2018 – “Original Recordings” - + 16 page booklet incl. rare photos, vintage memorabilis, detailed liner notes and more – 2 CD set incl. three of Seeger’s finest studio albums from his most inspired years with the Folkways label: the influential LPs “American Ballads” + “American Ballads”, as well as the equally splendid but overlooked “Love Songs For Friends & Foes”. These folk masterpieces have been remastered and packaged together in this very special edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period. (56 Songs)
56 Songs
- CD 1: “American Favorite Ballads (Vol.1)”:
- DOWN IN THE VALLEY
- OH, MARY, DON'T YOU WEEP
- THE BUE-TAILED FLY
- YANKEYY DOODLE
- CIELITO LINDO
- BUFFALO GALS
- THE WABASH CANNON BALL
- SO LONG, IT'S BEEN GOODTO KNOW YOU
- THE WAGONER'S LAD
- THE BIG ROCKY MONTAIN
- THE WRECK OF THE OLD '97
- ON TOP FO OLD SMOKEY
- I RIDE AN OLD PAINT
- FRANKIE AND JOHNNY
- OLD DAN TUCKER
- SKIP TO MY LOU
- HOME ON THE RANGE
- “American Ballads”:
- PRETTY POLLY
- THE TREE BUTCHERS
- JOHN HENRY
- JAY GOULD'S DAUGHTER
- THE TITANIC DISASTER
- FAIR MARGARET & SWEET WILLIAM
- JOHN HARDY
- THE GOLDEN VANITY
- GYPSY DAVY
- CD 2: “American Ballads (Continued)”:
- FARMER'S CURST WIFE
- DOWN IN CASTLEY (THERE LIVED A LADY)
- ST. JAMES HOSPITAL
- JESSE JAMES
- BARBARA ALLEN
- “Love Songs For Friends & Foes”:
- OPEN THE DOOR SOFTLY
- I'LL SING ME A LOVE SONG
- THE TRIP WO TOOK OVER THE MONTAIN
- SHE MOVED THROUGH THE FLAIR
- SALLY MY DEAR
- NO, SIR, NO
- STRANGE'S BLUES
- I'M GONNA WALK ANT TALK WITH JESUS
- STUDY WAR NO MORE
- PASSING THROUGH
- OVER THE HILLS
- KISSES SWEETER THAN WINE
- CHALI MELODY
- LITTLE GIRL SEE THROUGH MY WINDOW
- STRANGEST DREAM
- LISTEN MR BILBO
- AUTHERINE
- THE HAMMER SONG
- RIVER OF MY PEOPLE
- BLACK AND WHITE
- THE HAPPY WHISTLER
- Bonus Songs:
- WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?
- DELIA'S GONE
- THE WAYFARING STRANGER
- WE SHALL OVERCOME (Live)