Five Decades of Songs & Singing

Paul Kaplan
Life on This Planet (1982)
TRACKS:
- Life On This Planet (3:35)
- The Mermaid (3:09)
- Call Me The Whale (2:47)
- Trouble With Mama (2:03)
- Traffic Jam In The Zocalo (4:23)
- We Shall Stay Here (3:49)
- She Came From Mississippi (3:32)
- I'm Not Broke, Only Bent (2:46)
- Polly Vaughn (Trad.) (2:53)
- Henry The Accountant (4:32)
- Round Again (3:25)
CREDITS:
Paul Kaplan: Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, Cuatro
Robin Greenstein: Vocals, Banjo, Guitars, Percussion
Robb Lanter: Guitars
Claude Demers: Percussion
Billy Mccomiskey: Button Accordion
Jordan Kaplan: Piano
Andy Polon: Guitars
Mark Dann: Bass Guitar
Paul Kaplan
King of Hearts (1985)
TRACKS:
- I Will Keep You Warm (3:36)
- Blow, Winds, Blow (3:45)
- I'm Feeling Blue (2:26)
- The King Of Hearts (3:31)
- Take Out The Garbage When You Go (2:28)
- Orphans Of The Storm (4:49)
- Wedding in the Village (Paul Kaplan)/Gascon Rondeau (Trad.) (4:12)
- Heather On The Moor (Trad.) (4:01)
- I Had An Old Coat (The Recycling Song) (3:05)
- The Greenwood Lassie (Trad., arranged by Paul Kaplan) (3:01)
- Money (3:30)
- Phil (3:30)
- Just Another War (4:26)
CREDITS
Paul Kaplan: Vocals, Guitars, Harmonica, Cuatro
Mark Dann: Bass Guitar
Robin Greenstein: Vocals, Banjo
Kenny Kosek: Fiddle
Ed Baker: Keyboards
Larry Cole: Northumbrian Bagpipes
Lisa Roth: Tambourine
Paul Kaplan
So I Could Get to You (1994)
TRACKS:
- I Need You (3:32)
- I'm Not Broke, Only Bent (2:46)
- Life on This Planet (3:35)
- Henry the Accountant (4:32)
- So I Could Get to You (4:51)
- Call Me the Whale (2:47)
- The Halls of a Hospice (3:52)
- We Shall Stay Here (3:49)
- I Will Keep You Warm (3:36)
- Blow, Winds, Blow (3:45)
- Take Out the Garbage When You Go (2:28)
- The King of Hearts (3:32)
- I Had an Old Coat (3:05)
- Wedding in the Village (Paul Kaplan)/Gascon Rondeau (Trad.) (4:13)
- Phil (for Phil Ochs) (3:30)
- Just Another War (4:26)
CREDITS
Paul Kaplan: vocals, guitar, harmonica, cuatro (4,5)
Robin Greenstein: vocals (3,8,9,10,14,16), banjo (6,8,11,13), guitar (3)
Mark Dann: bass
Kenny Kosek: fiddle (10,11,13,14,16)
Ed Baker: piano (9), Yamaha DX-7 (10,15)
Larry Cole: Northumbrian bagpipes (14,16)
Billy McComiskey: button accordion (8)
Lisa Gutkin: viola (5)
Lisa Roth: tambourine (14)
Paul Kaplan
After the Fire (2003)
TRACKS:
- Carrion Crow (4:01)
- Give My Bones to Greyhound (2:48)
- This Old Car (3:51)
- After the Fire (9/11/2002) (4:09)
- I Need You (Kaplan/Kleinholz) (3:56)
- So I Could Get to You (4:51)
- If You Would Care for Me (1:54)
- Take Out the Garbage When You Go (2:45)
- Princes of Maine (5:05)
- The Halls of a Hospice (3:54)
- Wintertime (4:18)
- Christmas Morn (2:51)
- The Joke (5:26)
- Vacation Time (2:03)
- The Leaving of Liverpool (Trad.) (5:57)
- Love Is a Hard Thing to Find (2:40)
- Underneath the Stars Above (1:12)
- As Through This World I Go (2:17)
CREDITS:
Paul Kaplan: vocals, guitar, harmonica, cuatro
Rusty Annis: vocals (1)
Chris Haynes: piano (4, 13), organ (1) , accordion (11)
Brittany Kaplan: violin (4, 7, 18)
Siena Kaplan: viola (6, 18)
Van Kaynor: fiddle (8)
Bruce Krasin: flute (16, 18)
Doug Plavin: percussion (2, 14)
Sianna Plavin: soprano vocals (2, 6)
Jamie Schlessinger: cello (7, 11)
Asia Seager: alto vocals (2, 6)
Rico Spence: bass (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 12, 13, 16)
Paul Kaplan
The Folk Process (2008)
TRACKS:
- Call Me the Whale (2.50)
- Henry the Accountant (4.37)
- Just Another War (4.33)
- Underneath the Stars Above (1.12)
