Wasn't That a Time! [Box set]

Wasn't That a Time! [Box set]

Wasn't That a Time! [Box set]

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It's richly ironic that Pete Seeger threatened to ax the wires when Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Dylan, after all, was doing the same thing Seeger had done 15 years earlier with the Weavers: lending contemporary pop arrangements to folk music. Back in 1950, going pop didn't mean plugging in electric guitars but adding big-band charts by Frank Sinatra's future arranger Gordon Jenkins. And it worked. The quartet took songs by a black Louisiana convict, a Dust Bowl socialist, and an anonymous Zulu troubador and turned them into pop hits between 1950 and 1952. The Weavers' four-CD box set, Wasn't That a Time, begins with eight of those early 78s for Decca Records and then offers 79 more songs from their later recordings for Vanguard. Weavers' songs like "Wimoweh," "If I Had a Hammer," "Guantanamera," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" have been recorded by everyone from R.E.M. to Aretha Franklin. If only for their historical impact, the songs on this box set are important. --Geoffrey Himes

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    Release Date: 2003-01-21
    Wasn't That a Time!
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Another solid collection of the best of the Weavers
    • You can't go wrong with this set!
    		 Wasn't That a Time!
    The Weavers
    Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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    5. The Weavers - Greatest Hits

    ASIN: B000000EDD
    Release Date: 1993-09-18

    Tracks:

    1. Goodnight Irene
    2. Tzena Tzena
    3. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
    4. Wimoweh (Mbube)
    5. On Top Of Old Smoky
    6. So Long, It's Been Good To Know Yuh (Dusty Old Dust)
    7. Wreck Of The 'John B.'
    8. The Midnight Special
    9. Darling Corey
    10. Pay Me My Money Down
    11. Follow The Drinkin' Gourd
    12. Rock Island Line
    13. Around The World
    14. Venga Jaleo
    15. I've Got a Home In That Rock
    16. Shalom Chaverim (Glad Tidings)
    17. Lonesome Traveller
    18. I Know Where I'm Going
    19. Go Where I Send Thee (One For The Little Bitty Baby)
    20. Sixteen Tons
    21. Twelve Gates To The City

    Tracks:

    1. I Never Will Marry
    2. Sinner Man
    3. House Of The Rising Sun (The Rising Sun Blues)
    4. The Keeper
    5. You Made Me A Pallet On The Floor
    6. Kumbaya
    7. Si Me Quieres
    8. State Of Arkansas
    9. Eddystone Light
    10. This Land Is Your Land
    11. Aunt Rhodie
    12. Aweigh Santy Anno
    13. Wild Goose Grasses
    14. Erie Canal
    15. Greenland Whale Fisheries
    16. Tina
    17. Old Riley (In Dem Long Hot Summer Days)
    18. Almost Done
    19. You Old Fool
    20. Po' Howard (Howard's Dead And Gone)
    21. When The Stars Begin To Fall

    Tracks:

    1. We're All Dodgin'
    2. Brother Can You Spare A Dime
    3. Jackhammer John
    4. A-Walkin' And A-Talkin'
    5. Rally Round The Flag
    6. Que Bonita Bandera
    7. Fight On
    8. Wasn't That A Time
    9. Get Along Little Dogies
    10. True Religion
    11. Which Side Are You On
    12. Bye Baby Bye
    13. On My Journey
    14. Born In East Virginia
    15. Run, Come, See Jerusalem
    16. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
    17. Marching To Pretoria
    18. Stewball
    19. Recordando Que Manana (Remembering Tomorrow)
    20. Below The Gallows Tree
    21. Good Old Bowling Green
    22. Buttermilk Hill
    23. New Jerusalem

    Tracks:

    1. When The Saints Go Marching In
    2. The Banks Of Marble
    3. Woke Up This Morning
    4. Ramblin' Boy
    5. Poor Liza
    6. Train Time
    7. Wimoweh (Mbube)
    8. San Francisco Bay Blues
    9. Guantanamera
    10. If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
    11. Come Away, Melinda
    12. Study War No More
    13. Sinner Man
    14. I'm Standing On The Outside Of Your Shelter
    15. Yerakina
    16. Get Up Get Out
    17. A La Volette
    18. Miner's Life
    19. Roll On Columbia
    20. Rock Island Line
    21. Around The World
    22. Goodnight Irene

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    It's richly ironic that Pete Seeger threatened to ax the wires when Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Dylan, after all, was doing the same thing Seeger had done 15 years earlier with the Weavers: lending contemporary pop arrangements to folk music. Back in 1950, going pop didn't mean plugging in electric guitars but adding big-band charts by Frank Sinatra's future arranger Gordon Jenkins. And it worked. The quartet took songs by a black Louisiana convict, a Dust Bowl socialist, and an anonymous Zulu troubador and turned them into pop hits between 1950 and 1952. The Weavers' four-CD box set, Wasn't That a Time, begins with eight of those early 78s for Decca Records and then offers 79 more songs from their later recordings for Vanguard. Weavers' songs like "Wimoweh," "If I Had a Hammer," "Guantanamera," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" have been recorded by everyone from R.E.M. to Aretha Franklin. If only for their historical impact, the songs on this box set are important. --Geoffrey Himes

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Another solid collection of the best of the Weavers.......2005-08-03

    Little did I know when I was growing up listening to the Smothers Brothers do their versions of "Tzena Tzena," "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," and "Marching to Pretoria" that the boys were doing songs they had learned from the Weavers. Now I know that even if you ignored the folk music revival you have probably heard songs the Weavers were doing in the 1950s, albeit by different names. You might not recognize "Wimoweh," but you have heard a version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," while "Wreck of the John B." is probably more familiar as "Sloop John B." But it is folk artists such as Peter, Paul & Mary that have kept alive a lot of the songs the Weavers made popular (e.g., "If I Had a Hammer").

