Ian & Sylvia |
Great Speckled Bird |
All composing credits labeled "Tyson" are for Ian Tyson, except "S Tyson" for Sylvia. |
Ian & Sylvia | |
Vanguard VSD-2113 | |
7/62 [UK: N/R?] | |
Side One | ||
Rocks And Gravel | Fricker-Tyson | 3:25 |
Old Blue | Fricker-Tyson | 3:25 |
C C Rider | Trad | 2:52 |
Un Canadien Errant | Trad | 2:55 |
Handsome Molly | Trad | 2:04 |
Mary Anne | Trad | 3:10 |
Pride Of Petrovar | Trad | 2:42 |
Side Two | ||
Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad | Trad | 2:39 |
Rambler Gambler | Trad | 2:56 |
Down By The Willow Garden | Trad | 2:55 |
Got No More Home Than A Dog | Handy | 3:20 |
When First Unto This Country | Trad | 2:33 |
Live A-Humble | Trad | 2:41 |
Newport Folk Festival(7/28/63) |
Four Strong Winds¹ / C C Rider Tyson (2:35) / trad (2:40) Vanguard VRS-35021, 9/63 |
Four Strong Winds | |
Vanguard VSD-2149 | |
9/63 BB [UK: ?/64] | |
Side One | ||
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well | Trad | 2:09 |
Tomorrow Is A Long Time | Dylan | 3:15 |
Katy Dear | Trad | 2:58 |
Poor Lazarus | Trad | 4:00 |
Four Strong Winds | Tyson | 3:24 |
Ella Speed | Trad | 2:24 |
Long Lonesome Road | Trad | 2:25 |
Side Two | ||
V'la l'Bon Vent | Trad | 1:40 |
Royal Canal | Trad | 3:34 |
The Lady Of Carlisle | Trad | 3:34 |
Spanish Is A Loving Tongue | Trad | 3:25 |
The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother) | Trad | 2:25 |
Every Night When The Sun Comes Down | Trad, arr Fricker | 4:12 |
Every Time I Feel The Spirit | Trad | 1:46 |
You Were On My Mind / Some Day Soon Fricker (2:45) / Tyson (2:00) Vanguard VRS-35025, 1/64 |
Married, June 64 |
Northern Journey | |
Vanguard VSD-79154 | |
7/64 BB [UK: N/R?] | |
Side One | ||
You Were on My Mind | Fricker | 2:22 |
Moonshine Can | Trad | 2:12 |
The Jealous Lover | Trad | 2:52 |
Four Rode By | Tyson | 2:49 |
Brave Wolfe | Trad | 5:23 |
Nova Scotia Farewell | Trad | 2:45 |
Side Two | ||
Someday Soon | Tyson | 2:18 |
Little Beggarman | Makem | 2:20 |
Texas Rangers | Trad | 3:24 |
The Ghost Lover | Trad | 2:43 |
Captain Woodstock's Courtship | Trad | 2:53 |
Green Valley | Trad | 4:00 |
Swing Down, Chariot | Trad | 2:06 |
Hullabaloo: 3/30/65, Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad, The Moonshine Can |
Early Morning Rain | |
Vanguard VSD-79175 | |
5/65 BB [UK: 1/66] | |
Side One | ||
Come in Stranger | Cash | 1:52 |
Early Morning Rain | Lightfoot | 3:55 |
Nancy Whiskey | Trad | 2:35 |
Awake Ye Drowsy Sleepers | Trad | 4:00 |
Marlborough Street Blues | Tyson | 2:15 |
Darcy Farrow | Campbell-Gillette | 3:30 |
Side Two | ||
Travelling Drummer | Tyson | 2:25 |
Maude's Blues | Tyson | 3:56 |
Red Velvet | Tyson | 2:16 |
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still | Trad | 2:16 |
For Lovin' Me | Lightfoot | 2:16 |
Song for Canada | Gzowski-Tyson | 4:06 |
Newport Folk Festival(7/24/65) |
The French Girl / Play One More Fricker-Tyson (2:40) / Tyson (2:58) Vanguard VRS-35035, 1/66 |
2/16/66: De Montfort Hall, Leicester package tour w/Gordon Lightfoot |
Play One More | |
Vanguard VSD-79215 | |
3/66 BB [UK: N/R?] | |
Side One | ||
Short Grass | Fricker-Tyson | 2:15 |
The French Girl | Fricker-Tyson | 2:40 |
When I Was A Cowboy | Trad, arr Fricker-Tyson | 3:47 |
Changes | Ochs | 3:30 |
Gifts Are for Giving | Fricker | 3:13 |
Molly And Tenbrooks | Monroe | 3:26 |
Side Two | ||
Hey, What About Me | McKenzie | 3:21 |
Lonely Girls | Tyson-S Tyson | 2:37 |
Satisfied Mind | Hayes-Rhodes | 3:32 |
Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa | Bacharach-David | 3:02 |
Friends Of Mine | Tyson | 3:36 |
Play One More | Tyson | 2:58 |
Lovin' Sound / Pilgrimmage To Paradise Tyson (2:34) / Tyson (3:24) MGM K-13686, 2/67 |
So Much For Dreaming | |
Vanguard VRS-9241 | |
3/67 BB [UK: N/R?] | |
Side One | ||
Circle Game | Mitchell | 2:58 |
So Much For Dreaming | Tyson | 3:00 |
Wild Geese | Tyson | 3:54 |
Child Apart | Tyson | 3:26 |
Summer Wages | Tyson | 4:01 |
Hold Tight | Fricker | 2:38 |
Side Two | ||
