The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together
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The Best of Peter, Paul, and Mary: Ten Years Together is a 1970 greatest hits release by American folk singers Peter, Paul, and Mary. It is the last album released before the group split up in 1970.

The album includes all of their greatest hits, such as their only #1 hit "Leaving On A Jet Plane
Leaving on a Jet Plane
"Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1966 and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate to Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title....

", "If I Had a Hammer
If I Had a Hammer
"If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...

", and their version of the Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...

 song "Blowin' in the Wind
Blowin' in the Wind
"Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...

", along with others.

It was released on Warner Brothers Label 2552 in 1970. It was their last album together until 1978.

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Blowin' in the Wind
    Blowin' in the Wind
    "Blowin' in the Wind" is a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. Although it has been described as a protest song, it poses a series of questions about peace, war and freedom...

    " – 2:58
  2. "Too Much of Nothing
    Too Much of Nothing
    Too Much of Nothing is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1967, first released by him on the album The Basement Tapes .Dylan – vocal, guitar; Robbie Robertson – electric guitar; Garth Hudson – organ; Richard Manuel – piano, backing vocal; Rick Danko – bass, backing vocal...

    " – 2:32
  3. "Lemon Tree
    Lemon Tree (Will Holt song)
    "Lemon Tree" is a folk song written by Will Holt in the 1960s. The tune is based on the Brazilian folk song Meu limão, meu limoeiro, arranged by José Carlos Burle in 1937 and made popular by Brazilian singer Wilson Simonal...

    " – 2:52
  4. "Stewball" – 3:09
  5. "Five Hundred Miles" – 2:55
  6. "I Dig Rock and Roll Music
    I Dig Rock and Roll Music
    "I Dig Rock and Roll Music" is a song recorded in 1967 by the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary. The writing credits are given as Stookey-Mason-Dixon. Stookey is the "Paul" of Peter, Paul and Mary. "Mason" is musician and producer Jim Mason. "Dixon" is Dave Dixon, who was later a popular air...

    " – 2:31
  7. "If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
    If I Had a Hammer
    "If I Had a Hammer " is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays. It was written in 1949 in support of the progressive movement, and was first recorded by The Weavers, a folk music quartet composed of Seeger, Hays, Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellerman, and then by Peter, Paul and Mary.- Early...

    " - 2:05


Side 2
  1. "Early Morning Rain
    Early Morning Rain
    "Early Morning Rain" is a song composed and recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot. The song appears on his debut album Lightfoot! and in a re-recorded version on the 1975 compilation Gord's Gold...

    " - 3:13
  2. "Leaving on a Jet Plane
    Leaving on a Jet Plane
    "Leaving on a Jet Plane" is a song written by John Denver in 1966 and most famously recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. The original title of the song was "Oh Babe I Hate to Go" but Denver's then producer, Milt Okun, convinced him to change the title....

    " – 3:27
  3. "Puff (The Magic Dragon)
    Puff, the Magic Dragon
    "Puff, the Magic Dragon" is a song written by Leonard Lipton and Peter Yarrow, and made popular by Yarrow's group Peter, Paul and Mary in a 1963 recording. The song achieved great popularity and has entered American and British pop culture.-Lyrics:...

    " – 3:25
  4. "For Lovin' Me" – 2:08
  5. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
    Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
    "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" is a song written by Bob Dylan in 1962, and released on the 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan.-Context:...

    " – 3:12
  6. "Day Is Done
    Day is Done
    Day Is Done is the fifth track from the album Five Leaves Left by the British folk musician Nick Drake. The song features Robert Kirby on the string arrangement while Drake contributes Acoustic Guitar and Vocals to the track. The song is written in standard tuning and the capo is placed on the...

    " – 3:22
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