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Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

Mark
Spoelstra

b. June 30, 1940 in Kansas City, Missouri
d. February 25, 2007 in Pioneer, California
discography
M A R K S P O E L S T R A (picture from back cover of Columbia CS 9793)

#year
of release
title / label / notes
11963The Songs Of Mark Spoelstra
with Twelve-String Guitar

- The Times I've Had
- Sugar Babe   @ youtube
- Slip Knot
- Buckdancer's Choice #2
- Wreck Of The Number Nine
- Drowsy Sleeper
- Working On The Building

- Corinna Blues
- Stranger Blues
- Poor Boy
- Deep Blue Sea Blues
- Jail House Now
- Children's Blues
- The Way My Baby Walks


Folkways FA 2444


= Verve Folkways FV/FVS-
9018 "The Times I've Had"

order Smithsonian Folkways
custom-made CD F-2444

21963Mark Spoelstra
recorded at Club 47 Inc.

- Don't Say It So Slow
- Farewell Train
- Let Us Pray
- My Love Is (Like) A Dewdrop
- Dead Thumb Roll #1
- You Don't Worry My Mind
- Follow Me Baby
- Goin' Home

- Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
- Born To Die
- Willow Tree
- Dead Thumb Roll #2
- Wild About My Lovin'
- Civil Defense Sign
- K. C. Moan Blues


Folkways FG 3572

order Smithsonian Folkways
custom-made CD F-3572

2a1964Mark and the Two Timers

- Walking Around Town
- Corinna

Folkways F45001

2b1964Mark and the Two Timers

- Sugar Babe
- Buck Dance No. 2

Folkways F45002

31965Mark Spoelstra: five & twenty questions

- Five And Twenty Questions   @ youtube
- On The Road Again
- My Love Is (Like) A Dewdrop   @ youtube
- White Winged Dove   @ youtube
- Jesse's Jump
- Ballad Of 12th Avenue   @ youtube

- Won't Allow Manking To Rest   @ youtube
- Somebody's Gonna Miss Me
- The Leaves   @ youtube
- Fife And Drum   @ youtube
- Untitled Instrumental
- Just A Hand To Hold   @ youtube

prod. by Paul Rothchild


Elektra EKL-283 mono
EKS-7283 stereo

= Collector's Choice CD
WWCCM06762 (remastered)

41966State Of Mind
Mark Spoelstra accompanying himself on guitar

- Too Late
- State Of Mind
- Guns Of Our Cities
- Bubble Gum Song
- Dizzy Spell Blues
- This Man

- Gimme Gimme
- Souless Blues
- Full Time Man
- Sacred Life
- Play Run Run
- Farewell To North Avenue

prod. by Paul Rothchild


Elektra EKL-307 mono
EKS-7307 stereo

= Collector's Choice CD
WWCCM06772 (remastered)

51969Mark Spoelstra

- Hobo Poet
- Not So Inclined To Be Kind
- Thanks Anyway
- Sound Of The Rainbow
- You Should Know
- Meadow Mountain Top

- Don Juan's Turn To Bow
- Song Of Sad Bottles
- Mona Sue
- Dim Lights And Bar Fights
- Child Statue
- Empty Words


Columbia CS 9793

61971Mark Spoelstra
This House


- Dirty Movie Show
- Better Butter
- Amazon Song
- Pretty Bird
- Let Your Fingers Do The Talkin'
- This House

- Bucket Of Grease
- Workin' With A Woman
- Henry And Henrietta
- Tonight's For Lovin'
- Another Mother For Peace

Fantasy/Galaxy 8412


= Bellaphon BLPS 19053

6a1971
- Working With A Woman
- Tonight's For Lovin'

Fantasy 664

6b1972Mark Spoelstra Sings his own compositions "People Helping People"

- Give Your Neighbor A Hand
- The Ballad Of Lazarus

Sweet Artichoke Publishing Co.

