# All My Trials > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/All_My_Trials > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/All_My_Trials.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Trials > Source revision: 1332963199 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Folk song by Bob Gibson}} {{Infobox song | name = All My Trials | artist = [Bob Gibson](/source/Bob_Gibson_(musician)) | album = Offbeat Folksongs | released = {{start date|1956}} | genre = [American folk song](/source/American_folk_music_revival) | length = | label = [Riverside](/source/Riverside_Records) | writer = Unknown }} "'''All My Trials'''" is a [folk](/source/folk_music) song which became popular during the social protest movements of the late 1950s and 1960s. Alternative titles it has been recorded under include "Bahamian Lullaby" and "All My Sorrows." The origins of the song are unclear,{{cite web|last1=Terrell|first1=Steve|title=All My Trials Over "All My Trials"|url=http://www.steveterrellmusic.com/2015/07/throwback-thursday-all-my-trials-over.html|website=steveterrellmusic.com|access-date=20 February 2018|date= July 9, 2015}}{{cite web|last1=Moran|first1=Jim|title=All My Trials/All My Sorrows|url=http://compvid101.blogspot.com/2010/03/all-my-trialsall-my-sorrows.html|website=Comparative Video 101|access-date=20 February 2018|date= March 18, 2010}} as it appears to not have been documented in any musicological or historical records (such as the [Roud Folk Song Index](/source/Roud_Folk_Song_Index), [Archive of American Folk Song](/source/Archive_of_Folk_Culture), or an [ethnomusicologist](/source/ethnomusicologist)'s field recordings or notes) until after the first commercial recording was released (as "Bahamian Lullaby") on [Bob Gibson](/source/Bob_Gibson_(musician))'s 1956 debut album ''Offbeat Folksongs''.{{cite web|title=Discography of the Riverside Label|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/riverside.pdf|website=bsnpubs.com|publisher=Both Sides Now Publications|access-date=19 February 2018|page=35|date=July 14, 2011}} == History == In the first commercial release on the 1956 album ''Offbeat Folksongs'', Gibson did not mention the history of the song. The next two artists to release it, [Cynthia Gooding](/source/Cynthia_Gooding) (as "All My Trials" in 1957{{Cite AV media notes|title = Faithful Lovers and Other Phenomena|others = [Cynthia Gooding](/source/Cynthia_Gooding)|year= 1957|url = https://ssli.ebayimg.com/images/g/p7EAAOSw8vNaWFfO/s-l1600.jpg|last = Gooding|first = Cynthia| type = liner notes|publisher= Elektra|location= New York}}) and [Billy Faier](/source/Billy_Faier) (as "Bahaman Lullaby" in 1959{{cite web|title=Discography of the Riverside Label|url=http://www.bsnpubs.com/new/riverside.pdf|website=bsnpubs.com|publisher=Both Sides Now Publications|access-date=19 February 2018|page=34|date=July 14, 2011}}), both wrote in their albums' liner notes that they each learned the song from [Erik Darling](/source/Erik_Darling). Gooding explained it was "supposed to be a white spiritual that went to the British West IndiesIn the late 1950s this included the Bahamas and returned with the lovely rhythm of the Islands," presumably as told to her by Darling. Faier wrote that he heard Darling sing the song "four or five times in spring 1954," when Darling would have been performing with his folk group The Tarriers.{{Cite AV media notes|title = Travelin' Man|others = [Billy Faier](/source/Billy_Faier)|year= 1959|url = https://www.discogs.com/Billy-Faier-Travelin-Man/release/2936726#images/26834151|last = Faier|first = Billy|at = Reeves Sound Studios|type = liner notes|publisher= Washington Records|location= New York}} However, bibliographic folk song indexes, such as the Traditional Ballad Index"[http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladIndexTOC.html The Traditional Ballad Index - Fresno State University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220151932/http://www.csufresno.edu/folklore/BalladIndexTOC.html |date=2018-02-20 }}" eds. Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle do not mention the Bahamas as an origin, listing it as unknown.{{cite web|last1=Waltz|first1=Robert B.|last2=Engle|first2=David G.