In the liner notes to Judy Collins Sings Leonard Cohen: Democracy Judy Collins relates how Leonard Cohen first performed…with her assistance. Cohen was painfully shy and struggled with singing before a crowd. Collins not only helped Cohen over this hurtle, she started recording some of his songs like “Suzanne.”
Listening to these songs from the Sixties and early Seventies brought back how much I loved this music when I first heard it. Are you a Leonard Cohen fan? Do you like Judy Collins? GRADE: A
TRACK LIST:
- “Democracy” – 6:55 (new recording)
- “Suzanne” – 4:23 (from In My Life, 1966)
- “A Thousand Kisses Deep” – 5:42 (new recording)
- “Hey, That’s No Way to Say Goodbye” – 3:34 (from Wildflowers, 1967)
- “Dress Rehearsal Rag” – 5:23 (from In My Life, 1966)
- “Priests” – 4:58 (from Wildflowers, 1967)
- “Night Comes On” – 4:03 (new recording)
- “Sisters of Mercy – 2:34 (from Wildflowers, 1967)
- “Story of Isaac” – 3:33 (from Who Knows Where the Time Goes, 1968)
- “Bird on a Wire” – 4:40 (from Who Knows Where the Time Goes, 1968)
- “Famous Blue Raincoat” – 5:37 (from Living, 1971)
- “Joan of Arc” – 5:57 (from Living, 1971)
- “Take This Longing” – 5:26 (from Bread and Roses, 1976)
- “Song of Bernadette” – 4:13 (previously unreleased live recording from 1999)