- I Had An Old Coat (3.14)
- I Can’t Remember Wintertime (4.20)
- Halls of a Hospice (3.57)
- So I Could Get to You (4.51)
- Vacation Time (2.04)
- The Voice of Pete (1.54)
- The Promise (3.59)
- Run, Al, Run (2.42)
- To Stop the War (2.00)
- Siegfried (3.48)
CREDITS:
Paul Kaplan: vocals, guitar, cuatro ((2)
Robin Greenstein: banjo (1, 5), vocals (3)
Kenny Kosek: fiddle ((3, 5)
Mark Dann: bass (3, 5)
Larry Cole: Northumbrian bagpipes (3)
Chris Haynes: accordion (6)
Jamie Schlessinger: cello (6)
Siena Kaplan: viola (8)
Rico Spence: bass (8)
Asia Seager: alto vocals (8)
Sianna Plavin: soprano vocals (8)
Doug Plavin: percussion (9)
Jordan Kaplan: synthesizer (14)
Chorus for “To Stop the War:”
Jackson Gillman, David Heitler-Klevans, Linda Hutchings, Martha Leader, Vern McArthur, Tom Neilson, Ruth Pelham, Sandy Pliskin, Sally Rogers, Tom Seiling, Cathy Winter, Barbara Wright.
All songs by Paul Kaplan
© Paul Kaplan Music ASCAP, except 10: music by Earl Robinson (“Joe Hill”), published by Music Sales Corp. and Universal Music Corp.; 11: music by Dáithí Sproule (“The Overland Trail”); and 13: music by Pat Shaw (“To Stop the Train”) published by Sing For Pleasure
Produced and arranged by Paul Kaplan, except “Siegfried,” produced and arranged by Yehuda Jordan Kaplan; guitar arrangement by Paul Kaplan Recorded by Rusty Annis at Shoestring Studio, Belchertown MA and by Claude Demers (1, 3, 5)
Mastered by Mark Alan Miller at Slaughter-House Studio, Westhampton MA
Back cover photo by Lisa Kleinholz
Artwork and Design: Maynard Johnson, Kitchen Musician Cincinnati OH
© and ℗ 2008 Old Coat Music, 203 Heatherstone Road Amherst MA 01002 All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. For bookings and more information, click here.
Paul Kaplan
We Shall Stay Here (2021)
TRACKS:
THESE DAYS
1. Little Boxes (2020) 2:00
2. These Are the Days 4:20
3. The Frozen Blogger 4:07
LIFE ON THIS PLANET (1982)
4. Life on This Planet 3:37
5. Traffic Jam in the Zócalo 4:26
6. We Shall Stay Here 3:51
RISING
7. The Voice of Pete 2:40
8. Let’s Make a Toast 3:19
9. If I Had Half an Acre 3:26
10. Welcome Home 3:17
11. Survival 3:51
12. After the Fire 4:40
CREDITS:
Paul Kaplan: vocals, guitar, harmonica (4, 6), cuatro (4)
Jay Ungar: violin (7, 9), mandolin (1, 2)
Molly Mason: acoustic bass (1, 2, 7, 9)
John Roberts: vocals and concertina (8)
Billy McComiskey: button accordion (6)
Robin Greenstein: vocals (4, 6), guitar (4), banjo (6)
Mark Dann: electric bass (4, 5, 6)
Rob Lanter: guitar (5)
Claude Demers: maraca (5)
Leverett Community Chorus: vocals (12)
Diana Peelle: violin and added vocals (12)
Annie Patterson: added vocals (12)
Chris Haynes: piano (12)
Anne Louise White: added keyboard (12)
Max Cohen: added vocals (12)
Frank Newton: alto saxophone (11)
Rick Marshall: djembe and shekere (11)
Bettina Ann Brown: quartz crystal bowls and Tibetan singing bowl (11)
David Heitler-Klevans, Deb Cowan, Deirdre Murtha, Jeff Gillett, Jenny Heitler, Klevans, Margaret Walters, Max Cohen: added vocals (2)
Aimée Ross, Chris Koldewey, David Jones, Deb Cowan, Deirdre Murtha, Gordon Kramer, Jay Mankita, Jeff Gillett, Jerry Bryant, Joy Bennett and Max Cohen: added vocals (8)
Benjamin Levy, Carolyn Kelly, Chris Orlen, Christopher Stoney, Debbi Friedlander, Diane Crowe, Dinah Kudatsky, Isabel Oram-Brown, Jay Mankita, Joanne Tuller, Michael Orlen, Roger Conant, Shirley Conant, Tim Van Egmond: added vocals (10)
Paul McKaplan: electric bass (10)

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