The Youngbloods

Jesse Colin Young ♦ Jerry Corbitt ♦ Joe Bauer

	The Soul Of A City Boy
	Capitol T-2070
	4/64 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   1970 Reissue Back Cover

Side One
Four In The Morning	Remaily	3:25
You Gotta Fix It	Miller	1:57
Rye Whiskey	Miller	4:53
Whoa Baby	Miller	3:30
Susanne	Miller	2:19
Side Two
Black Eyed Susan	arr Miller	2:00
Same Old Man	arr Miller	2:16
Drifter's Blues	arr Miller	2:57
Talk To Me	Miller	1:54
Stranger Love	Miller	2:47
I Think I'll Take To Whiskey	Miller	2:50

Note: Composer credits for Perry Miller are actually Jesse (it's his original name)
 

	Young Blood
	Mercury SR-61005
	3/65 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Second Issue Couple of type changes and you're now a group!

Side One
Rider	Young	3:09
Doc Geiger	Paulovic	2:30
Lullabye	Young	2:47
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?	Gorney-Harburg	2:16
Trouble In Mind	Young	2:14
Little Suzie	Young	3:39
Side Two
Nobody's Dirty Business	Hurt	2:21
Green Hill Mountain Home	Young	3:13
Summer Rain	Young	2:27
Walkin' Off The Blues	Young	2:50
Cotton Eyed Joe	arr Young	2:54

Note: Reissued in 1967 as by The Youngbloods (see note)
 

Rider / Sometimes Young (2:10) / Young (2:45) Mercury 72583, 5/66 as by Jesse Colin & The Youngbloods

Philadelphia Folk Festival(9/9/66)

Grizzly Bear / Tears Are Falling Corbitt (2:20) / Young (2:25) RCA Victor 9015, 11/66 BB

	The Youngbloods
	RCA Victor LSP-3724
	1/67 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   1969 Reissue   Reissue Back Cover

Side One
Grizzly Bear	Corbitt	2:20
All Over The World (La-La)	Corbitt	3:14
Statesboro Blues	McTell	2:18
Get Together	Powers	4:39
One Note Man	Arnaldi	2:24
Side Two
The Other Side Of This Life	Neil	2:28
Tears Are Falling	Young	2:25
Four In The Morning	Remaily	2:51
Foolin' Around (The Waltz)	Wien-Young	2:50
Ain't That Lovin' You, Baby	Reed	2:39
CC Rider	Hurt	2:37

Note: After Get Together became a hit in 1969, RCA recovered, retitled and reissued the record—reached #131 on 11/1/69 (see last notes)
 

Merry-Go-Round¹ / Foolin' Around Collins-Pappalardi (2:18) / Wien-Young (2:50) RCA Victor 9142, 3/67

Euphoria / The Wine Song Remaily (2:17) / Young (2:44) RCA Victor 9222, 5/67

Get Together / All My Dreams Blue Powers (4:37) / Young (3:17) RCA Victor 9264, 7/67 BB This release went nowhere, but two years later...

	Earth Music
	RCA Victor LSP-3865
	10/67 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Euphoria	Remaily	2:15
All My Dreams Blue	Young	3:17
Monkey Business	Berry	2:49
Dreamer's Dream	Corbitt-Levinger	3:35
Sugar Babe	Lomax, arr Youngbloods	2:08
Long And Tall	Young	4:05
Side Two
I Can Tell	Willis	4:29
Don't Play Games	Corbitt	2:12
The Wine Song	Young	2:42
Fool Me	Levinger	2:57
Reason To Believe	Hardin	2:25

Fool Me / I Can Tell Levinger (2:57) / Willis (4:29) RCA Victor 9360, 10/67

Quicksand² / Dreamer's Dream Young (2:37) / Corbitt-Levinger (3:36) RCA Victor 9422, 1/68

Jerry Corbitt quits during recording of Elephant's Mountain to go solo

5/5/68: Casablanca Club, Allesley

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival(5/18, 19/68)

The Sky River Rock Festival and Lighter Than Air Fair(8/31-9/1/68)

Darkness, Darkness / On Sir Francis Drake³ Young (3:43) / Levinger (3:00) RCA 0129, 3/69

