Peter, Paul and Mary's voices blend in ways that perfectly underscore the term "synergy." They remain true to their folk roots with lesser-known pieces like "Golden Vanity" and "Listen Mr. Bilbo", never disguising their passion for a better world.

    As in their live concerts, this also provides each performer an opportunity to shine in a solo effort that's particularly reflective of their individual personalities. The passion and poignancy of Mary Traver's voice has never been better than in her rendering of "No Man's Land". Noel Paul Stookey makes us laugh with "Yuppies in the Sky" and beam with "Danny's Downs". Okay, maybe Peter Yarrow gets just a little too preachy on "With Your Face to the Wind" but his "Fair Ireland" should be required listening for anyone who has wondered about "the troubles" in that wonderful land.

    I wore out my audio cassette of this album, and jumped at the opportunity to own it on CD. Don't miss out.

    4 out of 5 stars Excellent material.......2000-10-22

    I have been a longtime fan of Peter,Paul&Mary. This c.d. is one of my favorites. Their covers of It Ain't Me Babe and I Shall Be Released are really great. I really have two favorite songs on this c.d. and they are Danny's Downs and With Your Face to the Wind. This c.d. allows each members of the trio to shine solo and together. Thanks for the many years of heartfelt music.

    4 out of 5 stars Excellent material.......2000-10-22

    I have been a longtime fan of Peter,Paul&Mary. This c.d. is one of my favorites. There covers of It Ain't Me Babe and I Shall Be Released are really great. I really have two favorite songs on this c.d. and they are Danny's Downs and With Your Face to the Wind.

    4 out of 5 stars Still fresh after all these years........1998-09-25

    There are a number of wonderful works on this offering, but I always turn to Danny's Downs first. It's a wonderfully crafted piece that will find your heart no matter where you are, what you're doing, how much stress you're under, or whom you're angry with. It simply must be heard.
    Flowers
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Heart Pounding Rock and Roll
    Flowers
    The Rolling Stones
    Manufacturer: Universal
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
    Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000EU1KX2
    Release Date: 2006-04-17

    Tracks:

    1. Ruby Tuesday
    2. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
    3. Let's Spend the Night Together
    4. Lady Jane
    5. Out of Time
    6. My Girl
    7. Backstreet Girl
    8. Please Go Home
    9. Mother's Little Helper
    10. Take It or Leave It
    11. Ride on, Baby
    12. Sittin' on a Fence

    Album Description

    European paper sleeve pressing. Part of Abkco's `Rolling Stones Remastered Series'. Includes an `Inaugural Edition' Certificate! Universal. 2006.

    Album Details

    This Strictly Limited Edition Series Exactly Replicates the Original 1960s Vinyl Sleeves. The CDs Feature the Acclaimed Dsd-mastered Audio - Remastered from the Original Master Tapes for the First Time.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Heart Pounding Rock and Roll.......2006-06-13

    I have to admit that even though "Flowers" is sort of a catch all of B sides, songs that came out on UK records, older studio things and a few rereleased songs, this is a collection that I really, really like. I play this record just the way it is. I deleted no songs. nor did I add any, when I put this record on my iPod. I guess I was just so used to listening to the songs in this order that I couldn't bear to change it. All of the songs on this record were penned by Mick and Keith, except for Smokey Robinson's "My Girl." The record opens with the better than excellent "Ruby Tuesday," which kind of sets the tone for the album as it segues right into the rocking "Mother's Little Helper," than it's all she wrote as "Mother" fades into "Let's Spend the Night Together." Wow, if that line up doesn't get your pulse pumping, you blood running, your heart pounding, well you're just plain not human.
    Flowers
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Flowers

      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
      Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B000A28OW4
      Release Date: 2002-08-27
      Flowers
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Heart Pounding Rock and Roll
      Flowers
      The Rolling Stones
      Manufacturer: Universal Japan
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000E6G4VO
      Release Date: 2006-03-27

      Tracks:

      1. Ruby Tuesday
      2. Have You Seen Your Mother Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
      3. Let's Spend the Night Together
      4. Lady Jane
      5. Out of Time
      6. My Girl
      7. Backstreet Girl
      8. Please Go Home
      9. Mother's Little Helper
      10. Take It or Leave It
      11. Ride on, Baby
      12. Sittin' on a Fence

      Album Details

      Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Dsd Mastered Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Heart Pounding Rock and Roll.......2006-06-13

      I have to admit that even though "Flowers" is sort of a catch all of B sides, songs that came out on UK records, older studio things and a few rereleased songs, this is a collection that I really, really like. I play this record just the way it is. I deleted no songs. nor did I add any, when I put this record on my iPod. I guess I was just so used to listening to the songs in this order that I couldn't bear to change it. All of the songs on this record were penned by Mick and Keith, except for Smokey Robinson's "My Girl." The record opens with the better than excellent "Ruby Tuesday," which kind of sets the tone for the album as it segues right into the rocking "Mother's Little Helper," than it's all she wrote as "Mother" fades into "Let's Spend the Night Together." Wow, if that line up doesn't get your pulse pumping, you blood running, your heart pounding, well you're just plain not human.
      Flowers
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Flowers
        The Rolling Stones
        Manufacturer: Abko
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B00005FHTT

        Tracks:

        1. Ruby Tuesday
        2. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
        3. Let's Spend the Night Together
        4. Lady Jane
        5. Out of Time
        6. My Girl
        7. Backstreet Girl
        8. Please Go Home
        9. Mother's Little Helper
        10. Take It or Leave It
        11. Ride on Baby
        12. Sittin' on a Fence

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