Album

Baby Beluga

Raffi With Ken Whiteley

1980 · Pop, Children's

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Baby Beluga by Raffi With Ken Whiteley

Baby Beluga is a Folk album by Raffi With Ken Whiteley, originally released in 1980. On Gatefold: 21 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.

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Don’t let the title track fool you; this album is much more than a celebration of the tiny white whale. Also honored in song are biscuits, beans, and barley, all in Raffi’s retro folksinger style. Traditional tracks like “Kumbaya,” “This Old Man,” and “Day O’” are reinterpreted here with ukulele, harmonica, and a chorus of kids. <i>Baby Beluga</i> runs the gamut from the well-mannered “Thanks a Lot” to the crazy sound effects of “Joshua Giraffe,” with plenty of “oh yeahs” thrown in to keep things interesting.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Baby Beluga2:40
  2. 2Biscuits In the Oven2:24
  3. 3Oats and Beans and Barley1:25
  4. 4Day O'2:59
  5. 5Thanks a Lot2:27
  6. 6To Everyone In All the World1:45
  7. 7All I Really Need3:45
  8. 8Over In the Meadow2:16
  9. 9This Old Man2:23
  10. 10Water Dance1:53
  11. 11Kumbaya2:21
  12. 12Joshua Giraffe6:03
  13. 13Morningtown Ride2:22

Sound DNA

  • Folk
  • Traditional Folk
  • playful
  • pastoral
  • warm

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Embossed outer sleeve. Lyrics printed on inner sleeve.
[from back cover]
Lacquered at half-speed by George Graves at the Lacquer Channel, Scarborough, Ont.
Recorded at Grand Avenue Studio, Hamilton, by Dan Lanois in April 1980.

Credits

The people behind it.

Performers

  • Bruce CockburnGUITAR
  • Bruce PennycookCLARINET, ALTO SAXOPHONE CLARINET, ALTO SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE
  • Bucky BergerDRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS
  • Chris WhiteleyHARMONICA TRUMPET
  • Christopher ThomsonVOCALS
  • Dan WhiteleyVOCALS
  • Dennis PendrithBASS BASS, BACKING VOCALS
  • Dick SmithBONGOS, PERCUSSION CONGAS, PERCUSSION CONGAS, PERCUSSION, BACKING VOCALS
  • Elizabeth MacayVOCALS
  • Grit LaskinCONCERTINA, ACCORDION , MANDOLIN DULCIMER DULCIMER, ACCORDION , WHISTLE , MANDOLIN
  • Jenny WhiteleyVOCALS
  • Ken WhiteleyVOCALS 5-STRING BANJO, BASS, VOCALS ACCORDION, ORGAN
  • Michael GardnerBASS
  • Patrick GodfreyPIANO PIANO, VOCALS
  • RaffiVOCALS GUITAR GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
  • The Honolulu HeartbreakersVOCALS BACKING VOCALS

3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 21 pressings tracked on Gatefold

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