Album 1700

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Album 1700
Studio album by
Peter, Paul & Mary
ReleasedAugust 4, 1967
Recorded1966–1967
StudioA&R Studios, New York City
GenreFolk, pop
Length39:44
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerAlbert Grossman
Milt Okun
Peter, Paul & Mary chronology
The Peter, Paul and Mary Album
(1966) 		Album 1700
(1967) 		Late Again
(1968)
Singles from Album 1700
  1. "I Dig Rock and Roll Music"
    Released: August 1967
  2. "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
    Released: October 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Album 1700 is the seventh studio album by American folk music trio Peter, Paul and Mary, released in 1967.[2] It produced the band's most successful and final hit, a recording of the John Denver song "Leaving on a Jet Plane". The album peaked at number 15 on Billboard magazine's Top LP chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Folk Performance category. Album 1700 was so named because its original LP issue was Warner Bros. Records catalog number W-1700 for the mono version and WS-1700 for the stereo version. It stayed on the charts and rose again in 1969, thanks to the single release of "Leaving on a Jet Plane".

The song "I'm in Love with a Big Blue Frog" was written by Leslie Braunstein, who was the original lead singer of Soft White Underbelly, the band that became Blue Öyster Cult. The song was later adapted into a children's book and recorded by Will Ryan and Phil Baron for the Disney children's album Goin' Quackers.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Allmusic entry for Album 1700. Accessed May 26, 2009
  3. ^ "Soft White Underbelly 1967-1968".
  4. ^ "Leslie Braunstein".
  5. ^ "I'm in Love with a Big Blue Frog (Album Version)". Amazon.