Make It Your Sound, Make It Your Scene: Vanguard Records & the 1960s Musical Revolution

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Overview

Begun in 1950 by brothers Maynard & Seymour Solomon, Vanguard Records was initially a classical label, although it issued some two-dozen jazz recordings between 1953 and 1958 under the direction of John Hammond. The brothers weren't as much interested in the commercial side of the record business as they were interested in presenting and archiving American musical history, and they had standards. When they signed blacklisted artists Paul Robeson and the Weavers in the mid-'50s, they garnered the respect of the emerging folk scene, putting the label in a wonderful position to document the urban folk and blues revivals that broke through to new commercial levels just as the '60s opened. Not only did Vanguard issue live albums of the Newport Folk Festivals, the label had also assembled an impressive catalog of young, cutting-edge folk singers, including Joan Baez, Patrick Sky, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Ian & Sylvia, Richard & Mimi Farina, Hedy West, the Rooftop Singers, Eric Andersen, and many others, and had also issued important albums from blues rediscoveries Skip James and Mississippi John Hurt, made forays into bluegrass, and released Doc Watson's first LPs, all of which made Vanguard the most successful of the folk and blues labels of the '60s. Later in the decade the label tried its hand at rock, signing and issuing fine albums by Country Joe & the Fish and the Frost, although it is as a folk label that Vanguard's reputation rests. This four-disc set provides an in-depth survey of the breadth of Vanguard's catalog, and also serves as a sort of musical journey through the cultural shifts and changes of the '60s. The '70s weren't as kind to Vanguard as the '60s were, and the label was sold to the Welk Music Group in 1985, undergoing a kind of resurgence with albums from John Fogerty, Greg Laswell, Merle Haggard, Chris Isaak, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Cray' and others, but Vanguard's '60s catalog continues to be the label's defining jewel. This set shows why. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	06/05/2012
Label:	Ace Uk / Vanguard
UPC:	0029667000925
Rank:	2440

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I'm So Glad  - Nehemiah James  - Skip James
2. Done Got Wise  - Big Bill Broonzy
3. Stagolee  - Mississippi John Hurt  -  Traditional
4. Gospel Train  -  Golden Gate Quartet  -  Traditional  - Orlandus Wilson
5. Oh Mary, Don't You Weep  -  Swan Silvertones  -  Traditional
6. The Prodigal Son  - Robert Wilkins
7. Bosco Stomp  - Dewey Balfa  - Revon Reid  -  Traditional
8. Blues Is a Botheration  - Otis Spann
9. Too Much Alcohol  - Leroy Carr  - J.B. Hutto  -  Hutto
10. Blues After Hours  - Pee Wee Crayton  - Avery Parrish
11. I Can't Be Satisfied  - Duane Allman  - John Jr. Hammond  - Muddy Waters
12. Whats the Matter with the Mill  -  Koerner  - Minnie McCoy
13. Cocaine  - Gary Davis  - Dave Van Ronk
14. Samson and Delilah  - Gary Davis  -  Traditional
15. Cotton Crop Blues  - James Cotton  - Roosevelt Sykes
16. Clay's Tune  - Clay Cotton  - Charlie Musselwhite
17. I Can't Quit You Babe  - Willie Dixon  - Otis Rush
18. You Lied To Me  - Willie Dixon  - Junior Wells
19. Fever  - Eddie Cooley  - John Davenport  - Buddy Guy
20. Ball and Chain  - Big Mama Thornton  - Willie Mae Thornton

Disc 2

21. Deep River Blues  -  Traditional  - Doc Watson
22. Hello Stranger  - A.P. Carter  - Mike Seeger
23. House Carpenter  - Almeda Riddle  -  Traditional
24. 500 Miles  -  Traditional  - Hedy West
25. Little Glass of Wine  -  Stanley Brothers  - Carter Stanley  - Ralph Stanley
26. Going Down This Road Feeling Bad  -  Traditional  -  Watson Family  - Doc Watson
27. Stewball  -  Greenbriar Boys  - John Herald  - Ralph Rinzler  -  Traditional  - Robert Yellin
28. This Land Is Your Land  - Woody Guthrie  -  Weavers
29. Pretty Boy Floyd  - Woody Guthrie  - Cisco Houston
30. Walk Right In  - Gus Cannon  -  Rooftop Singers  - Hosea Woods
31. The Rocky Road to Dublin  - Liam Clancy  - Pat Clancy  - Tom Clancy  - Tommy Makem  -  Traditional
32. Jug of Punch  -  Clancy Brothers  - Liam Clancy  - Pat Clancy  - Tom Clancy  - Tommy Makem  -  Traditional
33. The Leaves That Are Green  -  Country Gentlemen  - Paul Simon
34. Walls of Time  - Bill Monroe  - Peter Rowan
35. Where Have All the Flowers Gone?  - Pete Seeger
36. Anger in the Land  - Don West  - Hedy West
37. There But for Fortune  - Phil Ochs
38. Thirsty Boots  - Eric Andersen
39. The Last Thing on My Mind  - Tom Paxton
40. San Francisco Bay Blues  - Jesse Fuller
41. Roll On Buddy  -  Kentucky Colonels  -  Traditional  - Clarence White
42. Hard, Ain't It Hard  - Woody Guthrie  -  Kingston Trio
43. Many a Mile  - Patrick Sky

