Collins Judy, Judy Collins - Fifth Album (5th Album)
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Artist: Collins Judy, Judy CollinsEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2010-07-27
Music Label: Collector's Choice
Soundtracks:
- Pack Up Your Sorrows
- The Coming of the Roads
- So Early, Early in the Spring
- Tomorrow Is a Long Time
- Daddy You've Been On My Mind
- Thirsty Boots
- Mr. Tambourine Man
- Lord Gregory
- In the Heat of the Summer
- Early Morning Rain
- Carry It On
- It Isn't Nice
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Music Review: +1/2 - Judy Collins peaks as a folk singer
Rating: 4 Stars
By the time Judy Collins recorded this album in 1965, the traditional strains of the folk revival were losing steam. That same year Dylan released a side of electric tunes on Bringing it All Back Home and plugged in for his set at Newport. The Byrds released their debut album in June, and Simon and Garfunkel's 1964 acoustic debut album begat the electric augmentation of Sounds of Silence two years later. Collins herself rethought her own music on 1966's In My Life, but before doing so, pulled together the elements made her a great folk singer, and invested her ears and interpretive powers in selecting and rendering these twelve songs. She combined traditional tunes with contemporary compositions by Dylan, Ochs, and Farina, and gave each the benefit of her magnificently clear and moving voice. Collins' talent for discovering material led her to Eric Anderson's "Thirsty Boots" (with John Sebastian adding harmonica) and Gordon Lightfoot's "Early Morning Rain," long before either became folk standards.
The album opens on a high note with a terrific interpretation of Richard Farina's "Pack Up Your Sorrows." Farina's dulcimer is more upbeat than on the original duet with his wife Mimi, and together with second guitarist Eric Weissberg, Collins frees the song of its overt sorrow by leaning on the lyrics' magnanimity. She proves her talent for interpretation by taking Dylan's "Tomorrow is a Long Time" slowly, holding onto the notes with desire and longing, and she sings all four verses of "Mr. Tambourine Man" to an arrangement that replaces the electric guitar of Dylan's original with Bill Lee's acoustic bass. Her vocal captures both the overnight weariness of Dylan and the early morning wonder of McGuinn, creating a unique interpretation that stands tall among the many versions cut in 1965. Similarly, she brings a powerful feeling of solemnity and desolation to Billy Edd Wheeler's "The Coming of the Roads," giving voice to the emotional and environmental devastation of the song's lyrics.
The baroque sounds Collins would explore on the following year's In My Life are foreshadowed by a cello backing on the traditional "Lord Gregory," and guitars and acoustic bass are joined by Jerry Dodgion's flute for a live recording of Malvina Reynolds' rousing "It Isn't Nice." Richard Farina's dulcimer provides quiet accompaniment for Gil Turner's civil rights anthem "Carry it On," and his original poem from the album cover is reproduced in full on the booklet's back (bring your magnifying glass!). Collectors' Choice's reissue brings the original dozen tracks back into domestic print, and includes new liner notes by Richie Unterberger. This is a terrific artifact of the folk revival and a high point in Collins' career. 4-1/2 stars, if allowed fractional ratings. [©2010 hyperbolium dot com]
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Description of Fifth Album (5th Album)
1965 s 'Fifth Album' really cemented Judy s status as the foremost interpreter of the best 1960s songwriters to emerge from the folk revival. In addition to songs by Gordon Lightfoot, Phil Ochs, Eric Andersen, and Richard Fariña, this #69-charting album has three compositions by Bob Dylan, two of which ('Tomorrow Is a Long Time' and 'Daddy You've Been on My Mind') he didn't release on any of his own records in the 1960s. And the other was one of the first versions of 'Mr. Tambourine Man' (Judy ranks right with the Byrds when it comes to Dylan covers, and actually Jim McGuinn played on Judy s #3 album).Folk CDs
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