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Bonnie Dobson née Mary Ann Dobson b. November 13, 1940 in Toronto, Canada discography

1960s; photographer: David Gahr

#	year of release	title / label / notes
1	196?	Bonnie Dobson: She's Like A Swallow and other Folk Songs - The Cruel War Is Raging - She's Like A Swallow - The Silkie Of Sule Skerry - Across The Blue Mountain - The Prickle Holly Bush - Mistress Bond - Evoyons De L'Avant - Will Ye Go Laddie Go - Frankie Slide - Monsieur Le Cure - The Jam At Gerry's Rock - The First Time - The Road To Grandmere - The Old Maid's Lament rec. by Rudy Van Gelder Prestige International INT 13021
2	1960	Bonnie Dobson: Dear Companion - Dear Companion - My Mother Chose My Husband - Girl Of Constant Sorrow - Vranyanka - Ben's Lullaby - The Bonnie Lass Of Kenmore Town - When I Was In My Prime - Ah! Si Mon Moine - Blues Jumped A Rabbit - Dink's Song - Vertsa Dievcha - The Cruel Mother Prestige International INT 13031 = Prestige 14001 = Prestige 7801
3	1962	Bonnie Dobson At Folk City - Morning Dew - Once My True Love - Love Henry - Irish Exile Song - Shule Aroon - Bonnie's Blues - Peter Amberley - C'est L'Aviron - The Holly Bears A Berry - Two Carols for a Nuclear Age Prestige International INT 13057 = Prestige Folklore FL 14018 'Hootenanny With Bonnie Dobson' (US 1963)
4	1962	Bonnie Dobson sings A Merry-Go-Round Of Children's Songs - The Bayberry Tree - Babies - Jigalong Home - Mistress Bond - Have You Seen Te Ghost of John? - Riding In The Buggy, Miss Mary Jane - Don't You Push Me Down - If I Were A Duck - Mail Myself To You - The Merry-Go-Round - Three Little Piggies - Little Sack Of Sugar - This Old Man - Rose, Rose, Rose Red - The Cuckoo - Donkey Riding - The Rich Man And The Poor Man - Hush, Little Baby Bonnie Dobson, voc, g; Walter Raim, bj, mand, g Prestige International INT 13064
5	1962	Philadelphia Folk Festival 1962, Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 Prestige/International 13071 track sequence: Jack Elliott - Muleskinner Blues - Night Herding Song - Talking Fishing Blues Prof. Clarence Johnson & Mabel Washington - All Of My Appointed Time - We're Crossing Over One By One Mike Seeger & Sonny Miller - Fisherman's Luck - Sally Ann - John Hardy - Fiddler's Bagpipe Bonnie Dobson - Peter Emberly [sic] # - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face # Prestige/International 13072 track sequence: Blind Gary Davis - If I Had My Way - Sally, Where You Get Your Liquor From? - You Got To Move Bill Kieth [sic, actually Keith], Jim Rooney & Fritz Richmond - Devil's Dream - Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow Tossi Aaron - Gypsy Davy - Black Is The Color - All The Pretty Little Horses Pete Seeger - I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister - Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese Prestige PRCD-9904-2 / Prestige Folklore CDWIKD 137 track sequence: Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Muleskinner Blues - Night Herding Song - Talking Fishing Blues Mike Seeger & Sonny Miller - Fisherman's Luck - Sally Ann (instr duet) - John Hardy - Fiddler's Bagpipe Bonnie Dobson - Peter Amberley [sic] # - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face # Rev. Gary Davis - If I Had My Way - Sally, Where You Get Your Liquor From? - You Got To Move Keith & Rooney - Devil's Dream - I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow Tossi Aaron - Gypsy Davy Pete Seeger - I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister - Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese LPs prod. by Kenneth S. Goldstein CD compiled by Samuel Charters # rec. September 8, 1962 at the Philadelphia Folk Festival, Wilson Estate, Swedesford Road, Paoli, Penna by Fred Miles; Bonnie Dobson, voc, g notes by Gene Shay   later trident labeloriginal orange label Prestige/International PR- INT 13071 (US 1963) "Philadelphia Folk Festival 1962 Vol. 1" notes by Gene Shay Prestige/International PR-INT 13072 (US 1963) "Philadelphia Folk Festival 1962 Vol. 2" notes by Samuel Charters (=) Prestige PRCD-9904-2 (US 1994) "Philadelphia Folk Festival: The Prestige/ Folklore Years, Vol. 4: Singing Out Loud"
6	1964	Bonnie Dobson: For The Love Of Him - After The Snow - Quantanamerra - Un Canadien Errant - Lord Gregory - Peggy Gordon - For The Love Of Him - Lovin' Johnny - Le Roi - Country Girl Blues - So Early In The Spring prod. by Bobby Scott Mercury MG 20987 (mono) = SR 60987 (stereo) Bear Family BCD 16720
7	1964	Folklore Jamboree Bill Keith And Jim Rooney - Livin' On The Mountain Tom Rush - Diamond Joe Bonnie Dobson - Dear Companion Eric Von Schmidt - Champagne Don't Hurt Me Baby Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Howdido Jesse Fuller - San Francisco Bay Dave Van Ronk - Ace In The Hole Bonnie Dobson - She's Like A Swallow Brownie McGhee & Sonny Terry - You Don't Know Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mine Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms Peggy Seeger - The Chickens They Are Crowing Geoff Muldaur - Sleepy Man Blues prod. by Samuel B. Charters notes (January 1964) by John D. Monroe Prestige/Folklore FL 14023 (US 1964)
8	1968	MOVIN' ON from the Original Soundtrack of the Film 'Movin' On' for the United Transportation Union, AFL-CIO, CLC. Narrated by Arthur Kennedy Music by The New Lost City Ramblers and Bonnie Dobson Harold Mayer Productions HMP-69 more info
9	1969	Bonnie Dobson - I Got Stung (Dobson) - Morning Dew (Dobson) - Let's Get Together (Valente) - I'm Your Woman (Dobson) - Time (Bourtavie / Shape) - Rainy Windows (Dobson) - Everybody's Talkin' (Fred Neil) - Bird Of Space (McPeek) - You Never Wanted Me (Frank) - Pendant Que ... (Vignault) - Elevator Man (Allen) - Winter's Going (Dobson) Nimbus 9 SLP-4219 (Ca) = RCA Victor SF8079 (UK) = Rev-Ola CRREV179 (UK 2006)
10	1969	Bonnie Dobson - I Got Stung - I'm Your Woman RCA 74-0208
11	19??	Bonnie Dobson - Oh What A Beautiful City one-sided 7 inch 45 rpm Nimbus T-56385 (Ca)
12	1969	Bonnie Dobson - Let's Get Together - Everybody's Talking RCA 3-10 4 55 (Sp 1969)
13	1970	Bonnie Dobson: Good Morning Rain - Light Of Love - Sweet Man - You Don't Know - Clown - Good Morning Rain - Milk And Honey - White Song - Do What You Gotta Do - Factory Girl - Streets Of London - A Taste Of Honey rec. at the Nashville Sound Studio in Nashville, TN RCA Victor LSP-4277 = SHP-6136 (Jp) notes by Peter Paphides = Rev-Ola CRREV194 (UK 2007)
14	1972	Bonnie Dobson - Thyme - Long River - Farewell To Nova Scotia - Un Canadien Errant - Poor Little Girls Of Ontario - Four Strong Winds - Vive La Canadienne - Land Of The Silver Birch - Ise The Bye - Sixteen Miles To Seven Lakes - A La Claire Fontaine - Someday Soon (Decca) Argo ZFB 79 (UK 1972) Bear Family BCD 16720
15	1973	The World Of Folk   Vol. 2 The Yetties - The Bonny Ship The Diamond Ewan Maccoll & Peggy Seeger - The Manchester Rambler Cyril Tawney - The Queen Of Hearts Bonnie Dobson - Thyme New Deal String Band - The Bald Headed End Of The Broom Terry Yarnell - Tottie Gerry Fox - The Wind That Shakes The Barley Martin Wyndham-Read - Jones' Ale Sandra Kerr - Gilderoy Bob Arnold - The Spotted Cow The Druids - The Pick And The Maltshovel Shirley Collins - Sweet England Trevor Crozier's Broken Consort - Zummer's Evening Dance Peter Bellamy -Yarmouth Town (Decca) Argo SPA-A 307
