All the Leaves are Brown: The Golden Era Collection
Compilation album by The Mamas & the Papas
Released	August 28, 2001 (2001-08-28)
Recorded	1965–68
Genre	Pop rock, folk rock, psychedelic pop, sunshine pop
Length	154:13
Label	MCA
Producer	Lou Adler (original) Andy McKaie (reissue)

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All the Leaves are Brown: The Golden Era Collection is a 2001 release compiling the first four albums by The Mamas & the Papas in their entirety, with some single-exclusive mono versions and one non-album track. The package includes a brief history of the group and its albums by Matthew Greenwald, author of Creeque Alley: The Oral History of The Mamas & The Papas.

Track listing

All songs by John Phillips unless otherwise noted.

Disc One

If You Can Believe Your Eyes and Ears (Feb 1966)

1. " Monday, Monday"
2. "Straight Shooter"
3. "Got a Feelin'" (John Phillips, Denny Doherty)
4. " I Call Your Name" ( John Lennon, Paul McCartney)
5. " Do You Wanna Dance?" ( Bobby Freeman)
6. " Go Where You Wanna Go"
7. " California Dreamin'" (J. Phillips, Michelle Phillips)
8. " Spanish Harlem" ( Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector)
9. "Somebody Groovy"
10. "Hey Girl" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
11. "You Baby" ( Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan)
12. " The 'In' Crowd" (Billy Page)

The Mamas & the Papas (Sept 1966)

13. "No Salt on Her Tail"
14. "Trip Stumble and Fall"
15. "Dancing Bear"
16. " Words of Love"
17. " My Heart Stood Still" ( Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart)
18. " Dancing in the Street" ( Marvin Gaye, William "Mickey" Stevenson, Ivy Jo Hunter)
19. " I Saw Her Again" (J. Phillips, Doherty)
20. "Strange Young Girls"
21. "I Can't Wait"
22. "Even if I Could"
23. "That Kind of Girl"
24. "Once Was a Time I Thought"

The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (March 1967)

25. " Dedicated to the One I Love" ( Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling)
26. " My Girl" ( Smokey Robinson, Ronald White)
27. " Creeque Alley" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)

Disc Two

The Mamas & The Papas Deliver (continued)

1. " Sing for Your Supper" (Rodgers, Hart)
2. " Twist and Shout" (Phil Medley, Bert Russell)
3. "Free Advice" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
4. "Look Through My Window"
5. "Boys & Girls Together"
6. "String Man" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
7. "Frustration"
8. "Did You Ever Want to Cry"
9. "John's Music Box"

Non-LP single

10. " Glad to Be Unhappy" (Rodgers, Hart)
    • Released Oct 1967

The Papas & The Mamas (May 1968)

11. "The Right Somebody to Love" ( Jack Yellen, Lew Pollack)
12. " Safe in My Garden"
13. "Meditation Mama (Transcendental Woman Travels)" (J. Phillips, Lou Adler)
14. "For the Love of Ivy" (J. Phillips, Doherty)
15. " Dream a Little Dream of Me" ( Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt, Gus Kahn)
16. "Mansions"
17. "Gemini Childe"
18. "Nothing's Too Good For My Little Girl" (Ned Wynn)
19. "Too Late"
20. " Twelve Thirty (Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon)"
21. "Rooms"
22. "Midnight Voyage"

Single versions (mono)

23. "I Saw Her Again" (J. Phillips, Doherty)
    • Released June, 1966
24. "Words of Love"
    • Released Nov 1966
25. "Creeque Alley" (J. Phillips, M. Phillips)
    • Released Apr 1967
    • Note: Although labeled as the mono single version, this is actually the mono LP version.

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