Greatest Folksingers of the '60s | 
| Artist: Various Artists
Label: Vanguard Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 172457
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
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Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 17-18
UPC: 015707171823
EAN: 0015707171823
ASIN: B000000EBF
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | You Were on My Mind - Fricker, Sylvia | | • | Now That the Buffalo's Gone - Sainte-Maire, Buffy | | • | Walk Right In - Cannon, Gus | | • | East Virginia - Traditional | | • | John Henry - Traditional | | • | Pack up Your Sorrows - Farina, Richard | | • | There But for Fortune - Ochs, Phil | | • | Violets of Dawn - Andersen, Eric | | • | Sitting on Top of the World - Chatmon, Lonnie | | • | Crazy Words-Crazy Tune - Ager | | • | Candy Man - Hurt, Mississippi J | | • | Erie Canal - Gilbert, Ronnie | | • | Greenland Whale Fisheries - Public Domain [1] | | • | Well, Well, Well - Camp, Bob | | • | Ramblin' Boy | | • | La Bamba - Valens, Ritchie | | • | Salty Dog Blues - Morris, Wiley | | • | Blowin' in the Wind - Dylan, Bob | | • | I Wish I Had Answered - Traditional | | • | I Got It - Public Domain [1] | | • | The Whistling Gypsy - McGuire, Patrick | | • | Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Traditional | | • | Paper of Pins - Traditional | | • | East Virginia Blues - Carter, A.P. |
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| Customer Reviews:
 helped me fall in love with folk March 11, 2006
Gustav Yrucrem (Philadelphia, PA USA)
i borrowed this cd from my dad a while back and taped some of the songs i liked at first, and excluded others for lack of patience. so while i haven't had the opportunity to thoroughly examine a few of the tracks on here, some of them i loved and discovered particular artists from. my standout picks include ERIC ANDERSEN - VIOLETS OF DAWN, ODETTA - JOHN HENRY, RICHARD AND MIMI FARINA - PACK UP YR SORROWS, JOSE FELICIANO - LA BAMBA, and PETE SEEGER - EAST VIRGINIA BLUES. some of the songs annoy me, particularly anything with joan baez (her voice drives me nuts!)... the song WALK RIGHT IN by THE ROOFTOP SINGERS is rather dated and whatnot as someone said elsewhere, but i like it anyway.
i recommend this set, but not all of it's good.
 Not bad August 5, 2002
I won't bill myself as a connoisseur of 60s folk compilations, but this one isn't half bad. The real stars are Doc Watson, Flatt & Scruggs, and Mississippi John Hurt whose version of "Candy Man" is unequaled in any other Hurt collection I've heard (and I now own four). Joan Baez, Odetta, and Pete Seeger are also in rare form here, and you're likely to enjoy cuts by lesser-known artists whose records casual folkies are unlikely to own. Unfortunately some songs that were popular in their day (e.g. "You Were on my Mind" and "Walk Right In") now sound awfully dated to those of us born after '65. A less important problem is that the styles represented on this CD are so wildly divergent that no matter how you arrange them, it's hard to find a sequence that really flows. All in all, I recommend buying this CD. If you already like some 60s folk music, you may be introduced you to other artists whose music you will enjoy.
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