I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound (1999)

About this title: The recordings Tom Paxton made at the beginning of his career for Elektra Records in the 1960s and early 1970s are inarguably his most important and influential. Those Elektra albums have been out of print for quite some time, and this 26-track survey of his 1964-71 recordings for the label, I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound, is an overdue compilation of his most significant work. The original versions of all of his most famous songs are here: "Ramblin' Boy," "The Last Thing on My Mind," "Bottle of Wine," "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation," "I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound," and ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound [Paxton]
2. What Did You Learn in School Today? [Paxton]
3. The Last Thing on My Mind [Paxton]
4. Daily News [Paxton]
5. My Lady's a Wild Flying Dove [Paxton]
6. Goin' to the Zoo [Paxton]
7. Ramblin' Boy [Paxton]
8. The Willing Conscript [Paxton]
9. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation [Paxton]
10. Bottle of Wine [Paxton]
11. Every Time [Paxton]
12. Leaving London [Paxton]
13. My Son John [Paxton]
14. One Time and One Time Only [Paxton]
15. Outward Bound [Paxton]
16. Victoria Dines Alone [Paxton]
17. All Night Long [Paxton]
18. Forest Lawn [Paxton]
19. Whose Garden Was This [Paxton]
20. Cindy's Cryin' [Paxton]
21. Clarissa Jones [Paxton]
22. Now That I've Taken My Life [Paxton]
23. Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues [Paxton]
24. Jimmy Newman [Paxton]
25. The Marvelous Toy [Paxton]
26. Jennifer Rabbit/I Give You the Morning [Paxton]

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