Leonard Nimoy discography

In December 1966, when it became apparent that the original was developing a strong following in spite of low Nielsen Ratings, Dot Records was approaching the producers of the show.

The result was the signing of Leonard Nimoy to that label. Incidentally, Dot Records was a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures, and both Paramount and Desilu - the studio producing Star Trek - were acquired by Gulf+Western, first Paramount in 1966 and Desilu in 1967. So after the merger of the two companies Nimoy wound up working for Paramount both as an actor (from 1966 to 1971) and singer (from 1967 to 1970), doing two television series (Star Trek and ) and five albums (the Paramount record label holdings now belong to Universal Music Group).

Later he did a few spoken word albums.

Albums

Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space

Released in June 1967 by Dot Records (DLP 25794)

Side 1

# "Theme from Star Trek" (Alexander Courage / Gene Roddenberry)
# "Alien" (Cy Coben)
# "Where Is Love?" (Lionel Bart)
# "Music To Watch Space Girls By" (Anthony Velona / Sidney Ramin)
# "Beyond Antares" (Wilbur Hatch / Gene Coon)
# "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Earth" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz / Leonard Nimoy)

Side 2

# "Mission: Impossible" (Lalo Schifrin)
# "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson / Kurt Weill)
# "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (Alexander Courage)
# "You Are Not Alone" (Don Christopher)
# "A Visit To A Sad Planet" (Charles R. Grean / Don Christopher)Produced by Charles Randolph Grean

Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy

Released in early 1968 by Dot Records (DLP 25835)

Side 1
# "Highly Illogical" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz)
# "The Difference Between Us" (Cy Coben)
# "Once I Smiled" (Charles R. Grean / Leonard Nimoy)
# "Spock Thoughts" (Charles R. Grean / Max Ehrmann¹)
# "By Myself" (Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz)
# "Follow Your Star" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz)
# "Amphibious Assault" (Charles R. Grean / Mason Williams)Side 2
# "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" (Charles R. Grean)
# "Cotton Candy" (Cliff Ralke)
# "Gentle On My Mind" (John Hartford)
# "Miranda"
# "If I Was A Carpenter" (Russ B. Steadman)
# "Love Of The Common People" (John Hurley / Ronnie Wilkins)Produced by Charles R. Grean and Tom Mack
Arranged and conducted by Charles R. Grean
¹The lyrics of "Spock Thoughts" are in fact the prose poem "Desiderata" by Max Ehrmann.

The Way I Feel

Released in late 1968 by Dot Records (DLP 25883)

Side 1
# "I'd Love Making Love To You" (David Schudson)
# "Please Don't Try To Change My Mind"
# "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
# "Where It's At"
# "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
# "If I Had A Hammer" (Pete Seeger / Lee Hays)Side 2
# "Here We Go 'Round Again"
# "Billy Don't Play The Banjo Anymore"
# "It's Getting Better"
# "Consilium"
# "Love Is Sweeter"
# "The Hitch-Hiker"Produced by Charles R. Grean and Tom Mack
Arranged by George Tipton ("Both Sides Now", "If I Had A Hammer", "Here We Go 'Round Again" and "It's Getting Better"), Charles R. Grean ("Where It's At", "Billy Don't Play The Banjo Anymore", "Consilium" and "The Hitch-Hiker"), Ray Pohlman ("I'd Love Making Love To You" and "Please Don't Try To Change My Mind"), and Bill Stafford ("Sunny")
Engineered by Thorne Nogar

The Touch of Leonard Nimoy

Released in 1969 by Dot Records (DLP 25910)

Side 1
# "I Search For Tomorrow"
# "Maiden Wine"
# "Now's The Time"
# "Cycles"
# "I Think It's Gonna Rain Today"Side 2
# "I Just Can't Help Believin’"
# "Nature Boy" (Eden Ahbez)
# "Contact"
# "The Man I Would Like To Be"
# "A Trip To Nowhere"
# "Piece Of Hope"Produced by Charles R. Grean
Arranged and Conducted by George Tipton
Engineered by Thorne Nogar and Dave Wiechman
Recorded at Annex Studios, Hollywood, California

The New World of Leonard Nimoy

Released in 1970 by Dot Records (DLP 25966)

Side 1
# "Time To Get It Together"
# "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town" (Mel Tillis)
# "The Mayor Of Ma's Cafe"
# "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash)
# "I Finally Saw The Two Of You Today"
# "Mary's Near"Side 2
# "Abraham, Martin & John" (Dick Holler)
# Proud Mary
# "Let It Be Me"
# "Everybody's Talkin’" (Fred Neil)
# "The Sun Will Rise"
# "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (Jackie de Shannon / Randy James Myers / James E. Holiday)Produced by Steve Clark
Arranged by Ben Benay except "The Mayor Of Ma's Cafe", "Proud Mary", "The Sun Will Rise" and "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" by Mike Henderson
Recorded at Harmony Recorders, Hollywood, California

Reissues

Leonard Nimoy Presents Mr. Spock's Music From Outer Space (reissue)

Re-released on October 10th in 1995 by Varèse Sarabande Records, Inc. (VSD-5613)

