Happy Traum's Discography

Solo:

1975 Relax Your Mind - Kicking Mule Recordings (LP)

1977 American Stranger - Kicking Mule Recordings (LP)

1983 Friends and Neighbors - Vest Pocket (cassette and LP)

1987 Buckets of Songs - Shanachie (CD)

1979 (reissued 2001) - Bright Morning Stars (CD) - Larks’ Nest Records ( U.S.)
and Slice of Life ( Japan)

2005 I Walk the Road Again (CD) – Roaring Stream Records

With various groups:

1963 Broadside, Vol. 1 (both solo and with The New World Singers) - Folkways Records (with Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Pete Seeger, The Freedom Singers, and others).

The New World Singers (Happy, Bob Cohen, Gil Turner and Delores Dixon) performed the first recorded version of Blowin' in the Wind, and Happy sang a duet with Dylan on I Will Not Go Down Under the Ground (later recorded as Let Me Die in My Footsteps). These performances were included in the 2000 box set The Best of Broadside (Smithsonian/Folkways).

1964 The New World Singers - Atlantic Records (liner notes by Bob Dylan)

1966 The Children of Paradise - Columbia Records (single) A rock band featuring Happy and Artie Traum, Eric Kaz and Marc Silber.

1972 Mud Acres: Music Among Friends - Rounder Records (reissued on CD 2005) Happy and Artie produced and performed, along with Eric Kaz, Maria Muldaur, Jim Rooney, Bill Keith, John Herald, Lee Berg and Tony Brown.

1976 Woodstock Mountains: More Music from Mud Acres - Rounder (LP) with Happy and Artie, Pat Alger, Eric Andersen, Lee Berg, Rory Block, Paul Butterfield, John Herald, Bill Keith, Jim Rooney, Roly Salley, John Sebastian, Paul Siebel and others.

1978 Woodstock Mountains Revue: Pretty Lucky - Rounder (LP)

1981 Woodstock Mountains Revue: Back to Mud Acres - Rounder (LP)

1987 Woodstock Mountains: Music from Mud Acres - Rounder (CD)

1990 Bring It On Home, Vol. 1 and 2 - Sony Legacy (CD) The "Best of..." Happy and Artie's WAMC Public Radio show.

2000 The Best of Broadside – Smithsonian/Folkways Boxed Set

With Artie Traum:

1970 Happy and Artie Traum - Capitol Records (LP)

1971 Double Back - Capitol Records (LP)

1975 Hard Times in the Country - Rounder Records (reissued as CD in 2005)

1994 The Test of Time - Roaring Stream Records (CD)

Recordings as a back-up musician:

1971 Bob Dylan's "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" - Columbia

Happy recorded three duets with Bob, singing and playing guitar, banjo and bass: "Down in the Flood," "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" and "I Shall Be Released."

1971 Allen Ginsberg "Holy Soul Jelly Roll" with Bob Dylan (producer), David Amram, Ed Sanders, et al.

Happy can also be heard on albums with:

Chris Smither, Jerry Jeff Walker, Tom Pacheco, Priscilla Herdman, Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Eric Andersen, Rory Block, Maria Muldaur, Peter Tosh, Rick Danko, Levon Helm and many others.