1. Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina - Smash SRS 67088 - 1967
Tracks:
1. Pretty Ballerina / 2. Walk Away Renee/ 3. Let Go of You Girl / 4. She May Call You Up Tonight / 5. Barterers and Their Wives / 6. I've Got Something on My Mind / 7. Evening Gown / 8. What Do You Know / 9. Shadows Breaking Over My Head / 10. I Haven't Got the Nerve / 11. Lazy Day.
Rating : 9
2. Left Banke Too - Smash SRS 67113 - 1968
Tracks:
1. Goodbye Holly / 2. There's Gonna Be a Storm / 3. Sing Little Bird Sing / 4. Nice to See You / 5. Give the Man a Hand / 6. Bryant Hotel / 7. Desiree / 8. Dark is the Bark / 9. In the Morning Light / 10. My Friend Today
Rating : 7
3. Montage - Laurie SLP 2049 - 1969
Tracks:
1. I Shall Call Her Mary / 2. She's Alone/ 3. Grand Pianist / 4. Men Are Building Sand / 5. Desiree / 6. The Song Is Love / 7. Tinsel and Ivy / 8. An Audience with Miss Priscilla Gray / 9. My Love / 10. Wake Up Jimmy / 11. The Mirror * / 12. Thor and Or * / 13. The Song Is Love * / 14. Desiree (instrumental ) *
Rating : 8
4. Stories - Kama Sutra 2051 - 1972
Tracks:
1. Hello People / 2. I'm Coming Home / 3. Winter Scenes / 4. Step Back / 5. You Told Me / 6. Saint James / 7. Kathleen / 8. Take Cover / 9. Nice To Have You Here / 10. High And Low
Rating : 5
5. About US - Kama Sutra 2068 - 1973
Tracks:
1. Darling / 2. Don´t Ever Let Me Down / 3. Love is in Motion / 4. Hey France / 5. Please Please / 6. Changes Have Begun / 7. Circles / 8. Believe Me / 9. Words / 10. Top of the City / 11. What Comes After / 12. Brother Louie
Rating : 5
6. Travelling Underground - Kama Sutra 2076 - 1973 ( Not Mike Brown)
Tracks:
1. Bridges / 2. Soft Rain / 3. Hard When You're So Far Away / 4. If It Feels Good / 5. Mammy Blue / 6. Stories Untold / 7. I Can't Understand It / 8. Earthbound/Freefall / 9. Traveling Underground
Rating : 2
7. The Beckies - Sire - 1976
Tracks:
1. Right by My Side (Etude) / 2. River Bayou / 3. Midnight and You / 4. Fran / 5. Other Side of Town / 6. Song Called Love / 7. Can't Be Alone / 8. River Song / 9. On the Morning That She Came / 10. One of These Days / 11. Run Jenny Run
Rating :
8. Strangers on a Train - Relix Records - 1978 (86)
Tracks:
1. Hold On Tight / 2. Heartbreaker / 3. Lorraine / 4. You Say / 5. And One Day / 6. Queen of Paradise / 7. Only My Opinion / 8. Strangers On A Train / 9. I Can Fly / 10. Yesterday's Love
Rating : 7
8. High Flyer - Omnivore Recordings - 2022 (2001)
Tracks:
1. Airborne / 2. I Don't Know / 3. Until the End / 4. My Buddy Steve / 5. Meet Me in the Moonlight / 6. High Flyer
Rating : 6
10. Strangers on the Train - Omnivore Recordings - 2022 (1978-2001)
Tracks:
1. Strangers on a Train / 2. Heartbreaker / 3. Lorraine / 4. Yesterday's Love / 5. Hold on Tight / 6. And One Day / 7. You Say / 8. I Can Fly / 9. Only My Opinion / 10. Queen of Paradise / 11. Airborne / 12. I Don't Know / 13. Until the End / 14. My Buddy Steve / 15. Meet Me in the Moonlight / 16. High Flyer
Rating :
11. Airborne - Omnivore Recordings - 2024 (1978-2001)
Tracks:
1. Airborne / 2. I’m in Love / 3. Going Down to Mexico / 4. All the Pain / All the Wonder / 5. Buddy Steve / 6. Let Me Take you Down to Florida / 7. 5 o’clock / 8. Until the End / 9. How Many Times / 10. Meet me in the Moonlight / 11. I Don’t Know / 12. High Flyer / 13. Going Down to Mexico
Rating : 7
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - August 25 - 2023
50 Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina - 1967
161 Left Banke Too - 1968
265 Montage - 1970
473 About Us - 1973
709 Stories - 1972
731 The Beckies - 1976
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August 25 - 2023 - "rateyourmusic.com"
My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
1. Pretty Ballerina ( Brown ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
2. She May Call You Up Tonight ( Brown/Martin ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
3. I´ve Got Something on My Mind ( Cameron/Martin/Brown ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
4. Walk Awayt Reneé ( Brown/Calili/Sansome ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
5. Love is in Motion ( Brown/Lloyd ) About Us
6. Barterers and their Wives ( Brown/Feher ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
7. Shadows Breaking Over My Head ( Brown/Martin ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
8. Sing Little Bird Sing ( Feher ) Left Banke Too
9. Bryant Hotel ( Feher ) Left Banke Too
10. I Shall Call Her Mary ( Brown/Feher ) Montage
11. Lazy Day ( Brown/Martin ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
12. Nice to See You ( Finn ) Left Banke Too
13. High and Low ( Brown/Lloyd ) Stories
14. Strangers on the Train ( Finn ) Strangers on the Train
15. And One Day ( Finn/Martin/Cameron ) Strangers on the Train
16. It´s Only My Opinion( Finn ) Strangers on the Train
17. Let Go Of You Girl ( Brown/Martin/Cameron ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
18. I Haven´t Got The Nerve ( Martin/Cameron ) Walk Away Reneé/Pretty Ballerina
19. Goodbye Holly ( Feher ) Left Banke Too
20. Desiree ( Brown/Feher ) Left Banke Too
21. Ivy Ivy ( Brown/Feher ) Single 1967
22. Men Are Building Sand ( Brown/Sommer ) Outtake 1967
23. Grand Pianist ( Brown/Sommer ) Montage
24. Desireé II ( Brown/Feher ) Montage
25. My Love ( Feher ) Montage
26. Tinsel and Ivy ( Brown/Feher ) Montage
27. Men Are Building Sand II ( Brown/Sommer ) Montage
28. Darling ( Brown/Lloyd ) About Us
29. Hey France ( Brown/Lloyd ) About Us
30. Brother Louie ( E. Brown/Wilson ) About Us
31. Lorraine ( Finn ) Strangers on the Train
32. You Say ( Finn/Martin/Cameron ) Strangers on the Train
33. I Can Fly ( Finn ) Strangers on the Train
34. High Flyer ( Brown ) High Flyer
35. Hello People ( Brown/Lloyd ) Stories
37. I´m Coming Home ( Brown/Lloyd ) Stories
38. The Song is Love ( Brown/Sommer ) Montage
39. Wake Up Jimmy ( Brown/Sommer ) Montage
40. Two By Two ( Brown/Sommer ) Strangers on the Train - bonus
41. The Mirror ( Martin ) Montage
LINKS:
Left Banke Page
Left Banke Fan Page