Shel Silverstein Discography

Compiled by Rob Killam (last revision 2/6/99).  Thanks to the following for their assistance.

• Jeff Morris
• Chris Mezzolesta
• Eric Graf
• Serge

Bob Gibson portion of discography taken from The Bob Gibson Discography Copyright © 1997 Michael Dresser / Ben Cohen
Please send any corrections/updates to Rob Killam robkill@bigfoot.com

Note: this email address only accepts email addressed directly to me. Carbon copies will bounce. Sorry about this, but it cuts down tremendously on spam. -- Rob

Shel's LPs | Shel's Singles | Shel's work with other artists | Bob Gibson | Bobby Bare | Dr. Hook | Compilations

Hairy Jazz

[1959] Elektra Records EKL-176

This is Silverstein's first album. It's billed as "Shel Silverstein and the Red Onion Jazz Band" Pretty much a straight-up barrelhouse music style of jazz. Most of the tunes are covers, but two of the songs, "Broken Down Mama", and "Pass Me By Like You Never Knowed Me", were written by Silverstein.

1. I'm Satisfied With My Girl
2. Go Back Where You Got It Last Night
3. Broken Down Mama
4. Somebody Else, Not Me
5. Good Whiskey
6. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
7. Who Walks In
8. Kitchen Man
9. Sister Kate
10. A Good Man is Hard to Find
11. Pass Me By (as listed on the cover, listed as "Pass Me By Like You Never Knowed Me" inside on the LP)
12. Ragged but Right

Inside Folk Songs

[1962] Atlantic Recording Corporation, Atlantic 8072
Reissued as _Inside Shel Silverstein_ [1970] Atlantic 8257

1. Bury Me in My Shades
2. Have Another Espresso
3. Bananas
4. Liz
5. You're Always Welcome at Our House
6. Civil War Song
7. Boa Constrictor
8. 25 Minutes to Go
9. Folk Singer's Blues
10. Beans Taste Fine
11. The Slitheree-dee
12. It Does Not Pay to be Hip
13. Blue Eyes
14. Standing on the Outside of Your Shelter
15. Wreck of the Old '49
16. Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh
17. The Unicorn

I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag

[1965] Cadet Records 4052 (mono) (a Division of Chess Records) Reissued as part of _Crouchin' on the Outside_

All tunes composed by Shel Silverstein, except "The Mermaid" by Jim Friedman and Shel Silverstein

1. Modern Talk
2. I Once Knew a Woman
3. Ever Lovin' Machine
4. Lookin' for Myself
5. The Ugliest Man in Town
6. I'm So Good That I Don't Have to Brag
7. The Mermaid
8. I Can't Touch the Sun
9. Plastic
10. Better Not Ask Me
11. Yowsah!
12. Lemmebesomething
13. Testing the Bomb

Drain My Brain

[1967] Cadet 4054
Reissued as part of _Crouchin' on the Outside_

1. Drain My Brain
2. Rings of Brass
3. The Floobie Doobie Doo
4. Crouchin' on the Outside
5. The Changing of the Seasons
6. Dance to It
7. Handy Man
8. Hoodoo Voodoo Lady
9. I Can't Touch the Sun
10. My Mind Keeps Movin'
11. The Grizzly Bear
12. Workin' It Out

A Boy Named Sue and His Other Country Songs

[1969] RCA Records LSP-4192

1. Alimoney
2. Dirty ol' Me
3. Cloudy Sky
4. Kick It Again
5. Someday's Here
6. Time
7. Boy Named Sue
8. Pathetic Way of Getting Over Me
9. Somebody Stole My Rig
10. Comin' after Jimmy
11. Daylight Dreamer
12. Bigtime

Ned Kelly : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

[1970] United Artists
Reisued on CD in 1998 by Rykodisc as RCD10708

Words and music by Shel Silverstein.

Songs, featuring Waylon Jennings, Mick Jagger, Kris Kristofferson, and Tom Ghent, with instrumental ensemble.

