.. /\ .. ________________________________________________/ \________ .. \ ____________________ \_______ \______ \_ \_/ /__ :: \_______ \_ / / / / / / / \ _ \_ :: \ / / / / / / / / / \ / / ...::.... \ ______/___/ /___/_________/_________// \/______\ ::.:: :: \/ \__/ ______ /____________\sCr! :: / _ / ssr mpeg-3 .. ________________/ //_________________________ :: \ ____________ ___________ _________ / :: \_______ \_/ / ___/____/ __/____/ /___ .. \ / / / \ / \ / / / :: \ ______/_____/__________/__________/________/ :: \/ __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: release info. :: :: artist......> va :: title.......> singers and songwriters the folk years - blowin' in the wind :: genre.......> folk :: rip.date....> 01.29.2003 :: street.date.> 2002 :: source......> cdda :: quality.....> 192kbps - full stereo :: encoder.....> lame 3.92 :: playtime....> 87:17 min :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: release notes. :: :: Blowin' in the Wind :: There was a time when the notion of the folk :: singer-songwriter was all but a contradiction in terms. :: Folk music was the sound of the people, not of the :: individual. The coffeehouse beatniks and campus radicals :: of the '50s folk revival venerated the elders of Delta :: blues and Appalachian ballads--weathered, traditional :: forms that defied the bland homogeneity of Eisenhower's :: nuclear U.S.A. :: :: "At that time, songwriting was still unfashionable," the :: late Phil Ochs said of the folk revival period. "It was :: still the euphoria of ethnic folk; folk being defined by :: age, songwriting by pretense." :: :: Folk's revival also stood in stark contrast to rock 'n' :: roll--to the shameless exhibitionism of Elvis and of all :: who emulated him. Whereas rock 'n' roll was flashy and :: aspirational, folk was all about downward mobility, :: solidarity with the downtrodden and outcast. It was the :: original alternative rock. :: :: And yet, inevitably, the PC purism of Pete Seeger and :: friends grew its own commercial offshoot, primarily in :: the form of clean-cut collegiate trios and quartets, who :: layered wholesome harmonies over old mountain ballads. :: None of these acts was more successful than the Kingston :: Trio, whose jaunty version of the doomy Tom Dooley topped :: the pop charts in 1958. Smartly, the Trio looked both :: backward, to Pete Seeger's war lament Where Have All the :: Flowers Gone, and forward, to the great rallying call of :: the '60s that was Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. :: :: Building on the mainstream success of Tom Dooley were :: such artists as the Brothers Four (heard here on their :: pleasant Greenfields) and the New Christy Minstrels (of :: Green, Green fame), whose extensive lineup included :: future Byrd Gene Clark. These acts, and others like them :: (We Five, the Serendipity Singers, the Chad Mitchell :: Trio, ex-Limeliter Glenn Yarbrough), often appeared on :: television's Hootenanny show. :: :: From England, meanwhile, the Springfields' Silver Threads :: and Golden Needles (boasting the golden throat of young :: Dusty) made the U.S. top 20 in 1962. Driven by drums, :: strings and bluesy piano and punctuated by a jangly :: guitar solo, Silver Threads was majestic folk pop--the :: Mamas and the Papas four years before California :: Dreamin'. :: :: Folk's entry into the pop mainstream encouraged an :: emerging generation of troubadours to try its hand at :: writing its own material. None did so in more :: trailblazing or resonant fashion than Robert Zimmerman, :: a.k.a. Bob Dylan, a disciple of the original folk :: singer-songwriter, Woody Guthrie. The giant shadow of :: Dylan's skinny form hovers over many of the recordings :: included here. :: :: Dylan's fearless forging of folk and rock galvanized his :: contemporaries. Erstwhile coffeehouse warblers like John :: Phillips--a graduate of the smooth young :: Journeymen--started writing bold anthems to the "new :: golden land" of California (e.g. the Mamas and the Papas' :: California Dreamin'). That state's own Byrds electrified :: both Dylan (Mr. Tambourine Man, etc.) and Pete Seeger :: (Turn, Turn, Turn). Folk-rock songbird Judy Collins :: imprinted herself on