Pete Seeger - Essential Pete Seeger
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Artist: Pete SeegerBrand: PBS
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2005-04-19
Music Label: Sony Legacy
Soundtracks:
- If I Had A Hammer
- Goodnight Irene - The Weavers
- Barbara Allen
- Talking Union - The Almanax Singers
- Wimoweh (Mbube)
- John Henry
- Little Boxes
- Michael Row The Boat Ashore
- This Land Is Your Land
- Guantanamera
- Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
- Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)
- The Bells Of Rhymney
- Waist Deep In The Big Muddy
- We Shall Overcome
Music reviews of Essential Pete Seeger
Music Review: A Half Hearted Compilation
Rating: 3 Stars
"The Essential *LIVE* Pete Seeger" would be a more accurate title for this CD. Nine of the 15 tracks here are live recordings which, in the case of "Barbara Allen," or "Little Boxes" isn't particularly a problem but on far too many of the songs, "John Henry," "This Land is Your Land," "Guantanamera," "Michael Row The Boat Ashore," and some others, the live performances are "audience participation sing-a-longs" which means that the anonymous audience drowns out Seeger's vocals to the point that it hardly seems fair to deem them Seeger recordings. In at least one case, "Wimoweh," the sound quality of the recording is so poor, and the audience so dominant, it is a wonder why it ever was considered for inclusion onto this CD. Then there is the CD's length. Clocking in at less than 50 minutes seems pretty ludicrous given that a single CD can hold about 80 minutes of music and given the treasure trove of Seeger recordings that sit gathering dust in the vaults.
With the new attention being given Seeger by Bruce Springsteen's CD "We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions" it is a pity there is not a more comprehensive compilation to introduce Seeger to those unfamiliar with his work and legacy. Even more frustrating is the rather halfhearted toss off one Sony has given us here.
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