The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels

The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels

Track Listings

1. Green, Green

2. Saturday Night

3. Today

4. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine

5. Ramblin'

6. We'll Sing in the Sunshine

7. Chim Chim Cheree

8. Silly Ol' Summertime

9. Flowers on the Wall

10. Wimoweh

11. Blowin' in the Wind

12. This Land Is Your Land

Tracks:

Green, Green
Saturday Night
Today
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Ramblin'
We'll Sing In The Sunshine
Chim Chim Cher-ee
Silly Ol' Summertime
Flowers On The Wall
Wimoweh (The Lion Sleeps Tonight)
Blowin' In The Wind
This Land Is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

Classy Folk Group.......2000-06-21

There are some who would not consider The New Christy Minstrels a Folk group in the true sense of Folk music. They did a lot of the standard folk songs of the day such as "Blowin' In The Wind" and " This Land is Your Land", but they did a lot of original songs also. "Green,Green" was probably their most popular song to hit the charts and "Today" is certainly close behind. This collection is probably not my favorite by this group, but it does give a good representation of the span reached by this group. They went from the their own unique folk sound to a more pop sound (Ray Conniff, Johnny Mann) during the ninteen sixties. "Chim Chim Cher-ee", "Wimoweh" and "Silly Ol'Summertime" certainly reflect the change over of the group from songs like "Saturday Night" and "Ramblin" that reflected their lighter folksy sound. I gave this 3 stars for the musical content...The New Christy Minstrals, under the direction of Randy Sparks, was, and still is, definitely a 5 star group.