Vanguard Collector's Edition (1997)

About this title: This four-CD set isn't quite as comprehensive as it might have been. All of the major bases are covered, from Paul Robeson, the Weavers, and Count Basie to Alison Brown and John McEuen, and even Circus Maximus ("Oops -- I Can Dance") is here, with cuts by the Frost ("Sweet Lady Love") and the Third Power ("Gettin' Together"). But there's no Sandy Bull, and there are other holes -- where is Bruce Langhorne? On the other hand, the label has included tracks off of its recent Newport Folk Festival archival releases, and six previously unissued cuts by Leon Bibb, Buffy Sainte-Marie, the Greenbriar ... read more

Tracks:

1. Shenandoah [Traditional]
2. I Seen Little Rosie
3. Shoe Shine Boy [Take Two] [Chaplin/Cahn]
4. Goin' to Chicago Blues [Basie/Rushing]
5. This Land Is Your Land [Guthrie]
6. Darling Corey [Gilbert/Hays/Heller]
7. Old Riley (In Dem Long Hot Summer Days) [Leadbelly]
8. Sinner Man [Hays/Hellerman/Darl]
9. All My Sorrows [Guard/Shane/Reynold]
10. M.T.A. [Steiner/Hawes]
11. The Battle of New Orleans [Driftwood]
12. Molly and Tenbrooks [Monroe]
13. Salty Dog Blues [Morris/Morris]
14. Man of Constant Sorrow [Stanley]
15. Diamond Joe [Traditional]
16. Boll Weevil [Traditional]
17. Moses, Moses [Davis/Lomax]
18. Early Morning Rain [Lightfoot]
19. Four Strong Winds [Tyson]
20. Gallant Forty TWA [Clancy/Makem]
21. Whistling Gypsy [McGuire]
22. Walk Right In [Cannon/Woods]
23. Silver Dagger [Traditional]
24. Woman Blues [Traditional]
25. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down [Robertson]
26. There But for Fortune [Ochs]
27. Bird on a Wire [Cohen]
28. Universal Soldier [Sainte-Marie]
29. Many a Mile [Traditional]
30. Candy Man [Hurt]
31. Did You Hear John Hurt? [Paxton]
32. Muskrat [Traditional]
33. Country Blues [Boggs]
34. Ragtime Annie [Watson]
35. Reflections in a Crystal Wind [Farina]
36. Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) [Seeger/Traditional]
37. Get Together [Powers]
38. Violets of Dawn [Andersen]
39. I'm a Woman [Leiber/Stoller]
40. Mama Keeps Her Man at Home [Roderick]
41. Honest I Do [Abner/Reed]
42. Devil Got My Woman [James]
43. Samson and Delilah [Davis]
44. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep [Traditional]
45. "Fish" Cheer/I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag [McDonald]
46. Bass Strings [McDonald]
47. Here I Go Again [McDonald]
48. Rocket 88 [Brenston]
49. Vietcong Blues [Wells]
50. Spann's Stomp [Spann]
51. One Room Country Shack [Walton]
52. I Got My Eyes on You [Guy/Dixon]
53. Hound Dog [Leiber/Stoller]
54. Christo Redemptor [Pearson]
55. Requiem for John Hurt [Fahey]
56. Witichi-Tai-To [Pepper]
57. My Baby Thinks I Don't Love Her [Siegell]
58. Born in Chicago [Gravenites]
59. Gettin' Together [Abbott/Targal]
60. Sweet Lady Love [Wagner]
61. Oops I Can Dance [Walker]
62. Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed [Friedman]
63. It's Finally Over [McDonald]
64. Sail [Walcott]
65. Adam Smasher [Mandel]
66. Goin' to the Disco [Hills]
67. I'm in Love With You [Mouzon]
68. Baby Talk [Brown/Logankoya]
69. Anti-Calypso [Prince]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.