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Peter Walker: Rainy Day Raga

CD / Vanguard / 2010-09-07

Tracks: Morning Joy; Norwegian Mood; White Wind; Blanca; Spring; Sunshine; Rainy Day Raga; Road to Marscota; April in Cambridge; River
Artists: Peter Walker

Personnel: Peter Walker (guitar); Monte Dunn (guitar); Jeremy Steig (flute); Bruce Langhorne (tambourine, bells); Jean-Pierre Merle (tambourine).

Liner Note Author: Ski Williams.

Illustr...continue...

Jesca Hoop: Hunting My Dress [Digipak]

1 CD / Vanguard / 2010-07-27

Tracks: Whispering Light; Kingdom, The; Feast of the Heart; Angel Mom; Four Dreams; Murder of Birds; Bed Across the Sea; Tulip; Hunting My Dress; Enemy; Intelligentacile 101; Silverscreen; My Boo; Wintersong
Artists: Jesca Hoop

Personnel: Jesca Hoop (vocals).

Audio Mixer: Shawn Everett.

Photographer: Matt Callow.

Even if she had nothing beyond her autobiography to bring to her songwriting, Jesca Hoop wou...continue...

Joan Baez: Noël [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]

1 CD / Vanguard / 2008-08-04

Tracks: O Come, O Come Emmanuel; Coventry Carol; Good King Wenceslas - (TRUE instrumental); Little Drummer Boy, The; I Wonder as I Wander; Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella - (TRUE instrumental); Down in Yo...
Artists: Joan Baez

The 2001 remastered edition of NOEL features 6 bonus tracks and new cover art as well as a replica of the original cover and liner notes.

Personnel: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar); Peter Schickele ...continue...

Various Artists: A Folksinger's Christmas

1 CD / Vanguard / 2008-08-04

Tracks: Virgin Mary Had One Son - Joan Baez/Bob Gibson; Mary's Wandering - Joan Baez; Poor Little Jesus - Odetta; Silent Night - Joan Baez; Santa Claus Is Coming (It's Almost Day) - The Weavers; Children, Go...
Artists: Various Artists

Compilation producer: Mary Katherine Aldin.

Includes liner notes by Mary Katherine Aldin.

Liner Note Author: Mary Katherine Aldin.

Recording information: 1959-1970.

A nice ...continue...

Patty Larkin: Watch the Sky

1 CD / Vanguard / 2008-01-22

Tracks: Phone Message; Cover Me; Hallelujah; Beautiful; Dear Heart; Hollywood; Walking in My Sleep; All Souls Day; Bound Brook; Traveling Alone; Here; Waterside
Artists: Patty Larkin

Personnel: Patty Larkin (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, National guitar, baritone guitar, bass guitar, chimes, loops).

WATCH THE SKY continues folk-songstress Patty...continue...

Jim Kweskin: Vanguard Visionaries: Jim Kweskino

1 CD / Vanguard / 2007-06-12

Tracks: Somebody Stole My Gal; Jug Band Music; Richland Woman Blues; My Gal; Borneo; Newport News; Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gives to Me; Eight More Miles to Louisville; Melancholy Baby; Never SWAT a Fly
Artists: Jim Kweskin

Guitarist Jim Kweskin led a jug band that specialized in old timey, folk, and country styles, and their fun-loving performances were popular during the 1960s folk revival. This VANGUARD VISIONARIES se...continue...

Rooftop Singers: Vanguard Visionaries *

1 CD / Vanguard / 2007-06-12

Tracks: Walk Right In; Tom Cat; You Don't Know; Somebody Came Home; Mama Don't Allow; Houston Special; Ha Ha Thisaway; San Francisco Bay Blues; It Don't Mean a Thing; Got No Reason to Cry - (Recorded As Proj...
Artists: Rooftop Singers

Not only was the Rooftop Singers' defining single, "Walk Right In," the biggest pure folk crossover hit on the pop charts, spending two weeks at #1 in late 1963--it was the label's biggest-selling rec...continue...

The Weavers: Vanguard Visionaries

1 CD / Vanguard / 2007-06-12

Tracks: This Land Is Your Land; Midnight Special; Crawdad Song, The; Goodnight Irene; Wimoweh; If I Had a Hammer; Kisses Sweeter Than Wine; Guantanamera; Tzena Tzena; House of the Rising Sun
Artists: The Weavers

The Weavers were the faces and voices of the early years of the folk revival, and the flagship act of the Vanguard label throughout the 1950s. The 10-track VANGUARD VISIONARIES anthology, as a result,...continue...

