Both Sides Now [Intersound] (1998)

About this title: There are many reasons why veteran artists are tempted to rerecord their best-known songs. Often, they no longer record for the labels that issued the original versions; after years of performing those songs in concert, they usually feel they can improve on their early renditions; and, of course, when they sign to new record labels, the new companies always ask them to rerecord their old songs. (Then those labels turn around and license the rerecordings all over creation, and we record reviewers are kept busy telling our readers that the resulting cheap albums do not contain the original ... read more

Tracks:

1. The Times They Are A-Changin' [Dylan]
2. Barbara Allen [Traditional]
3. Both Sides Now [Mitchell]
4. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair [Traditional]
5. Paisir d'Amour [Traditional]
6. Morning Has Broken [Stevens/Farjeon]
7. Cat's in the Cradle [Chapin/Chapin]
8. Leavin' on a Jet Plane/Take Me Home Country Road [Denver/Nivert/Danof]
9. Loch Lomond [Traditional]
10. Let It Be [Lennon/McCartney]
11. Blowin' in the Wind [Dylan]
12. Amazing Grace [Newton]

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