This Peter, Paul and Mary LP from 1963 is their 2nd album titled “Moving” released by Warner Brothers Records as catalog WS 1473 on a 12" vinyl disc with a black color and 33 RPM speed. The cardboard LP cover sleeve is in excellent (EX) condition. The record itself is graded as Very Good Plus (VG+) and has a stereo sound. Please review the detailed photos included in this listing.

This folk pop album has songs that represent the era of the 1960s and is a great addition to any vinyl record collection.

From Wikipedia... Moving is the second album by the American folk music trio Peter, Paul & Mary, released in January 1963. The third single, "Puff, the Magic Dragon," was a huge hit and a defining song for the trio, reaching #2 on the Hot 100, #1 on the Easy Listening, and #10 on the R&B Charts.  The lyrics for "Puff, the Magic Dragon" are based on a 1959 poem by Leonard Lipton, then a 19-year-old Cornell University student.  Lipton was inspired by an Ogden Nash poem titled "The Tale of Custard the Dragon", about a "realio, trulio little pet dragon".

After the song's initial success, speculation arose—as early as a 1964 article in Newsweek—that the song contained veiled references to smoking marijuana. The word "paper" in the name of Puff's human friend Jackie Paper was said to be a reference to rolling papers, the words "by the sea" were interpreted as "by the C" (as in cannabis), the word "mist" stood for "smoke", the land of "Honahlee" stood for hashish, and "dragon" was interpreted as "draggin'" (i.e., inhaling smoke). Similarly, the name "Puff" was alleged to be a reference to taking a "puff" on a joint.

I played both sides of this LP completely through on my audio-technica AT-LP60XBT turntable without issues. This record plays really well and sounds great!  The mid 60's hullabaloo about drug references seems quaint in the current world of legalized marijuana... LOL!


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