Violets of Dawn [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Violets of Dawn [Original recording remastered] [Import]

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Product 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.

Violets of Dawn,Eric Andersen,Vanguard Masters,Folk

That's the Way It's Gonna Be/Violets of Dawn
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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

General | Folk | Styles | Music
Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
Revival | Folk | Styles | Music
General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000095IWX
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Tracks:

That's The Way It's Gonna Be
Lucy Baines
Song For Canada
I Was Not A Nazi Polka
Ecumenical March
Get Together
Long Tall Texan
Never Coming HOme
What Kind Of Life Is That
Phoenix Bird
Mr. Tamborine Man
Three Legged Man
Violets Of Dawn
Another Side Of This Life
Your Friendly, Liberal Neighborhood Ku-Klux-Klan
We Didn't Know
One Time And One Time Only
Bells Of Rhymney
The Sound Of Protest (Has Begun To Pray)
Rabbit
Business Goes On As Usual
For Bobbi
Talking Football
Peat Bog Soldiers

Customer Reviews:

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.

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.

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A BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION FOR THE UNINITIATED

Violets of Dawn
Eric Andersen
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music

General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music

Revival | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00000JKF8
Release Date: 1999-07-07

Tracks:

Boots Of Blue
Rambler's Lament
Violets Of Dawn
Thirsty Boots
Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin'
The Hustler
Close The Door Lightly When You Go
Song To J.C.B.
Dusty Box Car Wall
Come To My Bedside
Looking Glass
Just A Country Dream
Eyes Gently Rolling
On The Edge Of You
All I Remember Is You
Rollin' Home
Miss Lonely Are You Blue
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:

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. . .

Tracks:

Sonnet: When most I wink
If I could choose
The Primrose
A Dirge
The Devon Maid
Dawn and Evening
Where'er my bitter teardrops fall
E'en as a lovely flower
Blow, blow, thou winter wind
Go not, happy day
Night lies on the silent highways
A Dead Violet
Cradle Song
Lean close thy cheek
Fair Daffodils
Adoration
So perverse
Tears, idle tears
The Violets Blue
Come to me in my dreams
My pent-up tears oppress my brain
Music, when soft voices die
Far, far from each other
Where is it that our soul doth go?

Tracks:

All things that we clasp
Love is a rose
Dear, when I look into thine eyes
Isobel
O that it were so!
Strew no more red roses
Where she lies asleep
Love went a-riding
Thy hand in mine
So early in the morning
Mantle of Blue
The Last Invocation
When you are old and gray
Into her keeping
What shall I your true love tell?
'Tis but a week
Day after Day
Speak to me, my love!
Dweller in my deathless dreams
Goldenhair
Journey's End

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Violets of Dawn
Eric Andersen
Manufacturer: Vanguard Masters
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Folk | Styles | Music

Revival | Folk | Styles | Music

Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music

Folk | Imports | Stores | Music
ASIN: B0009Y8N92
Release Date: 2005-07-26

Tracks:

Boots of Blue
Rambler's Lament
Violets of Dawn
Thirsty Boots
Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin'
Hustler
Close the Door Lightly When You Go
Song to J.C.B.
Dusty Box Car Wall
Come to My Bedside
Looking Glass
Just a Country Dream
Eyes Gently Rolling
On the Edge of You
All I Remember Is You
Rollin' Home
Miss Lonely Are You Blue
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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