The Collection: Their Greatest Hits & Finest Performances (1998)

About this title: It may seem amazing that Peter, Paul and Mary did not release a multi-disc retrospective until 1998, partly because they have retained a measure of control over their catalog. This four-CD/cassette retrospective is available only through the Reader's Digest Music mail-order division. Produced by Peter Yarrow, it conforms to Reader's Digest's Greatest Hits & Finest Performances format: the first disc contains the hit singles, followed by several thematic groupings of material. Disc One, "Best-Known, Best Loved," presents among its 18 selections 16 of the 20 PP&M songs that reached the pop ... read more

Tracks:

1. If I Had a Hammer [Hays/Seeger]
2. Lemon Tree [Holt]
3. Cruel War [Yarrow/Stookey]
4. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right [Dylan]
5. Puff (The Magic Dragon) [Lipton/Yarrow]
6. 500 Miles [West]
7. Early Mornin' Rain [Lightfoot]
8. Stewball [Yellin/Herald/Rinzl]
9. Blowin' in the Wind [Dylan]
10. When the Ship Comes In [Dylan]
11. Leaving on a Jet Plane [Denver]
12. I Dig Rock and Roll Music [Dixon/Mason/Stookey]
13. For Lovin' Me [Lightfoot]
14. Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway) [Settle]
15. Too Much of Nothing [Dylan]
16. Where Have All the Flowers Gone [Seeger]
17. Tell It on the Mountain [Stookey/Okun/Traver]
18. Day Is Done [Yarrow]
19. This Land Is Your Land [Guthrie]
20. This Train [Yarrow/Stookey]
21. Gone the Rainbow [Stookey/Okun/Traver]
22. Freight Train [Cotten]
23. Greenland Whale Fisheries [Gilbert/Hays/Heller]
24. There Is a Ship [Okun/Stookey/Traver]
25. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine [Gilbert/Hays/Heller]
26. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face [MacColl]
27. Mockingbird [Traditional]
28. Three Ravens [Okun/Stookey/Traver]
29. Ballad of Spring Hill (Spring Hill Disaster) [Seeger/MacColl]
30. 75 Septembers [Wheeler]
31. The Great Mandella (The Wheel of Life) [Yarrow/Travers/Gros]
32. The House Song [Bannard/Stookey]
33. Medley: Home on the Range/Don't Ever Take Away My Freedom [Traditional]
34. There But for Fortune [Ochs]
35. It Ain't Me Baby [Dylan]
36. The Times They Are A-Changin' [Dylan]
37. Garden Song [Mallett]
38. Inside [Hill/Stookey]
39. It's Raining [Chandler/Stookey]
40. Right Field [Welch]
41. I'm in Love With a Big Blue Frog [Stookey/Yarrow/Trav]
42. The Marvelous Toy [Paxton]
43. Blue [Yarrow/Stookey/Trav]
44. Oh, Rock My Soul [Yarrow]
45. Early in the Morning [Stookey]
46. The Song Is Love [Dixon/Kniss/Stookey]
47. Well, Well, Well [Camp/Gibson]
48. A'soalin' [Stookey/Batteaste]
49. Light One Candle [Yarrow]
50. All My Trials [Okun/Stookey/Yarrow]
51. Jesus Met the Woman [Okun/Travers/Yarrow]
52. If I Had My Way [Davis]
53. Hymn [Gold/Mason/Stookey]
54. I Shall Be Released [Dylan]
55. Old Father Time [Yarrow]
56. If I Had Wings [Yarrow/Yardley]
57. Tall Pine Trees [Yarrow]
58. Gilgarra Moutain [Yarrow]
59. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? [Gorney/Harburg]
60. Weave Me the Sunshine [Yarrow]
61. Paultalk [Stookey]
62. For the Love of It All [Stookey]
63. Father's House [Stookey]
64. Follow Me [Denver]

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