1. Ned Kelly
2. The Wild Colonial Boy
3. Son of a Scoundrel
4. Shadow of the Gallows
5. Lonigan's Widow
6. Stoney Cold Ground
7. The Kelly's Keep Comin'
8. Ranchin' in the Evenin'
9. Blame it on the Kellys
10. Pleasures of a Sunday afternoon
11. Hey Ned.

Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me?

[1971] Columbia S 30791

Motion Picture Soundtrack Principally songs, performed by various singers and musicians; includes dialogue by Dustin Hoffman and others.

1. The Last Morning
2. Don't Tell me your Troubles (D. Gibson)
3. Bunky and Lucille
4. Happy Dancing Fingers
5. Goodbye to Goodbye
6. Free as a Bird
7. Calypso
8. The Ricky Ticky Song
9. Georgie Porgie
10. The Last Morning

Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball

[1972] Columbia Records C 31119 (also KC 31119)

1. Thumbsucker
2. I Got Stoned and I Missed It
3. Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
4. Stacy Brown got Two
5. Polly in a Porny
6. Freakin' at the Freakers Ball
7. All About You
8. Don't Give a Dose to the One You Love Most
9. The Peace Proposal
10. Masochistic Baby
11. Liberated Lady 1999
12. The Man Who Got No Sign

Crouchin' on the Outside

[1973] Janus Records (a Division of Chess Records) 2JLS 3052

This is a 2LP reissue of _I'm so Good That I Don't Have to Brag_ and _Drain My Brain_.

Songs & Stories

[1978] Parachute RRLP 9007

1. The Father of a Boy Named Sue
2. Peanut Butter Sandwich
3. The Cat and the Rat
4. Goodnight Little House Plant
5. Show It at the Beach
6. Diet Song
7. Sure Hit Songwriter's Pen
8. The Smoke-Off
9. They Held Me Down
10. Scum of the Earth
11. Never Bite a Married Woman on the Thigh
12. Someone Ate the Baby
13. Paranoid

The Great Conch Train Robbery (and other songs)

[1980] Flying Fish, Reissued on CD 1992 FF 70211

1. So Good to So bad
2. June 25 at the Fourth of July
3. Don't go to Sleep on the Road
4. Quaaludes Again
5. Going Down to Texas
6. You Ain't Here
7. Rough on the Living
8. He Buys the Wine
9. Yes Mr. Rogers
10. Piece of Mind
11. The Great Conch Train Robbery

Where the Sidewalk Ends

[1984] Columbia FC 39412?
[1984] Columbia FC 39611 (Picture Disc)
Reissued on CD 1992 as CK 39412

1. Invitation
2. Eighteen Flavors
3. Melinda Mae
4. Sick
5. Ickle Me, Pickle Me, Tickle Me Too
6. Enter This Deserted House
7. Jimmy Jet and His TV Set
8. For Sale
9. Warning
10. The Yipiyuk
11. Crocodile's Toothache
12. Stone Telling
13. Ridiculous Rose
14. Boa Constrictor
15. Peanut-Butter Sandwich
16. Listen to the Mustn'ts
17. Hug o' War
18. Smart
19. Forgotten Language
20. The Farmer and the Queen
21. The One Who Stayed
22. No Difference
23. Wild Boar
24. Thumbs
25. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out
26. My Hobby
27. Early Bird
28. Me-Stew
29. Captain Hook
30. With His Mouth Full of Food
31. The Flying Festoon
32. The Silver Fish
33. The Generals
34. The Worst
35. Dreadful
36. My Beard

