Plainsong & Amelia Earhart
Markku Mustaranta
Does anyone know if there is a cd-version of this record available?
Kevin Sheils
Markku Mustaranta wrote:
>
> Does anyone know if there is a cd-version of this record available?
I've not seen a CD of the Album but many of the songs, including the
Amelia Earhart ones are on a CD called 'Plainsong "On Air"' IIRC. These
are recordings made about the time of the album and broadcast on the
BBC, probably John Peel's shows.
Can't quote cat. number etc since my copy is an earlier CD version with
2 or 3 fewer tracks.
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Kevin Sheils
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I have it right here in my hand:
Elektra WPCP 4140
I bought it 2nd hand sometime ago in Wisconsin. It has Japanese
characters on one side of the spine and it says "Made in Japan" on the
CD itself, so it appears to be a Japanese (only?) release.
Elizabeth A Blake
The song can also be found on an Iain matthews collection, The Soul of Many
Places. It has tracks from his solo career as well as with Plainsong.
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Liz
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Joel Weber
Many years ago a young woman who sang in a coffee house in Evanston,
Ill. did an Amelia Earhart tune which went something like:
Just a ship out on the water
A speck against the blue
Was Amelia Earhart & her little plain
With her partner Captain Noonan
On the Second of July.....
Chorus
There's a beautiful, beautiful view
Far Away in a Land that is fair
Happy Landings to you Amelia Earhart
Farewell first lady of the air
I've looked for a recording of that tune for years and if anyone knows
the lyrics I'd love to have them. I'm pretty sure I'm right about the
chorus. It;s the rest I don't know. Thank you.
joel
John Lupton
The song is "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight", it was written shortly after her
disappearance by "Red River Dave" McEnery, who I believe is still living. I
have been told that it is the first song ever to be performed on television,
having been sung on camera by Red River Dave himself at the 1939 World's Fair
in New York.
The most recently recorded version I'm aware of is by Kathy Kallick, on her
Sugar Hill release "Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom)". The Country Gentlemen did it
many years ago, but that album is very difficult to find. The Greenbriar Boys
also did it many years ago.
You're one word off in the chorus...it's "There's a beautiful, beautiful
field", not "view". Also, first verse is
Well, a ship out on the ocean, just a speck against the sky
Amelia Earhart, flying sad that day
With her partner Captain Noonan, on the second of July
Her plane fell in the ocean far away
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Stephen Suffet
Joel Weber wrote:
>
> Many years ago a young woman who sang in a coffee house in Evanston,
> Ill. did an Amelia Earhart tune which went something like:
>
> Just a ship out on the water
> A speck against the blue
> Was Amelia Earhart & her little plain
>
> With her partner Captain Noonan
> On the Second of July.....
>
> Chorus
>
> There's a beautiful, beautiful view
> Far Away in a Land that is fair
> Happy Landings to you Amelia Earhart
> Farewell first lady of the air
>
> I've looked for a recording of that tune for years and if anyone knows
> the lyrics I'd love to have them. I'm pretty sure I'm right about the
> chorus. It's the rest I don't know. Thank you.
>
Dear Joel:
The following is copied from the Digital Tradition with minor
editing.
Regards,
Steve
AMELIA EARHART'S LAST FLIGHT
(Red River Dave McEnery)
A ship out on the ocean, just a speck against the sky,
Amelia Earhart flying that sad day,
With her partner, Captain Noonan, on the second of July
Her plane fell in the ocean, far away.
chorus: There's a beautiful, beautiful field,
Far away in a land that is fair.
Happy landings to you, Amelia Earhart,
Farewell, First Lady of the Air. [Repeat after each stanza.]
She radioed her position and she said that all was well,
Although the fuel within the tanks was low,
But they'd land on Howland Island to refuel her monoplane,
Then on their trip around the world they'd go.
Well, a half an hour later an S.O.S. was heard,
The signal weak, but still her voice was brave.
Oh, in shark-infested waters her plane went down that night,
In the blue Pacific to a watery grave.
Well, now you have heard my story of that awful tragedy,
We pray that she might fly home safe again,
And in years to come though others blaze a trail across the sea,
We'll ne'er forget Amelia and her plane.
Š Stasny Music, 1939. All rights administered by Bug Music, Inc.
