Goodnight Irene: The Weavers, 1949-1953

~ Release by The Weavers (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

cd 1: Charter Records era, tracks 25–32 "live from WNYC radio from 1949–1950, hosted by Oscar Brand."
cd 2 & 3: Decca Records era
cd 4: non-commercial releases, most notably "The Peekskill Story"
dvd 5: five "telescription" performances done by the quartet in the early days of television—performing live in front of the camera.

Tracklist

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#TitleLength
1Old Paint (Ride Around Little Dogies)
3:05
2Wimoweh
recording of:
Wimoweh
lyricist and arranger:
Paul Campbell
composer:
Solomon Linda
version of:
Mbube
3:03
3Midnight Special
2:58
4The Gandy Dancer's Ball
2:50
5Around the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree)
2:29
6Hard Ain't It Hard
3:06
7Bay of Mexico
2:45
8True Love
2:32
9Clementine
2:53
10Down in the Valley
2:59
11Rock Island Line (Rock Island Shuffle)
recording of:
Rock Island Line
lyricist and composer:
Lead Belly
publisher:
Folkways Music Publishers Inc.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)
2:36
12Benoni
2:44
13Taking It Easy
3:06
14Sylvie (Bring Me Li'l Water, Sylvie)
2:48
15We Wish You a Merry Christmas
2:28
16Burgundian Carol
2:09
17God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
1:19
18Go Tell It on the Mountain
2:32
19Twelve Days of Christmas
recording of:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
arranger:
Frederic Austin (in 1909)
publisher:
Shawnee Press Inc.
2:38
20Lulloo Lullay
2:05
21It's Almost Day
1:27
22One for the Little Bitty Baby
2:47
23Poor Little Jesus
2:06
24The Seven Blessings of Mary
2:53
25Joy to the World
0:54
26Masters in This Hall
1:15
27Goodnight Irene
3:15
28The Roving Kind
2:49
29Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
recording of:
Tzena, Tzena, Tzena (English version)
lyricist:
Mitchell Parish
additional composer:
Julius Grossman (in 1946-11)
composer:
יששכר מירון (in 1941)
arranger:
Gordon Jenkins
translated version of:
צאנה צאנה
2:44
30Around the World
3:04
31So Long, It's Been Good to Know Yuh
3:07
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Credits

Release

ASIN:DE: B00004SWPS [info]