Who wrote, and what is the title, and what is the actual year it came
out, of the 1960s/1970s folk/rock song that contains these lyrics:
"Colorado/Colorado, beautiful place that you are..." and
"California/come to warn ya..." and a part that goes
"Colorado/Colorado, BYE, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye.."?

Hello.

The song is "Colorado."  The singer-songwriter is Danny Holien.  The
year it came out is 1971.

See this is newsgroup message archived by Google Groups:
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=5k2l1a%24lfi%242%40mark.ucdavis.edu

The song was on Holien's self-titled album released in 1971.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70312252333180171&sql=Arf9us37ya3mg

The LP is available from two sellers listed on MusicStack.com:
http://www.musicstack.com/tsearch/holien/danny_holien

There is also a 45, but it's somewhat rare.  Keep your eye on eBay.
One sold there 3 days ago:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2581896429&category=20813

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search strategy:
google groups: "colorado beautiful place"

I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 25 Dec 2003 20:53 PST

Sorry for that typo above:
"See this newsgroup message..."

Quick response, and all the information I asked for plus where to buy
the album. Couldn't ask for more.