A Light in the Attic

[1985] Columbia FC 40219
reissued on CD in 1992 as CK 40219

1. A Light in the Attic
2. Bear in There
3. Rock 'n' Roll Band
4. Eight Balloons
5. The Sitter
6. Quick Trip
7. How Not to Dry the Dishes
8. Squishy Touch
9. Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony
10. Homework Machine
11. Crowded Tub
12. Almost Perfect
13. Prehistoric
14. Examination
15. Kidnapped
16. The Dragon of Grindly Grun
17. Ladies First
18. Picture Puzzle Piece
19. Signals
20. The Little Boy and the Old Man
21. Clarence
22. Hula Eel
23. Nobody
24. Peckin'
25. God's Wheel
26. Zebra Question
27. Tryin' on Clothes
28. Anteater
29. Fancy Dive
30. Whatif
31. Backward Bill
32. Friendship
33. Captain Blackbeard Did What?
34. Monsters I've Met
35. Ations
36. Hitting
37. The Toad and the Kangaroo
38. Twistable, Turnable, Man
39. Outside or Underneath?

Singles and EPs

A Boy Named Sue / Somebody Stole My Rib - RCA 74-0158 [1969]

Three Legged Man / Policeman, Woman, Taxicab - RCA 47-9844 [1970]

A Front Row Seat to Hear Ole Johnny Sing / 26 Second Song - Columbia 4-45450 [1971]

Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out mono/stereo - Columbia 3-10513 [1972]

Stacy Brown Got Two mono/stereo - Columbia 4-45772 [1972]

All About You mono/stereo - Columbia 4-45885 [1972]

The Peace Proposal / All About You - Columbia 4-45885 [1972]

Do You Want To Boogie - Polydor 14146 [1972] (Picture Cover)

Don't Give a Dose mono/stereo - Columbia AE7 1058 [1972]

per Jeff Morris :

Both sides contain a 1:18 excerpt of the song (minus the spoken intro) with a PSA spoken over the end, followed by the same excerpt faded out at 1:00 right before the PSA comes in. The PSA is: "Seriously, uh, the whole situation is starting to reach epidemic proportions, and if we really love each other like we're supposed to, then we're gonna have to take good care of each other. So if you think anything might be wrong, go get it checked out, 'kay?"

Special Selected Cuts From Songs & Stories - Casablanca RRD 20512 [1978]

1. The Smoke-Off
2. You Can't Show It at the Beach
3. Goodnight Little House Plant
4. Peanut Butter Sandwich

Selections From Where the Sidewalk Ends - Columbia AE7 1909 [1984]

Other Artists' Recordings of Shel Silverstein's Music

Shel Silverstein collaborated heavily with Bob Gibson, Bobby Bare, and Dr. Hook.

The Serendipity Singers Sing of: Love, Lies and Flying Festoons

[1965] Philips PHS 600-190 (stereo) PHM 200-190 (mono)

1. Little Sally Saucer
2. When Peaches Grow on Lilac Trees
3. The Monkey and the Elephant
4. Modern Talk
5. Everytime
6. The Clam
7. The Beanstalk
8. The Slitheree-dee
9. Some Days
10. Muddy Old River
11. Willowy, Billowy Land
12. Plastic
13. If You Come Back in Summer
14. The Flying Festoon
15. Boa Constrictor
16. The Lion

Where I'm Bound: Bob Gibson and his 12-String Guitar

[1964] Elektra EKS7239

1. Where I'm Bound -- Gibson/Thompson
2. The Waves Roll Out -- Gibson/Silverstein
3. 12-String Guitar Rag
4. Wastin' Your Time -- Gibson/Silverstein
5. The New Frankie and Johnny Song -- Gibson/Silverstein
6. Fog Horn -- Silverstein
7. Baby I'm Gone Again -- Gibson/Silverstein
8. Farewell My Honey Cindy Jane -- Gibson
9. Some Old Woman -- Gibson/Silverstein
10. Stella's Got a New Dress -- Gibson/Bob Camp
11. The Town Crier's Song -- Gibson/Camp
12. What You Gonna Do? -- Gibson/Silverstein
13. Betsy from Pike
14. Fare the Well (Dink's Song)

