Violets of Dawn

Violets of Dawn

Violets of Dawn

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A whole lot of 1960s folksingers patterned themselves after Bob Dylan. Eric Andersen was better than most of them, but nowhere close to the real thing. Never a great singer (listen to his painful attempts to reach the high notes in songs like the civil rights anthem "Thirsty Boots" and the up-tempo "Hey Babe"), Andersen was at his best singing relaxed, melancholy love songs. And that's a good thing because he could write some truly beautiful love songs. The Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash, covered "Close the Door Lightly" and Kris Kristofferson cited the evocative "Come to My Bedside" as an important source of inspiration (both are included in this 18-song collection). That being said, Andersen's career during the '60s took some fairly predictable, fairly Dylanesque turns. From acoustic folkie, to electric folkie, to Nashville cat (in that order), this collection captures a talented, if not always original, child of his time. --Percy Keegan

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That's the Way It's Gonna Be/Violets of Dawn
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Great for John Denver Fans!
  • John Denver Fans Might Want To Check This One
 That's the Way It's Gonna Be/Violets of Dawn
Mitchell Trio
Manufacturer: Collector's Choice
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000095IWX
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

  1. That's The Way It's Gonna Be
  2. Lucy Baines
  3. Song For Canada
  4. I Was Not A Nazi Polka
  5. Ecumenical March
  6. Get Together
  7. Long Tall Texan
  8. Never Coming HOme
  9. What Kind Of Life Is That
  10. Phoenix Bird
  11. Mr. Tamborine Man
  12. Three Legged Man
  13. Violets Of Dawn
  14. Another Side Of This Life
  15. Your Friendly, Liberal Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan
  16. We Didn't Know
  17. One Time And One Time Only
  18. Bells Of Rhymney
  19. The Sound Of Protest (Has Begun To Pray)
  20. Rabbit
  21. Business Goes On As Usual
  22. For Bobbi
  23. Talking Football
  24. Peat Bog Soldiers

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Great for John Denver Fans!.......2007-01-04

Being a long standing JD fan I was looking to replace my lp "Beginnings with the Mitchell Trio" from 1974 with a CD. Unfortunately that lp is unavailable as a CD but luckily all but 2 of the songs (Like to Deal With the Ladies and She Loves You) are on this CD! Although I normally prefer hearing John singing solo, which he does on Bells Of Rhymney (this version I think is better than Pete Seeger's), the harmonies of the Mitchell Trio are excellent especially on For Bobbi (For Baby)! This CD is a must for those JD fans wanting to hear John's early work.

4 out of 5 stars John Denver Fans Might Want To Check This One.......2006-07-27

These two albums were released in 1966 as the Mitchell Trio reflecting the replacement of Chad Mitchell by John Denver. The songs on the albums are a good mixture of the humor, social satire, political commentary and ballads that characterized the group and pleased their fans. If you're a MT fan, you already know these albums from their original vinyl releases on the Mercury label, and you won't be disappointed.

Not a MT fan? These albums provide a glimpse of contemporary folk music, and one of its more popular groups, toward the end of that era, but I'd suggest trying a CMT/MT compliation first: either the The CMT Collection (Kapp Releases) or The Best of the CMT: The Mercury Years, both available on CD. If you get hooked, most of the CMT/MT discography is also available on CD.

If you're a John Denver fan, you might want to pick-up this two album CD. It contains two great solos by John of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and Idries Davies/Pete Seeger's "Bells of Rhymney." It also contains the MT performing "For Bobbi," the first recorded song written by John Denver. All three cuts are excellent.

We can thank Collector's Choice for once again providing a two album CD of one of the better contemporary folk groups of the 1960s.


Violets of Dawn
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION FOR THE UNINITIATED
 Violets of Dawn
Eric Andersen
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JKF8
Release Date: 1999-07-07

Tracks:

  1. Boots Of Blue
  2. Rambler's Lament
  3. Violets Of Dawn
  4. Thirsty Boots
  5. Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin'
  6. The Hustler
  7. Close The Door Lightly When You Go
  8. Song To J.C.B.
  9. Dusty Box Car Wall
  10. Come To My Bedside
  11. Looking Glass
  12. Just A Country Dream
  13. Eyes Gently Rolling
  14. On The Edge Of You
  15. All I Remember Is You
  16. Rollin' Home
  17. Miss Lonely Are You Blue
  18. Broken Hearted Mama

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A whole lot of 1960s folksingers patterned themselves after Bob Dylan. Eric Andersen was better than most of them, but nowhere close to the real thing. Never a great singer (listen to his painful attempts to reach the high notes in songs like the civil rights anthem "Thirsty Boots" and the up-tempo "Hey Babe"), Andersen was at his best singing relaxed, melancholy love songs. And that's a good thing because he could write some truly beautiful love songs. The Man in Black himself, Johnny Cash, covered "Close the Door Lightly" and Kris Kristofferson cited the evocative "Come to My Bedside" as an important source of inspiration (both are included in this 18-song collection). That being said, Andersen's career during the '60s took some fairly predictable, fairly Dylanesque turns. From acoustic folkie, to electric folkie, to Nashville cat (in that order), this collection captures a talented, if not always original, child of his time. --Percy Keegan

