Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction Playlist

by J. D. Salinger

20 tracks

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Oct 15, 2026

These selections trace Buddy’s affectionate, comic recollections of the Glass family toward the lasting ache of Seymour’s absence, with intimate piano and chamber textures set against bright jazz and mid-century song. The vocal half turns to brotherhood, memory, spiritual searching, and the difficult tenderness that binds the family together.

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Track List

20 songs

1

Only The Winds

Ólafur Arnalds · Music For Mindfulness

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2

Threnody

Goldmund · The Malady Of Elegance

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3

Perpetuum Mobile

Penguin Cafe Orchestra · Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

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4

Take Five

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · Time Out

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5

Linus And Lucy

Vince Guaraldi Trio · Charlie Brown Holiday Hits

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6

So What

Miles Davis · Essentials Jazz : The Ultimate Best of Jazz

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7

Take Me Somewhere Nice

Mogwai · Rock Action

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8

Ruby, My Dear

Thelonious Monk · Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane (OJC Remaster)

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9

Poinciana

Ahmad Jamal Trio · Complete Live At The Pershing Lounge 1958

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10

Water from the Same Source

Christian Erik Frederickson · Systems / Layers

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11

Plus tôt

Alexandra Streliski · INSCAPE

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12

Music For A Found Harmonium

Penguin Cafe Orchestra · Preludes, Airs And Yodels (A Penguin Cafe Primer)

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13

Gymnopédie No. 3

Erik Satie · Erik Satie & Friends

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14

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Bing Crosby · The Great Bing Crosby

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15

Teach Your Children

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young · Deja Vu

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16

Both Sides Now

Joni Mitchell · Clouds

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17

These Days

Jackson Browne · The Next Voice You Hear - The Best Of Jackson Browne

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18

Fire and Rain

James Taylor · Greatest Hits

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19

Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Sandy Denny · No Thought of Leaving

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20

At Seventeen

Janis Ian · Between the Lines

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