|
| The Essential Pete Seeger | 
 enlarge | Artist: Pete Seeger
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
Buy New: $5.99
You Save: $5.99 (50%)
New (17) Used (2) from $5.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 3719
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 77623
UPC: 828767762326
EAN: 0828767762326
ASIN: B000CELOC2
Release Date: April 19, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: In original factory shrinkwrap but there is a small crack in the CD case. If that doesn't bother you, this is for you!
|
| Tracks:
| • | 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 |
|
| Similar Items:
|
| Customer Reviews:
 Essence of Pete Seeger June 25, 2008
An excellent sample of Pete Seeger's varied career in music. Nice mix of the social activist to songs seemingly for kids (but with the undertone of the societal commentary). Enjoyde it immensely.
There is only one PETE June 12, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pete Seeger is a national treasure and this CD contains some of his
best work. I highly recommend it.
Just what I was looking for... May 12, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I fell in love with that tune by Malvina Reynolds, "Little Boxes," which also happens to be on the themesong to "Weeds," a t.v. show on Showtime; however, it made me remember Pete Seeger. I grew up listening to his patriotic music, music of the common man, etc, as a child. I got this CD and was not disappointed... it bought me right back to my childhood.
 A Half Hearted Compilation May 7, 2006
57 out of 58 found this review helpful
"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.
Essential indeed! April 14, 2006
17 out of 22 found this review helpful
An excellent sampling of some of folk music's most important and enduring songs. There are more comprehensive collections of Seeger's songbook, but if you're looking for a budget-priced single-CD compilation, you can't go wrong with this one.
|
|
|
| |