    The Weavers were Pete Seeger, tenor and banjo; Ronnie Gilbert, alto; Lee Hays, baritone and bass; and Fred Hellerman, baritone and guitar. "Wasn't That a Time: The Best of the Weavers" is one of several solid collections of the songs this seminal folk group made popular. This 22-track collection should not be confused with the larger box set also entitled "Wasn't That a Time." Still, this has the core songs that are on anybody's short list of Weavers songs, which would be the ones mentioned above plus "On the Top of Old Smokey," "Goodnight Irene," "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," "The Midnight Special," "Rock Island Line," "Lonesome Traveler," and "When the Saints Go Marching In." Really, the only song that I can say is missing that would be on my list is "Follow the Drinking Gourd," but that is not enough to quibble and if that song is high up on your list keep looking because it is out there to be found.

    The other part of the equation is that this collection offers some other songs by the Weavers that do not pop up as often, such as "Around The Corner (Beneath The Berry Tree)," "Old Paint (Ride Around Little Dogies)," and "Along the Colorado Trail," all of which serve to remind you how subversive this group was and why they were denounced as Communist sympathizers (I find it interesting that the Weavers were also denounced by the left for being sellouts at the same time they were being viewed with suspicion by the right because of their politics). Unfortunately, if you are hoping to hear what all the fuss was about in terms of the political controversy, forget about it. For that you probably have to check out the solo recordings of Seeger, who would continue to be political thorn in the side of the system for some time to come.

    5 out of 5 stars You can't go wrong with this set!.......2000-10-06

    This 4 CD set covers the gamut of the Weavers career, and contains versions of just about all the hit songs that are associated with them. While disk 3 that features Erik Darling in place of Pete Seeger is a bit weaker, if you want a smattering of all phases of their career, this is the definitely the set to get. The booklet that comes with this set contains recent interviews with the (surviving) Weavers, and is also worthwhile.

    If you already know that you like (or love) the Weavers, than I would say Go for It!
    Wasn't That a Time?
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Outstanding issue of Outstanding Group
    		 Wasn't That a Time?
    The Weavers
    Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
    ProductGroup: Music
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    ASIN: B000EGD1KQ
    Release Date: 2006-04-18

    Tracks:

    1. Wasn't That a Time
    2. If I Had a Hammer
    3. Around the World
    4. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena - Julius Grossman, Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra & Chorus
    5. Lonesome Traveler - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra & Chorus, The Weavers
    6. So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra & Chorus, The Weavers
    7. Wreck of the John B - Leroy Holmes & His Orchestra, The Weavers
    8. Roving Kind [Traditional English Folk Song] - Leroy Holmes & His Orchestra, The Weavers
    9. Across the Wide Missouri
    10. On Top of Old Smokey
    11. Follow the Drinking Gourd
    12. Frozen Logger
    13. Darling Corey
    14. Easy Rider Blues
    15. When the Saints Go Marching In
    16. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
    17. Go Where I Send Thee (One for the Little Bitty Baby) - Jimmy Carroll & His Orchestra, The Weavers
    18. Old Paint (Ride Around Little Dogies) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra & Chorus, The Weavers
    19. Wimoweh (Mbube) [Zulu Song] - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra & Chorus, The Weavers
    20. Midnight Special - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra, The Weavers
    21. Around the Corner (Beneath the Berry Tree) - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra & Chorus, The Weavers
    22. Hard, Ain't It Hard
    23. Bay of Mexico [Traditional Sea Shanty]
    24. Oh! My Darlin' Clementine
    25. Rock Island Line [Traditional American Folk Song] - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra, The Weavers
    26. Taking It Easy - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra, The Weavers
    27. Bring Me Li'l Water, Silvy - Larry Clinton & His Orchestra, The Weavers
    28. Goodnight, Irene - Gordon Jenkins & His Orchestra & Chorus, The Weavers

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Outstanding issue of Outstanding Group.......2006-12-19

    England's extensive Living Era series of CDs has just added "The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time?" Living Era, generous as usual, gives fans of this wonderfully inspiring folk group over 77 minutes of the best Decca numbers released in the early 1950s. Although you will find many of these numbers on the "must have" CD (or LP) of The Weavers at Carnegie Hall, this is a good and inexpensive supplement to that now-classic issue. Follow the drinking gourd with Pete Seeger, Ronnie Gilbert, Fred Hellerman, and Lee Hays. Folk music doesn't get any better than this, worth many repeat listenings.
    Wasn't That a Time?: The Best of the Weavers
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Another solid collection of the best of the Weavers
    • You can't go wrong with this set!
    		 Wasn't That a Time?: The Best of the Weavers
    The Weavers
    Manufacturer: Umvd Import
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    5. The Weavers - Greatest Hits

