Observations In Time: The Johnny Brantley/Vidalia Productions

~ Release by Ohio Players (see all versions of this release, 6 available)

Annotation

Tracks 1 to 11 originally issued as "Observations In Time" (1969).
Tracks 12 to 15, 20 originally issued as "First Impressions" (1972).
Tracks 16 & 17 originally issued as Compass CO-7015 (1968).
Tracks 18 & 19 originally issued as Compass CO-7018 (1968).
Tracks 21 & 22 originally issued on "16 Greatest Hits" (1976).
Tracks 23 & 24 originally issued on "Superpak", 1977.
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Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#TitleLength
1Here Today And Gone Tomorrow
recording of:
Here Today and Gone Tomorrow
writer:
Andrew Noland, Leroy Bonner, Joe T. Harris, Marshall Jones, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, Dutch Robinson and Greg Webster
publisher:
EMI Longitude Music, イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:30
2Mother‐In‐Law
cover recording of:
Mother‐in‐Law
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
EMI Unart Catalog Inc. and J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
3:06
3Stop Lying To Yourself
2:19
4Over The Rainbow
cover recording of:
Over the Rainbow (The Wizard of Oz)
lyricist:
Yip Harburg (in 1938)
composer:
Harold Arlen (in 1938)
premiered by:
Judy Garland (in 1939)
publisher:
EMI Feist Catalog Inc., EMI Music, EMI Partnership Ltd., EMI United Partnership Ltd., J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Leo Feist Music, Robbins Music Corp. Ltd., United Partnership Ltd. and Warner/Chappell
sub-publisher:
香港商百代音樂股份有限公司台灣分公司, フジパシフィック音楽出版 SBK事業部 (until 2014-12-31), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (until 2017-03-31), フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部 (from 2015-01-01 to present) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The 12th Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1) and Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 1939 winner)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1942 Arlen/Harburg musical)
part of:
The Wizard of Oz (1939 film soundtrack)
4:21
5Find Someone To Love
2:19
6Cold Cold World
3:51
7Summertime
cover recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc., Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd., Warner/Chappell, Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited, Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
7:49
8Bad Bargain
recording of:
Bad Bargain
writer:
Leroy Bonner, Joe T. Harris, Marshall Eugene Jones, Ralph Middlebrooks, Clarence Satchell and Theodore Robinson
publisher:
Ben-Ghazi Enterprises, Inc., Charlotte Phillips Publishing and Segundo Sueños LLC
2:37
9The Man That I Am
2:33
10Lonely Street
2:29
11Street Party
2:25
12A Little Soul Party (A Woman & Some Soul)
3:02
13A Thing Called Love
3:25
14My Neighbors
3:10
15Tell Me Why
2:21
16You Don’t Mean It
2:40
17Trespassin’
1:57
18I’ve Got To Hold On
2:42
19It’s A Cryin’ Shame
2:27
20Alabama Soupbone Pt. 1 & 2
3:56
21I Gotta Get Away
2:38
22Love Slips Thru My Fingers
recording of:
Love Slipped Through My Fingers
writer:
Marion Farmer, Edward Lewis and James Lewis
2:28
23The Man That I Am (instrumental)
4:06
24Street Party (instrumental)
2:30