The Unfortunate Rake: Edited by Kenneth S. Goldstein

Folkways Records – FS 3805

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: United States
Released: 1960
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A01 The Unfortunate Rake: A. L. Lloyd and Alf Edwards (2:59)
A02 The Trooper Cut Down in His Prime: Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger (4:30)
A03 The Young Sailor Cut Down in His Prime: Harry Cox (1:57)
A04 Noo I'm a Young Man Cut Down in My Prime: Willie Mathieson (2:17)
A05 The Bad Girl's Lament: Wade Hemsworth (2:49)
A06 One Morning in May: Hally Wood (2:36)
A07 Bright Summer Morning: Viola Penn (2:24)
A08 The Girl in the Dilger Case: D. K. Wilgus (1:08)
A09 The Cowboy's Lament: Bruce Buckley (2:39)
A10 Streets of Laredo: Harry Jackson (4:59)
B01 St. James Hospital: Alan Lomax (3:33)
B02 Gambler's Blues: Dave Van Ronk (2:44)
B03 I Once Was a Carman in the Big Mountain Con: Guthrie T. "Gus" Meade (1:12)
B04 The Lineman's Hymn: Rosalie Sorrels (1:49)
B05 The Wild Lumberjack: Kenneth S. Goldstein (1:51)
B06 A Sun Valley Song: Jan Brunvand and Ellen Stekert (1:28)
B07 The Ballad of Bloody Thursday: John Greenway (3:44)
B08 Streets of Hamtramck: Bill Friedland, Mark Newman, and Morris Howarth (2:23)
B09 The Ballad of Sherman Wu: Pete Seeger (2:07)
B10 The Professor's Lament: Roger Abrahams (3:25)
[Credits]
Producer and Liner Notes: Kenneth S. Goldstein, Designer: Ronald Clyne
[Notes]
The story is basically this: a soldier is dying, evidently of venereal disease he contracted from a young woman, and he requests a funeral. Hear how this story has been spun over centuries into a whole collection of similarly themed songs, the earliest possibly dating to 1790. In this recording we are essentially witnessing the evolution of the Anglo-Saxon ballad tradition.

Hootenanny at Carnegie Hall

Folkways Records FN-2512

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1963
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk
[Tracklist]
A1 Come and Go with Me to That Land: Hally Wood (2:46)
A2 The Battle of Maxton Field: Pete Seeger (5:08)
A3 Rye Whiskey: Tony Kraber (2:18)
A4 Blood on the Saddle: Tony Kraber (1:20)
A5 Things About Coming My Way: Jerry Silverman (3:38)
A6 Mark Twain: Will Geer (4:13)
A7 If I Had My Way: Rev. Gary Davis (4:16)
A8 Old Man, Will Your Dog Catch a Rabbit?: Hally Wood (1:29)
A9 Done Laid Around: Pete Seeger (3:26)
B1 I Never Will Marry: Pete and Mike Seeger (4:41)
B2 Oh, Riley (Reilly's Gone): Pete Seeger (4:41)
B3 Kevin Barry: Pete Seeger (3:59)
B4 Wimoweh: Pete Seeger (2:23)
B5 Jacob's Ladder: Pete Seeger (5:16)
B6 Hold On - United Nations Make a Chain: Pete Seeger (2:41)
[Credits]
Producer: Sing Out Corporation, Designer: Ronald Clyne, Photographer: David Gahr
[Notes]
Recorded at three "hoots" in 1958 and 1959, this album represents a tradition that, at the time it was made, was nearly two decades old. Through the course of hootenanny history, certain constants remained: variety, social commentary, and above all, a great deal of audience participation. This album embodies all three.