These recordings, some of which are incomplete, come from eleven cassettes, just some of the many acquired by Friday Brown during her singing days.
The collection, being undated, is no particular order, with some duplicated tracks omitted. It includes an advert 'jingle' for Monroe shock absorbers, several Christian songs, a couple of numbers for children, her song 'I Am the Sea', as performed at the 1978 Rostock International Song Festival, and 'Be with Me', which was released as a single in Bulgaria following her win at the Sopot International Song Festival in 1971. The songs 'Homeward Bound', 'Take my Hand' and 'Feel Like Making Love' were featured on the Charlie Chester radio show (the third song has a missing section). 'Take my Hand' was written by Richie Close and Friday Brown for a planned musical about apartheid.
'You Make Things Alright' was written in about 1984 by Colin Masson: Friday says that he was 'a little lad' at the time.
The sound quality of these recordings is variable and no attempt has been made at restoration.
101-01. Come Rain or Come Shine (Mercer, Arlen)
101-02. I Am the Sea (Orchestral) (Brown)
101-03. Leaving on a Jet Plane (Version 2) (Denver)
101-04. Mrs Robinson (Simon/Garfunkel)
101-05. Macarthur Park (arr. Peter Knight) (Webb)
102-06. You Make Things Alright (Masson)
103-07. Turn Turn Turn (Seeger)
103-08. I Want to Know What Love Is (Jones/Gramm)
103-09. Black and White (Arkin/Robinson)
103-10. Morningtown Ride (Reynolds)
103-11. Bird on the Wire (Version 2) (Cohen)
103-12. Leaving on a Jet Plane (Version 3) (Denver)
103-13. Scarborough Fair (Trad)
103-14. Plaisir D'Amour (Version 2) (Martini)
105-16. Be with Me (Brown)
106-17. Oh Give me Faith + (Brown)
106-18. Where you Lead + (Brown)
106-19. Everything I Am + (Brown)
106-20. Hand in Hand + (Brown)
106-21. Where is my Lord + (Brown)
107-23. Monroe Advertisement (Unknown)
108-24. Brother Man + (Brown)
108-25. Flying Free + (Brown)
108-26. The Spirit of the Lord (Brown)
108-27. Love has many Meanings + (Brown)
108-28. With the Wings of a Dove + (Brown)
109-30. No-one in the World + (Brown)
110-31. Happy Little Duck (Brown)
110-32. Rats in the Town + (Brown)
111-33. Homeward Bound (Simon/Garfunkel)
111-34. Take my Hand (Close/Brown)
111-35. Feel Like Makin' Love (Rogers/Ralphs)
111-36. Brother Where are You (Oscar Brown Jnr)
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