Recollections

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{{Infobox album

| name = Recollections

| type = Compilation

| artist = Judy Collins

| cover = Recollections.png

| alt =

| released = {{start date|1969}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Folk

| length = 40:49

| label = Elektra

| producer = Mark Abramson

| prev_title = Who Knows Where the Time Goes

| prev_year = 1968

| next_title = Whales & Nightingales

| next_year = 1970

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|first=Bruce|last=Eder|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/recollections-the-best-of-judy-collins-mw0000077557|title=Recollections: The Best of Judy Collins Review|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 5, 2024}}
{{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|first=Bruce|last=Eder|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/judy-mw0001890499|title=Judy Review|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=December 5, 2024}}

| rev2 = Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite book|first=Colin|last=Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|chapter=Judy Collins|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpop200lark/page/1176/mode/2up|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpop200lark|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|location=New York|publisher=Muze UK Ltd.|year=1998|volume=2|edition=3rd|pages=1176–1177|isbn=1-56159-237-4}}

| rev3 = The Great Rock Discography

| rev3score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite book|first=Martin C.|last=Strong|author-link=Martin C. Strong|chapter=Judy Collins|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr0000stro/page/202/mode/2up|title=The Great Rock Discography|location=Edinburgh|publisher=Mojo Books|edition=5th|pages=202–204|year=2000|isbn=1-84195-017-3}}

| rev4 = MusicHound

| rev4score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book|first=Salvatore|last=Caputo|author-link=Salvatore Caputo|chapter=Judy Collins|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/256/mode/2up|title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last1=Graff|editor-link1=Gary Graff|editor-first2=Daniel|editor-last2=Durchholz|edition=2nd|location=Farmington Hills, MI|publisher=Visible Ink Press|year=1999|pages=257–258|isbn=1-57859-061-2}}

| rev5 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite book|first=Paul|last=Evans|chapter=Judy Collins|title=The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews: Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist|editor-last=DeCurtis|editor-first=Anthony|editor-link1=Anthony DeCurtis|editor-first2=James|editor-last2=Henke|editor-first3=Holly|editor-last3=George-Warren|edition=3rd|location=New York|publisher=Random House|year=1992|page=154|isbn=0-679-73729-4}}

}}

Recollections (sometimes subtitled The Best of Judy Collins) is a collection of the best songs by American singer Judy Collins, released in 1969 by Elektra Records. In the same year, the label released a reissue of the album titled Judy with a different cover, but the same tracklist.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| total_length = 40:49

| title1 = Pack Up Your Sorrows

| writer1 = {{hlist|Richard Fariña|Pauline Marden}}

| length1 = 3:10

| title2 = Tomorrow Is a Long Time

| writer2 = Bob Dylan

| length2 = 4:04

| title3 = Early Morning Rain

| writer3 = Gordon Lightfoot

| length3 = 3:10

| title4 = Anathea

| writer4 = Lydia Wood

| length4 = 4:00

| title5 = Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

| writer5 = Pete Seeger

| length5 = 3:35

| title6 = Daddy You've Been on My Mind

| writer6 = Dylan

| length6 = 2:52

| title7 = Mr. Tambourine Man

| writer7 = Dylan

| length7 = 5:20

| title8 = Winter Sky

| writer8 = Billy Edd Wheeler

| length8 = 3:44

| title9 = The Last Thing on My Mind

| writer9 = Tom Paxton

| length9 = 3:25

| title10 = The Bells of Rhymney

| writer10 = {{hlist|Idris Davies|Seeger}}

| length10 = 4:04

| title11 = Farewell

| writer11 = Dylan

| length11 = 3:25

}}

Charts

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|+ Weekly chart performance for Recollections

! scope="col"| Chart (1969)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

scope="row"| Canada LP Chart (RPM){{cite magazine|date=October 18, 1969|title=LP Chart|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/RPM/60s/1969/RPM-1969-10-18.pdf#page=12|magazine=RPM|location=|publisher=|volume=12|issue=8|page=12|issn=0315-5994}}

| 17

scope="row"| US Top LP's (Billboard){{cite magazine|date=October 18, 1969|title=Billboard Top LP's|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1969/BB-1969-10-18.pdf#page=78|magazine=Billboard|location=New York|publisher=Billboard Publications Inc|volume=81|issue=42|page=82|issn=0006-2510}}

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scope="row"| US Top 100 Albums (Cash Box){{cite magazine|date=October 18, 1969|title=Cash Box Top 100 Albums|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1969/CB-1969-10-18.pdf#page=55|magazine=Cash Box|location=New York|publisher=The Cash Box Publishing Co. Inc.|volume=XXXI|issue=12|page=55|issn=0008-7289}}

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scope="row" | US Top 100 LP's (Record World){{cite magazine|date=October 18, 1969|title=Top 100 LP's|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/69/Record-World-1969-10-18.pdf#page=128|magazine=Record World|location=New York|publisher=Record World Pub. Co.|volume=24|issue=1166|page=128|issn=0034-1622}}

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