Bob Gibson

[1969] Capitol ST-742

1. Fog Horn -- Silverstein
2. Sam Stone -- John Prine
3. Leavin' for the Last Time -- Jo Mapes/Gibson
4. For Lovin' Me -- Gordon Lightfoot
5. A Hard Rain's A Gonna Fall -- Bob Dylan
6. About Time -- Bob Camp
7. Just Like a Woman -- Bob Dylan
8. The Ballad of Fred and Mark -- Marion Fischer/Gibson
9. Easy Now -- Gibson
10. If I'm There -- Silverstein/Gibson

Funky in the Country

1974 Mountain Railroad, MR52783

1. Cindy Dreams (of California) -- Silverstein/Gibson
2. I Never Got to Know Her Very Well -- Silverstein
3. Come on Back Baby (Lovesick Blues) -- Silverstein/Gibson
4. Funky in the Country -- Talbot
5. Dime a Dozen Times -- Afterman
6. Living Legend -- Silverstein
7. Abilene (medley) -- Acuff/Loudermilk/Brown/Gibson
8. Blues (medley) -- Gibson
9. I Can't Hide the Way -- Gilbert/Gibson
10. Farewell Party -- Connelly/Gibson
11. One and Only (medley) -- Gibson
12. Brownsville (medley) -- Gibson (new words)
13. The Tarot and The Banjo -- Hott/Gibson
14. That's the Way It's Gonna Be -- Ochs/Gibson

Gibson & Camp, Homemade Music

[1978] Mountain Railroad, MR52781

1. Jimmie Rodgers -- Silverstein
2. Lookin for Trouble -- Steve Goodman
3. Self-satisfaction -- Monty Dunn/Karen Cruse
4. Dogies
5. Dead on the Run -- Silverstein/Gibson
6. Billy Come Home -- Gibson
7. Sing for the Song -- Silverstein
8. Spoon River -- Michael Smith
9. Fancy Ladies -- Silverstein/Gibson
10. Light Up My Lady -- Douglas Steiger
11. Homemade Music -- Gibson

The Perfect High

[1980] Mountain Railroad, MR52794

1. Just A Thing I Do (Kathy O'Grady's Song) -- Silverstein/Gibson
2. Yes Mr. Rogers -- Silverstein/Fred Koller
3. Leaving for the Last Time -- Gibson/Jo Mapes
4. Army of Children -- Gibson/Irma Brown
5. Rock Me Sweet Jesus -- Silverstein/Gibson
6. Heavenly Choir -- Silverstein/Gibson
7. Mendocino Desperados -- Silverstein/Gibson
8. Cuckoo Again -- Silverstein
9. Middle Aged Groupies -- Silverstein
10. Box of Candy (and a Piece of Fruit)-- Gibson/Paxton
11. Baba Fats (The Perfect High) -- Silverstein

Uptown Saturday Night

[1984] Hogeye, HOG005

1. Let the Band Play Dixie -- Gibson/Dave North
2. Rest of the Night -- Gibson
3. Tequila Sheila -- Silverstein/Gibson
4. And Lovin' You -- Gibson/Paxton
5. Pilgrim -- Gibson/Marv David
6. Uptown Saturday Night -- Gibson
7. Baby, If You Don't Know Now -- Gibson/Silverstein
8. Lookin' for the You -- Gibson
9. Tom Cattin' Time -- Gibson
10. Bein' on the Road -- Gibson

Gibson & Camp, The Gate of Horn -- Revisited!

1986 Folk Era FE1413 CD

1. You Can Tell the World
2. Well, Well, Well
3. Skillet Good and Greasy
4. Old Blue
5. St. Claire's Defeat
6. I'm Gonna Tell God
7. Two in the Middle
8. Civil War Trilogy
   • First Battalion -- Gibson/Silverstein
   • Two Brothers -- Irving Gordon
   • Yes I See
9. Daddy Roll 'Em
10. Chicago Cops -- Gibson/Frank Hamilton
11. The Thinking Man -- Gibson/Camp (new words)
12. Wayfaring Stranger
13. Betty and Dupree
14. For Loving Me -- Gordon Lightfoot

Bob Gibson 5/91

[1991] Snapshot Music cassette

Live concert at Charlotte's Web, Rockford, Illinois, on May 18, 1991.

