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"Folk Music of the World" (07/18/1994) Folk Seeger, Pete, BescolPersonnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, guitar, banjo). The 22-track compilation FOLK MUSIC OF THE WORLD is as fine an introduction to Pete Seeger's music as you're likely to find. Despite his well-earned reputation as a social activist, Pete Seeger is first and foremost a musicologist and folk historian, and these tracks focus almost entirely on this side of his work. For nearly an hour, you hear one folk classic after another, from gospel standards like "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" and "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" to work songs such as "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and "The Greenland Fisheries" to ballads like "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair," each performed by Seeger, most often alone and accompanying himself on banjo or guitar, with easy grace, sly humor, and limitless passion. The relative lack of protest songs aside, this collection is flawless.

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"The Essential Pete Seeger [Sony]" (04/19/2005) Folk Seeger, Pete, Legacy RecordingsPersonnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, 6-string guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo); Almanac Singers, The Weavers. Liner Note Author: Dave Marsh. The impact of Pete Seeger's music, performances, and political activism has been enormous. In a league with Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, Seeger lifted the torch of both traditional folk and the protest song in the 1940s, and kept it burning brightly for decades. THE ESSENTIAL PETE SEEGER sets itself the task of fitting the artist's most important recordings onto one disc. Naturally, a lot of significant material goes missing, but the 15 tracks here provide an excellent cursory overview of the man's accomplishments. This 2005 collection kicks off with one of Seeger's best-known compositions, "If I Had a Hammer," an inspirational tune that became an anthem of struggle in the 1960s. "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?," another Seeger-penned classic, is also here, while his versions of traditional songs ("Barbara Allen" and "John Henry") prove that he is as gifted as an archivist and interpreter as a songwriter. Whether singing the music of his comrades Woody Guthrie ("This Land Is Your Land") and Leadbelly ("Goodnight Irene" with the Weavers) or inspiring the masses with "We Shall Overcome," the size of Seeger's legend is justly outlined. Excellent liner notes and testimonials from friends and fans (including Joan Baez, Billy Bragg, and Roger McGuinn) help make this a fine introduction.

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"A Link in the Chain" (09/03/1996) Folk Seeger, Pete, Legacy RecordingsA LINK IN THE CHAIN is part of Columbia/Legacy's Common Chord series. Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, guitar, banjo); Fred Hellerman, Ramblin' Jack Elliott (vocals, guitar); Ed McCurdy (vocals, banjo); Sandy Bull (vocals). Producers: Jonh Hammond, Tom Wilson, Goddard Lieberson, Mike Berniker. Compilation producer: Lawrence Cohn. Recorded between 1961 & 1971. Includes liner notes by Dave Marsh. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo); Fred Hellerman, Ramblin' Jack Elliott (vocals, guitar); Ed McCurdy (vocals, banjo); Sandy Bull (guitar). Liner Note Authors: Dave Marsh; Fred Hellerman; Lawrence Cohn; Peter Yarrow; Anthony Seeger; Ronnie Gilbert; Joan Baez. Recording information: Village Gate, New York, NY (04/30/1961-04/12/1971). Photographers: David Gahr; Arlo Guthrie. The two-disc, 38-track compilation A LINK IN THE CHAIN splits Pete Seeger's long and prolific career into two thematic sections. Disc one collects many of Seeger's best-known topical songs and social anthems, opening with the Dust Bowl ballad "My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away" and ending with the passionate civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome." Even decades after these songs were recorded, they still wield remarkable power, particularly the allegorical "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy" and the hymn-like "Turn! Turn! Turn!" Disc two features ballads and story songs based on figures both historical ("Aimee Semple McPherson," "Pretty Boy Floyd") and mythical ("Jesse James," "Belle Starr"), as well as a handful of traditional ballads such as "The Cowboy's Lament" and "Cumberland Mountain Bear Chase" and singalong standards like "This Land Is Your Land" and "Michael Row the Boat Ashore." It's the easier listen, perhaps, but it's no less impassioned.

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"We Shall Overcome: The Complete Carnegie Hall Concert" (10/31/1989) Folk Seeger, Pete, Columbia (USA)Recorded at Carengie Hall on June 8, 1963, this recording is one of Pete Seeger's most famous concerts. It contains the entire concert, about twice as much music as the LP. Capturing a complete mid-'60s solo concert at New York's Carnegie Hall on two hour-long discs, Pete Seeger's WE SHALL OVERCOME is a glorious-sounding document of the folksinger/musicologist/social activist at the peak of his powers. Opening with a fleet-fingered banjo medley and ending more than two hours later with a stirring version of his classic "Guantanamera," Seeger touches on every aspect of his music, from protest songs to blues to traditional ballads to leftist anthems. The entire concert is remarkable, but a particular highlight comes in the middle of the first disc, when Seeger covers two songs by Bob Dylan, the apocalyptic "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" and the anti-boxing tirade "Who Killed Davey Moore?," a gesture of solidarity from one generation of folkies to another. The remastered sound is pristine and the set includes new liner notes.

