Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Shenandoah - Paul Robeson
2. I Seen Little Rosie - Leon Bibb
3. Shoe Shine Boy [Take Two] - Count Basie
4. Goin' to Chicago Blues - Jimmy Rushing
5. This Land Is Your Land - Cisco Houston
6. Darling Corey - The Weavers
7. Old Riley (In Dem Long Hot Summer Days) - The Weavers
8. Sinner Man - The Weavers
9. All My Sorrows - The Kingston Trio
10. M.T.A. - The Kingston Trio
11. Battle of New Orleans - Jimmie Driftwood
12. Molly and Tenbrooks - Bill Monroe
13. Salty Dog Blues - Flatt & Scruggs
14. Man of Constant Sorrow - The Stanley Brothers
15. Diamond Joe - Ramblin' Jack Elliott
16. Boll Weevil - Odetta
17. Moses, Moses - Odetta
18. Early Morning Rain - Ian & Sylvia
19. Four Strong Winds - Ian & Sylvia
20. Gallant Forty TWA - The Clancy Brothers
21. Whistling Gypsy - The Clancy Brothers
22. Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers

Disc 2:

1. Silver Dagger - Joan Baez
2. Woman Blues - Joan Baez
3. Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
4. There But for Fortune - Phil Ochs
5. Bird on a Wire - Buffy Sainte-Marie
6. Universal Soldier - Buffy Sainte-Marie
7. Many a Mile - Patrick Sky
8. Candy Man - Mississippi John Hurt
9. Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton
10. Muskrat - Doc Watson, Merle Watson
11. Country Blues - Doc Watson, Merle Watson
12. Ragtime Annie - The Greenbriar Boys
13. Reflections in a Crystal Wind - Mimi Fari�a, Richard Fari�
14. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) - Judy Collins
15. Get Together - Judy Collins
16. Violets of Dawn - Eric Andersen
17. I'm a Woman - Jim Kweskin, Maria Muldaur
18. Mama Keeps Her Man at Home - Judy Roderick
19. Honest I Do - John Hammond, Jr.
20. Devil Got My Woman - Skip James
21. Samson and Delilah - Rev. Gary Davis
22. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep - Pete Seeger

Disc 3:

1. "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe & the Fish
2. Bass Strings - Country Joe & the Fish
3. Here I Go Again - Country Joe & the Fish
4. Rocket 88 - James Cotton Blues Band, Jimmy Cotton
5. Vietcong Blues - Junior Wells
6. Spann's Stomp - Otis Spann
7. One Room Country Shack - Buddy Guy
8. I Got My Eyes on You - Buddy Guy
9. Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton
10. Christo Redemptor - Charlie Musselwhite
11. Requiem for John Hurt - John Fahey
12. Witichi-Tai-To - Everything Is Everything
13. My Baby Thinks I Don't Love Her - Siegel-Schwall Band
14. Born in Chicago - The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
15. Gettin' Together - Third Power
16. Sweet Lady Love - The Frost, Frost
17. Oops I Can Dance - Circus Maximus, Jerry Jeff Walker
18. Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed - Kinky Friedman
19. It's Finally Over - Country Joe McDonald
20. Sail - Oregon

Disc 4:

1. Adam Smasher - Larry Coryell
2. Goin' to the Disco - The Players Association
3. I'm in Love With You - Poussez
4. Baby Talk - Alisha, Alisha
5. Anti-Calypso - Elvin Jones
6. Straight, No Chaser - Clark Terry
7. G Bop - Alison Brown
8. Dixie Hoedown - John McEuen
9. Old Train - The Dillards
10. M.C. Horses - Ian Tyson
11. Rock & Roll Heart - David Mallett
12. Little Bitta Love - Rik Emmett
13. God's Hotel - Paul Kelly
14. Pieces of April - Dave Loggins
15. Takin' It - Peter Case
16. Someday You May Notice Me - Livingston Taylor
17. Worth the Trouble - Michael Johnson
18. Everybody Loves Me - John Jennings
19. If I Were You - Venice
20. It Matters - Driving Blind

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #321693 in Music
• Released on: 1997-08-19
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Varied and rewarding
The music you'll find on this 4CD box set consists of some quite diverse selections, sampling choices ranging from the late 50s up into the late 90s. While it is unlikely that listeners will embrace every single song selection on here, it is likely that they will find enough to make them happy. If you are a jazz fan, you are treated to such artists as Larry Coryell, Count Basie or Elvin Jones. If folk music happens to be your thing, you will enjoy the tracks featuring Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, or Ian and Sylvia. Prefer the blues? If so, you'll enjoy the contributions of Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Charlie Musselwhite or Mississippi John Hurt (to name a few). Still not quite up your alley? Maybe you prefer bluegrass, in which case you'll enjoy The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs or The Greenbriar Boys. You even get a little modern country thrown into the mix, featuring such artists as John Jennings, Michael Johnson and Peter Case.

Overall you are bound to find something on these 4 discs that you'll enjoy, and you may happen to like it all. While there is no true core theme apart from these being Vanguard recordings, all of the selections do strangely compliment one another very well; much better than comparable compilations of various artists. The sound quality on these recordings is excellent, and the offerings are likely to lead listeners to artists they have yet to discover and enjoy. A nice compilation at an even nicer price, make sure you toss this into your shopping cart sometime and give it a listen.