.. /\ .. ________________________________________________/ \________ .. \ ____________________ \_______ \______ \_ \_/ /__ :: \_______ \_ / / / / / / / \ _ \_ :: \ / / / / / / / / / \ / / ...::.... \ ______/___/ /___/_________/_________// \/______\ ::.:: :: \/ \__/ ______ /____________\sCr! :: / _ / ssr mpeg-3 .. ________________/ //_________________________ :: \ ____________ ___________ _________ / :: \_______ \_/ / ___/____/ __/____/ /___ .. \ / / / \ / \ / / / :: \ ______/_____/__________/__________/________/ :: \/ __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: release info. :: :: artist......> va :: title.......> singers and songwriters the folk years - reason to believe :: genre.......> folk :: rip.date....> 01.29.2003 :: street.date.> 2002 :: source......> cdda :: quality.....> 192kbps - full stereo :: encoder.....> lame 3.92 :: playtime....> 81:03 min :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: release notes. :: :: Reason to Believe :: While the lightning-fast pace of life in the swinging yet :: turbulent 1960s resulted in nearly as many musical :: movements as sociopolitical ones, few proved as :: influential, or as far-reaching, as the folk music :: revival. Combining a new generation's interest in some of :: the oldest forms of traditional American country and :: blues music with a refreshing sense of self-discovery, :: the folk movement led to an atmosphere in which both the :: old and the new were vibrantly celebrated. :: :: A good example is the Kingston Trio, the San Francisco :: group credited with igniting the commercial fuse of the :: folk revival with its string of hits during the late '50s :: and early '60s. The repertoire of guitarists Bob Shane :: and Nick Reynolds and banjoist Dave Guard (and John :: Stewart, who replaced Guard in 1961) featured adaptations :: of numerous songs from earlier times, several of which :: were gleaned from the catalogue of country music's :: legendary Carter Family. The Kingston Trio's 1959 hit A :: Worried Man was a reworking of the Carters' 1930 :: recording Worried Man Blues, while '63's The Reverend Mr. :: Black featured a chorus taken from Lonesome Valley, :: another Carter Family classic from the Depression era. :: :: By the early '60s, the folk craze that the Kingston Trio :: had helped launch was in full flower, drawing all manner :: of performers. Nineteen sixty-one saw the birth of the :: New Christy Minstrels. Named after the famed Christy :: Minstrels troupe of the mid-1800s, the group at times :: included nearly a dozen musicians. Its 1963 hit Saturday :: Night was written by founder Randy Sparks and featured :: vocals from Barry McGuire, who would go on to succeed as :: a solo artist with the 1965 protest classic Eve of :: Destruction. :: :: The Chad Mitchell Trio came into existence in the late :: '50s when three college chums at Spokane, Washington's :: Gonzaga University--Chad Mitchell, Mike Kobluk and Mike :: Pugh--caught the folk music bug and decided to form a :: group. During the trio's heyday, Mitchell, Kobluk and Joe :: Frazier (who replaced Pugh in 1960) introduced many a :: folk standard, including Ewan MacColl's First Time Ever I :: Saw Your Face, known to audiences of the '70s via the hit :: version by Roberta Flack. Two other interesting things :: about the Chad Mitchell Trio: In its early days it was :: backed by 12-string guitarist Jim (a.k.a. Roger) McGuinn, :: who would go on to become the leader of folk-rock giants :: the Byrds (heard here on their 1967 cover of Bob Dylan's :: My Back Pages); and when lead vocalist Mitchell retired :: from performing in 1965, he was replaced by a young folk :: hopeful named John Denver. :: :: Speaking of artists getting their start, while Carly :: Simon had become a world-famous singer-songwriter by the :: early '70s, this New Yorker's career had begun in the :: early '60s, when she and her older sibling Lucy performed :: as the folk-singing Simon Sisters. Their most noted :: recording was 1964's Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod, their :: adaptation of the popular children's poem. :: :: The folk scene even spawned a comedy act, in the form of :: the Smothers Brothers. Sons of an army officer (who died :: on a Japanese prison ship during World War II), guitarist :: Tom and bassist Dick began performing together while :: attending high school in Southern California in the :: mid-'50s. Their stock-in-trade was poking gentle fun at :: the traditional music they played, as is evident in their :: hilarious take on the well-worn marching song Pretoria. :: :: One group that provided an interesting link to earlier :: folk music was the Rooftop Singers, heard here on their :: spirited 1963 rendition of the old country barn burner :: Mama Don't Allow. The trio was led by :: multi-instrumentalist Erik Darling, formerly of the :: Tarriers (of 1957's Banana Boat Song fame) and the fabled :: Weavers (he'd replaced the venerable Pete Seeger in :: 1958). Darling's Rooftop mates were guitarist Bill