Ian & Sylvia

Great Speckled Bird

All composing credits labeled "Tyson" are for Ian Tyson, except "S Tyson" for Sylvia.

	Ian & Sylvia
	Vanguard VSD-2113
	7/62 [UK: N/R?]
	Back Cover

Side One
Rocks And Gravel	Fricker-Tyson	3:25
Old Blue	Fricker-Tyson	3:25
C C Rider	Trad	2:52
Un Canadien Errant	Trad	2:55
Handsome Molly	Trad	2:04
Mary Anne	Trad	3:10
Pride Of Petrovar	Trad	2:42
Side Two
Makes A Long Time Man Feel Bad	Trad	2:39
Rambler Gambler	Trad	2:56
Down By The Willow Garden	Trad	2:55
Got No More Home Than A Dog	Handy	3:20
When First Unto This Country	Trad	2:33
Live A-Humble	Trad	2:41

Newport Folk Festival(7/28/63)

Four Strong Winds¹ / C C Rider Tyson (2:35) / trad (2:40) Vanguard VRS-35021, 9/63 This version of Four Strong Winds is different from later album recording

	Four Strong Winds
	Vanguard VSD-2149
	9/63 BB [UK: ?/64]
	Back Cover

Side One
Jesus Met The Woman At The Well	Trad	2:09
Tomorrow Is A Long Time	Dylan	3:15
Katy Dear	Trad	2:58
Poor Lazarus	Trad	4:00
Four Strong Winds	Tyson	3:24
Ella Speed	Trad	2:24
Long Lonesome Road	Trad	2:25
Side Two
V'la l'Bon Vent	Trad	1:40
Royal Canal	Trad	3:34
The Lady Of Carlisle	Trad	3:34
Spanish Is A Loving Tongue	Trad	3:25
The Greenwood Sidie (The Cruel Mother)	Trad	2:25
Every Night When The Sun Comes Down	Trad, arr Fricker	4:12
Every Time I Feel The Spirit	Trad	1:46

You Were On My Mind / Some Day Soon Fricker (2:45) / Tyson (2:00) Vanguard VRS-35025, 1/64

Married, June 64

	Northern Journey
	Vanguard VSD-79154
	7/64 BB [UK: N/R?]
	Back Cover

Side One
You Were on My Mind	Fricker	2:22
Moonshine Can	Trad	2:12
The Jealous Lover	Trad	2:52
Four Rode By	Tyson	2:49
Brave Wolfe	Trad	5:23
Nova Scotia Farewell	Trad	2:45
Side Two
Someday Soon	Tyson	2:18
Little Beggarman	Makem	2:20
Texas Rangers	Trad	3:24
The Ghost Lover	Trad	2:43
Captain Woodstock's Courtship	Trad	2:53
Green Valley	Trad	4:00
Swing Down, Chariot	Trad	2:06

	Early Morning Rain
	Vanguard VSD-79175
	5/65 BB [UK: 1/66]
	Back Cover

Side One
Come in Stranger	Cash	1:52
Early Morning Rain	Lightfoot	3:55
Nancy Whiskey	Trad	2:35
Awake Ye Drowsy Sleepers	Trad	4:00
Marlborough Street Blues	Tyson	2:15
Darcy Farrow	Campbell-Gillette	3:30
Side Two
Travelling Drummer	Tyson	2:25
Maude's Blues	Tyson	3:56
Red Velvet	Tyson	2:16
I'll Bid My Heart Be Still	Trad	2:16
For Lovin' Me	Lightfoot	2:16
Song for Canada	Gzowski-Tyson	4:06

Newport Folk Festival(7/24/65)

The French Girl / Play One More Fricker-Tyson (2:40) / Tyson (2:58) Vanguard VRS-35035, 1/66

2/16/66: De Montfort Hall, Leicester package tour w/Gordon Lightfoot

	Play One More
	Vanguard VSD-79215
	3/66 BB [UK: N/R?]
	Back Cover

Side One
Short Grass	Fricker-Tyson	2:15
The French Girl	Fricker-Tyson	2:40
When I Was A Cowboy	Trad, arr Fricker-Tyson	3:47
Changes	Ochs	3:30
Gifts Are for Giving	Fricker	3:13
Molly And Tenbrooks	Monroe	3:26
Side Two
Hey, What About Me	McKenzie	3:21
Lonely Girls	Tyson-S Tyson	2:37
Satisfied Mind	Hayes-Rhodes	3:32
Twenty-Four Hours From Tulsa	Bacharach-David	3:02
Friends Of Mine	Tyson	3:36
Play One More	Tyson	2:58

Lovin' Sound / Pilgrimmage To Paradise Tyson (2:34) / Tyson (3:24) MGM K-13686, 2/67