16	10/1975	Bonnie Dobson - Sangria Wine (Jerry Jeff Walker) - Come On (Bonnie Dobson) 7 inch 45 rpm Polydor 2058 631 (UK)
17	1976	Bonnie Dobson: Morning Dew - Morning Dew (Bonnie Dobson) - You Don't Know (Bonnie Dobson) - My Songs Are Sleeping (Tobias, Gloosecap) - Love's All You Need (D. Brooks, J. Brooks) - Sense Of Kind (K. Rankin) - Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow (Goffin, C. King) - Too Late Now (D. Brooks, J. Brooks) - Old Man Song (McGlaughlin) - Bye B'Bye (Mannington) - I'll Walk Alone (Cahn, Stone) - Sweet Somerset (Bonnie Dobson) - Taste Of Honey (Marlow, Scott) prod. Richard Bellevue de Sylva; arr. Mike Townend; eng. Peter Wilson Polydor 2383400 (UK 1976)
18	1976	Bonnie Dobson - Bye B'Bye - You Don't Know 7 inch 45 rpm Polydor 2058 823 (UK 1976)
19	1983	Teardrops Sixteen Special Songs Of Love & Romance The Fureys & Davey Arthur - When Your Were Sweet 16 Billie Jo Spears - Apologising Roses Ray Lynam & The Hillbillies - What A Lie Gloria - One Day At A Time Joe Dolan - It's You, It's You, It's You Bonnie Dobson - Absence Of Romance Gloria Hunniford - Feelings Foster & Allen - Old Flames Foster & Allen - Bunch Of Thyme Gloria - Pal Of My Cradle Days Dennis Allen - Limerick, You're A Lady Gloria Hunniford - In The Gloaming Joe Dolan - Secret Love Poacher - You Are No Angel Billie Jo Spears - We Could The Fureys & Davey Arthur - My Love Is Like A Red Red Rose Ritz SP399 (Mick Clerkin's label)
20	1983	Bonnie Dobson - Absence Of Romance (Shay Healey) - Come On Dancing (Bonnie Dobson) rec. at Windmill Studios, Dublin; Vocals and mix - Mayfair Studios, London; B-side recorded at Livingston Studios; prod. by Richard Gillinson; Executive producer: Michael McDonagh; Cara Music (Shafmere Ltd.) 7 inch 45 rpm Ritz 036
21	1984	Bonnie Dobson - The Water Is Wide (Trad. arr. Gillinson) - Squadron Leader (Bonnie Dobson) Ann Baker, backing voc; Ian Curnow, synth; Martin David, dr; Richard Gillinson, p; Gerry Hale, backing voc; Richard Lee, b; Brian Willoughby, aco & el g; prod. by Richard Gillinson at Mayfair & Livingston Studios, London; R-Mix Engineer: Gerry Boys. The Cara label is wholly owned by Shafmere Music Publishers, London 7 inch 45 rpm Cara 007
22	1992	Troubadours Of The Folk Era   Volume One - This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie - Silver Dagger - Joan Baez - Tomorrow is a Long Time - Ian & Sylvia - Violets of Dawn - Eric Andersen - John Henry - Odetta - Reno, Nevada - Richard & Mimi Fariña - Four in the Morning - Jesse Colin Young - Wasn't That a Mighty Storm - Eric Von Schmidt - The Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie - Cocaine Blues - Dave Van Ronk - Morning Dew - Bonnie Dobson - San Francisco Bay Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - I'll Fly Away - Carolyn Hester - Well, Well, Well - Bob Gibson, Bob Camp and Dick Rosmini - Mean Old Frisco - John Hammond - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger - Mr. Spaceman - Holy Modal Rounders - Catch the Wind - Donovan Rhino R2 70262
