Greenhouse (Leo Kottke album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Greenhouse
Type = Album
Artist = Leo Kottke


Released = 1973
Recorded = Sound 80 Studio, Minneapolis, MN
Genre = Folk
Length = 35 minutes
Label = Capitol (ST-11000)
Producer = Denny Bruce
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:nzrx282c053a link]
*"Rolling Stone" (favorable) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leokottke/albums/album/231748/review/6212878/greenhouse link] |
Last album = "Mudlark"
(1971)
This album = "Greenhouse"
(1973)
Next album = "My Feet Are Smiling"
(1973)

"Greenhouse" is American guitarist Leo Kottke's fifth album, his second on the Capitol label, released in 1973. It was recorded in three days. From the liner notes: "In the sense that my guitars were once plants, this record's a greenhouse. There are seven instrumentals and four vocals." It reached #127 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

It was re-issued on CD by One Way Records in 1995.

Track listing

All songs by Leo Kottke except as noted

ide one

# "Bean Time" – 2:32
# "Tiny Island" (Al Gaylor) – 3:46
# "The Song of the Swamp" – 3:00
# "In Christ There is No East or West" (Traditional) – 2:12
# "Last Steam Engine Train" (Sam McGee, John Fahey) – 3:00

ide two

# "From the Cradle to the Grave" (Leo Kottke, Ron Nagle) – 3:23
# "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 4:02
# "The Spanish Entomologist" (Traditional) – 2:24
# "Owls" – 5:00
# "You Don't Have to Need Me" – 4:37
# "Lost John" (Traditional) – 2:15

Personnel

*Leo Kottke - 6 & 12-string guitar, vocals
*Steve Gammell - second guitar on "Lost John"

Production notes

*Produced by Denny Bruce
*Engineered by Paul Martinson
*Photography & artwork by Bill Matthews

External links

* [http://www.leokottke.com Leo Kottke's official site]
* [http://www.guitarmusic.org Unofficial Leo Kottke web site] (fan site)
* [http://www.leokottkeconnection.bravehost.com/capitol.html The Capitol Years]