On My Way to Where was the first solo LP by Dory Previn

Dory Previn

Dory Previn, née Dorothy Veronica Langan , is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter and poet.During the late 1950s and 1960s she was a lyricist for motion picture songs, and with her first husband André Previn received several Academy Award nominations...

, released in 1970.

Dory Previn established herself from the late 1950s as a lyricist for movie songs in Hollywood, in the process being nominated for three Academy Awards

Academy Awards

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. However, by 1970 her marriage to composer and conductor Andre Previn

André Previn

André George Previn, KBE is an American pianist, conductor, and composer. He is considered one of the most versatile musicians in the world, and is the winner of four Academy Awards for his film work and ten Grammy Awards for his recordings. -Early Life:Previn was born in...

 had disintegrated, following his affair with Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow

Mia Farrow is an American actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model.Farrow first gained wide acclaim for her role as Allison Mackenzie in the soap opera Peyton Place, and for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra...

 and her own mental health problems. She retreated into a hospital, where, as therapy, she was encouraged to write songs of self analysis. With producer Nik Venet, she recorded On My Way To Where for his Mediarts company, which was later taken over by United Artists

United Artists

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The album established her as a confessional singer-songwriter, revealing and analysing problems of childhood abuse, mental health and divorce with a depth and perceptiveness unmatched by others of the same period. "Beware of Young Girls" was a sharp attack on Mia Farrow set to the melody of a traditional lullaby. The songs were performed by many of the top session musicians of the time.

Track listing

1. "Scared To Be Alone"
2. "I Ain't His Child"
3. "Esther's First Communion"
4. "He Lives Alone"
5. "With My Daddy In The Attic"
6. "The Veterans Big Parade"
7. "Michael Michael"
8. "Beware of Young Girls"
9. "Twenty-Mile Zone"
10. "Mr. Whisper"

Personnel

• Jimmy Bond - Bass
• Dennis Budimir - Guitar
• Frank Capp - Drums, Percussion
• David Cohen - Guitar
• Buddy Collette
  Buddy Collette
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   - Saxophone, Flute, Clarinet
• Herb Ellis
  Herb Ellis
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   - Guitar
• Carol Kaye
  Carol Kaye
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   - Bass
• Larry Knechtel
  Larry Knechtel
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   - Keyboards
• Michael Lang - Keyboards
• Bernie Leadon
  Bernie Leadon
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   - Guitar
• John Morell - Guitar
• Dory Previn - Vocals, Guitar
• Don Randi
  Don Randi
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   - Keyboards
• Joe Sample
  Joe Sample
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   - Keyboards
• Tommy Tedesco
  Tommy Tedesco
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  - Guitar
• Tom Sowell - Harmonica, Theremin, Moog Synthesizer
• Ron Tutt - Drums
• John Buck Wilkin - Guitar