Svanoe :: and singer Lynne Taylor. :: :: Perhaps the most unlikely star of the folk movement was :: the Belgian singer and guitarist born Janine Deckers, but :: whom the world came to know as Soeur Sourire ("Sister :: Smile"), or the Singing Nun. While her songs were :: originally intended for use solely by her convent for :: youth retreats, word of her captivating music eventually :: led to a formal recording session--and to the :: international success of Dominique, the Sister's tribute :: to St. Dominic, the founder of the Dominican order. :: :: Further adding to the international flavor of the folk :: mΘlange were several U.K. groups who scored memorable :: hits in the mid-'60s. Fronted by lead singer Judith :: Durham, the Seekers got their start in their native :: Melbourne, Australia, but their career really took off :: when they moved to London in 1964 and began working with :: Tom Springfield, brother and former singing partner of :: superstar Dusty Springfield. Tom helped write and arrange :: many of the Seekers' hits, including 1967's Georgy Girl, :: the theme song to the popular British movie. Good :: connections were also a primary reason for the success, :: albeit short-lived, of the Silkie, a quartet formed by :: students at England's Hull University. Lead vocalist :: Sylvia Tatler and her colleagues were discovered by :: Beatles manager Brian Epstein, who not only secured them :: a record deal but got several members of the Fab Four to :: help them on their 1965 rendition of the Beatles' You've :: Got to Hide Your Love Away. The magic rubbed off, to the :: tune of the Silkie's lone chart hit. (And as long as :: we're talking about the Beatles, let's not forget to :: mention folk diva Judy Collins's touching 1967 reading of :: their classic In My Life.) :: :: As stated at the top, an important aspect of the folk :: movement was its link to country music. For proof of this :: kinship one need look no further than the country stars :: whose path to fame began on the folk or folk-pop route in :: the '60s. Glen Campbell had long been one of the most :: sought-after session guitarists in Los Angeles before his :: 1965 version of Native American songstress Buffy St. :: Marie's haunting protest tune, Universal Soldier, gave :: him his first-ever top-50 hit. Time was the title track :: from the 1966 debut album by Texas's Pozo-Seco Singers, a :: trio led by Don Williams, the talented singer-songwriter :: who went on to become a major country star in the '70s :: and '80s. And Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town, written :: by country legend Mel Tillis, was one of the earliest :: hits for Kenny Rogers, at the time the bassist and front :: man for the folk-rock group the First Edition. :: :: The folk years saw a tremendous merging of musical styles :: and approaches, resulting in a welcome blurring of the :: lines previously drawn between different types of music. :: Under the wide span of the '60s folk umbrella, songs as :: breezy as Roger Miller's King of the Road or Arlo :: Guthrie's Motorcycle Song and as intense as Tim Hardin's :: Reason to Believe or Janis Ian's Society's Child (Baby :: I've Been Thinking) shared common ground effortlessly and :: unselfconsciously. In so doing, they expanded the :: possibilities and widened the horizons of artists and :: listeners alike. In music--not to mention life--that's :: always a good thing. :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: track listing. :: :: cd1 :: :: 01. the kingston trio - a worried man :: 02. george hamilton iv - abilene :: 03. the lovin' spoonful - do you believe in magic :: 04. the singing nun - dominique :: 05. barry mcguire - eve of destructio :: 06. burl ives - funny way of laughing :: 07. the seekers - georgy girl :: 08. roger miller - king of the road :: 09. the rooftop singers - mama don't allow :: 10. the smothers brothers - pretoria :: 11. the new christy minstrels - saturday night :: 12. janis ian - society's child :: 13. arlo guthrie - the motorcycle song :: 14. the cyrkle - turn down day :: :: cd2 :: :: 01. beans in my ears - the serendipity singers :: 02. the sandpipers - come saturday morning :: 03. the mamas and the papas - creeque alley :: 04. the chad mitchell trio - first time ever i saw your fac :: 05. judy collins - in my life :: 06. spanky and our gang - like to get to know you :: 07. the byrds - my back pages :: 08. tim hardin - reason to believe :: 09. kenny rogers - ruby, don't take your love tow :: 10. the kingston trio - the reverend mr. black :: 11. pozo-seco singers - time :: 12. universal soldier - glen campbell :: 13. norma tanega - walkin' my cat named dog :: 14. the irish rovers - whiskey on a s :: 15. the simon sisters - winkin' blink :: __ __________ ________________________ _ _ _ _ __________ \\ \\________//--------\\____________________________ _ _ _ _ ____// .. :: Group News :: :: We Are Currently Looking for Affils with 35mbit+ sites to affil :: With. 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