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Vanguard Collector's Edition Set
 
 
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Vanguard Collector's Edition Set [Import]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

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Disc: 1
1. Shenandoah - Paul Robeson
2. I Seen Little Rosie - Leon Bibb
3. Shoe Shine Boy - Count Basie
4. Goin' To Chicago - Jimmy Rushing
5. This Land Is Your Land - Cisco Houston
See all 22 tracks on this disc
Disc: 2
1. Silver Dagger - Joan Baez
2. Woman Blues - Joan Baez
3. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
4. There But For Fortune - Phil Ochs
5. Bird On A Wire - Buffy Sainte-Marie
See all 22 tracks on this disc
Disc: 3
1. Fish Cheer And I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag - Country Joe And The Fish
2. Bass Strings - Country Joe And The Fish
3. Here I Go Again - Country Joe And The Fish
4. Rocket - Jimmy Cotton
5. Vietcong Blues - Junior Wells
See all 20 tracks on this disc
Disc: 4
1. Adam Smasher - Larry Coryell
2. Goin' To The Disco - The Players Association
3. I'm In Love With You - Poussez
4. Baby Talk - Alisha
5. Anti-Calypso - Elvin Jones
See all 20 tracks on this disc

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Varied and rewarding Feb 17 2007
By Swing King - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
The music you'll find on this 4CD box set consists of some quite diverse selections, sampling choices ranging from the late 50s up into the late 90s. While it is unlikely that listeners will embrace every single song selection on here, it is likely that they will find enough to make them happy. If you are a jazz fan, you are treated to such artists as Larry Coryell, Count Basie or Elvin Jones. If folk music happens to be your thing, you will enjoy the tracks featuring Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, or Ian and Sylvia. Prefer the blues? If so, you'll enjoy the contributions of Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Charlie Musselwhite or Mississippi John Hurt (to name a few). Still not quite up your alley? Maybe you prefer bluegrass, in which case you'll enjoy The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs or The Greenbriar Boys. You even get a little modern country thrown into the mix, featuring such artists as John Jennings, Michael Johnson and Peter Case.

Overall you are bound to find something on these 4 discs that you'll enjoy, and you may happen to like it all. While there is no true core theme apart from these being Vanguard recordings, all of the selections do strangely compliment one another very well; much better than comparable compilations of various artists. The sound quality on these recordings is excellent, and the offerings are likely to lead listeners to artists they have yet to discover and enjoy. A nice compilation at an even nicer price, make sure you toss this into your shopping cart sometime and give it a listen.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I'd add half-a-star for old times' sake, but the box set I'm waiting for... Sep 12 2011
By William E. Adams - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
is a CD version of "Folk Song and Minstrelsy" which is fondly remembered by legions of folk fans who owned the LP's. That one is a powerhouse of folk styles, with many tracks by Odetta and Cisco Houston, two of the very best "folk revival artists" along with many good selections by other label-mates. The package under consideration here goes beyond the "folk" category, and even some of the folk tracks best do not represent the best work of the performers. I was a folk fan from '58 on, and a Vanguard fan from that time through the '70's. On Disc One I like almost all the 22 tracks, although the ones by Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, and The Weavers do not represent their strongest work on the label. On Disc Two, I like less than half the 22 selections. The offerings here by Pete Seeger, Judy Roderick, John Hammond, Greenbriar Boys, Doc Watson, Tom Paxton and Joan Baez are not the strongest possible choices for those artists. Disc Three has a blues emphasis, but I don't like the blues enough to want 20 tracks, many by artists with lesser careers. And on Disc Four we have some good jazz, with several folk and pop tracks thrown in for filler.
This set was a gift, and I am glad to hear it once, and I will give Disc One and the first half of Disc Two repeat play. But the rest of the set is just not memorable. I am fortunate enough to own homemade CD transfers of "Folk Song and Minstrelsy" and that set gets played at least four times a year in my car. Why Vanguard cannot get it out on CD, and heavily advertised, I do not understand. I personally have heard from a dozen people over the years who remember it from childhood or teen years and desperately want to own playable copies now, later in their lives, so they can introduce some of the artists and songs to children and grandkids. Somebody at Vanguard needs to look into this.

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