Live At Wolf Trap (2001) ( )

Product Summary Label: Wildflower UPC: 00687348129824 Release Date: 10/24/2000 Buy.com Sku: 60440865 Item#: MD35KY Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Someday Soon ~ Judy Collins 2. Mountain Girl ~ Judy Collins 3. Both Sides Now ~ Judy Collins 4. City Of New Orleans, The ~ Judy Collins 5. Gypsy Rover ~ Judy Collins 6. She Moves Through The Fair ~ Judy Collins 7. My Funny Valentine ~ Judy Collins 8. Kerry Dancers ~ Judy Collins 9. Danny Boy ~ Judy Collins 10. My Father ~ Judy Collins 11. Bird On A Wire ~ Judy Collins 12. Send In The Clowns ~ Judy Collins 13. Amazing Grace ~ Judy Collins 14. Beyond The Sky ~ Judy Collins 15. Who Knows Where The Time Goes ~ Judy Collins   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Judy Collins (vocals, guitar); Russell Walden, Mark Egan, Morris Goldberg, Tony Beard, Eric Weissberg. Recorded live at The Wolf Trap Foundation For The Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia on June 18, 2000. Includes liner notes by Judy Collins. Personnel: Judy Collins (vocals, guitar). Audio Mixer: Alan Silverman. Liner Note Authors: Robert Aubry Davis; Judy Collins. Recording information: Wolf Trap Foundation For The Performing Arts, Vienna, V (06/18/2000). Photographer: Scott Suchman. Since leaving her long-term berth at Elektra Records in the mid-'80s, Judy Collins has made a couple of more stabs at major-label affiliation, but without re-igniting the kind of commercial appeal it takes to sustain such deals. Nevertheless, she has managed to make quite a few records, many of them fitting into niche categories -- Christmas albums, children's albums, etc. Live at Wolf Trap, released on her own Wildflower label, presents her standard concert repertoire. Recorded June 18, 2000, at the venerable Virginia outdoor auditorium where she has appeared regularly for decades, the show was also videotaped for a public television special. The 61-year-old singer, still in remarkably fine voice, gives her audience the songs they came to hear, her hits and signature tunes: "Someday Soon," "Both Sides Now," "Send in the Clowns," "Amazing Grace." Also included are some other songs she's been performing since the 1960s, her own composition "My Father," "Bird on a Wire," "Who Knows Where the Time Goes." She sings several traditional songs, harking back to her earliest days as an interpretive folk singer. (An a cappella "Danny Boy" is especially impressive.) And she performs a couple of worthy recent songs from her own pen, "Mountain Girl" and "Beyond the Sky." The arrangements are familiar, and though Collins takes occasional slight liberties with the melodies, she never disturbs listeners who have the original recordings burned into their memories. It's easy to cite songs that were left out ("Suzanne," "Chelsea Morning"), and it would have been nice if Collins had talked a little more, but it would be hard to part with anything here, so maybe such complaints are just a way of wishing this was a two-disc set. (www.judycollins.com) ~ William Ruhlmann Producer: Judy Collins Engineer: Alan Silverman   Compilation Appearances Rare Live & Classic Songs Of The Civil War Baby's Bedtime Greatest Folksingers Of 60's Tribute To Woody Guthrie Lullaby Collection Vanguard Newport Folk Festival Folk Hits Of The Sixties Ultimate Broadway Grateful-Songs Of John Bucchin Treasures From The Folk Den (Bonus Tracks) Philadelphia Folk Festival-40t This Land Is Your Land: songs Of Freed Casey Kasem Presents: America's Top 10 Through The Years: 60s Folk Years Vanguard: roots Of Folk Celebration! The Philadelphia Folk (Live) Very Best Of Singers And Songwriters Let Freedom Ring-This Land Is Your La (Live) Folk Years Folk Hits Of The 60's Songs For Life Tunesmith The Songs Of Jimmy Webb Today's Christmas Mflp's 20th Anniversary Lullaby Collection / Those Were The Days Great Lost Elektra Singles Vol 1 Sowing The Seeds:10th Anniversary 60'S Summer Of Love Got To Get A Message To You All Star Salute To Christmas   Associated Artists and Works Artists, Various Stoltzman, Richard Stories To Remember Stories To Remember Stories To Remember Stories To Remember Various Artists Baby's Bedtime ~ Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists Various Artists   Technical Info Release Date : 11/14/2000 Original Release Date : 2001 Catalog ID : 1298 Label : Wildflower Number of Discs : 2 Studio/Live : Live Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00687348129824   Bio Few singers have the kind of staying power as folk icon Judy Collins. For nearly 40 illustrious years, her dulcet tones have graced our ears, and her poetic lyrics galvanized a generation. She has released more than 30 albums, has had numerous Top Ten hits, Grammy nominations and gold and platinum selling albums. Fall 2000 kicks off with the birth of Judy Collins' new record label, Wildflower Records. Wildflower Records' flagship release will be Judy Collins Live At Wolf Trap! This live album celebrates Judy's 21st performance at the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts. Ms. Collins' early musical background was classical piano. Her father, Chuck Collins, was a singer, composer and broadcaster during the golden age of radio. By age 10, Ms. Collins was studying with mentor Antonia Brico, the famed orchestral conductor who made a name for herself conducting major symphony orchestras in the United States and Europe. 2000 marks the 25th Anniversary of Ms. Collins' prize-winning documentary about the conductor, Antonia: A Portrait Of The Woman. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary. Brico, a fine teacher, believed Collins had a major career ahead as a pianist. At 13, Judy made her public debut performing Mozart's "Concerto for Two Pianos". But the music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, the traditional songs of the folk revival, fired Judy's love of lyrics and, by 16, she had moved from playing the Steinway to playing guitar. Soon she was singing at folk clubs in Denver, Boulder and Central City. Heading east, she sang at the Gate of Horn in Chicago, and in New York at Greenwich Village folk clubs. It was there after an appearance at The Village Gate in 1961 that Jac Holzman of Elektra Records signed Judy to what was to become a thirty-five year involvement with the company, beginning with her first three albums of traditional material. In 1995 Judy Collins became a UNICEF Special Representative for the Arts. Driven to action by an unjust war, Judy wrote "Song For Sarajevo." In the capacity of UNICEF's Special Representative for the Arts, Ms. Collins has made several visits to the former Yugoslavia and Vietnam. In May of 1999 Judy participated in the opening ceremonies of the 100th Anniversary of the Hague Peace Conference. 1997 marked the unveiling of the long awaited Judy Collins anthology--Forever: The Judy Collins Anthology. A winding, musical map of Ms. Collins' most treasured hits, as well as rarer nuggets, Forever is the summation of her thirty-five years and nineteen albums with Elektra Records. Poet and songwriter Dick Farina once described this voice of the century as having the sound you would hear, "if amethysts could sing... they would sound like Judy Collins." Forever>/i> beautifully chronicles America's most active social, political and foremost musical decades. Included on the anthology are folk standards and hits such as "Both Sides Now," "Bird on a Wire," and "Masters of War." Judy Collins is truly the definition of a living legend. Her influence in music and politics has spread over decades. Her vocal interpretations have inspired millions. From the time she discovered folk music and was signed to Elektra in 1961 to her current new albums, new songs, television specials, books and work with UNICEF and landmines, Judy has always remained creative and vibrant as an artist.      Product Image