So Early in the Spring (Judy Collins album)

So Early in the Spring... The First 15 Years, (or simply So Early in the Spring) is a compilation album by American singer and songwriter Judy Collins, first released as a double LP in 1977. It peaked at No. 42 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. The LP featured album portraits by renowned photographer Richard Avedon.

Although it is out-of-print, all the songs are available on other releases or compilations.

Track listing
(LP Side One; Cassette Side One) (LP Side Two; Cassette Side One, continued) (LP Side Three; Cassette Side Two) (LP Side Four; Cassette Side Two, continued)
 * 1) "Pretty Polly" (on LP, not on Cassette release) (Traditional) 5:49
 * 2) "So Early, Early in the Spring" (Traditional) 3:10
 * 3) "Pretty Saro" (Traditional) 3:05
 * 4) "Golden Apples of the Sun" (William Butler Yeats, "Song of the Wandering Oengus") 3:55
 * 5) "Bonnie Ship the Diamond" (Traditional, arranged by Judy Collins) 2:17
 * 6) "Farewell to Tarwathie" (Traditional) 5:08
 * 1) "The Hostage" (Tom Paxton) 2:49
 * 2) "La Colombe" (Jacques Brel) 5:05
 * 3) "Coal Tattoo" (Billy Edd Wheeler) 3:04
 * 4) "Carry It On" (Gil Turner) 2:49
 * 5) "Bread and Roses" (Music, 1976, by Mimi Fariña; Poem, 1912, by James Oppenheim) 3:06
 * 6) "Marat/Sade" (Musical setting by Richard Peaslee, Peter Weiss, Geoffrey Skelton and Adrian Mitchell; Play by Peter Shaffer) 5:38
 * 1) "Special Delivery"  (Billy Mernit) 3:50
 * 2) "The Lovin' of the Game" (Pat Garvey and Victoria Garvey Armstrong) 3:05
 * 3) "Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) 3:14
 * 4) "Marieke" (Jacques Brel, Gerard Jouannest) 3:14
 * 5) "Send In The Clowns" (Stephen Sondheim) 4:01
 * 6) "Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) 4:39
 * 1) "Since You Asked" (Judy Collins) 2:34
 * 2) "Born To The Breed" (Judy Collins) 4:50
 * 3) "My Father" (Judy Collins) 5:02
 * 4) "Holly Ann" (Judy Collins)  4:47
 * 5) "Houses" (Judy Collins) 4:37
 * 6) "Secret Gardens" (Judy Collins) 5:35

Personnel

 * Judy Collins – vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards

Production notes

 * Produced by Mark Abramson, David Anderle, Jac Holzman, Ann Purtill, Arif Mardin
 * Engineered by Glenn Berger, John Haeny, David Jones, Jay Messina, Phil Ramone, John Wood, Shelly Yakus