The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings (2001)

About this title: It's good to have this four-CD box set of everything Ian & Sylvia did in the studio for Vanguard, as their valuable contributions to folk and folk-rock are (several decades later, anyway) underrated. There are a few things that could have been added to the package to make it more definitive, though. The set includes all of their first six albums, their 1968 album Nashville (which followed a short sojourn with MGM), and three additional rarities. So far so good. But the absence of the two albums they did for MGM does make this less than a complete overview of their '60s work, particularly as ... read more

Tracks:

1. Rocks and Gravel [Tyson/Fricker]
2. Old Blue [Tyson/Fricker]
3. C.C. Rider [Traditional]
4. Un Canadien Errant [Traditional]
5. Handsome Molly [Traditional]
6. Mary Anne [Traditional]
7. Pride of Petrovar [Traditional]
8. Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad [Copyright Control]
9. Rambler Gambler [Traditional]
10. Down by the Willow Garden [Traditional]
11. Got No More Home Than a Dog [Handy]
12. When First Unto His Country [Copyright Control]
13. Live A-Humble [Copyright Control]
14. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well [Traditional]
15. Tomorrow Is a Long Time [Dylan]
16. Katy Dear [Traditional]
17. Poor Lazarus [Traditional]
18. Four Strong Winds [Tyson]
19. Ella Speed [Traditional]
20. Long Lonesome Road [Traditional]
21. V'la l'Bon Vent [Traditional]
22. Royal Canal [Traditional]
23. Lady of Carlisle [Traditional]
24. Spanish Is a Loving Tongue [Traditional]
25. The Greenwood Side (The Cruel Mother) [Traditional]
26. Everynight When the Sun Goes Down
27. You Were on My Mind [Fricker]
28. Moonshine Can [Traditional]
29. The Jealous Lover
30. Four Rode By [Tyson]
31. Brave Wolfe
32. Nova Scotia Farewell [Traditional]
33. Some Day Soon [Tyson]
34. Little Beggarman [Makem]
35. Texas Rangers [Traditional]
36. The Ghost Lover [Traditional]
37. Captain Woodstock's Courtship [Traditional]
38. Green Valley [Traditional]
39. Swing Down, Chariot [Traditional]
40. Come in Stranger [Cash]
41. Early Morning Rain [Lightfoot]
42. Nancy Whiskey [Traditional]
43. Awake Ye Drowsky Sleepers
44. Marlborough Street Blues [Tyson]
45. Darcy Farrow [Campbell/Gillette]
46. Travelling Drummer [Fricker]
47. Maude's Blues [Tyson/Fricker]
48. Red Velvet [Tyson]
49. I'll Bid My Hear Be Still
50. For Lovin' Me [Lightfoot]
51. Song for Canada [Gzowski/Tyson]
52. Short Grass [Tyson/Fricker]
53. The French Girl [Tyson/Fricker]
54. When I Was Cowboy
55. Changes [Ochs]
56. Gifts Are for Giving [Fricker]
57. Molly and Tenbrooks [Gillette/Albertano]
58. Hey, What About Me [McKenzie]
59. Lonely Girls [Tyson/Fricker]
60. Satisfied Mind [Rhodes/Hays]
61. Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa [Bacharach/David]
62. Friends of Mine [Tyson]
63. Play One More [Tyson]
64. The Circle Game [Mitchell]
65. So Much for Dreaming [Tyson/Witmark]
66. Wild Geese [Tyson/Witmark]
67. Child Apart [Tyson/Witmark]
68. Summer Wages [Tyson/Witmark]
69. Hold Tight [Fricker]
70. Wren, Cutty [Tyson/Witmark]

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