	Elephant Mountain
	RCA Victor LSP-4150
	4/69 BB [UK: 5/69]
	Back Cover

Side One
Darkness, Darkness	Young	3:51
Smug	Young	2:13
On Sir Francis Drake	Levinger	6:44
Sunlight	Young	3:07
Double Sunlight	Bauer-Levinger-Young	:41
Beautiful	Young	3:49
Turn It Over	Bauer-Levinger-Young	:15
Side Two
Rain Song (Don't Let The Rain Bring You Down)	Collins-Corbitt-Pappalardi	3:13
Trillium	Bauer-Levinger-Young	3:08
Quicksand†	Young	2:37
Black Mountain Breakdown	Bauer-Levinger-Young	:40
Sham†	Young	2:44
Ride The Wild	Young	6:37

Note: Tracks marked † were recorded in NY in 1967; rest in LA the next year
By the way, that mountain? It's in Marin County and the actual name is Black Mountain—Elephant is a local appellation.
 

Northern California Folk-Rock Festival(5/23/69)

Get Together / Beautiful Powers (4:37) / Young (3:42) RCA Victor 9752, 6/69 T20 Re-released and became a hit after Dan Ingram of WABC used the song for a PSA and it generated listener requests.

Seattle Pop Festival(7/25, 27/69)

	Corbitt
	Polydor 24-4003
	9/69 [UK: 1/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
Let The Music Come Inside	Corbitt	2:10
Out Of The Question	Corbitt-Heald	4:40
Country Girl	Corbitt	1:37
Delight In Your Love	Corbitt	3:14
Queen Of England	Stevens	1:48
The Psong	Corbitt-Stevens	3:03
Side One continued
I Love You All	Corbitt-Stevens	2:12
The Rain Song	Collins-Pappalardi	2:24
Banned In Boston	Morier	3:16
Tribulations	Garthwaite	1:55
Kahuna Song	Corbitt	2:58

New Orleans Pop Festival(8/31, 9/1/69)

Sunlight / Trillium Young (3:07) / Bauer-Levinger-Young (3:08) RCA Victor 0270, 11/69

I Love You All / Let The Music Come Inside Corbitt-Stevens (2:12) / Corbitt (2:10) Polydor PD 2-14016, 12/69

	Zabriskie Point(2/9/70)
	One track on the soundtrack album

	Two Trips
	Mercury SR-61273
	4/70 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Reissue Cover

Side One
Hey Babe	Corbitt	2:37
Sometimes	Young	2:45
Rider	Young	3:10
Another Strange Town	Young	2:40
No More Pain	-	2:30
Side Two
Nobody's Dirty Business	Hurt	2:25
Summer Rain	Young	2:26
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?	Gorney-Harburg	2:13
Walkin' Off The Blues	Young	2:45
Doc Geiger	Paulovic	2:30
Lullabye	Young	2:45

Note: Material recorded in 1967, side two is stuff from Jesse's Young Blood album
 

Peace Song¹ / Pretty In The Fair¹ Young (4:32) / Young (2:14) Warner Bros 7404, 6/70 according to 45cat, this was the first Raccoon release, although not noted on label

Strawberry Fields Festival(8/7/70)

The Best Of The YoungbloodsThe Best Of The Youngbloods RCA Victor LSP-4399, 8/70 BB [UK: N/R] no unique tracks

	Rock Festival
	Racoon #1 (WS-1878)
	9/70 BB [UK: 12/70]
	Back Cover

Side One
It's A Lovely Day	Young	2:35
Faster All The Time	Levinger	3:55
Prelude	Bauer-Levinger-Young	1:01
On Beautiful Lake Spenard	Levinger	4:56
Josiane	Young	5:25
Side Two
Sea Cow Boogie	Bauer-Levinger-Young	:22
Fiddler A Dram	arr Levinger	5:12
Misty Roses	Hardin	4:05
Interlude	Bauer-Levinger-Young	2:12
Peepin' 'N' Hidin' (Baby What You Want Me To Do)	Reed	5:06
Ice Bag	Bauer-Levinger-Young	2:22

