Centennial is an instrumental LP

LP album

The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...

 released in 1984 by John Stewart

John Stewart (musician)

John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...

, a former member of the Kingston Trio. This album is produced by Stewart and he also plays all instruments. The album was released on Stewart's own label "Homecoming Records". It is also the first part of his "American Journey" series, the others being The Last Campaign, The Trio Years and An American Folk Song Anthology.

The album was reissued on CD on the label "Laserlight" in 1991 as "American Sketches". Selection from Centennial was also released on the 1984 "Homecoming Records" sampler The Gathering.

Track listing

All compositions by John Stewart

John Stewart (musician)

John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...

• Side one

1. "The Plains" – 10:32
   • "Distant Wagons" – 2:31
   • "Witchita Cross Winds" – 4:17
   • "Betsy From Pike" – 2:09
   • "Indian Springs" – 1:35
2. "The Wilderness" – 10:02
   • "Grand Canyon Summer" – 2:09
   • "The Hooliann" – 1:50
   • "Montana Crossing" – 2:19
   • "After The Rain" – 2:28
   • "The Launch of Apollo 11" – 1:16

• Side two

1. "Behind The Wheel" – 8:20
2. "The Gold Rush" – 5:44

Additional personnel

• John Stewart
  John Stewart (musician)
  John Coburn Stewart was an American songwriter and singer. He is known for his contributions to the American folk music movement of the 1960s while with The Kingston Trio and as the songwriter of The Monkees' #1 hit "Daydream Believer" and his own #5 hit "Gold", among several hundred original...
  
   - producer
• Fred Koch - engineer
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering
• Dean Comvell - cover: original artist
• Marci Wilson - painter
• Henry Diltz
  Henry Diltz
  Henry Stanford Diltz is a folk musician and photographer, who has been active since the 1960s....
  
  - photo