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"If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope & Struggle" (05/19/1998) Folk Seeger, Pete, Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsPersonnel includes: Pete Seeger (vocals, 12-string guitar, banjo); Tao Rodriquez (vocals); David Amram (dumbeck); Almanac Singers (background vocals). All tracks have been digitally remastered using HDCD technology. Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, banjo). Liner Note Author: Mark Greenberg. Arranger: Pete Seeger. Most of the many compilations of Pete Seeger's work avoid thematic cohesion, instead focusing on the remarkable breadth of his long and prolific career. This makes the excellent IF I HAD A HAMMER: SONGS OF HOPE AND STRUGGLE that much more interesting, as the 26 songs compiled here are arranged in four suite-like sections. After the title track and the reverent "Banks of Marble," the section subtitled "Solidarity Forever" collects seven of Seeger's most powerful labor anthems, including the classic "Which Side Are You On." The "Study War No More" section includes possibly Seeger's most famous tune, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," alongside four other anti-war anthems. The four songs in the "We Shall Overcome" section, including that civil rights anthem, are among the set's most forceful. "I'd Hammer in the Evening" concludes the set with eight songs of hope and forgiveness. A most remarkable compilation.

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"American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1 [2002]" (06/25/2002) Folk Seeger, Pete, Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsSolo performer: Pete Seeger (vocals, 12-string guitar, banjo). Producer: Moses Asch. Compilation producers: Jeff Place, Guy Logsdon. Recorded between 1950 & 1962. Includes liner notes by Guy Logsdon, Jeff Place. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo). Recording information: 1950-1962. Editor: Jacob Love. Arranger: Herb Ledbetter. The title of this reissue might seem straightforward enough, but before discussing the music, its exact contents need some explanation. In the late '50s and early '60s, Seeger did five volumes of a series entitled American Favorite Ballads. Although this CD is called American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 1, it is not the same as the first of the Folkways LPs that came out in this series. Its 28 tracks do include every song that came out on the first volume of American Favorite Ballads (issued in 1957 on the LP Folkways FA 2320), except "Buffalo Gals." However, the CD also contains selections from all four of the other LPs in the American Favorite Ballads series, as well as a previously unreleased 1958 version of "This Land Is Your Land" and a 1954 take of "Wayfaring Stranger" that originally came out on a Folkways release that was not part of the American Favorite Ballads series. There will be a test on this next week, but after digesting all that, you can put down your pencil and paper and listen to the music. Most of these songs are familiar to the majority of Americans, and many listeners first came across them through Seeger, whether or not through these recordings specifically. "John Henry," "America the Beautiful," "Oh, Susanna," "Goodnight Irene," "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," "Skip to My Lou," "Clementine," "Yankee Doodle," "Wayfaring Stranger," "Oh, Mary, Don't You Weep," "On Top of Old Smoky," and "I've Been Working on the Railroad" are just the most familiar. In and of themselves, Seeger's renditions are not the most exciting ones, delivered in his plain-spoken manner with no accompaniment other than his banjo or guitar. They do, however, form an important part of 20th century music, with Seeger a prime vehicle for their exposure. The CD reissue has detailed notes about the history of each song, as well as a general overview of Seeger's early career. ~ Richie Unterberger

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"Headlines and Footnotes: Collection of Topical Songs" (05/18/1999) Folk Seeger, Pete, Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsPersonnel includes: Pete Seeger (vocals, 12-string guitar, banjo). Recorded between 1955 and 1999. Includes liner notes by Mark Greenberg. Digitally mastered by Charlie Pilzer (1999, AirShow, Springfield, Virginia). By the '60s, Pete Seeger was as well known--possibly even more well known--for his outspoken social activism as he was for his remarkable performing skills and the depth of his knowledge as a historian and ethnomusicologist. This 23-track anthology, culled from live and studio recordings, touches on all of these aspects. Archiving anthems from the union organization, civil rights and anti-war movements alongside songs concerning specific historical events such as the sinking of the Titanic and the Reuben James. Among the highlights is the savage "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy," one of Seeger's most controversial songs, a Vietnam allegory based on a '40s incident in which a foot soldier drowned when his commanding officer forced him to walk in water without knowing how deep it was. The extensive liner notes place these songs in their proper historical context.

