The Essential Pete Seeger

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Annotation

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Tracklist

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1▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Last Train to Nuremberg
2:42
2The Power and the Glory (album version)
2:29
3John Henry (live)
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
4:10
4The Sinking of the Reuben James
recording of:
The Sinking of the Reuben James
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1941-11) and Fred Hellerman (in 1941-11)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
2:42
5East Virginia
2:34
6Hobo's Lullaby
cover recording of:
Hobo’s Lullaby
lyricist and composer:
Goebel Reeves
3:23
7Waist Deep in the Big Muddy (live)
recording of:
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
lyricist:
Pete Seeger
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1967)
2:55
8Draft Dodger Rag (album version)
cover recording of:
Draft Dodger Rag
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
2:08
9Pretty Boy Floyd (live)
recording of:
Pretty Boy Floyd
writer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:45
10Where Have All the Flowers Gone? (live)
recording of:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
additional lyricist:
Joe Hickerson (in 1960-05)
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1955-10)
publisher:
Sanga Music, Inc. and The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management) (in 1961)
31:54
11The Bells of Rhymney (live)
recording of:
The Bells of Rhymney
lyricist:
Idris Davies (in 1938)
composer:
Pete Seeger
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
5:19
12Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (live)
recording of:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (in 1962-05)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
publisher:
Melody Trails and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
3:10
13Guantanamera (live)
recording of:
Guantanamera
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Julián Orbón (Cuban composer)
lyricist:
José Martí (cuban poet)
composer:
Joseíto Fernández (Cuban singer and songwriter)
arranger:
Héctor Angulo (Cuban composer) and Pete Seeger
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 36102)
version of:
Guajira guantanamera
4:38
14If I Had a Hammer (live)
recording of:
If I Had a Hammer
writer:
Lee Hays (in 1949) and Pete Seeger (in 1949)
publisher:
M.P.A. (M.P.A.)
2:52
15Keep Your Eyes on the Prize (album version)
2:00
16We Shall Overcome (live)
recording of:
We Shall Overcome
lyricist:
Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton (folk musician), Zilphia Horton and Pete Seeger
composer:
Charles Albert Tindley
5:56
17Those Three Are on My Mind
3:03
18Living in the Country (live)
recording of:
Living in the Country
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger
2:05
2▼Digital Media
#TitleRatingLength
1Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
2:51
2Both Sides Now
recording of:
Both Sides Now
lyricist and composer:
Joni Mitchell
arranger:
Benedikt Jahnel
publisher:
Crazy Crow Music, Essex Music of Australia Pty. Ltd., Siquomb Pub. Corp., ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label)
4:20
3The Pill
2:21
4Coal Creek March
1:15
5Jesse James (album version)
recording of:
Jesse James
publisher:
Billy Gashade (in 1882)
lyricist:
[unknown] (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
4:36
6Talking Union
recording of:
Talking Union
writer:
Lee Hays, Millard Lampell and Pete Seeger
3:53
7Which Side Are You On
recording of:
Which Side Are You On? (original version by Florence Reece)
lyricist:
Florence Reece
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
2:46
8Harry Simms
2:04
9Little Boxes (live)
recording of:
Little Boxes (in 1963)
lyricist and composer:
Malvina Reynolds
publisher:
Schroder Music Company
cover recording of:
Little Boxes
lyricist and composer:
Malvina Reynolds
publisher:
Schroder Music Company
51:52
10My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away (live)
recording of:
My Oklahoma Home
lyricist:
Bill Cunningham (Sis Cunningham’s brother) and Sis Cunningham
4:43
11Darling Corey
recording of:
Darling Corey
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5723) and Roud Folk Song Index (number: 5723)
2:47
12Barbara Allen (live)
recording of:
Barbara Allen
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 54) and Child Ballads (number: 84)
4:29
13Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies
3:57
14Abiyoyo (live)
recording of:
Abiyoyo
writer:
Pete Seeger
live recording of:
Abiyoyo
writer:
Pete Seeger
5:11
15Wimoweh (Mbube) (live)
cover recording of:
Wimoweh
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell (songwriting pseudonym used by The Weavers)
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
1:47
16Michael, Row the Boat Ashore (live)
recording of:
Michael Row the Boat Ashore
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arrangement of:
Michael (arr. Dave Fisher)
version of:
Michael (arr. Dave Fisher)
2:05
17This Land Is Your Land (live)
recording of:
This Land Is Your Land
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
3:00
18My Dirty Stream (The Hudson River Song)
2:30

Credits

Release group

part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 164)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1245570 [info]