Folk Duets (1998)

About this title: As a compilation, this 20-track disc is one of the better recent Vanguard releases, assembling a quartet of key Ian & Sylvia (including "You Were On My Mind" and "Someday Soon") and Mimi and Richard Farina songs, alongside duets between Bob Dylan and Joan Baez at Newport, Bob Gibson and Hamilton Camp, Dylan and Pete Seeger, Flatt & Scruggs, and Doc and Merle Watson. In essence, Vanguard has distilled down some of the highlights of its early catalog and its recent box sets (Joan Baez and Donovan together), and remastered some of the early stuff that needed it. There isn't much more to tell ... read more

Tracks:

1. Early Morning Rain [Lightfoot]
2. For Lovin' Me [Lightfoot]
3. You Were on My Mind [Fricker]
4. Someday Soon [Tyson]
5. Four Strong Winds [Tyson]
6. Pack up Your Sorrows [Farina/Marden]
7. The Falcon [Farina]
8. Bold Marauder [Farina/Farina]
9. Hard-Loving Loser [Farina]
10. Colours [Donovan]
11. It Ain't Me Babe [Dylan]
12. Catch the Wind [Donovan]
13. Playboys and Playgirls [Dylan]
14. That's When I'll Come Back to You [Biggs]
15. Chevrolet [Young/Young]
16. San Antonio Rose [Wills]
17. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms [Traditional]
18. Well, Well, Well [Camp/Gibson]
19. Salty Dog Blues [Morris/Morris]
20. The Greenland Whale Fisheries [Public Domain]

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