	So Much For Dreaming
	Vanguard VRS-9241
	3/67 BB [UK: N/R?]
	Back Cover

Side One
Circle Game	Mitchell	2:58
So Much For Dreaming	Tyson	3:00
Wild Geese	Tyson	3:54
Child Apart	Tyson	3:26
Summer Wages	Tyson	4:01
Hold Tight	Fricker	2:38
Side Two
Cutty Wren	Trad	2:55
Si Les Bateaux	Vignault	3:40
Catfish Blues	Trad	3:33
Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies	Trad	3:23
January Morning	Tyson	3:03
Grey Morning	Fricker	2:48

	Lovin' Sound
	MGM SE-4388
	5/67 BB [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Windy Weather	Tyson	3:04
Hang On To A Dream	Hardin	2:15
I Don't Believe You	Dylan	3:08
Where Did All The Love Go?	Fricker	2:41
Mr Spoons	Tyson	2:21
National Hotel	Tyson	2:05
Side Two
Sunday	Fricker-Tyson	1:55
Pilgrimage To Paradise	Rea	3:07
(Find A) Reason To Believe	Hardin	2:15
Big River	Cash	2:00
Trilogy	Fricker	2:46
Lovin' Sound	Tyson	2:32

90° X 90° / House Of Cards Rae (2:43) / Fricker-Tyson (4:00) Vanguard VRS-35062, 1/68

The Best Of Ian And SylviaThe Best Of Ian And Sylvia Vanguard VSD-79269, 3/68 [UK: ?/68] no unique tracks

	Nashville
	Vanguard VSD-79284
	7/68 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
The Mighty Quinn	Dylan	2:52
This Wheel's On Fire	Dylan	3:48
Farewell To The North	Tyson	3:45
Taking Care Of Business	Tyson	3:14
Southern Comfort	Fricker	5:04
Side Two
Ballad Of The Ugly Man	Fricker-Tyson	2:35
90° X 90°	Rea	2:41
She'll Be Gone	Fricker	2:42
London Life	Fricker	2:45
The Renegade	Fricker-Tyson	3:40
House Of Cards	Tyson	4:02

	Full Circle
	MGM SE-4550
	9/68 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
Here's To You	Camp	2:32
I Learned From Leah	Fricker-Tyson	3:05
Woman's World	Fricker	5:25
Mr Spoons	Tyson	2:49
Shinbone Alley	Fricker	2:34
Please Think	McKei	4:35
Side Two
Stories He'd Tell	-	5:48
Jickson Johnson	Trad	4:00
Tears Of Rage	Dylan-Manuel	4:22
The Minstral	Rea	4:18

Miami Pop Festival(12/30/68)

Atlanta International Pop Festival(7/4/69)

Mississippi River Festival(7/17/69)

Give It To The World¹ / Shinbone Alley S Tyson (2:35) / S Tyson (2:40) MGM K-14082, 9/69 A-side produced by Todd Rundgren

	Great Speckled Bird
	Ampex A-10103
	2/70 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover   Inside Cover

Side One
Love What You're Doing Child	Tyson	3:37
Calgary	Tyson-S Tyson	3:00
Trucker's Cafe	S Tyson	3:19
Long Long Time To Get Old	Tyson	3:08
Flies In The Bottle	Tyson	3:43
Bloodshot Beholder	Tyson	2:56
Side Two
Crazy Arms	Mooney-Seals	2:51
This Dream	Tyson	3:36
Smiling Wine	S Tyson	3:05
Rio Grande	Garrett-Tyson	3:49
Disappearing Woman	S Tyson	2:10
We Sail	S Tyson	4:33

Note: Altho credited on bass, Ken Kalmusky left before recording the album.
 

We Sail / Disappearing Woman S Tyson (4:33) / S Tyson (2:10) Ampex X11003, 5/70

Trucker's Cafe / Smiling Wine S Tyson (3:19) / S Tyson (3:05) Ampex X11006, 6/70

Festival Express(6/27-7/5/70) with Great Speckled Bird

Greatest Hits!Greatest Hits! Vanguard VSD–5/6, 9/70 [UK: 2/72] 2-lp set, no unique tracks

Creators Of Rain / Summer Wages Smokey (2:46) / Tyson (3:22) Columbia 4-45430, 7/71

	Ian & Sylvia
	Columbia C-30736
	7/71 [UK: N/R]
	Back Cover

Side One
More Often Than Not	Wiffen	3:06
Creators Of Rain	Smokey	2:50
Summer Wages	Tyson	3:27
Midnight	S Tyson	4:14
Barney	Tyson-S Tyson	4:34
Side Two
Some Kind Of Fool	Tyson	2:39
Shark And The Cockroach	Tyson	2:39
Last Lonely Eagle	Dawson	5:08
Lincoln Freed Me	Patton	2:53
Needle Of Death	Jansch	3:51
Everybody Has To Say Goodbye	S Tyson	2:27

Some Kind Of Fool / More Often Than Not Tyson (2:39) / Wiffen (3:06) Columbia 4-45475, 9/71

One more album, with a revitalized Great Speckled Bird, in 1972. Tysons divorced in 1975, each began solo career (with occasional get togethers).

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