Linda Ronstadt: Adieu False Heart

1 CD / Vanguard / 2006-07-25

Tracks: Opening; Adieu False Heart; I Can't Get Over You; Marie Mouri; King of Bohemia; Plus Tu Tourney; Go Away From My Window; Burns' Supper; One I Love Is Gone, The; Interlude; Rattle My Cage; Parlez-Moi ...
Artists: Linda Ronstadt

No other vocalist has had a more diversified career than Linda Ronstadt. She began her career in the mid-'60s with the folk-rock group the Stone...continue...
Personnel: Linda Ronstadt; Ann Savoy; Joel Savoy (acoustic guitar, fiddle); Sam Broussard, Chas Justus (acoustic guitar); Sam Bush (mandolin); Andrea Zonn (violin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Krista Wilk...continue...

Various Artists: I Am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey

1 CD / Vanguard / 2006-02-14

Tracks: Death of the Clayton Peacock - Fruit Bats; Sunflower River Blues - Pelt; Variation on 'Commemorative Transfiguration & Communion at ... - Sufjan Stevens; Sligo River Blues - Devendra Banhart; Dance o...
Artists: Various Artists

I Am The Resurrection : A Tribute To John Fahey contains 13 reworkings by such artists as Calexico, Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens, Cul De Sac,...continue...
Tributee: John Fahey.

Personnel: Joey Burns (vocals, guitar, upright bass); Sufjan Stevens (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, flute, recorder, oboe, drums, shaker, triangle, perc...continue...

Joan Baez: The Best of the Vanguard Years

1 CD / Vanguard / 2005-01-31

Tracks: It's All Over Now Baby Blue; Night They Drove Old Dixie Down; Farewell Angelina; Dangling Conversation; Help Me Make It Through the Night; Pack up Your Sorrows; We Shall Overcome; Heaven Help Us All;...
Artists: Joan Baez

In the early 60s Baez represented the popular face of folk music, touring and singing at political events. She championed the work of Bob Dylan,...continue...
Featuring work recorded in the 1960s and early '70s, this collection presents many of folk singer Joan Baez's finest moments, including socially conscious songs ("I Pity the Poor Immigrant") and cover...continue...

Catie Curtis: Dreaming in Romance Languages

1 CD / Vanguard / 2004-03-16

Tracks: Saint Lucy; Deliver Me; Hold On; Night, The; It's the Way You Are; Trouble You Bring, The; Cross Over to Me; Life Goes On; Red Light; Doctor; Dark Weather
Artists: Catie Curtis

Personnel: Catie Curtis (vocals, acoustic guitar); Kevin Barry (acoustic & electric guitars); Russell Chudnofsky (electric guitar); Jimmy Ryan (mandolin); Stephanie Winters (cello); Julie Wolf (accord...continue...

Rooftop Singers: Best of the Vanguard Years

1 CD / Vanguard / 2004-01-27

Tracks: Walk Right In; Dip Your Fingers; You Don't Know; I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail - (previously unreleased); Shoes; Houston Special; Tom Cat; Cool Water; Hail John; It Don't Mean a Thing (If ...
Artists: Rooftop Singers

The Rooftop Singers: Erik Darling, Bill Svanoe, Lynne Taylor.

Includes liner notes by Dave Samuelson.

All tracks have been digitally remastered using 20-bit technology.

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The Weavers: Rarities from the Vanguard Vault

1 CD / Vanguard / 2003-06-10

Tracks: Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho; There's More Pretty Girls Than One - (previously unreleased); Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad - (previously unreleased); Midnight Special, The; Fi-Li-Mi-Oo-Re-Ay; De...
Artists: The Weavers

The Weavers includes: Pete Seeger, Erik Darling.

Liner Note Author: Dave Samuelson.

Recording information: 08/1957-08/1958.

Before the American folk revival of the late '50s, the ...continue...

Various Artists: Let Freedom Sing: This Land Is Your Land, Vol. 2

1 CD / Vanguard / 2003-04-08

Tracks: I Ain't Marching Anymore - Phil Ochs; There But For Fortune - Phil Ochs; Playboys and Playgirls - Bob Dylan/Pete Seeger; Blowing in the Wind - Bob Dylan; Oh Freedom - Joan Baez; Hard Rain's a-Gonna F...
Artists: Various Artists

Compilation producers: Tom Vickers, Billy Altman.

Recorded live at the Newport Folk Festival.

While everyone doesn't agree on what patriotism means, even left-leaning folksingers celebra...continue...

Patty Larkin: Red = Luck

1 CD / Vanguard / 2003-02-11

Tracks: All That Innocence; 24/7/365; Cranes, The; Children; Italian Shoes; Birmingham; Too Bad; Home; Different World; Normal; Red = Luck; Inside Your Painting; St. Augustine; Louder
Artists: Patty Larkin

Personnel: Patty Larkin (vocals, guitar, lap steel, bouzouki, mandolin, harmonica, accordion, piano); Jonatha Brooke, Jennifer Kimball, Willy Porter (vocals); Duke Levine (electric guitar, guitorgan, ...continue...

Peter Case: Beeline

1 CD / Vanguard / 2002-09-17

Tracks: If You Got a Light to Shine; Evening Raga; I Hear Your Voice; Lost in the Sky; Gone; Something's Coming; Ain't Leaving Your Love; It's Cold Inside; Mañana Champeen; First Light; Something's Comi...
Artists: Peter Case

This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.

