A Long and Winding Road

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For The Beatles song, see The Long and Winding Road.
A Long and Winding Road
Studio album by
Maureen McGovern
ReleasedApril 29, 2008
RecordedFebruary 2008
GenrePop, Standards
LabelPS Classics
ProducerJeffrey Lesser
Maureen McGovern chronology
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Maureen McGovern
(2005) 		A Long and Winding Road
(2008)

A Long and Winding Road is Maureen McGovern's twelfth studio album and was released in 2008 by PS Classics. It is a cover album of songs that were from the 1960s and early 1970s, written by notable songwriters of that era. Inside the album cover includes an essay by Philip Himberg (who is the Producing Artistic Director of the Sundance Institute Theatre Program) that covers Maureen McGovern's making of the album and the growth of the Great American Songbook during the 1960s.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All I Want/America"Joni Mitchell/Paul Simon3:22
2."The Times They Are a-Changin'"Bob Dylan3:31
3."The Circle Game"Joni Mitchell5:14
4."The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy)" (with Jay Leonhart, vocals and bass, arranged by Jay Leonhart)Paul Simon1:40
5."Cowboy"Randy Newman2:23
6."The Coming of the Roads"Billy Edd Wheeler3:43
7."Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"Carole King, Gerry Goffin3:08
8."Shed a Little Light/Carry It On"James Taylor/Gil Turner4:32
9."The Fiddle and the Drum"Joni Mitchell3:03
10."Fire and Rain"James Taylor4:04
11."Rocky Raccoon"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:31
12."Let It Be"John Lennon, Paul McCartney3:15
13."By the Time I Get to Phoenix"Jimmy Webb2:57
14."MacArthur Park"Jimmy Webb2:14
15."The Moon's a Harsh Mistress"Jimmy Webb3:24
16."And When I Die"Laura Nyro4:06
17."Imagine"John Lennon3:31
18."The Long and Winding Road"John Lennon, Paul McCartney1:30

Album credits[]

  • Music director/arranger – Jeff Harris
  • Special guest appearance by – Jay Leonhart
  • Produced by – Jeffrey Lesser
  • Co-produced by – Maureen McGovern
  • Executive producer – Dan Fortune
  • A&R director – Philip Chaffin

Personnel[]

  • Jeff Harris – piano
  • Jay Leonhart – bass
  • Lou Marini Jr. – saxophone
  • Jeffrey Carney – bass on "Circle Game," "Cowboy," and "By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
  • Joseph Passaro – percussion
  • Cenovia Cummins – violin
  • Suzanne Chaplin – violin
  • Debra Shufelt-Dine – viola
  • Dorothy Lawson – cello
  • Recorded at Avatar Studios and Clinton Recording Studios, February 2008[citation needed]
  • Recorded by: Tom Lazarus
  • Pro Tools operator: Bart Migal
  • Assistant engineer: Tim Mitchell
  • Mixed by: Jeffrey Lesser
  • Mastered by: Joe Lambert, Trutone Mastering
  • Art direction & design: John Costa, New Orleans
  • Photographs by: Deborah Feingold
  • Additional photos courtesy of: Maureen McGovern

For PS Classics, LLC[]

  • Executive producer: Tommy Krasker
  • A&R direction: Philip Chaffin
  • Staff engineer: Bart Migal
  • Editorial coordinator: Clifton Gutesman
  • Assistant to the producers: Robbie Rozelle
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