American Folk Music
Eric Nagler -> Peter Ostrushko
| ERIC NAGLER |
Rounder 8018 |
Improvise With Eric Nagler |
● CD $15.98 |
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| FRED NEIL |
Collector's Choice 070 |
The Many Sides Of Fred Neil |
● CD $29.98 |
Finally an in depth retrospective of this evanescent folk
luminary and songwriter who was an active and important member of the
Greenwich folk scene in the mid & late 60s. This two CD set with 36
tracks reissues his three Capitol albums from 1966, 1968 & 1971, one
of them a live set a Capitol single with The Nashville Street Singers and
six previously unissued tracks. All his best known songs are here - The
Dolphins/ Everybody's Talkin/ I've Got A Secret (Didn't We Shake Sugaree)/
That's The Bag I'm In/ Sweet Cocaine and many more
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| MARK NELSON |
Flying Fish 70405 |
Southern Light |
● CD $15.98 |
An accomplished, superbly crafted, & entertaining album.
Nelson plays an arsenal of instruments - melodeon, citera, mandolin,
hommel, guitar, & dulcimer, with both style & grace. The featured
instrument is the dulcimer, and he teams up with a number of friends to
keep the moods in a constant state of flux. We are treated to three
uplifting & mildly exotic tunes where Mark trades leads with steel
drummer Andy Narell. The other highlights sparkle when those merry
practitioners of Celtic bop - Danny Carnahan & Robin Petrie, who plays
hammered dulcimer with true flair - join Mark on five tuens. Accolades to
Dave Balakrishnan, a virtuoso of the violin, who joins Nelson on the title
track. Instrumental camaraderie never sounded so good. (SG)
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| TRACY NELSON |
Flying Fish 70052 |
Homemade Songs/ Come See About Me |
● CD $15.98 |
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| TIM O'BRIEN |
Sugar Hill 3790 |
Odd Man In |
● CD $15.98 |
Former Hot Rize member and close personal friend of Red
Knuckles, Tim O'Brien is also one of the finest songwriters in country and
bluegrass music, as well as one of the music's best and most distinctive
vocalists. It is these talents that come to the forefront on Tim's first
post-Hot Rize solo effort. He either wrote or co-wrote nine of the songs
here, including Hold On To A Dream/ Lone Tree Standing, the reggae-ish
One Way Street, and two great torchers Like I Used To/ Every
Tear Has A Reason Why. Backed by stalwarts like Jerry Douglas, Nick
Forster, and Mark Schatz, the album has a much different feel than Tim's
other work. But this disc holds its own rewards, particularly if you are a
fan of finely crafted original songs. (RP)
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| TIM AND MOLLIE O'BRIEN |
Sugar Hill 3804 |
Remember Me |
● CD $15.98 |
There's nothing quite like family harmonies and this
brother-sister duo is among the most compelling in traditional music.
Unlike their first album, Take Me Back, which concentrated on
country and bluegrass fare, this one features several black gospel and
blues numbers, delivered in a swingingly syncopated vocal style, along
with original compositions by Greg Brown, Bob Dylan, and the title tune,
an old Lula Belle and Scotty number. Bluesier numbers include If I Had
My Way/Stagger Lee/Motherless Children, Mike Dowling's Do Right To
Me, Baby and Mollie's smoking rendition of Cleanhead Vinson's That's
The Way To Treat Your Woman. But the two absolute stunners here are, Looking
For The Stone by Ralph Stanley and Keith Whitley and the haunting Floods
Of South Dakota written by Bill Ashford and the late Judy Roderick.
(RP)
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| TiM O'BRIEN |
Flying Fish 70319 |
Hard Year Blues |
● CD $15.98 |
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| TIM O'BRIEN & THE
O'BOYS |
Sugar Hill 3808 |
Oh Boy! |
● CD $15.98 |
12 tracks, 45 min., recommended. Aided by bassist/ banjoist
Mark Schatz, guitarist Scott Nygaard and dobro ace Jerry Douglas, Tim
O'Brien has come up with a sparkling album of string band music that
defies easy categorization. The album abounds with surprises, from the
strange and wonderful version of Dylan's When I Paint My Masterpiece
(with duet vocal by Del McCoury), to Tim's reading of traditional
warhorses Run Mountain/ The Farmer's Cursed Wife to the band's
exciting version of He Had A Long Chain On. Five songs were written
or co-written by Tim, most notable among them the poignant Time To
Learn. (RP)
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| PHIL OCHS |
A&M 75021 5215-2 |
The Best Of Phil Ochs - The War Is Over |
● CD $11.98 |
70 minute collection of the best of Och's U.S. A&M LP's;
"Pleasures Of The Harbor", "Rehersal For Retirement",
"Tape From California", and "Greatest Hits". The music
is great but the selection is disappointing. Instead of a fine selection
from the "Chords Of Fame" anthology, classics like Crusifixion
are not included but minor tunes like Gas Station Women are.
Includes a never before released live version of I Ain't Marchin'
Anymore from '68 also, Tape From California/ Flower Lady/Chords Of
Fire/ Jim Dean Of Indiana/ The War Is Over/ Outside A Small Circle Of
Friends/ No More Songs. 16 in all. (GM)
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| PHIL OCHS |
Elektra 60832 |
There But For Fortune |
● CD $16.98 |
CD retrospective issues 18 of the 21 songs on the 2-LP set;
all are taken from the albums "All The News That's Fit To Sing,"
"I Ain't Marching Anymore" and "Phil Ochs In Concert."