1. Abilene (medley) -- Acuff/Loudermilk/Brown/Gibson
2. Blues (medley) -- Gibson
3. Pilgrim -- Gibson/Marv David
4. I Hear America Singing -- Silverstein
5. Civil War Trilogy
6. Get Away
7. Let the Band Play Dixie -- Gibson/Dave North
8. Cindy Dreams (of California) -- Silverstein/Gibson
9. How Could You Do This to Me
10. Just a Thing I Do (Kathy O'Grady's Song) -- Silverstein/Gibson
11. Dyin' for Love
12. And Lovin' You -- Gibson/Paxton
13. Stella's Got a New Dress -- Gibson/Camp
14. Lookin' for the You -- Gibson
15. Living Legend -- Silverstein
16. Sing us Some of the Old Songs

Stops Along the Way

1994 B*G Enterprises, Inc. cassette, CD
Folk Era Productions/Rediscover Music plans to re-release this album on CD in 1997

1. Michael Row the Boat Ashore
2. To Morrow
3. Abilene
4. I Can't Hide the Way -- Gilbert/Gibson
5. How Could You Do This to Me
6. Sing Us Some of the Old Songs
7. Great Lakes Song
8. The Mermaid of Ontario
9. Row, Row, Row
10. No More Cane on the Brazos
11. Start the Parade
12. Get Away
13. Let the Band Play Dixie -- Gibson/Dave North
14. Dyin' for Love
15. I Hear America Singing -- Silverstein
16. Living Legend -- Silverstein
17. Stops Along the Way -- Silverstein/Gibson

Bob Gibson: "Makin' a Mess: Bob Gibson Sings Shel Silverstein"

[1995] Asylum 61697-2

Shel co-produced this album, where artists Tom Paxton, Peter Yarrow, John Hartford, Emmylou Harris, Oscar Brand, Josh White Jr., and others reunited to pay tribute to Bob Gibson by singing on "I Hear America Singing". Bob was terminally ill, and this CD was his farewell. He passed away on September 27, 1996.

1. Stops Along the Way -- Silverstein/Gibson
2. I Hear America Singing -- Silverstein
3. Whistlers and Jugglers -- Silverstein
4. Nothin's Real Anymore -- Silverstein
5. Killed by a Coconut -- Silverstein
6. The Man Who Turns the Damn Thing Off and On -- Silverstein
7. Take Me -- Silverstein
8. Still Gonna Die -- Silverstein
9. Fancy Ladies -- Silverstein/Gibson
10. Never Gonna Be This Young Again -- Silverstein
11. The Golden Kiss -- Silverstein
12. The Leavin' Came Hard -- Silverstein
13. Makin' A Mess of Commercial Success -- Silverstein

Bobby Bare Sings Lullabys, Legends and Lies.

[1973] RCA Victor CPL2-0290

1. Lullaby, Legends and Lies
2. Paul
3. Marie Laveau
4. Daddy What If?
5. The Wonderful Soup Stone
6. The Winner
7. In the Hills of Shiloh
8. She's My Ever Lovin' Machine
9. The Mermaid
10. Rest Awhile
11. Bottomless Well
12. True Story
13. Sure Hit Songwriters Pen
14. Rosalie's Good Eats Cafe

Singin' in the Kitchen

[1974] RCA Victor APL 1-0700

Bobby Bare and his family, Shel Silverstein, principal composer.

1. Singin' in the Kitchen
2. The Monkey and the Elephant
3. Lovin' You Anyway
4. Where'd I Come From
5. Ricky Ticky Song
6. The Giving Tree
7. You Are
8. The Unicorn
9. Cloudy Sky
10. She Thinks I Can
11. Scarlet Ribbons
12. See That Bluebird

Hard Time Hungrys

[1975] RCA Victor APL1-0906

Bobby Bare with ensemble.

