Poems and Songs of Middle Earth

Source for the librettos:

• Tracks 1 through 6 are from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.
• Track 7 is from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 1: Many Meetings.
• Track 8 is from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 1, Chapter 1: A Long Expected Party.
• Track 9 is from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 1, Chapter 3: Three is Company.
• Track 10 is from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Book 3, Chapter 4: Treebeard.
• Track 11 is from The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Book 6, Chapter 1: The Tower of Cirith Ungol.
  • (Note: the LP's cover incorrectly reports this as "The Lord of the Rings — Vol. 1, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 3 — The Tower of Cirith Ungol")
• Track 12 is from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 8: Farewell to Lórien.
• Track 13 is from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 3: The Ring Goes South.
• Track 13 Refrain is from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Book 2, Chapter 1: Many Meetings.
• Track 14 is from The Adventures of Tom Bombadil.

Track 7 is read in Elvish. Track 12 and the refrain to track 13 are both sung in Elvish.

Released by Caedmon in the US in fall of 1967, in the UK in spring of 1968.

The music portion of this LP (tracks 7 - 14) was rereleased on a CD included with the book "The Road Goes Ever On" (ISBN 0-00-713655-2). That CD does not include the J.R.R. Tolkein readings. The CD also contains two songs not found on this LP.

The CD and LP tracks are not from the same master; the CD is a mono remaster, while this LP is in split-stereo: voice emphasis on the right channel, piano emphasis on the left.