Jerry Yester Discography - Solo plus Other -

Solo Album

Just Like The Big Time...Only Smaller

Judy Henske and Jerry Yester, Rosebud

Farewell Aldebaran
Rosebud

Erik Jacobsen Sesson

Lady Dodiva
Oh Suzanna (The Banjo Song) / Tom Dooley
Warm Baby - unreleased -
Do You Believe in Magic
Jerry Yester' Single - The Sound Of Summer Showeres
Tweedlee Dee's Drive-In
Jerry Yester' Single - I Can Live Without You
She Moved Through the Fair - unreleased -

Compilation

Before they were The Mamas & The Papas...
Penny Arcade - Dunhill Folk Rock Vol.2
Sound of Summer Showers

Produced, Arranged, Guitar,Keybord & Harmony
Early Recordings
The Modern Folk Quartet, The MFQ
The Lovin' Spoonful

Solo Album
 

Recorded 1984

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Just Like The Big Time... Only Smaller
(1990, Pony Canyon, PCCY-00072)

Produced by Jerry Yester

  1. Jackhammer
  2. Firestone Blvd.
  3. Honey Man
  4. Kiss Me
  5. You Cheated
  6. Brooklyn Girl
  7. Snowblind
  8. Keep a Knockin'
  9. Palm Tree Beaches
  10. Love Lie Down
  11. The Prize Ring
  12. The Holy Sacramento
Jerry Yester, Henry Diltz, Jim Yester, Peter Klimes, Don Heffington, Andy Hare, Bill Berd
Judy Henske and Jerry Yester, Rosebud
 

1969

Show More 		Judy Henske and Jerry Yester,
Farewell Aldebaran
(Straight TS-1052 A)

Produced by Jerry Yester and Zal Yanovsky

Side 1

  1. Snowblind
  2. Horeses on a Stick
  3. Lullaby
  4. St. Nicholas Hall
  5. Three Ravens
Side 2
  1. Raider
  2. One More Time
  3. Rapture
  4. Charity
  5. Farewell Aldebaran
Judy Henske, Jerry Yester , Zal Yanovsky, Joe Osborne, Dick Rossmini, John Forsha, Jerry Schef, David Lindley, Eddie Hoh, Larry Beckett, Toxie French, Toxie French, Bernie Krauss..
 

1971

Show More 		Rosebud,
(Reprise Record RS-9426)

Produced by Jerry Yester

Side 1

  1. Panama
  2. le Soleil
  3. Reno
  4. Wester Wisconsin
  5. Lorelei
Side 2
  1. Salvation
  2. Lullaby II (Summer Carol)
  3. The Yum Yum Man
  4. Roll Home Cheyenne
  5. Flying to Morning
Rosebud:
Judy Henske, Jerry Yester, Craig Doerge, John Seiter, David Vaught
 
Erik Jacobsen Sesson #1
Lady Godiva,
Pooh & The Heffalumphs
1964
Side A
Lady Godiva (Erik Jacbsen)
Side B
Rooty Toot (John Charles Lewis)
Produced by Erik Jacobsen

Gary Chester-Drums and Boo-Bams
Felix Pappalardi-Bass & Organ
John Sebastian-Guitar
Jerry Yester-Guitar
Lead Vocals-John Sebastian & Jerry Yester & Felix at the end
Background Vocals-Jerry Yester, Henry Diltz, John Sebastian, and a hired Bass singer
 
Erik Jacobsen Sesson #2
Oh Suzanna (The Banjo Song) / Tom Dooley,
(Unreleased recording from 1964)

(finally released on "The Magic Circl" compilation in 1999).

Produced by Erik Jacobsen
Oh Suzanna - The Banjo Song (Tim Rose)

Jerry Yester, Cass Elliott, Jim Hendricks, Zal Yanovsky
Tom Dooley (Traditional)

Jerry Yester, Jim Hendricks, Henry Diltz, Cass Elliot
Jerry Yester Note
The only musicians I know of are Sticks Evans-Drums, and Zal Yanovsky-Lead Guitar. And any harmonica would be John Sebastian
 
Erik Jacobsen Sesson #3
Warm Baby,
(Unreleased recording from 1965)

Produced by Erik Jacobsen
Warm Baby (John Sebastian)

