Illustrated Mark Spoelstra discography (original) (raw)

Wirz' AMERICAN MUSIC

MarkSpoelstrab. June 30, 1940 in Kansas City, Missourid. February 25, 2007 in Pioneer, Californiadiscography M A R K S P O E L S T R A (picture from back cover of Columbia CS 9793)
# yearof release title / label / notes
1 1963 The Songs Of Mark Spoelstrawith 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
2 1963 Mark Spoelstrarecorded 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 BluesFolkways FG 3572order Smithsonian Folkways custom-made CD F-3572
2a 1964 Mark and the Two Timers - Walking Around Town- CorinnaFolkways F45001
2b 1964 Mark and the Two Timers - Sugar Babe- Buck Dance No. 2Folkways F45002
3 1965 Mark 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 RothchildElektra EKL-283 monoEKS-7283 stereo= Collector's Choice CDWWCCM06762 (remastered)
4 1966 State Of MindMark 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 Avenueprod. by Paul RothchildElektra EKL-307 monoEKS-7307 stereo= Collector's Choice CDWWCCM06772 (remastered)
5 1969 Mark 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 WordsColumbia CS 9793
6 1971 Mark SpoelstraThis 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 PeaceFantasy/Galaxy 8412= Bellaphon BLPS 19053
6a 1971 - Working With A Woman- Tonight's For Lovin'Fantasy 664
6b 1972 Mark Spoelstra Sings his own compositions "People Helping People" - Give Your Neighbor A Hand- The Ballad Of LazarusSweet Artichoke Publishing Co.Good Samaritan Records
7 1977 Mark SpoelstraSomehow 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
8 1979 Mark SpoelstraComin' 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 LordInwood 1001
9 2001 Mark SpoelstraOut 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- Ileannacover paintingby Eric von Schmidt Origin Jazz Library OJL 2001
10 200? Gospel Trucker "planned for reissue"

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

Anthologies / Compilations / Samplerscontaining songs performed by Mark Spoelstra

# yearof release title / songs performed by Mark Spoelstra / label # / notes
1 1963 Introducing BROADSIDEA Handful Of Songs About Our Times - Civil Defense SignBroadside B-301= Broadside Ballads, Vol. 1Folkways 05301
2 6/1964 the BLUES projectA 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. Rothchildcover artwork by Eric Von Schmidtback 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")
2a 1964 Broadside Ballads Vol. 3The 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 Singersnotes by Phil OchsBroadside BR 303=Folkways FH 5303
3 19644 LP The Folk Box - France BluesElektra EKL 9001= EUK 2512/2 (UK)
4 1965 Folksong '65Elektra 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) @ youtubeKathy & 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
5 1968 Fantastic Folk - France Blues Elektra EUK 259
6 1973 Soundtracks for"Electra Glide in Blue" - Meadow Mountain Top- Song of Sad BottlesUnited Artists UA-LA062-H more info
7 1984 Bleecker And MacDougal(The Folk Scene Of The 1960's) - White Winged Dove Elektra 60381 more info
8 1984 Crossroads(White Blues In The 1960s - The Jac Holzman Years ) - France BluesElektra 60383-1-U
9 20005-CDboxed set The Best of Broadside 1962 - 1988Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine - Civil Defense SignSmithsonian FolkwaysSFW CD 40130more 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

# yearof release artist / title / instrument(s) played by Mark Spoelstra / label # / notes
1 1976 Pam Mark (Hall)FlyingguitarAslan 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

# yearof release ArtistRecord Title- featured Mark Spoelstra song / label # / notes
1 1964 Harry BelafonteBallads, Blues and Boasters - My Love Is A Dewdrop [lyrics] RCA Victor LSP-2953
2 1982 Janis Joplin: Farewell Song- Magic Of LoveCOLUMBIA 85354= PC 37569more infolyrics
3 1999 Big Brother & The Holding Co: Cheap Thrills- Magic Of Love (CD bonus track; previously unreleased live March 1968 version) Columbia PC 9700
4 1998 Janis Joplin/Big Brother & The Holding Co: Live At Winterland '68- Magic Of LoveSony/Columbia Legacy 64869more 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]

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