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Best of the Vanguard Years

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Best of the Vanguard Years

 
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Label: Vanguard Records
Rating: 3.0
 
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Description: Of all the topical songwriters to emerge during the early to mid-1960s, Tom Paxton may have been the most jocose. On this 25-song collection, he takes sarcastic potshots at politics ("Talking Watergate"), poverty ("You Can Eat Dog Food"), war ("Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation"), even Anita Bryant ("Anita O.J."). The first six tracks here were recorded at the Newport Folk Festivals of 1963 and 1964, before Paxton's first national release, and include a poignant reading of the compassionate "Last Thing on My Mind" and a previously unreleased version of "Bottle of Wine" (which would become a Top 10 hit by the Fireballs in '68). But this compilation's last two-thirds, culled from two late-'70s studio recordings, demonstrate that Paxton could be as caustic as he was clever. He weaves stirring melodies with eloquent lyrics on the somber "Death of Stephen Biko" and his haunting account of the suicide of folk compatriot Phil Ochs ("Phil"). --Scott Holter
 
 

 
Tracklist of Best of the Vanguard Years

Disc 1
1 Introduction   no lyrics yet - submit it
2 Ramblin' Boy  4:02 no lyrics yet - submit it
3 Bottle of Wine  2:25 view lyrics
4 Last Thing on My Mind   no lyrics yet - submit it
5 Talking Pop Art  2:22 no lyrics yet - submit it
6 Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation  3:05 no lyrics yet - submit it
7 Willing Conscript  2:36 no lyrics yet - submit it
8 Did You Hear John Hurt?   no lyrics yet - submit it
9 Pandora's Box  2:41 no lyrics yet - submit it
10 Birds On The Table  2:06 no lyrics yet - submit it
11 Talking Watergate  3:14 no lyrics yet - submit it
12 There Goes The Mountain  3:22 no lyrics yet - submit it
13 Cotton Eye Joe   no lyrics yet - submit it
14 You Can Eat Dog Food  1:44 no lyrics yet - submit it
15 You're So Beautiful  2:30 no lyrics yet - submit it
16 Mister Blue / White Bones Of Allende  3:39 no lyrics yet - submit it
17 Born On The Fourth Of July  4:40 no lyrics yet - submit it
18 Presbyterian Boy  3:13 no lyrics yet - submit it
19 Day In The Country, A   no lyrics yet - submit it
20 Anita O.J.  2:37 no lyrics yet - submit it
21 Winter Song  2:36 no lyrics yet - submit it
22 Death Of Stephen Biko, The   no lyrics yet - submit it
23 Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes  2:55 no lyrics yet - submit it
24 Phil  4:04 no lyrics yet - submit it
25 Not Tonight, Marie  2:26 no lyrics yet - submit it

Reviews:

Good compilation, but not great

While Tom Paxton is a talented musician, this selection of songs from his Vanguard albums features some strange choices. Why the compiler included "Ramblin' Boy" and "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation" (both good songs, but easily available on other CDs) and left off a great song like "Bring Back the Chair" is surprising. There are great songs here, such "White Bones of Allende" and "Anita O.J.", but the collection would have been better served if it hadn't tried to include "greatest hits" originally recorded before Paxton came to Vanguard records.