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Crying Song is an album by jazz flautist Hubert Laws released on the CTI label featuring performances of popular music (including songs by Pink Floyd, The Beatles, The Monkees and The Bee Gees) and by Laws recorded in Memphis with Elvis Presley’s rhythm section and at Rudy Van Gelder’s studio

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Track listing:
“La Jean” (Johnny Christopher) – 2:33
“Love Is Blue/Sing a Rainbow” (André Popp/Arthur Hamilton) – 3:25
“Crying Song” (Roger Waters) – 4:56
“Listen to the Band” (Michael Nesmith) – 3:24
“I’ve Gotta Get a Message to You” (Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 3:12
“Feelin’ Alright” (Dave Mason) – 2:34
“Cymbaline” (Waters) – 3:55
“How Long Will It Be?” (Hubert Laws) – 6:11
“Let It Be” (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:32

Personnel:
Hubert Laws – flute
Bobby Wood – piano (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9)
Bobby Emmons – organ (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9)
Bob James – electric piano, organ (tracks 3, 7 & 8)
George Benson (tracks 3, 7 & 8), Reggie Young (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9) – guitar
Mike Leech – electric bass (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9)
Ron Carter – bass (tracks 3, 7 & 8)
Gene Chrisman (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9), Billy Cobham (track 3), Grady Tate (tracks 7 & 8) – drums
Ernie Royal, Marvin Stamm – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9)
Garnett Brown, Tony Studd – trombone (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9)
Art Clarke, Seldon Powell – saxophone (tracks 1, 2, 4–6 & 9)
Ed Shaughnessy – tabla, sand blocks (track 6)
Lewis Eley, Paul Gershman, George Ockner, Gene Orloff, Raoul Pollikoff, Matthew Raimondi, Sylvan Shulman, Avram Weiss – violin (tracks 1 & 2)
Charles McCracken, George Ricci – cello (tracks 1 & 2)
Bob James, Glen Spreen, Mike Leech – arranger

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Released: 1969
Recorded: July 23–24 (#1, 2, 4–6, 9)
American Sound Studios, Memphis
September 23–24, 1969 (#3, 7–8)
Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Length: 33:42
Label: CTI
CTI 1002/CTI 6000
Producer: Creed Taylor