Disc 3

44. North Country Blues  - Bob Dylan
45. Farewell, Angelina  - Joan Baez  - Bob Dylan
46. Early Morning Rain  -  Ian & Sylvia  - Gordon Lightfoot
47. Reflections in a Crystal Wind  - Richard Faria  -  Farina
48. Driving On Bald Mountain  - Odetta Gordon  -  Odetta  -  Traditional
49. Four Strong Winds  -  Ian & Sylvia  - Ian Tyson
50. Mobile Line  - Jim Kweskin
51. Dope Again  - David Meltzer  -  Serpent Power
52. I-Feel-Like-Im-Fixin-To-Die Rag  -  Country Joe & the Fish  - Joe McDonald
53. Gotta Be Juicy (Or It Ain't Love)  - Alexander Bull  - Sandy Bull
54. Down in the Basement  - Mark Mandell  -  Notes from the Underground  - Mike O'Connor
55. Negative Dreamer Girl  -  Circus Maximus  - Ronald C. Crosby
56. Rock and Roll Music  -  Frost  - Dick Wagner
57. Cristo Redentor  - Harvey Mandel  - Charlie Musselwhite  - Duke Pearson
58. Nobody Blues  - David Meltzer  -  Serpent Power
59. Born in Chicago  -  Butterfield  - Nick Gravenites
60. Easy Does It  - Alexander Bull  - Sandy Bull
61. Janis  -  Country Joe & the Fish  - Joe McDonald
62. Sweet Lady Love  -  Frost  - Dick Wagner
63. Lonely Man  - Bob Bruno  -  Circus Maximus

Disc 4

64. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down  - Joan Baez  - Robbie Robertson
65. Hobo's Lullabye  - Goebel Reeves  -  Scruggs
66. Dueling Banjos  -  Dillards  - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith
67. Shell Game  - Jerry Jeff Walker
68. Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed  - Kinky Friedman
69. I'm a Woman  -  Kweskin  - Jerry Leiber  - Maria Muldaur  - Mike Stoller
70. March! For Martin Luther King  - John Fahey
71. The Death of Stephen Biko  - Tom Paxton
72. Here I Go Again  -  Country Joe & the Fish  - Joe McDonald
73. You Should Be More Careful  -  Elizabeth  - Robert Patterson
74. Soldier Blue  - Buffy Sainte-Marie
75. Sold American  - Kinky Friedman
76. Sail  -  Oregon  - Collin Walcott
77. Rene's Theme  - Larry Coryell  - John McLaughlin  - Rene Thomas
78. Commemorative Transfiguration and Communion at Magruder Park  - John Fahey
79. Morning Song to Sally  - Jerry Jeff Walker
80. She Used to Want to Be a Ballerina  - Buffy Sainte-Marie
81. A Nickels Worth of Bennys Help  -  31st of February  - Scott Boyer
82. Wish I Was a Punk  - Mark Mandell  -  Notes from the Underground
83. Kiss My Ass  - Country Joe McDonald  - Joe McDonald  - Barry Melton

