The Absolutely Essential 3 CD Collection

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

Tracklist

1CD
2CD
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