23	1995	The Prestige/Folklore Years   Vol. 1 All Kinds Of Folks - New York Town - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Railroad Bill - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Duncan And Brady - Tom Rush - Rag Mama - Tom Rush - Barb'ry Allen - Tom Rush - Wagoner's Lad - Peggy Seeger - Chickens They Are Crowing - Peggy Seeger - Green Rocky Road - Dave Van Ronk - Whoa, Back, Buck! - Dave Van Ronk - Maggie Lauder - Jean Redpath - Fife Overgate - Jean Redpath - Joshua Gone Barbados - Eric Von Schmidt - She's Like A Swallow - Bonnie Dobson - Irish Exile Song - Bonnie Dobson - Long Chain - Maxine Sellers - Single Girl - Maxine Sellers - Jesus Met The Woman At The Well - Len And Judy - This Life I'm Living - Len and Judy notes by Samuel Charters Prestige PRCD-9901-2 (US 1995) = Big Beat CDWIKD 134 (UK 1995) Bluesville Records discography Ramblin' Jack Elliott discography Dave Van Ronk discography Eric Von Schmidt discography
24	1994	The Prestige/Folklore Years Vol. 4: Singing Out Loud The Philadelphia Folk Festival, 1962 - Mule Skinner Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Night Herding Song - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Talking Dust Bowl Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Fisherman's Luck - Mike Seeger - Sally Ann (Instrumental Duet) - Mike Seeger - John Hardy - Mike Seeger - Fiddler's Bagpipe - Mike Seeger - Peter Amberley - Bonnie Dobson - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Bonnie Dobson - If I Had My Way - Rev. Gary Davis - Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From? - Rev. Gary Davis - You Got To Move - Rev. Gary Davis - Devil's Dream - Bill Keith, Jim Rooney - I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow - Bill Keith, Jim Rooney - Gypsy Davy - Tossi Aaron - I Don't Want Your Millions, Mister - Pete Seeger - Here's To Cheshire, Here's To Cheese - Pete Seeger Prestige/International 13071 Prestige CD 9904
25	1995	The Music Never Stopped: Roots Of The Greatful Dead - Rain and Snow - Obray Ramsey - Mama Tried - Merle Haggard - Iko Iko - Dixie Cups - Samson and Delilah - Rev. Gary Davis - Big Railroad Blues - Cannon's Jug Stompers - El Paso - Marty Robbins - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan - Spoonful - Charlie Patton - The Red Rooster - Howlin' Wolf - The Promised Land - Chuck Berry - Don't Ease Me In - Henry Thomas - Big Boss Man - Jimmy Reed - Turn On Your Love Light - Bobby "Blue" Bland - Morning Dew - Bonnie Dobson - Not Fade Away - Buddy Holly - Goin' Down This Road Feelin' Bad - Woody Guthrie - I Bid You Goodnight - The Pindar Family with Joseph Spence Shanachie 6014
26	4/1997	Friedemann: On A Personal Note - Flash In The Pan (with Noco Music) - Again And Again (with Bonnie Dobson) - Days Of Reckoning (with Bonnie Dobson) - Memory Lane (with Klaus Weiland) - Waiting On The Hill (with Anne Haigis) - Passion And Pride (Belenos Orchester) - Springtime Promises (with Klaus Weiland) - Candy Man (with Klaus Weiland) - Jane (with David Moses) - Fille Du Soleil (with Goun) - When I Get My Wings (with Anne Haigis) - Mit Leichtem Gepäck (with Goun) - Come On Back (with Bonnie Dobson) - Blow With The Wind (vocal version) - Mr. Tambourine Man (solo) prod. by Friedemann Witecka Biber 66651 (Germany) www.vollton.com
27	2000 5-CD boxed set	The Best of Broadside 1962 - 1988 Anthems of the American Underground from the Pages of Broadside Magazine disc 2: - John Brown - Bob Dylan - Tale Me For A Walk - Bonnie Dobson - The Willing Conscript - Pete Seeger - Kill For Peace - The Fugs - Plains Of Nebrasky-O - Eric Andersen & Phil Ochs - Benny Kid Paret - Gil Turner - What Did You Learn In School Today? - Tom Paxton - Changin' Hands - The Broadside Singers with Phil Ochs - Welcome, Welcome Emigranté - The Broadside Singers with Buffy Sainte-marie - Shady Acres - Janis Ian - Lord, Hold Back The Waters - Will McLean - Ballad Of Donald White - Bob Dylan - Song For Patty - Sammy Walker - A Very Close Friend Of Mine - Richard Black - Long Time Troubled Road - Eric Andersen - Hard Rain's A-gonna Fall - Pete Seeger Smithsonian Folkways SFW CD 40130
