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During the course of the 1970s, John Williams recorded three albums for independent Cube Records. These albums are particularly notable because, apart from featuring John Williams playing electric guitar for the first time, Changes (71) includes the first recording of Cavatina, which has since become John Williams' signature piece, while Travelling (78) culminated in the forming of Sky shortly after completion. The Height Below (73) saw John Williams work with Beatles producer George Martin for the first time, although they'd already known each other for some time. On the back of the success of Cavatina as a single in 1979, Cube Records issued several compilations and have since been living off re-releasing these recordings in various forms or licensing individual tracks. Strangely, perhaps, none of the three albums has been issued as a CD under the original title or with the original running order, and some compilations, in circumstances the sleeve notes don't quite explain, also include tracks from John Williams' first recorded collaboration with jazz singer Cleo Laine. One LP compilation even includes tracks taken from some of John Williams' CBS recordings. Here is a (hopefully complete) listing of these compilations, in reverse chronological order (i.e. latest releases first). The main reason I'm including all of these is because some of these compilations were bigger sellers than the original albums, and visitors to this site have been surprised that they weren't included on its previous incarnation. See below for my suggested method of re-creating the original three albums on CD. My thanks to Bill Darlington for some of the entries which I didn't have or know about, and scans from his collection.
CD1:
Gates: If (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Trad.: Romanza Travelling Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Myers: The River God Travelling Myers: Portrait Travelling Albert: Feelings (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Myers: Sarabande Changes Gascoigne: Lisa Larne The Height Below Myers/Laine: He Was Beautiful (Cavatina) (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Gascoigne: Dance Of The Emperor's Clouds The Height Below Gascoigne: Dance of the Living The Height Below
Trad.: Romanza Travelling Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Myers: Portrait Travelling Moore: Horizon The Height Below Myers: The River God Travelling Walker: Lorelei The Height Below Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Myers: Sarabande Changes Bach/Myers/Monkman:Travelling Travelling Gascoigne: Lisa Larne The Height Below Gascoigne: Dance Of The Emperor's Clouds The Height Below Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Flowers: Pomegranite previously unavailable
Moore: Horizon The Height Below Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Changes Myers: Sarabande Changes Bach/Harvey: Sheep May Safely Graze Travelling Myers: The River God Travelling Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Gascoigne: Dance Of The Emperor's Clouds The Height Below Gascoigne: Dance of the Living The Height Below Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Changes Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Gascoigne: Lisa Larne The Height Below Walker: Lorelei The Height Below Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes
Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Changes Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Trad: House of the Rising Sun Changes Gascoigne: The Height Below The Height Below Dankworth: Sambalaya The Height Below Myers: Cavatina Changes Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Gascoigne: Dance Of The Emperor's Clouds The Height Below Gascoigne: Dance of the Living The Height Below Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Changes Reinhardt: Nuages Changes Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Gascoigne: Lisa Larne The Height Below Walker: Lorelei The Height Below Martin: Sans Souci The Height Below
Albert: Feelings (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Jobim: Wave with (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Myers: Portrait Travelling Bach/Myers: From the Top Travelling Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Gates: If (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Gascoigne: Emperor Nero Suite: The Height Below Dance of the Living Lorelei Duet for Guitar and Koto Lisa Larne Dance Of The Emperor's Clouds Dance Of The Dead A Derrin Dhu
Walker: Lorelei The Height Below Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Reinhardt: Nuages Changes Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Gascoigne: Duet For Guitar and Koto The Height Below Myers: Sarabande Changes Myers: The River God Travelling Moore: Horizon The Height Below Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Changes Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Changes
Moore: Horizon The Height Below Myers: The River God Travelling Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Myers: Portrait Travelling Gascoigne: The Height Below The Height Below Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Changes Dankworth: Sambalaya The Height Below Bach/Myers/Monkman:Travelling Travelling Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Bach/Myers: From the Top Travelling Lennon/McCartney: Because Changes Lennon/McCartney: Eleanor Rigby (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Gimbel/Fox: Killing Me Softly With His Song (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Bach: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Trad.: Romanza Travelling
Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Theodorakis: Theme from Z Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Lennon/McCartney: Because Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Mitchell: Woodstock Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Reinhardt: Nuages Myers: Sarabande Trad: House of the Rising Sun
Granados: Spanish Dance No. 5 Virtuoso Music For Guitar Albeniz: Tango Spanish Music Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez: Adagio Rodrigo & Villa-Lobos De Falla: The Miller's Dance Spanish Music Sor: Variations on a Theme by Mozart Virtuoso Variations for Guitar Villa Lobos: Prelude No. 4 More Virtuoso Music Albeniz: Asturias Spanish Music Paganini: Sonata in A Major Virtuoso Music For Guitar Bach: Gavotte (Lute Suite No. 4) CBS Records Presents John Williams Giuliani: Variations on a Theme by Handel Virtuoso Variations for Guitar Villa Lobos: Prelude No. 2 More Virtuoso Music Myers: Cavatina Changes Trad.: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Mozart: Turkish Rondo John Williams and Friends Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring John Williams and Friends Telemann: Bourrée alla Polacca John Williams and Friends Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling
Myers: Cavatina Changes Moore: Horizon The Height Below Myers: The River God Travelling Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Myers: Portrait Travelling Gascoigne: The Height Below The Height Below Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Trad.: Romanza Travelling Reinhardt: Nuages Changes Myers: Sarabande Changes Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Bach/Harvey: Sheep May Safely Graze Travelling Disc 2 Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Changes Dankworth: Sambalaya The Height Below Bach/Myers/Monkman: Travelling Travelling Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Bach/Myers: From the Top Travelling Flowers: Pomegranite previously unavailable Lennon/McCartney: Eleanor Rigby (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends Myers: The Swagman Travelling Gimbel/Fox: Killing Me Softly With His Song (with Cleo Laine) Best Friends
Lennon/McCartney: Because Changes Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Myers: Portrait Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Trad.: Romanza Travelling Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Myers: The Swagman Travelling Bach/Harvey: Sheep May Safely Graze Travelling Trad: House of the Rising Sun Changes
Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Trad.: Romanza Travelling Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Myers: Sarabande Changes Moore: Horizon The Height Below Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Walker: Lorelei The Height Below Dankworth: Sambalaya The Height Below Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling
Myers: Cavatina Changes Myers: Portrait Travelling Myers: The River God Travelling Myers: Sarabande Changes Reinhardt: Nuages Changes Trad.: Romanza Travelling Bach/Myers: All At Sea Minor Travelling Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Changes Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Gascoigne: The Height Below The Height Below Disc 2 Bach/Myers/Monkman: Travelling Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Bach/Myers: J.S.B. Travelling Bach/Myers: From the Top Travelling Myers: The Swagman Travelling Trad: House of the Rising Sun Changes Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Lennon/McCartney: Because Changes Moore: Horizon The Height Below Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Changes Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Bach/Harvey: Sheep May Safely Graze Travelling
Walker: Lorelei The Height Below Gascoigne: Lisa Larne The Height Below Moore: Horizon The Height Below Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Theodorakis: Theme from Z Changes Myers: Cavatina Changes Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Changes Myers: Sarabande Changes
Bach/Myers: Air On A 'G' String Travelling Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Changes Lennon/McCartney: Because Changes Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Changes Mitchell: Woodstock Changes Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Changes Reinhardt: Nuages Changes Myers: Cavatina Changes Bach/Harvey: Sheep May Safely Graze Travelling Bach/Myers: Bach Changes Changes Walker: Lorelei The Height Below Williams: El Tuno The Height Below Moore: Horizon The Height Below Martin: Sans Souci The Height Below Dankworth: Sambalaya The Height Below
Theodorakis: Theme from Z Bach: Bach Changes Trad: Spanish Trip (Canarios) Lennon/McCartney: Because Myers: Raga Vilasakhani Todi Mitchell: Woodstock Greenaway/Cook: Good Morning Freedom Reinhardt: Nuages Myers: Sarabande Trad: House of the Rising Sun
Note:
With the publication in 2005 of the double-CD Essential Collection, it is now almost possible to re-create the original three albums on CD with one readily-available purchase. The only tracks missing are Sheep May Safely Graze and The Swagman from Travelling. It is REALLY annoying that the publishers chose not to include these (I can see no reason why they should have been forced into that position).
The only CD on which both are included is Bridges, which is currently officially out of print. It does turn up occasionally on eBay, and generally sells for acceptable prices. (Don't be confused by LPs, as there are literally millions of copies out there, and there are at least a couple of copies for sale at any given time).
Sheep May Safely Graze is also included on the currently readily available The Best of John Williams, which means that only The Swagman remains hard to find.
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