Cutty Wren | Trad | 2:55 |
Si Les Bateaux | Vignault | 3:40 |
Catfish Blues | Trad | 3:33 |
Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies | Trad | 3:23 |
January Morning | Tyson | 3:03 |
Grey Morning | Fricker | 2:48 |
Lovin' Sound | |
MGM SE-4388 | |
5/67 BB [UK: N/R] | |
Side One | ||
Windy Weather | Tyson | 3:04 |
Hang On To A Dream | Hardin | 2:15 |
I Don't Believe You | Dylan | 3:08 |
Where Did All The Love Go? | Fricker | 2:41 |
Mr Spoons | Tyson | 2:21 |
National Hotel | Tyson | 2:05 |
Side Two | ||
Sunday | Fricker-Tyson | 1:55 |
Pilgrimage To Paradise | Rea | 3:07 |
(Find A) Reason To Believe | Hardin | 2:15 |
Big River | Cash | 2:00 |
Trilogy | Fricker | 2:46 |
Lovin' Sound | Tyson | 2:32 |
90° X 90° / House Of Cards Rae (2:43) / Fricker-Tyson (4:00) Vanguard VRS-35062, 1/68 |
The Best Of Ian And Sylvia Vanguard VSD-79269, 3/68 [UK: ?/68] no unique tracks |
Nashville | |
Vanguard VSD-79284 | |
7/68 [UK: N/R] | |
Side One | ||
The Mighty Quinn | Dylan | 2:52 |
This Wheel's On Fire | Dylan | 3:48 |
Farewell To The North | Tyson | 3:45 |
Taking Care Of Business | Tyson | 3:14 |
Southern Comfort | Fricker | 5:04 |
Side Two | ||
Ballad Of The Ugly Man | Fricker-Tyson | 2:35 |
90° X 90° | Rea | 2:41 |
She'll Be Gone | Fricker | 2:42 |
London Life | Fricker | 2:45 |
The Renegade | Fricker-Tyson | 3:40 |
House Of Cards | Tyson | 4:02 |
Full Circle | |
MGM SE-4550 | |
9/68 [UK: N/R] | |
Side One | ||
Here's To You | Camp | 2:32 |
I Learned From Leah | Fricker-Tyson | 3:05 |
Woman's World | Fricker | 5:25 |
Mr Spoons | Tyson | 2:49 |
Shinbone Alley | Fricker | 2:34 |
Please Think | McKei | 4:35 |
Side Two | ||
Stories He'd Tell | - | 5:48 |
Jickson Johnson | Trad | 4:00 |
Tears Of Rage | Dylan-Manuel | 4:22 |
The Minstral | Rea | 4:18 |
On The Road
Ian & Sylvia decided to start a real band with some Nashville cats after their pioneering country rock albums. Young Todd Rundgren produced the debut disc. Unfortunately, Ampex did not produce, failing to ship records that sat in warehouses. Band did make some festivals, so there's that. |
Miami Pop Festival(12/30/68) |
Atlanta International Pop Festival(7/4/69) |
Mississippi River Festival(7/17/69) |
Give It To The World¹ / Shinbone Alley S Tyson (2:35) / S Tyson (2:40) MGM K-14082, 9/69 |
Great Speckled Bird | |
Ampex A-10103 | |
2/70 [UK: N/R] | |
Side One | ||
Love What You're Doing Child | Tyson | 3:37 |
Calgary | Tyson-S Tyson | 3:00 |
Trucker's Cafe | S Tyson | 3:19 |
Long Long Time To Get Old | Tyson | 3:08 |
Flies In The Bottle | Tyson | 3:43 |
Bloodshot Beholder | Tyson | 2:56 |
Side Two | ||
Crazy Arms | Mooney-Seals | 2:51 |
This Dream | Tyson | 3:36 |
Smiling Wine | S Tyson | 3:05 |
Rio Grande | Garrett-Tyson | 3:49 |
Disappearing Woman | S Tyson | 2:10 |
We Sail | S Tyson | 4:33 |
Note: Altho credited on bass, Ken Kalmusky left before recording the album.
We Sail / Disappearing Woman S Tyson (4:33) / S Tyson (2:10) Ampex X11003, 5/70 |
Trucker's Cafe / Smiling Wine S Tyson (3:19) / S Tyson (3:05) Ampex X11006, 6/70 |
Festival Express(6/27-7/5/70) with Great Speckled Bird |
Greatest Hits! Vanguard VSD–5/6, 9/70 [UK: 2/72] 2-lp set, no unique tracks |
Creators Of Rain / Summer Wages Smokey (2:46) / Tyson (3:22) Columbia 4-45430, 7/71 |
Ian & Sylvia | |
Columbia C-30736 | |
7/71 [UK: N/R] | |
Side One | ||
More Often Than Not | Wiffen | 3:06 |
Creators Of Rain | Smokey | 2:50 |
Summer Wages | Tyson | 3:27 |
Midnight | S Tyson | 4:14 |
Barney | Tyson-S Tyson | 4:34 |
Side Two | ||
Some Kind Of Fool | Tyson | 2:39 |
Shark And The Cockroach | Tyson | 2:39 |
Last Lonely Eagle | Dawson | 5:08 |
Lincoln Freed Me | Patton | 2:53 |
Needle Of Death | Jansch | 3:51 |
Everybody Has To Say Goodbye | S Tyson | 2:27 |
Some Kind Of Fool / More Often Than Not Tyson (2:39) / Wiffen (3:06) Columbia 4-45475, 9/71 |
One more album, with a revitalized Great Speckled Bird, in 1972. Tysons divorced in 1975, each began solo career (with occasional get togethers). |