Good Samaritan Records

71977Mark Spoelstra
Somehow I Always Knew


- Here It Is
- Let's Make A Melody
- Psalm 136
- Oh My Bride
- The Tongue
- Playin' With Fire

- The Pickle Song
- Gospel Trucker
- Mary And The Master
- Thomas The Twin
- Believer's Rest
- Living In The Spirit
- Somehow I Always Knew


Aslan ARS-1002

81979Mark Spoelstra
Comin' Back To Town


- Jesus Comin' Back To Town
- Swing Low Sweet Chariot
- I Saw The Light
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus

- This Little Light Of Mine
- New Seed Growing
- Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain
- Will The Circle Be Unbroken
- The Song The Singer The Lord


Inwood 1001

92001Mark Spoelstra
Out Of My Hands


- I'm a Stranger Everywhere
- Angelette in Blue
- Just for You
- Crazy Blue
- School Boy Crush
- San Joaquin County Fair
- Hug Today
- T-Bone T-Bone Blues
- San Francisco Zoo
- Dancer's Choice IV
- Touchy Tiger
- Teach You To Relax
- Yosemite Valley
- River Of Mercy
- Fishin' Song
- Ileanna

cover painting
by Eric von Schmidt

Origin Jazz Library OJL 2001

10200?Gospel Trucker



"planned for reissue"

from front cover of FOLKSONG '65
Mark Spoelstra on front cover of FOLKSONG '65

Anthologies / Compilations / Samplers
containing songs performed by Mark Spoelstra
#year
of release
title / songs performed by Mark Spoelstra / label # / notes
11963Introducing BROADSIDE
A Handful Of Songs About Our Times

- Civil Defense Sign


Broadside B-301

= Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1
Folkways 05301

26/1964the BLUES project
A compendium of the very best on the urban blues scene@ youtube (full album)

- Fixin' To Die (Dave Ray)
- Blow Whistle Blow (Eric von Schmidt)
- My Little Woman (John Koerner)
- Ginger Man (Geoff Muldaur)
- Bad Dream Blues (Dave van Ronk)   @ youtube
- Winding Boy (Ian Buchanan)
- I'm Troubled (Danny Kalb)   @ youtube

- France Blues (Mark Spoelstra)

- Don't You Leave Me Here (Dave van Ronk)   @ youtube
- Devil Got My Woman (Geoff Muldaur)
- Southbound Train (John Koerner)
- Downtown Blues (Geoff Muldaur)
- Leavin' Here Blues (Dave Ray)
- Hello Baby Blues (Danny Kalb)   @ youtube

- She's Gone (Mark Spoelstra)
- Slappin' On My Black Cat Bone (Dave Ray)

assisting musicians: Tony Glover, Fritz Richmond, John B. Sebastian, Doug Pomeroy, Bob Landy [Bob Dylan]; prod. by Jac Holzman & Paul A. Rothchild
cover artwork by Eric Von Schmidt

back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

Elektra EKL-264 (mono) (US 6/1964)

back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

= Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 6/1964)

(short) back cover notes plus foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

= Mode MDEKL 9459 (Fr 1964)

back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

= Elektra EKL-264 (mono) (US 1966 repress)

back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

= Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (late 1960s repress)

back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

= Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 1966 repress)

back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

= Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 1969 repress)

back cover notes plus 5-pp. foldout booklet by Paul Nelson

= Elektra EKS-7264 (stereo) (US 1970s repress)

(abridged) back cover notes by Paul Nelson (no booklet)

= Edsel ED248 (UK 1987)

5 CD set

(=) Elektra CD 8122795661-2 (EU 2015) "The Greenwich Village Folk Scene"
(five original Elektra albums from the 1960s, including "The Blues Project")

2a1964Broadside Ballads Vol. 3
The Broadside Singers

- Ain't That News - The Broadside Singers with Tom Paxton
- More Good Men - Goin' Down The Broadside Singers with Dave Cohen

- Times I've Had - The Broadside Singers with Mark Spoelstra
- Paths Of Victory - The Broadside Singers with Bob Dylan
- Christine - The Broadside Singers with Matt McGinn
- Rattlesnake - The Broadside Singers with Peter La Farge
- Carry It On - The Broadside Singers with Gil Turner

