Reflections in a Mud Puddle was the third solo LP by Dory Previn, released in late 1971. The second side of the original LP was entitled Taps Tremors And Time Steps (One Last Dance for My Father), and was a continuous suite of songs reflecting on her childhood experiences with a mentally ill father and its impact on her adult relationships.
Contents
Track listing
Words and music by Dory Previn, fish horns arranged by Dan Morehouse, and strings and horns arranged by Perry Botkin, Jr.
Reflections in a Mud Puddle
"Doppelganger"
"The New Enzyme Detergent Demise of Ali MacGraw"
"The Talkative Woman and the Two Star General"
"The Altruist and the Needy Case"
"Play It Again, Sam"
Taps Tremors and Time Steps (One Last Dance for My Father)
"The Earthquake in Los Angeles (February, 1971)"
"The Final Flight of the Hindenburg (May, 1937)"
"I Dance and Dance and Smile and Smile"
"The Air Crash in New Jersey"
"Aftershock"
Personnel
Guitar: Dennis Budimir, David Bennett Cohen, William Keene, Don Peake, Dory Previn, Louis Shelton, Tommy Tedesco
Banjo: Louis Shelton
Bass: Carol Kaye, Joe Osborn, Lyle Ritz
Keyboards: Perry Botkin, Jr., Thomas Keene, Michael Lang
Drums: Frank Capp, Paul Humphrey, Earl Palmer, Ron Tutt
Saxophone: Gene Cipriano, Steve Douglas, Abe Most, Ted Nash
Strings: Murray Adler, Israel Baker, Harry Bluestone, Joseph DiFiore, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Armond Kaproff, Nathan Kaproff, Raymond Kelley, Lou Klass, William Kurasch, Gareth Nuttycombe, Nathan Rass, Sidney Sharp, Jack Shulman, Paul Shure, Joseph Stepansky, Gerald Vinci
Horns: Paul Hubinon, Dick Hyde, Buck Monari, Richard Nash, Anthony Terran
Backing Vocals: John, Tom Bahler, Stan Farber