Personnel: Peter Case (vocals, guitar, harmonica, piano); Joshua Case (electric guitar, programmi...continue...

Joan Baez: Joan Baez 5 [Bonus Tracks]

1 CD / Vanguard / 2002-07-09

Tracks: There But for Fortune; Stewball; It Ain't Me Babe; Death of Queen Jane, The (Child No. 170); Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5; Go 'Way from My Window; I Still Miss Someone; When You Hear Them Cuckoos Hol...
Artists: Joan Baez

Personnel includes: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar); Gino Foreman (guitar); David Soyer (cello).

Includes original release liner notes by Langston Hughes.

All tracks have been digitally remas...continue...

Joan Baez: Farewell, Angelina

1 CD / Vanguard / 2002-07-09

Tracks: Farewell, Angelina; Daddy, You Been on My Mind; It's All Over Now Baby Blue; Wild Mountain Thyme, The; Ranger's Command; Colours; Satisfied Mind; River in the Pines, The; Pauvre Rutebeuf; Sagt Mir Wo...
Artists: Joan Baez

Personnel: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar); Bruce Langhorne (electric guitar); Ralph Rinzler (mandolin); Russ Savakus, Richard Romoff (acoustic bass).

Includes liner notes by Joan Baez.

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Joan Baez: Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 1 [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]

1 CD / Vanguard / 2002-03-05

Tracks: Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You; Geordie; Copper Kettle; Kumbaya; What Have They Done to the Rain; Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair; Danger Waters; Gospel Ship; House Carpenter; Pretty Boy Floyd; ...
Artists: Joan Baez

Solo performer: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar).

Producer: Maynard Solomon.

Reissue producer: Mark Spector.

Recorded live between August 1962 and November 1963. Originally released on ...continue...

Joan Baez: Joan Baez in Concert, Pt. 2 [Bonus Tracks] [Remaster]

1 CD / Vanguard / 2002-03-05

Tracks: Once I Had a Sweetheart; Jackaroe; Don't Think Twice, It's All Right; We Shall Overcome; Portland Town; Queen of Hearts; Manha de Carnaval / Te Ador: Manha De Carnaval / Te Ador; Long Black Veil; Fen...
Artists: Joan Baez

Solo performer: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar).

Producer: Maynard Solomon.

Reissue producer: Mark Spector.

Recorded live at between August 1962 and November 1963. Originally released ...continue...

Joan Baez: Original Master Series [Remaster]

1 CD / Vanguard / 2001-08-14

Tracks: Silver Dagger; East Virginia; Fare Thee Well; House of the Rising Sun; All My Trials; Wildwood Flower; Donna Donna; John Riley; Rake and Rambling Boy; Little Moses; Mary Hamilton; Henry Martin; El Pr...
Artists: Joan Baez

The 2001 remastered edition of Joan Baez's first LP features bonus tracks and new cover art as well as a replica of the original cover and liner notes.

Personnel: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar); Fr...continue...

Joan Baez: Original Master Series Vol. 2

1 CD / Vanguard / 2001-08-14

Tracks: Wagoner's Lad; Trees They Do Grow High, The; Lily of the West, The; Silkie; Engine 143; Once I Knew a Pretty Girl; Lonesome Road; Banks of the Ohio; Pal of Mine; Barbara Allen; Cherry Tree Carol, The...
Artists: Joan Baez

The 2001 remastered edition of Joan Baez's second LP features 3 bonus tracks and new cover art as well as a replica of the original cover and liner notes.

Personnel: Joan Baez (vocals, guitar);...continue...

The Weavers: Best of the Vanguard Years

1 CD / Vanguard / 2001-01-23

Tracks: When the Saints Go Marching In; Kisses Sweeter Than Wine; Tzena Tzena; Wimoweh; On Top of Old Smoky; Sixteen Tons; Guantanamera; Wreck of the "John B"; Rock Island Line; Erie Canal; This Land Is Your...
Artists: The Weavers

The Weavers: Fred Hellerman (vocals, guitar); Pete Seeger (vocals, banjo); Lee Hays, Ronnie Gilbert (vocals)..

Additional personnel: Erik Darling (vocals, banjo); Frank Hamilton, Bernard Krause...continue...

Cisco Houston: Best of the Vanguard Years *

1 CD / Vanguard / 2000-10-31

Tracks: This Train; Roll on Columbia - (previously unreleased); Colorado Trail; Dark as a Dungeon; Hard Traveling; Old Blue; Nine Hundred Miles; Badman Ballad; Diamond Joe - (previously unreleased); John Har...
Artists: Cisco Houston

Personnel includes: Cisco Houston (guitar).

Includes liner notes by Ed Ward.

All tracks have been digitally remastered.

Personnel: Cisco Houston (guitar); Eric Weissberg (banjo, m...continue...