28	2002	Sing Lady Sing! Thirteen Ballads For Female Singers Bonnie Dobson - Again And Again (F. Witecka) # Human Factor - Tu Diosa Serah - Above The Shadow Bonnie Dobson - Days Of Reckoning (B. Dobson) # Talking Water - Talking Water Elena Ledda - Rosa e resolza Anne Wylie Band - Si do mhaimeo i Elena Ledda - Dilliriende Anne Wylie Band - Uisce Human Factor - Ruego a la luna Serah - Beauty - Song For Africa Anne Haigis - Waiting On The Hill Elena Ledda - Fizu 'e su mundu # prod. 1996 by Friedemann Witecka Biber 76751 (Germany) www.vollton.com
29	4/2010	Bonnie Dobson: Looking Back - Morning Dew (Dobson) - Land Of The Silver Birch (trad., arr. Dobson) - Days Of Reckoning (Dobson) - Un Canadien Errant (trad., arr. Dobson) - Times To Get Better (Dolly Parton) - Stay With Me Tonight (Dobson) - The Woman You Call Your Wife (Dobson) - The Door Is Open (Dobson) - Going Solo (Gwynn Brooke) - Come Any Closer (Gwynn Brooke) - Thyme (trad., arr. Dobson) - Someday Soon (Ian Tyson) - Again And Again (Witecka/Verity) Bonnie Dobson, voc, g; Annie Graham, voc; Gerry Hale, voc, mand, violin; Richard Lee, b; Friedemann Witecka, g; David Moses, b; Henning Schmied, p; Philippe Geiss, as; Uli Moritz, Butz Daehn, perc; prod. by Bonnie Dobson and Friedemann Witecka Biber 76831 (Germany) www.vollton.com
30	9/2010	Bonnie Dobson: Vive la Canadienne - After The Show # - Guantanamera # - Un Canadian Errant # - Lord Gregory # - Peggy Gordon # - For The Love Of Him # - Lovin' Johnny # - Le Roi # - Country Girl Blues # - So Early In The Spring # - Thyme * - Long River * - Farewell To Nova Scotia* - Un Canadian Errant * - Poor Little Girls Of Ontario * - Four Strong Winds * - Vive La Canadienne * - Land Of The Silver Birch * - Ise The Bye * - Sixteen Miles To Seven Lakes * - A La Claire Fontaine * - Someday Soon * - Sweet Somerset [] - Special Sense Of Kind [] # first issued 1964 on Mercury MG 20987 / SR 60987 "For The Love Of Him" * first issued 1972 on Argo Decca ZFB 79 "Bonnie Dobson" [] "previously unissued" [??? first issued 1976 on Polydor 2383400 "Morning Dew" ???] 39-pp. booklet Bear Family BCD 16720 (Germany) www.bear-family.de
31	4/2014	Bonnie Dobson & Her Boys - Come On Dancing - Dancing Version (instr) # # produced in a King Tubby style by the New Scientist (aka Sean Read) 7 inch single Hornbeam HBR 45-001
32	6/2014	Bonnie Dobson & Her Boys Take Me For A Walk In The Morning Dew - I Got Stung - Morning Dew - Southern Bound - Come On Dancing - Living On Plastic - Peter Amberley - Dink's Song - Winter's Going - Mean And Evil - Rainy Windows - 1V'la L'Bon Vent - Sandy Boys - Born In The Country - Who Are These Men? - JB's Song "Her Boys" are Jonny Bridgwood, Dave Morgan, Ben Phillipson, Ben Paley, Ruth Tidmarsh & Felix Holt Hornbeam CD HB 0003
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Sources: - own record collection - Stambler, Irvin & Landon Grelun: Encyclopedia of Folk, Country and Western Music   New York / London 1969, p. 58 - Baggelaar, Kristin & Donald Milton: The Folk Music Encyclopedia.- London/New York/Sidney 1977 - various other internet sources thanks to Genghmun.Eng@aero.org, Thomas Stern, and Jef Van Gool, Antwerpen, Belgium, for additional information / scans