# "Theme from Star Trek" (Alexander Courage / Gene Roddenberry)
# "Alien" (Cy Coben)
# "Where Is Love?" (Lionel Bart)
# "Music To Watch Space Girls By" (Anthony Velona / Sidney Ramin)
# "Beyond Antares" (Wilbur Hatch / Gene Coon)
# "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Earth" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz / Leonard Nimoy)
# "Mission: Impossible" (Lalo Schifrin)
# "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson / Kurt Weill)
# "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (Alexander Courage)
# "You Are Not Alone" (Don Christopher)
# "A Visit To A Sad Planet" (Charles R. Grean / Don Christopher)
# "Highly Illogical" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz)
# "The Difference Between Us" (Cy Coben)
# "Once I Smiled" (Charles R. Grean / Leonard Nimoy)
# "Spock Thoughts" (Charles R. Grean)
# "By Myself" (Howard Dietz / Arthur Schwartz)
# "Follow Your Star" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz)
# "Amphibious Assault" (Charles R. Grean / Mason Williams)This re-issue features Side 1 of the LP "Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy" as a bonus.

Compilations

pace Odyssey

Released 1972 by Pickwick Records (SPC-3199) and (with a different cover and simply titled "Leonard Nimoy") by Sears (SPS-491)

Side 1
# "Theme from Star Trek" (Alexander Courage / Gene Roddenberry)
# "You Are Not Alone" (Don Christopher)
# "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Earth" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz / Leonard Nimoy)
# "Once I Smiled" (Charles R. Grean / Leonard Nimoy)
# "The Ballad Of Bilbo Baggins" (Charles R. Grean)Side 2
# "Spock Thoughts" (Charles R. Grean)
# "Here We Go 'Round Again"
# "Consilium"
# "I Search For Tomorrow"

Outer Space/Inner Mind

Released in the 1970s by the Famous Music Corp. (PAS-2-1030) as a "Famous Twinset"

Side 1
# "Theme from Star Trek" (Alexander Courage / Gene Roddenberry)
# "Alien" (Cy Coben)
# "Where Is Love?" (Lionel Bart)
# "Music To Watch Space Girls By" (Anthony Velona / Sidney Ramin)
# "Beyond Antares" (Wilbur Hatch / Gene Coon)
# "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Earth" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz / Leonard Nimoy)Side 2
# "Mission: Impossible" (Lalo Schifrin)
# "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson / Kurt Weill)
# "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (Alexander Courage)
# "You Are Not Alone" (Don Christopher)
# "A Visit To A Sad Planet" (Charles R. Grean / Don Christopher)
# "Spock Thoughts" (Charles R. Grean)Side 3
# "I'd Love Making Love To You" (David Schudson)
# "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
# "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
# "Love Is Sweeter"
# "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (Jackie de Shannon / Randy James Myers / James E. Holiday)Side 4
# "Abraham, Martin & John" (Dick Holler)
# "Proud Mary"
# "Everybody's Talkin’" (Fred Neil)
# "Gentle On My Mind" (John Hartford)
# "If I Was A Carpenter" (Russ B. Steadman)

paced Out

Full title "Spaced Out - The Very Best of Leonard Nimoy & William Shatner"
Released in 1997 by Universal Music International Ltd. (UMD 80455)
℗ & © 1997 MCA Records, Inc.

# "King Henry The Fifth" (Don Ralke) Performed by William Shatner
# "Elegy For The Brave" (Frank Davenport) Performed by William Shatner
# "Highly Illogical" (Charles R. Grean / Fred Hertz)
# "If I Had A Hammer" (The Hammer Song) (Pete Seeger / Lee Hays)
# "Mr Tambourine" (Bob Dylan) Performed by William Shatner
# "Where Is Love" (Lionel Bart)
# "Music To Watch Space Girls By" (Anthony Velona / Sidney Ramin)
# "It Was A Very Good Year" (Ervin Drake) Performed by William Shatner
# "Ruby Don't Take Your Love To Town" (Mel Tillis)
# "Hamlet" (Don Ralke) Performed by William Shatner
# "A Visit To A Sad Planet" (Charles R. Grean / Don Christopher)
# "Abraham, Martin and John" (Dick Holler)
# "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (John Lennon / Paul McCartney) Performed by William Shatner
# "If I Was A Carpenter" (Russ B. Steadman)
# "How Insensitive" (Antonio Carlos Jobim / Vinicius de Moraes / Norman Gimbel) Performed by William Shatner
# "I'd Love Making Love To You" (David Schudson)
# "Put A Little Love In Your Heart" (Jackie de Shannon / Randy James Myers / James E. Holiday)
# "Sunny" (Bobby Hebb)
# "Gentle On My Mind" (John Hartford)
# "I Walk the Line" (Johnny Cash)
# "Ballad of Bilbo Baggins" (Charles R. Grean)
# "Everybody's Talkin’" (Fred Neil)
# "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell)
# "Spock Thoughts" (Charles R. Grean)
William Shatner's tracks were taken from his 1968 Decca album "The Transformed Man"

External links

* [http://ponilla.org/Nimoy/Nimoy_music.htm Discography frame] at [http://ponilla.org/Nimoy/ Thanks to Leonard Nimoy] fanpage
* [http://www.theofficialleonardnimoyfanclub.com/recordings.html recordings] at [http://www.theofficialleonardnimoyfanclub.com/ The Official Leonard Nimoy Fanclub]
* [http://www.maidenwine.com Maiden Wine] Comprehensive site dedicated to the musical career of Leonard Nimoy.
* [http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Set/1931/records.html The Leonard Nimoy Album Page]