WILDFLOWERS (Judy Collins)
Wildflowers is an album by Judy Collins, released in 1967. It is her highest charting album to date, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. It included her Top 10 hit version of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides, Now". The album was arranged by Joshua Rifkin and produced by Mark Abramson. Collins' recording "Albatross" was used in the 1968 film adaptation of The Subject Was Roses. It was one of three self-penned tracks that appeared on the album, the first time that Collins wrote her own material. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1969, for sales of over 500,000 copies in the US. (More from Wikipedia)
In a sense, "Is That All There Is?" is a grimmer retelling of the Joni Mitchell song "Both Sides Now" that Judy Collins released as a Top 10 hit the previous year; it had appeared on Collins' 1967 album, Wildflowers. For all I know, that could have been the genesis of the song. The first recorded version, by New York disc jockey Dan Daniel was released in March 1968.
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