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gary & Randy Scruggs   Primary Artist
The Dillards   Primary Artist
Eric Andersen   Primary Artist
Duane Allman   Primary Artist
The Stanley Brothers   Primary Artist
The 31st of February   Primary Artist
The Watson Family   Primary Artist
The Weavers   Primary Artist
Buffy Sainte-Marie   Primary Artist
Almeda Riddle   Primary Artist
Big Bill Broonzy   Primary Artist
Big Mama Thornton   Primary Artist
The Clancy Brothers   Primary Artist
Jerry Jeff Walker   Primary Artist
Richard & Mimi Farina   Primary Artist
Odetta   Primary Artist
Otis Rush   Primary Artist
Tom Paxton   Primary Artist
Buddy Guy   Primary Artist
Golden Gate Quartet   Primary Artist
Junior Wells   Primary Artist
Elizabeth   Primary Artist
John Hammond, Jr.   Primary Artist
Koerner, Ray & Glover   Primary Artist
Cisco Houston   Primary Artist
J.B. Hutto & the Hawks   Primary Artist
Larry Coryell   Primary Artist
Country Joe & the Fish   Primary Artist
Circus Maximus   Primary Artist
Country Joe McDonald   Primary Artist
James Cotton   Primary Artist
The Country Gentlemen   Primary Artist
Doc Watson   Primary Artist
John Herald   Primary Artist
Charlie Musselwhite   Primary Artist
John Fahey   Primary Artist
Patrick Sky   Primary Artist
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band   Primary Artist
Skip James   Primary Artist
The Swan Silvertones   Primary Artist
Otis Spann   Primary Artist
Mike Seeger   Primary Artist
Serpent Power   Primary Artist
Dave Van Ronk   Primary Artist
The Frost   Primary Artist
Bob Dylan   Primary Artist
Joan Baez   Primary Artist
Ian & Sylvia   Primary Artist
Bill Monroe   Primary Artist
The Kentucky Colonels   Primary Artist
Kinky Friedman   Primary Artist
The Kingston Trio   Primary Artist
John McLaughlin   Primary Artist
Liam Clancy   Primary Artist
Pee Wee Crayton   Primary Artist
Pete Seeger   Primary Artist
Robert Wilkins   Primary Artist
Sandy Bull   Primary Artist
Phil Ochs   Primary Artist
Jesse Fuller   Primary Artist
Jim Kweskin   Primary Artist
Jim Kweskin & the Jug Band   Primary Artist
Rooftop Singers   Primary Artist
Mississippi John Hurt   Primary Artist
Notes from the Underground   Primary Artist
Rev. Gary Davis   Primary Artist
Oregon   Primary Artist
Hedy West   Primary Artist
Harvey Mandel   Featured Artist
Revon Reid   Featured Artist
Clarence White   Featured Artist
The Greenbriar Boys   Featured Artist
Maria Muldaur   Featured Artist
Dewey Balfa   Featured Artist
Peter Rowan   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Woody Guthrie   Composer
Willie Mae Thornton   Composer
Muddy Waters   Composer
Buffy Sainte-Marie   Composer
Gordon Lightfoot   Composer
Hedy West   Arranger,Composer
Big Bill Broonzy   Composer
Ian Tyson   Composer
J.B. Hutto   Arranger
Barry Melton   Composer
John Crosby   Liner Notes,Memorabilia
Don West   Composer
Rene Thomas   Composer
Hosea Woods   Composer
Pat Clancy   Arranger
Robert Patterson   Composer
Odetta Gordon   Arranger
Alexander Bull   Composer
Mike O'Connor   Composer
Phillip Lloyd Smee   Memorabilia
Ronald C. Crosby   Composer
Tim Fuller   Memorabilia
Tom Paxton   Composer
Tommy Makem   Arranger
Willie Dixon   Composer
Carol Fawcett   Coordination
Robert Yellin   Arranger
Vicki Fox   Memorabilia
Gus Cannon   Composer
Patrick Stewart   Memorabilia
Orlandus Wilson   Arranger
Colm O'Brien   Memorabilia
Mark Mandell   Composer
Richard Faria   Composer
Bob Bruno   Composer
Duke Pearson   Composer
Doc Watson   Arranger
Eddie Cooley   Composer
David Meltzer   Composer
Carter Stanley   Composer
John Herald   Arranger
John Davenport   Composer
John Fahey   Composer
Patrick Sky   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Paul Simon   Composer
Otis Spann   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Ady Croasdell   Memorabilia
Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith   Composer
Tom Clancy   Arranger
Goebel Reeves   Composer
Avery Parrish   Composer
Bob Dylan   Composer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Collin Walcott   Composer
Kinky Friedman   Composer
Liam Clancy   Arranger
Leroy Carr   Composer
Pete Seeger   Composer
Robbie Robertson   Composer
Roosevelt Sykes   Composer
Samuel Charters   Introduction
Robert Wilkins   Composer
Roger Armstrong   Memorabilia,Coordination
Scott Boyer   Composer
Peter Rowan   Composer
Phil Ochs   Composer
Jesse Fuller   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Nick Gravenites   Composer
Ralph Stanley   Composer
Ralph Rinzler   Arranger
Nehemiah James   Composer
Nick Robbins   Mastering
Minnie McCoy   Composer
Mississippi John Hurt   Arranger
Rev. Gary Davis   Arranger,Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Clay Cotton   Composer
Eric Andersen   Composer
Joe McDonald   Composer
Dick Wagner   Composer
Jerry Jeff Walker   Composer