The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

~ Release by Pete Seeger (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1CD
#TitleArtistLength
1The Hammer Song (If I Had a Hammer)
Pete Seeger with The Weavers2:03
2This Land Is Your Land
banjo:
Pete Seeger (in 1958)
vocals:
Pete Seeger
cover recording of:
This Land Is Your Land (in 1958)
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (in 1940)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 16378)
is based on:
When the World's on Fire
Pete Seeger2:51
3Casey Jones
Pete Seeger2:13
4The Strange Death of John Doe
Pete Seeger with The Almanac Singers1:27
5Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
recording of:
Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger3:28
6Old Riley
Pete Seeger with The Weavers2:41
7Frog Went A-Courting
Pete Seeger4:21
8Banks Are Made of Marble
Pete Seeger3:13
9Talking Atom
Pete Seeger2:52
10John Henry
Pete Seeger4:29
11Dear Mr. President
Pete Seeger with The Almanac Singers2:50
12Don't You Weep After Me
recording engineer:
Moses Asch
Pete Seeger4:05
13Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Pete Seeger with The Weavers3:15
14Frankie and Johnny
Pete Seeger4:26
15T. B. Blues
recording of:
T.B. Blues
lyricist and composer:
Jimmie Rodgers (in 1931)
Pete Seeger4:04
16Cielito Lindo
recording of:
Cielito lindo
lyricist and composer:
Quirino Mendoza y Cortés
Pete Seeger2:34
17The Big Rock Candy Mountain
Pete Seeger3:07
18The Titanic Disaster
Pete Seeger3:42
19Wayfaring Stranger
Pete Seeger1:14
20So Long, It's Been Good to Know You
Pete Seeger3:18
2CD
#TitleArtistLength
1Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
recording of:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
additional lyricist:
Joe Hickerson (in 1960-05)
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1955-10)
publisher:
The Bicycle Music Company (in 1961)
Pete Seeger2:00
2Turn! Turn! Turn!Pete Seeger3:15
3Voting Union
Seeger, Glazer, Hays & Wood1:45
4Buffalo Gals
Pete Seeger2:19
5Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
recording of:
צאנה צאנה
lyricist:
יחיאל חגיז (in 1941)
composer:
יששכר מירון (in 1941)
Pete Seeger with The Weavers2:10
6Foggy Dew
Pete Seeger2:00
7Delia's Gone
Pete Seeger1:35
8Wimoweh
banjo and tenor vocals:
Pete Seeger
bass:
Lee Hays
guitar:
Fred Hellerman
alto vocals:
Ronnie Gilbert
baritone vocals:
Lee Hays and Fred Hellerman
recorded at:
Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (from 1955-12-24 to present)
recording of:
Wimoweh
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
live recording of:
Wimoweh
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
Pete Seeger with The Weavers1:47
9The Wreck of the Old '97
Pete Seeger1:52
10We Are Moving on to Victory
Pete Seeger1:42
11The Blue-Tailed Fly
Pete Seeger2:33
12Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?Pete Seeger with The Weavers2:41
13Summertime
Pete Seeger3:44
14Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier
Pete Seeger2:26
15All Around the Kitchen
Pete Seeger2:03
16Time's a Getting Hard
Pete Seeger2:20
17Talking Blues
Pete Seeger2:06
18Molly Malone
Pete Seeger2:22
19Jesse James
Pete Seeger4:27
20Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
Pete Seeger with The Weavers1:47
3CD
#TitleArtistLength
1We Shall OvercomePete Seeger4:49
2Barbara AllenPete Seeger2:50
3Farther Along
Pete Seeger2:33
4Rock Island Line
Pete Seeger with The Weavers2:21
5I Ride an Old Paint
Pete Seeger2:34
6The Dove
recording engineer:
Moses Asch
recording of:
The Dove
lyricist:
Ewan MacColl
composer:
[traditional]
is based on:
The Cuckoo
Pete Seeger3:18
7Kumbaya
recording of:
Kumbaya
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
Pete Seeger2:59
8Red River Valley
Pete Seeger2:09
9Home on the Range
12 string guitar:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
vocals:
Pete Seeger (in 1957)
recording of:
Home on the Range (in 1957)
anthem of:
Kansas, United States
publisher:
Alfred Music
lyricist:
Brewster Higley (from 1871 until 1873)
composer:
Daniel Kelley (in 1873)
arranger:
Mark Hayes
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3599)
is based on:
My Home in the West
revision of:
My Home in the West
Pete Seeger1:50
10Wabash Cannonball
Pete Seeger with The Weavers3:03
11Goodnight, Irene
Pete Seeger3:44
12Skip to My Lou
Pete Seeger3:09
13Hard Times in the Mill
Pete Seeger2:14
14Sioux Indians
Pete Seeger3:41
15Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
Pete Seeger2:29
16Yankee Doodle
Pete Seeger1:39
17St. James Infirmary
recording of:
St. James Infirmary (Joe Primrose’s arrangement)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Joe Primrose
publisher:
EMI Harmonies Limited
arrangement of:
St. James Infirmary
version of:
The Unfortunate Lass (Bad Girl's Lament)
Pete Seeger2:34
18The Death of Harry Simms
Pete Seeger2:06
19Sixteen Tons
live cover recording of:
Sixteen Tons
lyricist and composer:
Merle Travis
publisher:
American Music, Inc. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd.
Pete Seeger with The Weavers2:02
20To Everyone in All the World
recording engineer:
Moses Asch
Pete Seeger1:37