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Vanguard Collector's Edition Set Reviews
Vanguard Collector's Edition Set Reviews
| 5 of 5 people found the following review helpful  Varied and rewarding, By Swing King (Cincinnati, OH USA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Vanguard Collector's Edition Set (Audio CD) The music you'll find on this 4CD box set consists of some quite diverse selections, sampling choices ranging from the late 50s up into the late 90s. While it is unlikely that listeners will embrace every single song selection on here, it is likely that they will find enough to make them happy. If you are a jazz fan, you are treated to such artists as Larry Coryell, Count Basie or Elvin Jones. If folk music happens to be your thing, you will enjoy the tracks featuring Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, or Ian and Sylvia. Prefer the blues? If so, you'll enjoy the contributions of Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Charlie Musselwhite or Mississippi John Hurt (to name a few). Still not quite up your alley? Maybe you prefer bluegrass, in which case you'll enjoy The Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs or The Greenbriar Boys. You even get a little modern country thrown into the mix, featuring such artists as John Jennings, Michael Johnson and Peter Case.Overall you are bound to... Read more 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful  I'd add half-a-star for old times' sake, but the box set I'm waiting for..., By This review is from: Vanguard Collector's Edition Set (Audio CD) is a CD version of "Folk Song and Minstrelsy" which is fondly remembered by legions of folk fans who owned the LP's. That one is a powerhouse of folk styles, with many tracks by Odetta and Cisco Houston, two of the very best "folk revival artists" along with many good selections by other label-mates. The package under consideration here goes beyond the "folk" category, and even some of the folk tracks best do not represent the best work of the performers. I was a folk fan from '58 on, and a Vanguard fan from that time through the '70's. On Disc One I like almost all the 22 tracks, although the ones by Count Basie, Jimmy Rushing, and The Weavers do not represent their strongest work on the label. On Disc Two, I like less than half the 22 selections. The offerings here by Pete Seeger, Judy Roderick, John Hammond, Greenbriar Boys, Doc Watson, Tom Paxton and Joan Baez are not the strongest possible choices for those artists. Disc Three has a blues emphasis, but I don't like the blues... Read more |
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