True Stories and Other Dreams

Infobox Album
Name = True Stories and Other Dreams
Type = studio album
Artist = Judy Collins


Released = August 1973
Recorded = 1973
Genre = Folk
Length = 40:17
Label = Elektra
Producer = Mark Abramson
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0jfuxqt5ld6e link]
Last album = "Colors of the Day" (1972)
This album = "True Stories and Other Dreams" (1973)
Next album = "Judith" (1975)

"True Stories and Other Dreams" is an album by American singer Judy Collins, released in 1973. It peaked at No 27 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts.

The album included the song "Cook With Honey", which returned Collins to the U.S. pop singles top-forty, as well as Tom Paxton's song "The Hostage" about the 1971 Attica Prison riots.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Judy Collins; except where indicated

# "Cook With Honey" (Valerie Carter) – 3:29
# "So Begins the Task" (Stephen Stills) – 3:11
# "Fisherman Song" – 3:56
# "The Dealer (Down and Losin')" (Bob Ruzicka) – 3:55
# "Secret Gardens" – 5:30
# "Holly Ann" – 4:47
# "The Hostage" (Tom Paxton) – 2:52
# "Song for Martin" – 5:05
# "Che" – 7:32

Personnel

*Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards
*Bob Daugherty – bass
*Russell George – bass
*Bill Keith – steel guitar
*Louis Killen – concertina
*Steve Mandell – guitar
*Jerry Mathews – guitar
*Ray Barretto – conga
*Don Brooks – harmonica
*Larry Packer – fiddle
*Bucky Pizzarelli – guitar
*Paul Prestopino – harp
*Allan Schwartzberg – drums, percussion
*Eric Weissberg – guitar, banjo, bass

Production notes

*Produced by Mark Abramson
*Engineered by Shelly Yakus and Jay Messina