1. Hard Time Hungrys
2. The Farmer Feeds Us All
3. Alimony
4. Two for a Dollar
5. Back Home in Huntsville Again
6. Daddy's Been Around the House too Long
7. Warm and Free
8. Able Bodied Man
9. $100,000 in Pennies
10. Bottles and Boxes
11. Truck Driver, Truck Driver
12. The Unemployment Line

Cowboys and Daddys

[1975] RCA APL1-1222

Bobby Bare

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Chester (Shel Silverstein)
2. The Stranger (Shel Silverstein)

The Winner and Other Losers

[1976] RCA APL1-1786

Bobby Bare

Majority of selections written by S. Silverstein

1. Climbin' the Ladder and Climbin' the Walls (Shel Silverstein)
2. Baby Wants to Boogie (Shel Silverstein)
3. Keeping Rosie Proud of Me
4. Bald Headed Woman (Shel Silverstein)
5. Vince (Larry Wilkerson & Shel Silverstein)
6. Lost in Austin
7. Pun a Little Lovin' On Me
8. Yes, Mr. Rogers (Fred Koller & Shel Silverstein)
9. Brian Hennessey (Shel Silverstein)
10. My Better Half
11. Dropkick me, Jesus
12. The Winner (Shel Silverstein)

Bare

[1978] Columbia KC 35314

Bobby Bare

Majority of selections written by S. Silverstein

1. Big Dupree
2. Finger on the Button
3. The Gambler
4. Yard Full of Rusty Cars
5. Greasy Grit Gravy
6. Too Many Nights Alone
7. Childhood Hero
8. February Snow
9. This Guitar is for Sale
10. Sing for the Song

Down and Dirty

[1980] Columbia PC 36323

Bobby Bare

Majority of selections written by S. Silverstein

1. Good for Nothing Blues
2. Numbers (Shel Silverstein)
3. Some Days are Diamonds, Some Days are Stone
4. Tequila Sheila (Shel Silverstein & M. Davis)
5. Rock Star's Lament (Fred Koller & Shel Silverstein)
6. Crazy Again
7. Tecumseh Valley
8. Blind Willie Harper (Shel Silverstein & J. Casey)
9. Rough On the Living (Shel Silverstein)
10. Down to My Last Come and Get Me (Shel Silverstein)
11. Quaaludes Again (Shel Silverstein)
12. Goin' Back to Texas (Shel Silverstein)
13. I Can't Watch the Movie Anymore

Drunk and Crazy

[1980] Columbia JC 36785

Bobby Bare

Majority of selections written by S. Silverstein

1. Drunk and Crazy (Shel Silverstein)
2. Food Blues (Shel Silverstein)
3. The World's Last Truck Drivin' Man (Shel Silverstein & Rob Goldstein)
4. I Can Almost See Houston From Here
5. It That Ain't Love (Shel Silverstein)
6. Rock and Roll Motel (Shel Silverstein)
7. Song of the South
8. Appaloosa Rider
9. Bathroom Tissue Paper Letter
10. Willie Jones
11. Gotta Get Rid of This Band (Shel Silverstein)
12. Drinkin' and Druggin' and Watchin' TV (Shel Silverstein)
13. Your Credit Card Won't Get You Into Heaven (Shel Silverstein)
14. I've Never Gone to Bed With an Ugly Woman
15. Desperadoes Waiting for the Train

Ain't Got Nothing To Lose

[1982] Columbia FC 37719

Bobby Bare

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Cold Day In Hell (Shel Silverstein)
2. So Good To So Bad (Shel Silverstein & Rob Goldstein)

Drinkin' from the Bottle, Singin' from the Heart

[1983] Columbia

Bobby Bare with ensemble

1. The Jogger (4:14)
2. Easy as Dreaming / T. Ghent (3:35)
3. Rodeo Queen (2:51)
4. Me and Jimmy Rodgers (4:49)
5. Three-legged Man (2:53)
6. Diet Song (2:59)
7. Jennifer Johnson & Me / S. Silverstein-F. Koller (4:00)
8. Drinkin' from the Bottle (3:52)
9. Someplace to Come When it Rains (4:06)
10. Stacy Brown Got Two (2:58)
11. Time (3:12)

Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show

[1971] Columbia C 30898

Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show

1. Sylvia's Mother
2. Marie Lavaux
3. Sing me a Rainbow
4. Hey, Lady Godiva
5. Four Years Older Than Me
6. Kiss it Away
7. Makin' it Natural
8. I Call That True Love
9. When She Cries
10. Judy
11. Mama, I'll Sing One Song for You

Sloppy Seconds

[1972] Columbia C 31622

[all songs (words and music) by Shel Silverstein]. Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show

1. Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball
2. If I'd Only Come and Gone
3. Carry Me, Carrie
4. The Things I Didn't Say
5. Get My Rocks Off
6. Last Mornin'
7. I Can't Touch the Sun
8. Queen of the Silver Dollar
9. Turn of the World
10. Stayin' Song
11. Cover of the Rolling Stone
12. Lookin' for Pussy

Belly Up

[1973] Columbia BL 32270

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, principally composed by Shel Silverstein

1. Acapulco Goldie
2. Penicillin Penny
3. Life Ain't Easy
4. When Lilly was Queen
5. Monterey Jack
6. You Ain't Got the Right
7. Put a Little Bit on Me
8. The Ballad of...
9. Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
10. Come on In
11. The Wonderful Soup Stone

Bankrupt

[1975] Capitol ST-11397

Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Bubblin' Up
2. I Got Stoned and I Missed It
3. On the Way to the Bottom
4. Everybody's Making It Big but Me

A Little Bit More

[1976] Capitol ST-11522

Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. More Like the Movies (Shel Silverstein)
2. The Radio (Shel Silverstein & Dennis Locorriere)
3. Up On The Mountain (J. Comanor & Shel Silverstein)
4. Jungle To the Zoo (Shel Silverstein)
5. A Couple More Years (Shel Silverstein & Dennis Locorriere)

Revisited

[1976] CBS Records C34147

Doctor Hook and the Medicine Show

This album was previously released as _The Best of Dr. Hook_

1. Sylvia's Mother
2. Acapulco Goldie
3. Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball
4. Makin' it Natural
5. Penicillin Penny
6. Cover of the Rolling Stone
7. Get My Rocks Off
8. Carry Me, Carrie
9. Queen of the Silver Dollar
10. Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie

Pleasure and Pain

[1978] Capitol Records SW-11859

Dr. Hook

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Sweetest of All
2. I Don't Want to Be Alone Tonight

Sometimes You Win

[1981] Capitol Records SW-12018

Dr. Hook

Contains the following songs co-written by Shel Silverstein and Ray Sawyer

1. Mountain Mary
2. Help Me Mama

Dr. Hook Live

[1981] Captiol Records ST-12114

Dr. Hook

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. The Cover of the Rolling Stone
2. Carry Me, Carrie
3. I Got Stoned and I Missed It
4. Sylvia's Mother

Joanne Glasscock

[1974] A&M SP-3636

Joanne Glasscock

1. Here I Am Again (Silverstein)
2. Momma No More (Silverstein)
3. Don't Be Afraid to Touch Me (Silverstein)
4. Year Without Summer (Silverstein)
5. We Had It All (Fritts/Seals)
6. Willowy Billowy Land (Silverstein/ & Baxter Taylor)
7. It Could Have Been Me (Silverstein)
8. Do You Cry (Silverstein)
9. Centaur (Silverstein)
10. Last Morning (Silverstein)

Tompall

[1974] MGM Records M3G 4977

Tompall

1. I Ain't Lookin' for the Answers Anymore
2. Roll On
3. Mendocino
4. Country Gospel Good Book Rock & Roll
5. Put Another Log on the Fire
6. Musical Chairs
7. Grab a' Hold
8. Echoes
9. Old New Orleans Custom
10. If I'm There
11. Oleander.

