'Frisco Mabel Joy
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1971
Recorded1971
StudioCinderella Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length44:47
LabelElektra
ProducerDennis Linde
Mickey Newbury chronology
Looks Like Rain
(1969)
'Frisco Mabel Joy
(1971)
Sings His Own
(1972)
Singles from 'Frisco Mabel Joy
  1. "An American Trilogy"
    Released: September 1971
  2. "Remember the Good"
    Released: June 1972
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[2]

'Frisco Mabel Joy is a 1971 studio album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury. This was the second of three albums Newbury recorded at Cinderella Sound. The album includes the original version of "An American Trilogy", which Elvis Presley later performed in his Las Vegas shows with much success. "How Many Times (Must the Piper Be Paid for His Song)" is a dramatically re-imagined version of a song first released on Harlequin Melodies, Newbury's RCA debut. Other standout tracks include "The Future's Not What It Used to Be", "Remember the Good", "Frisco Depot", and "How I Love Them Old Songs". The track "San Francisco Mabel Joy" was not initially part of the album, though it is included on some versions. ’Frisco Mabel Joy was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection from Mountain Retreat, Newbury's own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969 to 1981. In 2011, it was reissued again, both separately and as part of the four-disc Mickey Newbury box set An American Trilogy, alongside two other albums recorded at Cinderella Sound, Looks Like Rain and Heaven Help the Child. This release marks the first time that 'Frisco Mabel Joy has been released on CD in remastered form, after the original master tapes (long thought to have been destroyed in a fire) were rediscovered in 2010.

Track listing

All songs written by Mickey Newbury, except where noted.

  1. "An American Trilogy" (Newbury/traditional) – 4:50
  2. "How Many Times (Must the Piper Be Paid for His Song)" – 5:48
  3. "Interlude" – 1:44
  4. "The Future's Not What It Used to Be" – 4:14
  5. "Mobile Blue" – 2:48
  6. "Frisco Depot" – 3:38
  7. "You're Not My Same Sweet Baby" – 3:46
  8. "Interlude" – 1:05
  9. "Remember the Good" – 2:57
  10. "Swiss Cottage Place" – 3:10
  11. "How I Love Them Old Songs" – 3:50
  12. "San Francisco Mabel Joy" – 5:17

Personnel

Production

  • Producer: Dennis Linde/Owsley Manier/Robert Rosemurgy
  • Recording Engineer: Wayne Linde/Wayne Moss
  • Art Direction: Robert L. Heimall
  • Photography: Robert L. Heimall
  • Liner Notes: unknown

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Peak position
1972 Pop Albums 58
Single
Year Single Chart Position
1972 "An American Trilogy" Billboard Pop Singles 26

Selected cover recordings

References

  1. Jurek, Thom. "Frisco Mabel Joy – Mickey Newbury". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: N". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
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