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Golden Age of American Popular Music - The Folk Hits From the Hot 100
Studio : Ace Records UK
by Ace Records UK
Release Date : 2008-02-26
Publisher : Ace Records UK
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
EAN : 0029667030328
UPC : 029667030328
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 12 reviews)
List Price : $21.99
Our Price : $13.38
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Album Description |
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2008 installment in Ace's popular Golden Age of American Popular Music series, The Folk Hits is a compendium of just about every Folk hit to reach Billboard's Hot 100 (and a couple that 'bubbled under') during the so-called Golden Age when Folk music was regarded as a form of light entertainment rather than a means of political or personal expression. It kicked off when the Kingston Trio topped the international charts with 'Tom Dooley' in 1958 and reached its commercial peak in the summer of 1963 before fading in the aftermath of President Kennedy's assassination in November that year. Some argue that 'Tom Dooley' was as important a record as 'Heartbreak Hotel' in that it sparked an explosion of interest in Folk music which would profoundly influence the music of the '60s. 28 tracks from the likes of Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, The Irish Rovers, Peter Paul & Mary, The Rooftop Singers and many others. Ace |
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Memories |
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CD collection brings back memories of many of the great folk groups of the 50's and 60's. |
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Excellent compilation of the best folk hits from 50s & 60s. |
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Perhaps the single best available collection of folk tunes that made it to the pop charts in the 50's and 60's. Includes best sellers like "Tom Dooley", but also more obscure songs like "Winkin', Blinkin' And Nod" by the Simon Sisters (including a young Carly Simon). It doesn't include more Peter, Paul and Mary ("Blowin' in the Wind", "The Lemon Tree") besides "If I Had a Hammer", "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire (although his voice is featured on "Green, Green" by the New Christy Minstrels) or "Catch the Wind" by Donovan, but this single CD does contain 28 songs altogether. Highly recommended. |
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Great tunes! |
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This is another great CD from the "folks" at ACE. Some rare, some not so rare, but all great! plus some first time stereo. You cannot go wrong with this collection. A genre that has been overlooked amongst the "oldies". |
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An excellent starter collection |
The folks at ACE records have done it again. This time, they've ventured into territory they haven't really gone into in the past, and that is Folk music. And they still managed to come out with an excellent collection of some of the biggest hits of the Folk era along with some very hard to find charting hits that many people may have forgotten about over the years.
Some of the standout tracks on this set are the stereo 45 version of If I Had A Hammer by Peter, Paul and Mary (a group who's music is nearly impossible to license), Ballad Of The Alamo by Bud & Travis (which makes it's stereo debut on this cd, in a mix that probably could've been a little wider), A Dollar Down by the Limeliters (a song big on radio at the time but very seldomly reissued since then), the correct hit take of We'll Sing In The Sunshine by Gale Garnett, Hootenanny by the Glencoves (which has appeared on only one other legitimately issued cd, although both use the same vinyl source for their master), Please Don't Sell My Daddy No More Wine by the Greenwoods (which has probably not been reissued since it was originally out in 1966), There's A Meetin' Here Tonight by Joe & Eddie (an excellent track that just blasts out of your speakers in stereo on this collection, although that means it is missing the fake audience overdubbing found in the mono 45 version), and a low charting but well known record by Pete Seeger called Little Boxes (however i would've probably opted to use the Womenfolk version as i'm not sure that one has been reissued ever).
Due to the mix of well known tunes and obscurities, the fact that some rare or hard to find versions are presented, along with correct single versions/edits that have been hard to find in the past, this cd gets 5 solid stars from me, and i highly recommend this to even the most casual fan of folk music. |
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Folk |
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I like folk music and this cd had some really hard to find songs on it. |
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