And if you wish, you can add this last verse:
Oh, the Japanese they killed them, and left them both to rot,
On some South Pacific atoll, where the Sun it burned so hot;
They shot them both for spying, this brave heroic pair,
Captain Noonan and Miss Earhart, the First Lady of the Air.
New verse Š Stephen L. Suffet, 1998.
Kevin Sheils
Joel Weber wrote:
>
> Many years ago a young woman who sang in a coffee house in Evanston,
> Ill. did an Amelia Earhart tune which went something like:
>
> Just a ship out on the water
> A speck against the blue
> Was Amelia Earhart & her little plain
>
> With her partner Captain Noonan
> On the Second of July.....
>
> Chorus
>
> There's a beautiful, beautiful view
> Far Away in a Land that is fair
> Happy Landings to you Amelia Earhart
> Farewell first lady of the air
>
> I've looked for a recording of that tune for years and if anyone knows
> the lyrics I'd love to have them. I'm pretty sure I'm right about the
> chorus. It;s the rest I don't know. Thank you.
>
Well Plainsong recorded it, as well as Iain Matthews own Amelia song, on
their "In Search Of Amelia Earhart" LP and both songs also appear on the
recent Plainsong "On Air - BBC Sessions" CD.
Someone else has posted the words including some corrections to the
above.
Bruce Kallick
In article <6jq5c0$lin$2...@netnews.upenn.edu>, jlu...@sasx.upenn.edu (John
Lupton) wrote:
>In article <6jpvkm$5...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>, Joel Weber
<RETRO...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>>Many years ago a young woman who sang in a coffee house in Evanston,
>>Ill. did an Amelia Earhart tune which went something like:
>[...]
>The song is "Amelia Earhart's Last Flight", it was written shortly after her
>disappearance by "Red River Dave" McEnery, who I believe is still living. I
>have been told that it is the first song ever to be performed on television,
>having been sung on camera by Red River Dave himself at the 1939 World's Fair
>in New York.
>
>The most recently recorded version I'm aware of is by Kathy Kallick, on her
>Sugar Hill release "Use A Napkin (Not Your Mom)". The Country Gentlemen
did it
>many years ago, but that album is very difficult to find. The Greenbriar Boys
>also did it many years ago.
>[...]
Just so. And the young woman who sang it at the No Exit coffeehouse
was Kathy's mom, Dodi Kallick. The No Exit (now moved to Chicago),
I've been told, is the oldest continuously operated coffeehouse in the US.
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Bruce Kallick
Email: curmudgeon at enteract dot com
Hodagg
>I've looked for a recording of that tune for years
Joel,
I don't know who has ever put out an oficial recording of Amelia Earhart's
Last Flight, but I've got a great version on tape of Mary Chapin Carpenter
doing it.
Rick
Michael Daly
har...@norfolk.infi.net (sally & ron hartman) wrote:
>Joel,
>
> I believe this is the same song that Garrison Keillor sang on
>"A Prairie Home Companion" a few years ago. I might have a tape of
>it. Let me know if you are interested and maybe we could trade
This is 'Amelia Earhart's last flight" by David E. McEnery.
It was recorded on the Plainsong album
'In Search of Amelia Earhart". This 1972 album has been
reissued on cd recently. Plainsong were essentially
Ian Matthews & Andy Roberts, who reformed on a new
album a year or so ago.
I can email the lyrics if required.
Michael Daly
Joel Weber
To all of you who responded to my request on the Amelia Earhart tune,
a great big thanks. I've already ordered the Kathy Kallick recording.
A lovely post from Bruce Kallick informed me that it was Kathy's mom,
Dodi, who sung it at the No Exit coffee house in Evanston some 40
years ago (argh 40 years?).
If Kathy's half as good as mom--I'll consider it a real find.
joel
John Lupton
For those not familiar with her (and Bruce is far too modest to brag on his
daughter - well, maybe not *far* too modest <g>), Kathy Kallick has been
well-known in bluegrass circles for a number of years as the leader of the
California-based band, the Good Ol' Persons, which she founded in the Bay area
back in the 70s - Laurie Lewis was also an original member of that band, and
has collaborated with Kathy several times over the years. Both Kathy and
Laurie are excellent singers and songwriters.
pcr...@my-dejanews.com
In article <199805200042...@ladder01.news.aol.com>,
Sorry, I'm coming into this topic a bit late, but I have a
copy of the Plainsong album "In Search of Amelia Earhart"
if your interested. A great album. Having been looking for
it on CD for years.
Paul
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