Folk Classics

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1▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Pretty Boy Floyd	Woody Guthrie		3:10
2	Goodnight Irene vocals: The Weavers (on 1950-05-26) orchestra: Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra (on 1950-05-26) conductor: Gordon Jenkins (on 1950-05-26) recording of: Goodnight Irene (on 1950-05-26) lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Ledbetter and John A. Lomax publisher: Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd. part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681) translated version of: Godnatt Irene	The Weavers		3:22
3	Shady Grove recording of: Shady Grove lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4456)	Doc Watson		2:16
4	House of the Rising Sun	Miriam Makeba		2:01
5	Rock Island Line recording of: Rock Island Line lyricist and composer: Lead Belly publisher: Folkways Music Publishers Inc. part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 15211)	Lead Belly with The Golden Gate Quartet		2:38
6	Nine Hundred Miles recording of: 900 Miles writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)	Odetta		3:31
7	You Can Tell the World	Gibson & Camp		3:07
8	San Francisco Bay Blues cover recording of: San Francisco Bay Blues lyricist and composer: Jesse Fuller	Ramblin’ Jack Elliott		2:12
9	God Bless the Child	Leon Bibb		3:52
10	Banana Boat (Day‐O) producer: Herman Diaz, Jr. congas: Alexander Cambrelen (on 1955-10-20) and Mario Castillo (on 1955-10-20) double bass: Milt Hinton (on 1955-10-20) drums (drum set): Osie Johnson (on 1955-10-20) flute: Herbert Levy (on 1955-10-20) guitar: Millard Thomas (on 1955-10-20) choir vocals: Charles Colman (on 1955-10-20), J. Hamilton Grandison (on 1955-10-20), Herbert L. Stubbs (on 1955-10-20), Joseph Lewis (on 1955-10-20), Lord Burgess (on 1955-10-20), Brock Peters (on 1955-10-20), Sherman Sneed (on 1955-10-20), John White (50s US vocalist) (on 1955-10-20) and Gloria Wynder (on 1955-10-20) lead vocals: Harry Belafonte (on 1955-10-20) vocals: Harry Belafonte orchestra: Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus (on 1955-10-20) conductor: Tony Scott (bop/jazz clarinetist, arranger & conductor) (on 1955-10-20) recorded at: Webster Hall in East Village, New York, New York, United States (on 1955-10-20) recording of: Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (Burgess/Attaway arrangement made famous by Harry Belafonte) (on 1955-10-20) additional lyricist: William Attaway (in 1955) and Irving Burgie (in 1955) composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) publisher: Caribe Music Corp., Cherry Lane Music Ltd., Cherry Lane Music Publishing Ltd, EMI Songs Ltd., Garber Music Ltd., Lord Burgess Music Publishing Co., Music Sales Corp (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Reservoir Media Music version of: Day‐O (The Banana Boat Song) (original folk song)	Harry Belafonte with Tony Scott's Orchestra & Chorus	4.65	3:04
11	Where 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: Sanga Music, Inc. and The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management) (in 1961)	Pete Seeger		2:04
12	There but for Fortune producer: Maynard Solomon guitar: Joan Baez (US folk singer) vocals: Joan Baez (US folk singer) phonographic copyright (℗) by: Vanguard Recording Society, Inc. (not for release label use, for company relationships use only) (in 1970) cover recording of: There but for Fortune writer: Phil Ochs publisher: Appleseed Music	Joan Baez		3:13

2▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	There’s a Meetin’ Here Tonight	The Limeliters		2:03
2	Tom Dooley recording of: Tom Dooley lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4192)	Kingston Trio	4	3:04
3	Greenfields cover recording of: Greenfields (1956 song) (in 1960) writer: Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson and Frank Miller (American singer & songwriter)	The Brothers Four		3:05
4	Indy o Cindy	Vince Martin with The Terriers		2:55
5	Risin’ of the Moon	The Clancy Brothers		2:25
6	The Unicorn	The Irish Rovers		3:22
7	The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) recording of: The Lion Sleeps Tonight (in 1961) lyricist: George David Weiss (in 1961) writer: Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti and Albert Stanton (pseudonym for Al Brackman) composer: Solomon Linda publisher: Abilene Music Inc., Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Luigi Creatore Music (ASCAP) and Memory Lane Music Ltd. is based on: Mbube is based on: Wimoweh version of: Wimoweh part of: The Lion King (stage musical) part of: The Lion King (2019 film soundtrack)	The Tokens		2:41
8	Marianne vocals: Rich Dehr recording of: Marianne writer: Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson and Frank Miller (American singer & songwriter)	Terry Gilkyson & the Easy Riders		2:23
9	Green, Green	The New Christy Minstrels feat. Barry McGuire		2:11
10	Blowin’ in the Wind	The Chad Mitchell Trio		2:35
11	He Was My Brother	The Travelers 3		2:19
12	The Last Thing on My Mind	The Brandywine Singers		2:34

3▼CD
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
1	Just Like a Woman cover recording of: Just Like a Woman lyricist and composer: Bob Dylan (on 1965-11-25) publisher: B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), M. Witmark & Sons and Dwarf Music (from 1966 to present)	Richie Havens		4:49
2	Thirsty Boots bass: Harvey Brooks (US electric bassist) drums (drum set): Herb Lovelle guitar and harmonica: Eric Andersen (US folk singer-songwriter, the famous one) organ: Paul Harris (American keyboardist/pianist session player) vocals: Eric Andersen (US folk singer-songwriter, the famous one) recording of: Thirsty Boots lyricist and composer: Eric Andersen (US folk singer-songwriter, the famous one)	Eric Andersen		5:13
3	Universal Soldier recording of: The Universal Soldier lyricist and composer: Buffy Sainte‐Marie publisher: Peermusic (UK) Limited	Buffy Sainte‐Marie		2:19
4	Morning Dew	Bonnie Dobson		3:24
5	Baby the Rain Must Fall	Glenn Yarbrough		2:21
6	Reno Nevada	Dick & Mimi Farina		3:10
7	Wanderin’	Dave Van Ronk		2:54
8	We’ll Sing in the Sunshine	Gale Garnett		2:58
9	If I Were a Carpenter engineer: Doc Siegel and Val Valentin (task: director of engineering) producer: Charles Koppelman (American businessman and musician) and Don Rubin arranger: Donald Peake recording of: If I Were a Carpenter (in 1967) lyricist and composer: Tim Hardin publisher: Allen Stanton Productions, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Faithful Virtue Music live recording of: If I Were a Carpenter lyricist and composer: Tim Hardin publisher: Allen Stanton Productions, Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) and Faithful Virtue Music	Tim Hardin	1	2:41
10	C.C. Rider	The Youngbloods		2:37
11	Light My Fire producer: Rick Jarrard strings arranger: George Tipton (American composer, musical arranger and conductor, born 1932) cover recording of: Light My Fire (on 1968-01-06) writer: John Densmore, Robby Krieger (American guitarist, member of The Doors), Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison (lead vocalist of the Doors) publisher: Doors Music Company, Nipper Music, Rondor Music (London) Ltd. and 日音 Synch事業部 (NICHION, INC. Synch Division)	Jose Feliciano	3	3:34
12	The Dolphins bass: Jimmy Bond bouzouki: Cyrus Faryar drums (drum set): Billy Mundi guitar: John Forsha, Fred Neil and Peter Childs vocals: Fred Neil recording of: The Dolphins lyricist and composer: Fred Neil	Fred Neil		4:03

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Barcode:: 011301544223
Format:: 3×CD
Length:: 1:46:07

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Type:: Album + Compilation
Status:: Official
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

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Timeless Media Group
15442

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