Note: Recorded at the The Family Dog on The Great Highway, SF (3/29/70), Provo Park, Berkeley (5/19/70), University of
Santa Clara (4/18/70), Euphoria, San Rafael (7/19/70), Pacific High Recording, SF (7/21/70), Barn, Marshall (4/16/70)
 

Hippie From Olema¹ / Misty Roses Levinger (2:55) / Hardin (4:11) Raccoon/Warner Bros 7445 (Raccoon S3), 12/70 A-side states: Recorded live in San Francisco

Sunlight / Reasons To Believe Young (3:07) / Hardin (2:24) RCA Victor 0465, 4/71

	Moonset
	Raccoon #3 (WS-1901)
	4/71 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Photo Insert

Side One
Explosion†	Bauer-Kane-Levinger	0:21
Five Ten†	Bauer-Kane-Levinger	5:10
Old Shoe†	Bauer-Kane-Levinger	5:30
Cat Gone†	Bauer-Kane-Levinger	1:48
Moonset‡	Bauer-Gregg-Levinger	5:28
Frogs	-	1:00
Side Two
Swallows	Bauer-Levinger-Swallow	1:24
Pelicans	Bauer-Levinger-Swallow	9:00
Earthquake Blues	Anderson-Bauer-Levinger-Swallow	8:30

	Jerry Corbitt
	Capitol ST-771
	5/71 [UK: 9/71]
	Back Cover

Side One
Country Boy Blues	Corbitt	3:39
Burning In Your Love Light*	Corbitt	3:27
Georgia	Daniels	3:13
Till You Come Back Home Again	Young	3:19
Pain*	Daniels	3:25
Side Two
John Deere Tractor	Hammond	4:14
Load On*	Corbitt	3:40
Happy Times*	Corbitt	3:34
Canada	Silverman	2:56
Get On Back To The Land	Corbitt	2:00

Country Boy Blues / Pain Corbitt (3:39) / Daniels (3:25) Capitol 3137, 7/71

SunlightSunlight RCA Victor LSP-4561, 7/71 [UK: N/R] no unique tracks

	Ride The Wind
	Racoon #4 (BS-2563)
	7/71 BB [UK: 12/71]
	Back Cover   Lyric Sheet   Lyric Sheet   RCA back cover

Side I
Ride The Wind	Young	9:10
Sugar Babe	Young	2:52
Sunlight	Young	6:17
Side II
The Dolphin	Neil	7:47
Get Together	Powers	4:17
Beautiful	Young	6:10

Note: Recorded live at the Fillmore East, 11/26,28,29/69
RCA Victor released this album in Feb '71, but it was withdrawn also immediately. The last note shows the different back cover.
 

	Medicine Ball Caravan(8/25/71)
	Woodstock on a bus—ends in London

Sky River Rock Festival & Lighter Than Air Fair(8/28-9/8/71)

The Satsop River Fair And Tin Cup Races(9/3-6/71)

Michael Kane joins on bass, freeing up Jesse.

It's A Lovely Day / Ice Bag Young (2:35) / Bauer-Levinger-Young (2:22) Raccoon/Warner Bros 7499 (Raccoon S4), 9/71

	Good And Dusty
	Racoon #9 (BS-2566)
	11/71 BB [UK: ?/72]
	Back Cover

Side One
Stagger Lee	Price-Logan	3:15
That's How Strong My Love Is	Jamison	4:47
Willie And The Hand Jive	Long-Lightborn	3:09
Circus Face	Miller	3:01
Hippie From Olema #5	Levinger	2:01
Good & Dusty	Bauer-Kane-Levinger-Young	1:29
Let The Good Times Roll	Lee	3:47
Side Two
Drifting And Drifting	Young	4:14
Pontiac Blues	Williamson	3:57
Moonshine Is The Sunshine	Cain	3:47
Will The Circle Be Unbroken	Arr Bauer-Kane-Levinger-Young	3:20
I'm A Hog For You Baby	Leiber-Stoller	3:32
Light Shine	Young	3:44

One more (mostly) oldies album, High On A Ridge Top in 1972. Jesse off to a grand solo career; other three formed Noggin, which lasted about a year.

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