    ASIN: B000024SZ4
    Release Date: 1997-06-27

    Tracks:

    1. On Top Of Old Smokey
    2. Hard, Ain't It Hard
    3. Goodnight Irene
    4. Around The Corner (Beneath The Berry Tree)
    5. Old Paint (Ride Around Little Dogies)
    6. (The Wreck Of The) John B.
    7. The Roving Kind
    8. Tzena, Tzena, Tzena
    9. Wimoweh
    10. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
    11. So Long (It's Been Good To Know You)
    12. Midnight Special
    13. Rock Island Line
    14. Sylvie
    15. Lonesome Traveller
    16. When The Saints Go Marching In
    17. Bay Of Mexico
    18. Hush Little Baby
    19. I Know Where I'm Going
    20. Suliram
    21. Along The Colorado Trail
    22. Greensleeves (Instrumental)

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    It's richly ironic that Pete Seeger threatened to ax the wires when Bob Dylan went electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Dylan, after all, was doing the same thing Seeger had done 15 years earlier with the Weavers: lending contemporary pop arrangements to folk music. Back in 1950, going pop didn't mean plugging in electric guitars but adding big-band charts by Frank Sinatra's future arranger Gordon Jenkins. And it worked. The quartet took songs by a black Louisiana convict, a Dust Bowl socialist, and an anonymous Zulu troubador and turned them into pop hits between 1950 and 1952. The Weavers' four-CD box set, Wasn't That a Time, begins with eight of those early 78s for Decca Records and then offers 79 more songs from their later recordings for Vanguard. Weavers' songs like "Wimoweh," "If I Had a Hammer," "Guantanamera," and "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" have been recorded by everyone from R.E.M. to Aretha Franklin. If only for their historical impact, the songs on this box set are important. --Geoffrey Himes

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Another solid collection of the best of the Weavers.......2005-08-03

    Little did I know when I was growing up listening to the Smothers Brothers do their versions of "Tzena Tzena," "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," and "Marching to Pretoria" that the boys were doing songs they had learned from the Weavers. Now I know that even if you ignored the folk music revival you have probably heard songs the Weavers were doing in the 1950s, albeit by different names. You might not recognize "Wimoweh," but you have heard a version of "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," while "Wreck of the John B." is probably more familiar as "Sloop John B." But it is folk artists such as Peter, Paul & Mary that have kept alive a lot of the songs the Weavers made popular (e.g., "If I Had a Hammer").

    The Weavers were Pete Seeger, tenor and banjo; Ronnie Gilbert, alto; Lee Hays, baritone and bass; and Fred Hellerman, baritone and guitar. "Wasn't That a Time: The Best of the Weavers" is one of several solid collections of the songs this seminal folk group made popular. This 22-track collection should not be confused with the larger box set also entitled "Wasn't That a Time." Still, this has the core songs that are on anybody's short list of Weavers songs, which would be the ones mentioned above plus "On the Top of Old Smokey," "Goodnight Irene," "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine," "The Midnight Special," "Rock Island Line," "Lonesome Traveler," and "When the Saints Go Marching In." Really, the only song that I can say is missing that would be on my list is "Follow the Drinking Gourd," but that is not enough to quibble and if that song is high up on your list keep looking because it is out there to be found.

    The other part of the equation is that this collection offers some other songs by the Weavers that do not pop up as often, such as "Around The Corner (Beneath The Berry Tree)," "Old Paint (Ride Around Little Dogies)," and "Along the Colorado Trail," all of which serve to remind you how subversive this group was and why they were denounced as Communist sympathizers (I find it interesting that the Weavers were also denounced by the left for being sellouts at the same time they were being viewed with suspicion by the right because of their politics). Unfortunately, if you are hoping to hear what all the fuss was about in terms of the political controversy, forget about it. For that you probably have to check out the solo recordings of Seeger, who would continue to be political thorn in the side of the system for some time to come.

    5 out of 5 stars You can't go wrong with this set!.......2000-10-06

    This 4 CD set covers the gamut of the Weavers career, and contains versions of just about all the hit songs that are associated with them. While disk 3 that features Erik Darling in place of Pete Seeger is a bit weaker, if you want a smattering of all phases of their career, this is the definitely the set to get. The booklet that comes with this set contains recent interviews with the (surviving) Weavers, and is also worthwhile.

    If you already know that you like (or love) the Weavers, than I would say Go for It!
    Together Again
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      		Together Again

      Manufacturer: Loom Records
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      ASIN: B00024B03A

      Product Description

      Recorded on location at Carnegie Hall on November 28/29, 1980. Fifteen classics performed by Pete Seeger and The Weavers. Includes highlights from the soundtrack of the film "The Weavers: Wasn't That A Time"

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