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"Pete Seeger Concert/Pete! Folk Songs and Ballads" (03/14/2006) Folk Seeger, Pete, Collectables RecordsPersonnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, guitar, banjo). Liner Note Author: Kenneth S. Goldstein. These 22 tracks are completely delightful, showcasing the great good humor and remarkable musicological breadth of Pete Seeger, sterling qualities that are often clouded by his popular image as a leftist rabble-rouser. From rousing singalongs like "T for Texas" to sweet pop tunes like "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," with stops for traditional folk ballads like "Erie Canal" and "Greenland Whale Fisheries" and caustic social commentaries like "Money Is King," Seeger covers an impressive range of topics and moods. One unexpected highlight is a lovely batch of melodies played sweetly on a recorder. That there are surprisingly few Seeger live recordings makes CONCERT FOLK SONGS AND BALLADS of historical as well as musical interest.

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"American Favorite Ballads, Vol. 4" (05/23/2006) Folk Seeger, Pete, Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsOne of the founding fathers of contemporary American folk music is heard here performing a small part of his wide collection of songs handed down through the centuries, from the ancient "Banks of the Ohio" to the slightly more contemporary early-20th-century Wobbly anthem "Hallelujah I'm a Bum." Seeger accompanies himself on guitar and banjo, as well as singing a cappella, in a retrospective of American social history (and pre-history) told through song.

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"Singalong: Live at Sanders Theatre, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1980" (12/15/1991) Folk Seeger, Pete, Smithsonian Folkways RecordingsRecorded live at Sander's Theatre in Cambridge, MA. in 1980, when Seeger had just turned 60. Includes notes by Pete Seeger. Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, guitar, banjo). Audio Mixers: David Stein; John Nagy; Paul Mufson. Liner Note Author: Pete Seeger. Recording information: Sanders Theatre Cambridge, MA (1980). Cambridge, Massachusetts, was along with Greenwich Village one of the birthplaces of the late-'50s/early-'60s folk revival. The historic Sanders Theatre, near Harvard in downtown Cambridge, is one of the most popular folk venues in the world, and this excellent double-disc recording of a raucous 1980 show by Pete Seeger shows why Cambridge audiences are so renowned in folk circles. Though the Sanders is a large venue, and judging by the crowd sound, it was packed this night, every single person in this audience seems to know these songs by heart. As the album title suggests, this is not the usual live record, but a good old-fashioned hootenanny, with the audience joining in on the choruses of Seeger's traditional folk songs. The excitement and fun are infectious, but those expecting a more subdued concert should look elsewhere.

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"Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3" (09/29/2003) Folk Seeger, Pete, Appleseed RecordsPersonnel includes: Pete Seeger (vocals, 6- & 12-string guitars, banjo); Dick Gaughan (vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer); Tao Rodriguez-Seeger (vocals, guitar, percussion); Pat Humphries, John McCutcheon, Janis Ian, Arlo Guthrie, Carolyn Hester, Martin Simpson (vocals, guitar); Peggy Seeger (vocals, banjo, piano); Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, Anne Hills, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, Jennifer Kimball, Holly Near, Michele Greene Natalie Merchant, Tom Paxton, Jessica Radcliffe (vocals); Tony Trischka (banjo); Magpie; Kim & Reggie Harris; Herdsman, Hills & Mangsen; Last Forever. SEEDS was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Album. Personnel: Pete Seeger (vocals, spoken vocals, whistling, guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, recorder); Greg Artzner (vocals, guitar, concertina); Tao Rodriguez-Seeger (vocals, guitar, maracas, percussion); Randolph Harris, Janis Ian, John McCutcheon, Martin Simpson, Pat Humphries, Reggie Harris, Arlo Guthrie, Tom Pacheco, Carolyn Hester (vocals, guitar); Dick Gaughan (vocals, electric guitar, synthesizer); Peggy Seeger (vocals, banjo, piano); Robin Flower, Terry Leonino (vocals, mandolin); Libby McLaren (vocals, piano); Sue Altkin, Livia Vanaver, Kim Harris, Charlene Stout, Mitchell Marcus , Fred Hellerman, Priscilla Herdman, Anne Hills, Holly Near, Robert Euvino, Sonya Cohen, Michael Green, Jennifer Kimball, Jessica Radcliffe, Cindy Mangsen, Natalie Merchant, Ani DiFranco, Ronnie Gilbert, Steve Earle, Anna Crusis Women's Choir, A Band of Angels, Tom Paxton, Billy Bragg, Bill Vanaver (vocals); Marcy Marxer (guitar, mandolin); Ciro Hurtado, Erik Della Penna, Gabriel Gordon, Kevin Kuhn (guitar); Scott Petito (acoustic guitar, mandolin, piano); Fraser MacColl (acoustic guitar); David Bernz (12-string guitar, electric bass, background vocals); Dave Blume, Tony Trischka, Richie Stearns (banjo); T.J. Johnson (mandolin); Harry Scorzo (violin); Abby Newton (cello); Tom DeCrosta (trumpet); Elizabeth Steen (organ); Ralph Gordon (acoustic bass); Pete McDonald, Allison Miller (drums); Bruce Pollock Johnson (maracas); Rick Walker, Frank Duncan, Steve Green , Robert Josp? (percussion); Calum MacColl (programming); Sarah Bonsignore, Beth Reineke (background vocals). Audio Mixers: Robert Euvino; Scott Petito; Todd Vos. Liner Note Authors: Jim Musselman; Pete Seeger. Recording information: Bearsville Studios, Woodstock, NY; benefit concert for Sing Out! magazine, Philadelphia, P; Bias Sound, Springfield, VA; Big Mo Studios, Kensington, MD; Cross Hill Recording, Cobleskill, NY; Current Sounds, New York, NY; Edinburgh, Scotland; Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, CA; Garden Studio, North Garden, VA; London, England; Los Angeles, CA; Nashville, TN; NBC-TV studios, New York, NY; New York, NY; NRS, Catskill, NY; Passport Recording, New York, NY; Pete's Cabin, Beacon, NY; Pleasure Dome Sound Recording Studio, Circleville, NY; Santa Cruz, CA. Director: Irene Scott. Photographers: Annette Telgarsky; Jim Musselman; Jody Kolodzey; Beth Reineke. Arrangers: Dick Connette; Reggie Harris. In his 60-some years as a public performer, Pete Seeger has left an indelible footprint on popular music. As a member of the Almanac Singers (with Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays, and Millard Lampell) in the 1940s and the Weavers (again with Lee Hays, as well as Fred Hellerman and Ronnie Gilbert) a decade later, Seeger helped midwife the urban folk boom of the 1960s. His comfortable voice and graceful banjo style give his many compositions and folk adaptations an easy and elegant dignity. Seeds is the third in a trilogy of double-disc albums that feature songs either written or arranged by Seeger, with the spotlight this time on previously unreleased material, most of which is on the first disc. As a writer, Seeger has long been a master of protest songs, whimsical songs, and songs of unbridled optimism, and "Trouble at the Bottom," "English Is Cuh-ray-zee," and "Flowers of Peace" (sung to the gorgeous melody of "Wild Mountain Thyme") are welcome additions to his body of work. "Estadio Chile," the horrifying story