|title=All My Trials|url=http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FSWB359B.html|website=The Traditional Ballad Index - Fresno State University|access-date=20 February 2018|archive-date=20 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220152010/http://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/FSWB359B.html|url-status=dead}} The ''Joan Baez Songbook'' (published 1964; Baez released the song as "All My Trials" in 1960) suggests it began as a pre–Civil War era American Southern gospel song, which was introduced to the Bahamas where it became a lullaby, and was forgotten in the US until it was brought back from the Bahamas and popularized during the [roots revival](/source/American_folk_music_revival).{{cite book|last1=Baez|first1=Joan|editor1-last=Solomon|editor1-first=Maynard|title=The Joan Baez Songbook|date=1964|publisher=Amsco Pub.|location=New York|isbn=9780825626111|edition=1st}} ==Paul McCartney version== {{Infobox song | name = All My Trials | cover = All_My_Trials_single,_1990.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney) | album = [Tripping the Live Fantastic: Highlights!](/source/Tripping_the_Live_Fantastic%3A_Highlights!) | B-side = [C Moon](/source/C_Moon) | released = 26 November 1990 | recorded = 27 October 1989 | studio = | venue = [Palatrussardi](/source/Palatrussardi), Via Antonio Sant'Elia{{cite web|url=https://www.paulmccartney.com/live/the-paul-mccartney-world-tour|title=The Paul McCartney World Tour|publisher=paulmccartney.com|accessdate=2024-07-24}} | genre = Rock | length = | label = [Parlophone](/source/Parlophone) | writer = Traditional, arranged by McCartney | producer = | prev_title = [The Long and Winding Road](/source/The_Long_and_Winding_Road) | prev_year = 1990 | next_title = [Hope of Deliverance](/source/Hope_of_Deliverance) | next_year = 1992 }} [Paul McCartney](/source/Paul_McCartney) issued the song as a single from the "Highlights" version of the ''[Tripping the Live Fantastic](/source/Tripping_the_Live_Fantastic)'' live album. Two versions of the CD single were released, having white and black covers. The b-sides of the black cover single are identical to "[The Long and Winding Road](/source/The_Long_and_Winding_Road)" single, while the white cover single features an exclusive [John Lennon](/source/John_Lennon) tribute medley recorded in [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool) on 28 June 1990. The single debuted at No. 35 in December 1990 and spent six weeks on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart).{{cite web|title=All My Trials Official Charts Company|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/all-my-trials/|website=The Official Charts|publisher=The Official UK Charts Company|access-date=20 February 2018|language=en}} ===Track listings=== * '''7-inch''' # "All My Trials" – 3:21 # "[C Moon](/source/C_Moon)" – 3:39 * '''White cover CD''' # "All My Trials" – 3:21 # "[C Moon](/source/C_Moon)" – 3:39 # "[Strawberry Fields Forever](/source/Strawberry_Fields_Forever) / [Help](/source/Help!_(song)) / [Give Peace a Chance](/source/Give_Peace_a_Chance)" – 6:46 * '''Black cover CD''' # "All My Trials" – 3:21 # "[C Moon](/source/C_Moon)" – 3:39 # "[Mull Of Kintyre](/source/Mull_Of_Kintyre)" – 5:35 # "[Put It There](/source/Put_It_There)" – 2:34 == Other charted versions == *In February 1964, [Dick and Dee Dee](/source/Dick_and_Dee_Dee)'s debuted at No. 89 on the [Billboard Hot 100](/source/Billboard_Hot_100) and stayed on the chart for three weeks.{{cite magazine|title=Dick and DeeDee All My Trials Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dick-and-deedee/chart-history/hsi/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 February 2018}}[http://musicvf.com/song.php?title=All+My+Trials+by+Dick+and+Dee+Dee&id=11857 Dick and Dee Dee, "All My Trials" chart position] Retrieved May 2, 2015 *In August 1971, [Ray Stevens](/source/Ray_Stevens) released a version of the song which stayed on the Hot 100 for six weeks, peaking at No. 70{{cite magazine|title=Ray Stevens All My Trials Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ray-stevens/chart-history/hsi/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 February 2018}} and stayed on the [Easy Listening](/source/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)) charts for eight weeks, peaking at No. 6.