The Essential Pete Seeger

~ Release by Pete Seeger (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

2CD set. 36-track compilation features "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?" ; "If I Had A Hammer" ; "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" ; "We Shall Overcome" and more classics.

Annotation last modified on 2014-01-29 01:15 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD
#TitleRatingLength
1Last Train to Nuremberg
2:43
2The Power and the Glory
2:30
3John Henry (live)
recording of:
John Henry
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Sonet Publishing Ltd.
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 790)
4:10
4The Sinking of the Reuben James
recording of:
The Sinking of the Reuben James
lyricist:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter) (in 1941-11) and Fred Hellerman (in 1941-11)
is based on:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
2:43
5East Virginia
2:35
6Hobo’s Lullaby
cover recording of:
Hobo’s Lullaby
lyricist and composer:
Goebel Reeves
3:24
7Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
recording of:
Waist Deep in the Big Muddy
lyricist:
Pete Seeger
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1967)
2:55
8Draft Dodger Rag
cover recording of:
Draft Dodger Rag
lyricist and composer:
Phil Ochs
2:10
9Pretty Boy Floyd
recording of:
Pretty Boy Floyd
lyricist and composer:
Woody Guthrie (American singer-songwriter)
2:45
10Where Have All the Flowers Gone
recording of:
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
additional lyricist:
Joe Hickerson (in 1960-05)
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1955-10)
publisher:
Sanga Music, Inc. and The Bicycle Music Company (part of Concord Bicycle Music since 2015/04/01, overseeing publishing and rights management) (in 1961)
31:55
11The Bells of Rhymney (live)
recording of:
The Bells of Rhymney
lyricist:
Idris Davies (in 1938)
composer:
Pete Seeger
publisher:
Ludlow Music, Inc.
5:19
12Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)
recording of:
Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) (in 1962-05)
lyricist:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Pete Seeger (in 1959)
publisher:
Melody Trails and TRO Essex Music Ltd.
3:11
13Guantanamera (live)
recording of:
Guantanamera
additional lyricist and additional composer:
Julián Orbón (Cuban composer)
lyricist:
José Martí (cuban poet)
composer:
Joseíto Fernández (Cuban singer and songwriter)
arranger:
Héctor Angulo (Cuban composer) and Pete Seeger
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 36102)
version of:
Guajira guantanamera
4:38
14If I Had a Hammer
recording of:
If I Had a Hammer
writer:
Lee Hays (in 1949) and Pete Seeger (in 1949)
publisher:
M.P.A. (M.P.A.)
2:53
15Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
2:01
16We Shall Overcome
recording of:
We Shall Overcome
lyricist:
Guy Carawan, Frank Hamilton (folk musician), Zilphia Horton and Pete Seeger
composer:
Charles Albert Tindley
5:58
17Those Three Are on My Mind
3:04
18Living in the Country
recording of:
Living in the Country
lyricist and composer:
Pete Seeger
2:04
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Release group

part of:The Essential (Sony/Legacy compilations) (order: 164)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/master/1245570 [info]