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"Genius of Folk" (04/13/2007) Folk Seeger, Pete, St. ClairThese live tracks, which feature a relaxed Pete Seeger and his banjo, were most likely recorded in the mid-'50s and have been released in varying sequences under several different titles over the years, including Folk Music of the World, Pete Seeger Concert, Forever Gold, and Genius of Folk. The sound isn't the best, which, depending on your point of view, either makes these a charming and intimate set of archival recordings or a poorly engineered waste of time. A clear highlight comes when Seeger explains to the audience how the Weavers' version of "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" was derived from a folk song that Leadbelly performed that was in turn learned from singer Sam Kennedy. The song, "Drimmin Down," was an old Irish lament about a dead cow. Seeger loved the melody, but had trouble remembering the words (as did Leadbelly, apparently), and gradually a more romantic set of lyrics emerged that expunged the dead cow references. It's no secret that Seeger was an activist with a clear political agenda, but these tracks, poorly recorded as some of them are, nevertheless illustrate a trait that is often overlooked in most evaluations of Seeger's long career: he has always been, politics and agenda aside, an accomplished entertainer, able to captivate audiences anywhere with just a banjo and his clear, Everyman tenor. ~ Steve Leggett

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"Children's Concert at Town Hall" (09/11/1990) Folk Seeger, Pete, Legacy RecordingsRecorded live at Town Hall, New York, New York on April 28, 1962. Digitally remastered by Mark Wilder (CBS Records, New York, New York). This historic 1962 New York City concert features the irrepressible and all-encompassing enthusiasm of Pete Seeger, one of the world's truly great "folk." Seeger turns Town Hall into a huge, welcoming front porch where neighbors and transients alike are wholeheartedly welcomed to stop by or--better yet--to join in the fun. Mixing such classic children's songs as "I've Been Working On The Railroad" and "Frere Jacques" with silly shaggy dog stories and modern folk standards like "This Land Is Your Land," Seeger weaves a joyous sing-along. Seeger delivers tales and tunes to the youthful (and audibly delighted) crowd without an ounce of adult condescension. Along the way, he manages to slip in bits of history and nuggets of timeless wisdom. Using only his banjo, foot stomp, whistle, other verbal sound effects, and his famous every-man's voice, this once-blacklisted hero leads one and all through a magical hour--a quick tour around the world in stories and song.

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"Folkways: A Vision Revisited" (n/a) Folk Various Artists, BescolArtists include: Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly.

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