{{cite magazine|title=Ray Stevens All My Trials Adult Contemporary Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ray-stevens/chart-history/asi/|magazine=Billboard}} ==Other versions== * The song was recorded numerous times by folk artists, including [Harry Belafonte](/source/Harry_Belafonte), [Bob Gibson](/source/Bob_Gibson_(musician)), [Pete Seeger](/source/Pete_Seeger),{{cite web|title=American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4 [1961] - Pete Seeger|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/american-favorite-ballads-vol-4-1961-mw0001972236|website=AllMusic}} [Dave Van Ronk](/source/Dave_Van_Ronk), [Anita Carter](/source/Anita_Carter), [Joan Baez](/source/Joan_Baez),{{Gilliland |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19789/m1/ |title=Show 31 - Ballad in Plain D: An introduction to the Bob Dylan era. [Part 1]}} Track 2. [The Seekers](/source/The_Seekers), [Peter, Paul and Mary](/source/Peter%2C_Paul_and_Mary), [Nick](/source/Nick_Drake) and [Gabrielle Drake](/source/Gabrielle_Drake), and [The Kelly Family](/source/The_Kelly_Family) among many others. * Another version of the song, "All My Sorrows", was made popular by the [Kingston Trio](/source/Kingston_Trio), who recorded it in 1959, followed by [The Shadows](/source/The_Shadows) in 1961 and [The Searchers](/source/The_Searchers_(band)) in 1963 on ''[Sugar and Spice](/source/Sugar_and_Spice_(The_Searchers_album))'' * The melody and chord changes were used as the basis of the Brandywine Singers' "Summer's Come and Gone" (''Billboard'' No. 129, 1963).{{Citation needed|reason=not sure if it being obvious if you listen to it means it doesn't need a source|date=February 2018}} * Swedish folk group [The Hootenanny Singers](/source/Hootenanny_Singers) released a Swedish language version titled "Stanna en stund" ("Pause for a moment") in 1964. * A fragment of the song is used in the [Mickey Newbury](/source/Mickey_Newbury) anthem "[An American Trilogy](/source/An_American_Trilogy)", also recorded by [Elvis Presley](/source/Elvis_Presley).{{cite magazine|last1=Greene|first1=Andy|title=The 10 Best Elvis Presley Songs|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/readers-poll-the-10-best-elvis-presley-songs-20150121/an-american-trilogy-20150121|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=20 February 2018|date=January 21, 2015}} * [Fleetwood Mac](/source/Fleetwood_Mac) guitarist [Lindsey Buckingham](/source/Lindsey_Buckingham) did his own arrangement of the Kingston Trio's "All My Sorrows" on his 1992 solo album ''[Out of the Cradle](/source/Out_of_the_Cradle)''.{{cite web|title=All My Sorrows - Lindsey Buckingham|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/all-my-sorrows-mt0011985957/attributes|website=AllMusic}} *[Pop](/source/Pop_music)-[rock](/source/rock_music) artist [Cerys Matthews](/source/Cerys_Matthews) released the song on her debut solo album [Cockahoop](/source/Cockahoop) in 2003. * Swedish folk duo [First Aid Kit](/source/First_Aid_Kit_(band)) released a version as a bonus track on their 2010 album ''[The Big Black and the Blue](/source/The_Big_Black_and_the_Blue)''. * Syrian-American musician [Bedouine](/source/Bedouine) released a single version "All My Trials" in 2020. * Words exist to the tune in French (La fin du voyage [journey's end]) and German (Am Ziel meiner Reise [my journey's goal]); [Nana Mouskouri](/source/Nana_Mouskouri) has recorded all three (English in 1985, the other two in 1984). ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Dick and Dee Dee}} {{Paul McCartney singles}} {{authority control}} Category:1956 songs Category:1964 singles Category:1990 singles Category:Peter, Paul and Mary songs Category:Joan Baez songs Category:Ray Stevens songs Category:The Kingston Trio songs Category:Dick and Dee Dee songs Category:Paul McCartney songs Category:Warner Records singles Category:Live singles Category:American folk songs Category:Year of song unknown Category:Songs with unknown songwriters --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [All My Trials](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Trials) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_My_Trials?action=history)). 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