- Audio CD (Aug 5 2008)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Best of
- Label: Vanguard Records
- ASIN: B00004TFBU
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #112,629 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Introduction - Pete Seeger | |||
| 2. Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton | |||
| 3. Bottle Of Wine - Tom Paxton | |||
| 4. The Last Thing On My Mind - Tom Paxton | |||
| 5. Talking Pop Art - Tom Paxton | |||
| 6. Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation - Tom Paxton | |||
| 7. The Willing Conscript - Tom Paxton | |||
| 8. Did You Hear John Hurt? - Tom Paxton | |||
| 9. Pandora's Box - Tom Paxton | |||
| 10. Birds On The Table | |||
| 11. Talking Watergate | |||
| 12. There Goes The Mountain | |||
| 13. Cotton Eye Joe | |||
| 14. You Can Eat Dog Food | |||
| 15. You're So Beautiful | |||
| 16. Mister Blue / White Bones Of Allende | |||
| 17. Born On The Fourth Of July | |||
| 18. Presbyterian Boy | |||
| 19. Day In The Country, A | |||
| 20. Anita O.J. | |||
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Product Description
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Of all the topical songwriters to emerge during the early to mid-1960s, Tom Paxton may have been the most jocose. On this 25-song collection, he takes sarcastic potshots at politics ("Talking Watergate"), poverty ("You Can Eat Dog Food"), war ("Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation"), even Anita Bryant ("Anita O.J."). The first six tracks here were recorded at the Newport Folk Festivals of 1963 and 1964, before Paxton's first national release, and include a poignant reading of the compassionate "Last Thing on My Mind" and a previously unreleased version of "Bottle of Wine" (which would become a Top 10 hit by the Fireballs in '68). But this compilation's last two-thirds, culled from two late-'70s studio recordings, demonstrate that Paxton could be as caustic as he was clever. He weaves stirring melodies with eloquent lyrics on the somber "Death of Stephen Biko" and his haunting account of the suicide of folk compatriot Phil Ochs ("Phil"). --Scott Holter
Chronique amazon.fr
Fréquentant au même moment que Dylan les clubs folk de Greenwich Village, Tom Paxton n'a peut-être pas exercé la même influence que le compositeur de "Blowin' In The Wind". Mais, depuis le début des années 60, il a forgé une œuvre qui fait aujourd'hui référence dans les mondes du folk-song et du folk-rock. Cette compilation concerne la seconde partie de la carrière du protest-singer, celle qui s'est déroulée chez Vanguard à partir de la seconde moitié des années 70 (la première ayant été chez Elektra). L'intérêt de ce Best Of Vanguard Years repose surtout sur les plages enregistrées lors des festivals folk de Newport en 1963 et 1964 (et donc cinq sont inédites). Qu'il s'agisse de "The Willing Conscript", de "Ramblin' Boy", de "Bottle Of Wine" ou de "Lyndon Johnson Told To The Nation", les unes et les autres font de Paxton une sorte de chroniqueur romantique de l'Amérique des années 60. Cela étant, les enregistrements studio méritent également une écoute attentive, le folk-singer de Chicago refusant tout discours violent et tout cliché pour parler du Watergate ou du racisme en Afrique du Sud. --Philippe Margotin
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Good compilation, but not great,
By A Customer
This review is from: Best Of The Vanguard Years (Audio CD)
While Tom Paxton is a talented musician, this selection of songs from his Vanguard albums features some strange choices. Why the compiler included "Ramblin' Boy" and "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" (both good songs, but easily available on other CDs) and left off a great song like "Bring Back the Chair" is surprising. There are great songs here, such "White Bones of Allende" and "Anita O.J.", but the collection would have been better served if it hadn't tried to include "greatest hits" originally recorded before Paxton came to Vanguard records.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good compilation, but not great,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Best Of The Vanguard Years (Audio CD)
While Tom Paxton is a talented musician, this selection of songs from his Vanguard albums features some strange choices. Why the compiler included "Ramblin' Boy" and "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" (both good songs, but easily available on other CDs) and left off a great song like "Bring Back the Chair" is surprising. There are great songs here, such "White Bones of Allende" and "Anita O.J.", but the collection would have been better served if it hadn't tried to include "greatest hits" originally recorded before Paxton came to Vanguard records.
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