| Product Summary | | Label: Vanguard | | UPC: 00015707353625 | | Release Date: 11/19/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60046713 | | Item#: MFJWMN | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Do Re Mi - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 3. So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh - The Weavers ~ Various Artists | | | 4. Pastures Of Plenty - Odetta ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 6. 900 Miles - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Roll On Columbia - Country Joe McDonald ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Hard, Ain't It Hard - Woody Guthrie & Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Dirty Overhalls - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists | | | 10. Riding In My Car, (Take Me) - Woody Guthrie ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Ship In The Sky - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Sinking Of The Reuben James, The - The Weavers ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Rambling Round Your City - Odetta ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Jesus Christ - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 15. When The Curfew Blows - Country Joe McDonald ~ Various Artists | | | 16. 1913 Massacre - Ramblin' Jack Elliott ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Talking Fishing Blues - Ramblin' Jack Elliott ~ Various Artists | | | 18. Curly Headed Baby - Cisco Houston ~ Various Artists | | | 19. Jackhammer John - The Weavers ~ Various Artists | | | 20. Great Historical Bum, The - Odetta ~ Various Artists | | | 21. Pretty Boy Floyd - Joan Baez ~ Various Artists | | | 22. Buffalo Skinners - Jim Kweskin ~ Various Artists | | | 23. Hard Travelin' - W. Guthrie/C.Houston/S Terry ~ Various Artists | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Producer: Maynard Solomon, Samuel Charters. | | Includes liner notes by Nancy Toff. | | Personnel includes: Eric Weissberg (fiddle, mandolin); Bill Lee (bass). | | Producer: Maynard Solomon, Samuel Charters. | | Digitally remastered. | | A two-record set released on one CD, this collection of great Woody Guthrie songs performed by some of Guthrie's apostles, as well as by Guthrie himself, serves as a nice overview of his music. From the opening notes of "This Land Is Your Land" and a composite arrangement that starts with Guthrie and his guitar, then folds into the Weavers completing the song, this is very special music. With the mix of performers, it's like a hootenanny featuring some of the top American folk music artists who had fallen under Guthrie's spell. In addition to Pete Seeger's Weavers, longtime Guthrie cronies Cisco Houston and Ramblin' Jack Elliot are featured, along with the next generation's Joan Baez and Country Joe McDonald. Deep-throated Odetta delivers the definitive version of "Pastures of Plenty," and Guthrie is spotlighted solo and with pals Sonny Terry and Houston. A folk-music delight from beginning to end. ~ Jim Newsom | | This 23-track, 70-minute disc, assembled from recordings dating from the 50s and the 60s, is by now a historical document tracing the kinds of interpretations offered by the first generation of folksingers to be influenced by Guthrie, some of whom were his contemporaries. For the most part, the singers, who include The Weavers, Odetta, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Cisco Huston, and Joan Baez, offer covers of Guthrie favorites that are sweeter and more conventional than the originals. Thankfully, they are interspersed with a handful of tunes featuring Guthrie himself. ~ William Ruhlmann |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : n/a | | Original Release Date : 1972 | | Catalog ID : 35/36 | | Label : Vanguard Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 70m : 42s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00015707353625 |
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