Joni Mitchell's soul-searching Both :: Sides Now, a sacred text of the neo-folk confessional :: scene that bloomed in L.A.'s Laurel Canyon. :: :: Folk rock and folk pop wind a steady course through all :: the songs in this collection. From elder statesman :: Seeger's version of the Cuban revolutionary song :: Guantanamera to the wistful swansong that is Otis :: Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay; from Gale :: Garnett's breezy We'll Sing in the Sunshine to the Stone :: Poneys' ardent reading of Mike Nesmith's Different Drum, :: here is the sound of folk music with a clean pop sheen, a :: sound track for the '60s dream, with the answers blowing :: in the wind of change. :: :: Here, too, is the folk ethos sprouting in hits by artists :: from distinctly non-folk backgrounds: Dock of the Bay by :: Redding, Baby Don't Go by Sonny and Cher, Abraham, Martin :: and John by Dion. But as ingenuous and quaint as some of :: the cuts are--Trini Lopez's Lemon Tree, Jimmie Rodgers's :: Kisses Sweeter Than Wine, Harry Belafonte's Jamaica :: Farewell--all the music heard here resonates as richly :: today as it did then. :: :: Peter, Paul and Mary transformed a traditional :: African-American lullaby into one of their loveliest :: recordings, All My Trials, which appeared on their 1963 :: LP In the Wind. This arrangement was shaped by the :: group's musical director Milt Okum. Harpers Bizarre :: turned Paul Simon's Manhattan-specific The 59th Street :: Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) into a Californian soft-rock :: concerto. Grizzled country singer Johnny Cash showed his :: willingness to consort with radical youth by tackling :: Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's Alright, while folk's :: anointed princess, Joan Baez, revisited her former :: paramour's back pages in 1969 with her rendition of Love :: Minus Zero/No Limit, the original version of which :: appears on Dylan's album Bringing It All Back Home. :: :: A more pronounced example of folk going pop! is the :: charming, chiming Do You Believe in Magic by sometime jug :: band the Lovin' Spoonful. Singer-guitarist John Sebastian :: had grown up in the Greenwich Village folk world of the :: '50s and '60s, but -- like the Byrds and every other :: American artist in the mid-'60s -- had not been able to :: ignore the Beatles. "Do you believe in the magic in a :: young girl's heart?" Sebastian sang, encapsulating the :: young, free and groovy mood of the time. :: :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: track listing. :: :: cd1 :: :: 01. the kingston trio - where have all the flowers gone :: 02. we five - you were on my mind :: 03. peter, paul and mary - all my trials :: 04. the serendipity singers - don't let the rain come down :: 05. the brothers four - greenfields :: 06. judy collins - both sides now :: 07. bobby darin - if i were a carpenter :: 08. dion - abraham, martin and john :: 09. trini lopez - lemon tree :: 10. jimmie rodgers - kisses sweeter than wine :: 11. harry belafonte - jamaica farewell :: 12. the new christy minstrels - green, green :: 13. the mamas and the papas - california dreamin' :: 14. stone poneys featuring linda ronstadt - different drum :: 15. chad and jeremy - a summer song :: :: cd2 :: :: 01. gale garnett - we'll sing in the sunshine :: 02. glenn yarbrough - baby the rain must fall :: 03. harpers bizarre - the 59th street bridge song .. :: 04. joan baez - love minus zero - no limit :: 05. johnny cash - don't think twice, it's all right :: 06. otis redding - (sittin' on) the dock of the.. :: 07. pete seeger - guantanamera :: 08. sonny and cher - baby don't go :: 09. the byrds - turn, turn, turn :: (to everything there is a season) :: 10. the chad mitchell trio - the marvelous toy :: 11. the kingston trio - blowin' in the wind :: 12. the lovin' spoonful - did you ever have to make up.. :: 13. the springfields - silver threads and golden needles :: 14. the youngbloods - get together :: 15. tom paxton - the last thing on my mind :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: Group News :: :: We Are Currently Looking for Affils with 35mbit+ sites to affil :: With. 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