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION FOR THE UNINITIATED.......1999-08-03

Vanguard continues to release excellent Best Of compilations of their Sixties folk stable. Recent reissues of material by Ian and Sylvia, Odetta and John Fahey (Richard & Mimi Farina, where are you?) are lovely packages indeed but this one has them all beat, mainly because Eric Andersen was one of the most talented singer-songwriters of the Sixties folk boom. Songs like "Violets of Dawn" and Andersen's signature tune, "Thirsty Boots" (interpreted passably by John Gorka on the recent BLEECKER AND McDOUGALL disc, and gorgeously by Judy Collins on her FIFTH ALBUM) established him as a writer in a class with contemporaries like Fred Neil, Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs, if not quite in the Bob Dylan stratosphere. Andersen wasn't nearly as political as Paxton or Ochs ("Thirsty Boots" was about as political as he got), but he was folk's Great Romantic. This disc is povides a beautiful intro to his enormous talents, but the listener is advised to pick up any of his Sixties albums on Vanguard, most of which are avaliable on CD.

Of course the most highly recommended Andersen is the magnificent BLUE RIVER, a 1972 masterpiece just re-issued in crystalline remastered form. This to me is one of the ten greatest albums of all time, and is a must have for any fan of the singer-songwriter genre. Melancholy, reflective, incandescent. . .

See you at the Tin Angel, Eric!
The Songs of Frank Bridge
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		The Songs of Frank Bridge

    Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000003010
    Release Date: 1997-07-08

    Tracks:

    1. Sonnet: When most I wink
    2. If I could choose
    3. The Primrose
    4. A Dirge
    5. The Devon Maid
    6. Dawn and Evening
    7. Where'er my bitter teardrops fall
    8. E'en as a lovely flower
    9. Blow, blow, thou winter wind
    10. Go not, happy day
    11. Night lies on the silent highways
    12. A Dead Violet
    13. Cradle Song
    14. Lean close thy cheek
    15. Fair Daffodils
    16. Adoration
    17. So perverse
    18. Tears, idle tears
    19. The Violets Blue
    20. Come to me in my dreams
    21. My pent-up tears oppress my brain
    22. Music, when soft voices die
    23. Far, far from each other
    24. Where is it that our soul doth go?

    Tracks:

    1. All things that we clasp
    2. Love is a rose
    3. Dear, when I look into thine eyes
    4. Isobel
    5. O that it were so!
    6. Strew no more red roses
    7. Where she lies asleep
    8. Love went a-riding
    9. Thy hand in mine
    10. So early in the morning
    11. Mantle of Blue
    12. The Last Invocation
    13. When you are old and gray
    14. Into her keeping
    15. What shall I your true love tell?
    16. 'Tis but a week
    17. Day after Day
    18. Speak to me, my love!
    19. Dweller in my deathless dreams
    20. Goldenhair
    21. Journey's End
    Violets of Dawn
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Violets of Dawn
      Eric Andersen
      Manufacturer: Vanguard Masters
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B0009Y8N92
      Release Date: 2005-07-26

      Tracks:

      1. Boots of Blue
      2. Rambler's Lament
      3. Violets of Dawn
      4. Thirsty Boots
      5. Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin'
      6. Hustler
      7. Close the Door Lightly When You Go
      8. Song to J.C.B.
      9. Dusty Box Car Wall
      10. Come to My Bedside
      11. Looking Glass
      12. Just a Country Dream
      13. Eyes Gently Rolling
      14. On the Edge of You
      15. All I Remember Is You
      16. Rollin' Home
      17. Miss Lonely Are You Blue
      18. Broken Hearted Mama

      Album Description

      An 18-track compilation of the best of Eric Andersen's recordings for the Vanguard label. Andersen has been performing as a folk-based singer-songwriter since the early 1960s. His songs have a more romantic bent than his socially conscious peers like Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton. It includes two rare tracks that never appeared on Andersen's album releases - 'Boots Of Blue' and 'Rambler's Lament' only appeared on the 1993 compilation The Original New Folks. The remaining 16 tracks are taken from his five Vanguard studio albums. Vanguard. 2005.

      Album Details

      An 18-track Compilation of the Best of Eric Andersen's Recordings for the Vanguard Label. Andersen Has Been Performing as a Folk-based Singer-songwriter Since the Early 1960s. His Songs have a More Romantic Bent Than his Socially Conscious Peers Like Phil Ochs and Tom Paxton. It Includes Two Rare Tracks that Never Appeared on Andersen's Album Releases - 'boots of Blue' and 'rambler's Lament' Only Appeared on the 1993 Compilation "The Original New Folks".

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