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| PHIL OCHS |
Rhino 70080 |
A Toast To Those Who Are Gone |
● CD $11.98 |
Phil Ochs, at one point, rivaled Bob Dylan for the crown of
the protest movement. His topical folk songs were as hard-hitting as they
were poignant. This is a great record for archivists because Toast
contains 14 previously unreleased acoustic, demo recordings. The sound
quality of these socio-political letters is chrystaline. No information on
recording dates are given in the liner notes, just some Sean Penn
stream-of-consciousness rambling - gimme a break! Where Dylan chose to
remove himself from his songs occasionally - Phil sang from the depths of
his soul. He lived each beautiful dream & horrible nightmare he wrote
about. It must have been hard for his small circle of friends to watch
such a brilliant and sensitive musician self- destruct. But while he was
happening he was right on target, as these "love poems to
America" would indicate - No Christmas In Kentucky , Going
Down To Mississippi , Song Of My Returning , City Boy , Ballad
Of Oxford (Jimmy Meredith) , Colored Town , Do What I Have
To Do , plus the title track. Thirty years after these songs were
recorded, the intensity and passion of this unheralded artist is deeply
missed by those who remember. (SG)
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| PHIL OCHS |
Rhino 70778 |
There & Now: Live In Vancouver, 1968 |
● CD $16.98 |
1968 show, with favorites like There But For Fortune/
Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends/ Changes/ I Ain't Marching Anymore.
The cover promises "several unreleased originals" in addition,
but doesn't specify - I think all 14 of these performances are released
here for the first time. Phil's brother Michael Ochs has compiled this
one, and provided lots of nice photos from his legendary archives for the
book. Billy Bragg supplies liner notes. An important retrospective of one
of our most dedicated protest singers. (MB)
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| PHIL OCHS |
Rhino-Elektra 73501 |
In Concert |
● CD $13.98 |
11 songs recorded at various live shows during winter
1965-66. They are making their first appearance on compact disc.
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| PHIL OCHS |
Smithsonian Folkways 40008 |
The Broadside Tapes 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
Reissue of Folkways FD 5362, a collection of songs recorded
(but left out) for Broadside magazine in the early 60's, based on popular
events of the times. Ballad Of Alferd Packer/ Christine Keeler/ Spanish
Civil War Song/ Talking Pay T.V./ Spaceman , etc.
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| PHIL OCHS |
Vanguard 77017 |
Live At Newport |
● CD $15.98 |
13 tracks, 52 min., recommended. This Phil Ochs live set,
drawn from performances that originally took place is the summers of 1963,
1964, and 1966, is a part of Vanguard's current series of Newport Folk
Festival reissues. The music is vintage Ochs - biting, angry, and
politically astute - with many numbers not originally released as a part
of the Newport LP series. Do note, however, that all of the numbers here
were issued in studio versions on either Elektra or A & M. Those
numbers include Ballad of Medgar Evers, Power and the Glory,
Draft Dodger Rag, I Ain't Marching Anymore, Talking
Vietnam Blues, Half a Century High, The Party, and Pleasures
of the Harbor. Landmarks of the 60's folk music movement from a man
who loved the chords of fame too much, performed here with just acoustic
guitar accompaniment. Sound quality, notes, and photos are all solidly
satisfying. (DH)
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| PHIL OCHS |
Vanguard 79566 |
The Early Years |
● CD $15.98 |
19 track collection of early recordings by this fine and
important singer and songwriter. It includes five songs from "The
Original New Folks, Vol. 2" album issued in 1962 plus two previously
unissued tracks from the same sessions. Songs include William Moore/
There But For Fortune/ Talking Airplane Disaster/ Davey Moore and
others. The rets of the album features songs from Phil's 1963, '64 and '66
appearances at the Newport Folk Festival including Ballad Of Medgar
Evers/ Power & The Glory/ I Ain't Marching Anymore/ Talking Vietnam
Blues/ Half A Century High/ The Party, etc.
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| ODETTA |
Tradition TCD 1004 |
Sings Ballads & Blues |
● CD $9.98 |
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| ODETTA |
Vanguard 43/44 |
Essential |
● CD $15.98 |
21 tracks, 62 min., recommended A Vanguard
"twofer" offering compelling live audience tracks recorded
during Odetta's early 60's Carnegie Hall performances. It's a generous
program that runs the gamut of the 1960's folk scene, featuring If I
Had a Hammer, When I Was a Young Girl, Gallows Pole, John
Riley, All the Pretty Little Horses, Meeting at the Building,
the chilling No More Auction Block for Me, Ain't No Grave Can
Hold My Body Down, He Had a Long Chain On, He's Got the
Whole World in His Hands, Ox-Driver Song, and Timber.
Glorious, poignant music performed by one of folk music's most sonorous
singers. Excellent stereo sound, but no notes at all. (DH)
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| ODETTA |
Vanguard 2109 |
At Town Hall |
● CD $13.98 |
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| KRISTINA OLSEN |
Philo 1157 |
Love, Kristina |
● CD $15.98 |
12 tracks, 43 min., recommended Her first Philo album
suffered from occasional awkwardness. Not so on her sophomore effort;
Olsen has sharpened her song writing skills and continued to nurture her
already full, rich voice. Her jazz influences are more pronounced this
time around (Lucky/ This Bed Of Ours), while her penchant for blues
is expressed in less straight forward ways. Strong, heart-felt
performances like If I Could Tell You/ How Can You Think That I Don't
Know/Little Failings, and charmers like Little Brother Sure Can
Dance, which features Teresa Trull's harmony vocals, will keep the
folkier fans--and everyone else--satisfied. Nice production from Nina
Gerber, who also adds her guitars. (JC)
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