- Links On The Chain - The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs
- Causes - The Broadside Singers with Pat Sky
- Immigrante - The Broadside Singers with Buffy Sainte-Marie
- The Faucets Are Dripping - The Broadside Singers wth Malvina Reynolds
- Father's Grave - For Cordell Reagon - The Broadside Singers with Len Chandler
- The Scruggs Picker - The Broadside Singers with Ernie Marrs
- Plains Of Nebrasky-O - The Broadside Singers with Eric Andersen
- Freedom Is A Constant Struggle - The Broadside Singers

notes by Phil Ochs

Broadside BR 303
=Folkways FH 5303

31964
4 LP
The Folk Box

- France Blues


Elektra EKL 9001
= EUK 2512/2 (UK)

41965Folksong '65
Elektra 15th Anniversary Commemorative Album
Tom Rush - Long John (3:51)
Judy Collins - So Early, Early In The Morning (3:07)
Koerner, Ray & Glover - Linin' Track (2:15)
Hamilton Camp - Girl Of The North Country (2:28)
Dick Rosmini - 900 Miles (2:37)
Tom Paxton - The Last Thing On My Mind (3:05)

Paul Butterfield Band - Born In Chicago (3:13)   @ youtube
Kathy & Carol - Fair Beauty Bright (2:32)

Mark Spoelstra - White Winged Dove (4:04)
Fred Neil - Blues On The Ceiling (2:22)
Bruce Murdoch - Rompin' Rovin' Days (2:15)
Phil Ochs - Power And The Glory (2:15)


notes by Stefan E. Powers

Elektra S-8

51968Fantastic Folk

- France Blues


Elektra EUK 259

61973Soundtracks for
"Electra Glide in Blue"


- Meadow Mountain Top
- Song of Sad Bottles


United Artists UA-LA062-H

more info

71984Bleecker And MacDougal
(The Folk Scene Of The 1960's)

- White Winged Dove


Elektra 60381

more info

81984Crossroads
(White Blues In The 1960s - The Jac Holzman Years )

- France Blues


Elektra 60383-1-U

92000
5-CD
boxed set
The Best of Broadside 1962 - 1988
Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine

- Civil Defense Sign


Smithsonian Folkways
SFW CD 40130

more info

from liner notes to 'Out of My Hands'; photo: Dale Barnett, Images For The Ages; click to enlarge!
Mark Spoelstra
(from liner notes to 'Out of My Hands'; photographer: Dale Barnett)

Production / (Guest) Appearances on other Artist's recordings
#year
of release
artist / title / instrument(s) played by Mark Spoelstra / label # / notes
11976Pam Mark (Hall)
Flying

guitar


Aslan ARS-1001

from liner notes to 'Out of My Hands'; photo: Dale Barnett, Images For The Ages; click to enlarge!
Mark Spoelstra
(from liner notes to 'Out of My Hands'; photographer: Dale Barnett)

Other artist's Covers of Mark Spoelstra songs
#year
of release
Artist
Record Title

- featured Mark Spoelstra song / label # / notes
11964Harry Belafonte
Ballads, Blues and Boasters

- My Love Is A Dewdrop [lyrics]


RCA Victor LSP-2953

21982Janis Joplin: Farewell Song
- Magic Of Love


COLUMBIA 85354
= PC 37569

more info

lyrics

31999Big Brother & The Holding Co: Cheap Thrills
- Magic Of Love (CD bonus track; previously unreleased live March 1968 version)


Columbia PC 9700

41998Janis Joplin/Big Brother & The Holding Co: Live At Winterland '68
- Magic Of Love


Sony/Columbia Legacy 64869

more info

Thanks to Sheldon Monsrud and ripin@juno.com (better late than never ;-) for additional information

 

Mark Spoelstra's song 'My Love Is A Dewdrop' [lyrics]
not to be confused with the traditional song
'My Love Is Like A Dewdrop' [notes/lyrics]

 

Mark Spoelstra
is member of the population of
Humbead's Revised Map of the World
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