John Sebastian, Jerry Yester, Jesse Colin Young
John Sebastian-Guitar& Percussion
Jesse Colin Young-Guitar
Jerry Yester-Bass
Sticks Evans-drums
 
Erik Jacobsen Sesson #4
Do You Believe in Magic,
Lovin' Spoonful
(Kama Sutra KA-201) 9/1965

Produced by Erik Jacobsen
Do You Believe in Magic (John Sebastian)

Lovin' Spoonful
Lovin' Spoonful
John Sebastian, Zal Yanovsky, Joe Butler and Steve Boone
with Jerry Yester on Piano
 
Jerry Yester - 1st Single (Erik Jacobsen Sesson #5) -
The Sound Of Summer Showeres,
Jerry Yester
(Dunhell-D-4042) 1966
Side A
The Sound Of Summer Showeres (Erik Jacbsen)
Side B
Ashes Have Turned (Jerry Yester-Judy Henske Yester)
(CD released on "Sound of Summer Showers" compilation in 1993)

Produced by Erik Jacobsen
Arranger by Jerry Yester

Guitar : Jerry Yester
Recorder on Summer Showers: Jerry Yester
Artie Butler : Piano
Drum: unknow
Bass: unknow

Vocal & Background vocals on Ashes Have Turned: Jerry Yester
 
Erik Jacobsen Sesson #6
Tweedlee Dee's Drive-In,
Gabriel and The Teenage Choir
1966
a recording at the same time as Sound of Summer showers
Side A
Tweedlee Dee's Drive-In (Erik Jacobsen)
Side B
The Boys work out instrumentally (Erik Jacobsen)

Produced by Erik Jacobsen
Arranger by Jerry Yester

Lead Vocal on Tweedlee Dee's Drive-In: Jerry Yester
Guitar : Jerry Yester
Artie Butler : Piano
Butterfield: Tuba (on Tweedlee Dum's..)
Drum: unknow
Bass: unknow
 
Jerry Yester - 2nd Single (Erik Jacobsen Sesson #7)
I Can Live Without You,
Jerry Yester
(Dunhell-D-4061) 1967
Side A
I Can Live Without You (Yester)
Side B
Garden of Imagining (Rimsky Korsakoff)

(CD released on "Sound of Summer Showers" compilation in 1993)

Produced by Erik Jacobsen

Lead Vocal: Jerry Yester

Bass: Ray Brown
Drum: Hal Blaine
Piano, Guitar, Harmonium?, and Recorder: Jerry Yester
background vocals : Jerry Yester
 
Erik Jacobsen Sesson #8
She Moved Through the Fair,
Jerry Yester
(Dunhell, Unreleased recording from 1967)

Produced by Erik Jacobsen
Strings arranged by Jerry Yester (the first string writing)

Lead Vocal: Jerry Yester
Bass: Ray Brown
Drum: Hal Blaine
Piano, Guitar,.... Jerry Yester

with Strings Quartet
 

Recorded 1964
 The Magic Circle,
(1999, Varese Vintage 5996)

Jerry Yester appears on 2 tracks

Jerry Yester, Cass Elliott, Jim Hendricks, Zal Yanovsky
Produced by Erik Jacobsen

Oh Suzanna (The Banjo Song)
Jerry Yester, Jim Hendricks, Henry Diltz, Cass Elliot
(previously unreleased, 1964 demo)
Produced by Erik Jacobsen

Tom Dooley
Jerry Yester Note
The only musicians I know of are Sticks Evans-Drums, and Zal Yanovsky-Lead Guitar. And any harmonica would be John Sebastian
 

Recorded 1966-68
 Penny Arcade - Dunhill Folk Rock Vol.2 -,
(1988, Big Beat WIK 77)

Jerry Yester appears on 2 tracks

Ashes Have Turned(Dunhill' Singles D-4042)
I Can Live Without You(Dunhill' Singles D-4061)
 

Recorded 1966-68
 Various Artists,
Sound of Summer Showers
(1993 MCA Victor MVCM-387)

Compiled by Yoshiro Nagato

Jerry Yester appears on 4 tracks

Sound of Summer Showers(Dunhill' Singles D-4042)
Ashes Have Turned(Dunhill' Singles D-4042)
I Can Live Without You(Dunhill' Singles D-4061)
Garden of imagining(Dunhill' Singles D-4061)
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