Little Wheel Spin and Spin

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Little Wheel Spin and Spin

Studio album by

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Released

1966

Recorded

1966

Genre

Folk

Length

40:11

Buffy Sainte-Marie chronology

Many a Mile
(1965)

Little Wheel Spin and Spin
(1966)

Fire & Fleet & Candlelight
(1967)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Little Wheel Spin and Spin is the third album by Buffy Sainte-Marie, released in 1966. It was her only album to reach the Top 100 of the Billboard 200. Its most famous song is "My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying," which displayed a native perspective on the colonisation of North America.^{[citation needed]}

In contrast to her first two albums which were entirely acoustic with occasional use of her distinctive mouthbow, parts of Little Wheel Spin and Spin added electric guitar by Bruce Langhorne and string arrangements by Felix Pappalardi, or feature fellow Native American performer Patrick Sky on guitar with Sainte-Marie.^{[citation needed]} This served to pave the way for Sainte-Marie's stylistic experiments on her remaining Vanguard albums, where she covered territory ranging from country to rock to experimental music.^{[citation needed]} Buffy Sainte-Marie wrote to reveal the "truth... about indigenous realities" through her music.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Buffy Sainte-Marie; except where noted.

"Little Wheel Spin and Spin" – 2:29
"House Carpenter" (Traditional; arranged and new words by Buffy Sainte-Marie) – 3:46
"Waly Waly" (Traditional) – 3:50
"Rolling Log Blues" (chorus by Lottie Kimbrough) – 3:32
"My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying" – 6:48
"Men of the Fields" – 2:02
"Timeless Love" – 2:46
"Sir Patrick Spens" (Traditional) – 5:14
"Poor Man's Daughter" – 2:57
"Lady Margaret" (Traditional) – 1:43
"Sometimes When I Get to Thinkin'" – 3:37
"Winter Boy" – 2:11

Personnel

Buffy Sainte-Marie - vocals, guitar, mouthbow
Russ Savakus - bass
Bruce Langhorne - electric guitar on "Little Wheel Spin and Spin", "Rolling Log Blues" and "Sometimes When I Get to Thinkin'"
Patrick Sky - rhythm guitar on "Men of the Fields"
Eric Weissberg - guitar on "Sometimes When I Get to Thinkin'"
Felix Pappalardi - arrangement, conductor on "Timeless Love"

Charts

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
1966	Pop Albums	97^[3]

References

^ "Little Wheel Spin and Spin – Buffy Sainte-Marie – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2018.
^ Simon, Scott; Stewart, Ian (September 29, 2018). "Buffy Sainte-Marie's Authorized Biography Serves As A 'Map Of Hope'". NPR. Retrieved February 19, 2020.
^ "Billboard Top LP's". Billboard. 9 July 1966. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2017.

v t e Buffy Sainte-Marie
Studio albums	It's My Way! (1964) Many a Mile (1965) Little Wheel Spin and Spin (1966) Fire & Fleet & Candlelight (1967) I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again (1968) Illuminations (1969) She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina (1971) Moonshot (1972) Quiet Places (1973) Buffy (1974) Changing Woman (1975) Sweet America (1976) Coincidence and Likely Stories (1992) Running for the Drum (2009) Power in the Blood (2015) Medicine Songs (2017)
Compilations	The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie (1970) The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie Vol. 2 (1971) Native North American Child: An Odyssey (1974) The Pathfinder: Buried Treasures – The Mid-70's Recordings (2010)
Songs	"Universal Soldier" "Now That the Buffalo's Gone" "Until It's Time for You to Go" "Cod'ine" "The Circle Game" "Mister Can't You See" "Up Where We Belong"
Related	Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On Buffy Sainte-Marie: Starwalker Soldier Blue Sesame Street Jack Nitzsche Vanguard Records First Nations music

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