The Great Tompall And His Outlaw Band

[1976] MGM Records M3G 5014

Tompall

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. When It Goes, It's Gone Girl (Shel Silverstein)
2. If I'd Only Come And Gone (Shel Silverstein)
3. Broken Down Momma (Shel Silverstein)

Night Of the Living Fred

[1989] Alcazar ALC 108
(reissue of Lucrative Records LP - cassette only)

Fred Koller

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Jennifer Johnson And Me (Fred Koller & Shel Silverstein)
2. Juanita (Fred Koller & Shel Silverstein)
3. Goodnight Little Houseplant (Fred Koller & Shel Silverstein)

The Night Before

[1989] Alcazar ALC 107
(reissue of Lucrative Records LP)

Fred Koller

Contains the following songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. This Guitar Is For Sale (Fred Koller & Shel Silverstein)
2. Little Greet Buttons (Fred Koller & Shel Silverstein)

Old Dogs

[1998] Atlantic 83156

Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare and Jerry Reed
(w/ Shel Silverstein on backing vocals)

All songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Old Dogs
2. I Don't Do It No More
3. She'd Rather Be Homeless
4. Cut The Mustard
5. Young Man's Job
6. Me And Jimmie Rodgers
7. Elvis Has Left The Building
8. Rough On The Livin'
9. Still Gonna Die
10. I Never Expected
11. Time

Old Dogs Volume One

[1998] Atlantic 83125-2

Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare and Jerry Reed
(w/ Shel Silverstein on backing vocals)

All songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Old Dogs
2. Come Back When You're Younger
3. I Don't Do It No More
4. She'd Rather Be Homeless
5. Cut The Mustard
6. Young Man's Job
7. When I Was
8. Couch Potato
9. Hard When It Ain't
10. Jittabug
11. Me And Jimmie Rogers

Old Dogs Volume Two

[1998] Atlantic 83126-2

Waylon Jennings, Mel Tillis, Bobby Bare and Jerry Reed
(w/ Shel Silverstein on backing vocals)

All songs written by Shel Silverstein

1. Elvis Has Left The Building
2. Wait Until Tomorrow
3. I Never Expected
4. Ever Lovin' Machine
5. Slap My Face
6. Old Man Blues
7. Rough On The Livin'
8. Alimony
9. Still Gonna Die
10. Time

Leprechauns & Unicorns

[198?] Release Records, Inc

Songs and stories arranged and adapted by Irish Brigade

Includes:

The Unicorn
Sick
The Little Boy and the Old Man
The Crocodile & the Dentist

There are numerous instances where an artist has performed a song or two that are Shel Silverstein tunes. I'm sure another entire list could be made from them.

Examples:

Johnny Cash: A Boy Named Sue, Boa Constrictor
Loretta Lynn: One's on the Way
The Irish Rovers: The Unicorn
Steve Goodman: Vegematic (cowritten by Steve, Shel, and Mike Smith)
The Smothers Brothers: Wreck of the Old '49, The Slitheree Dee, Civil War Song

Compilations Containing Songs Performed by Shel Silverstein

Dr. Demento's Greatest Novelty Records of All Time Vol IV, the 1970's

Rhino Records [1985] RNC 823, later R4 70823 (Cassette)
RNLP 823 (LP Out of Print)
RNBC 490 (LP box set out-of-print)

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not Take the Garbage Out

Dr. Demento's 20^th Anniversary Collection

Rhino Records [1991] R2 70743 (CD) R4 70743 (Cassette)

Sahra Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not Take the Garbage Out

The Dr. Demento Collection: The Early '70s

Time-Life Music CD/CS R2-7175
(available through mail order from Time-Life, 1-800-488-4669)

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would not Take the Garbage Out

Jokers & Wildcards

Risky Business CD [1994] AK 66395
(Apparantly a reissue of a 1975 LP on Mercury Records)

A Compilation of humorous country songs

A Front Row Seat to Hear Old Johnny Sing

Return to Casablanca Vol. 1 Number 3

Casablanca 20135 DJ [1978]

Show It At The Beach (side 2, track 3)

Goodnight Little House Plant (side 2, track 4)