"Constant Sorrow" Gems From The Elektra Vaults 1956-1962

Although Elektra was to become a rock powerhouse in the mid 60s it started in 1951 issuing folk and traditional music. This compilation covers the years 1955 through 1962 and provides a snapshot of the American folk scene prior to the arrival of groups like The New Lost City Ramblers and solo artists like Bob Dylan. It mostly features city folk performing traditional songs in a generally rather polite manner though Paul Clayton distinguishes himself by singing Nine Inch Will Please A Lady from a collection of the banned songs of the great Scottish poet Robert Burns and also includes tracks by old traditional singer and banjo player George Pegram and Scottish singer Jean Redpath. There are several early songs from Judy Collins who became Elektra's best selling folk artist and also includes sides by Lee Charles, Oscar Brand, The Limeliters, Jean Ritchie, Ed McCurdy, Bob Gibson & Bob Camp, The Travelers 3 and more. We also have several folky blues tracks from bluesman Josh White. (Frank Scott, Roots & Rhythm)

trax disc 1:

1. Maid Of Constant Sorrow - Judy Collins 2. Jesse James - Jack Elliott 3. Nine Inch Will Please A Lady - Paul Clayton 4. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot - Lee Charles 5. Midnight Special - Josh White 6. Greensleeves - Cynthia Gooding 7. Wreck Of The Old Ninety-Seven - Oscar Brand With The Roger Wilco Four 8. Rich Old Lady - Peggy Seeger 9. Mary What You Call That Pretty Little Baby - Dave Van Ronk 10. Take My True Love By The Hand - The Limeliters 11. Gilgarry Mountain (Darlin' Sportin' Jenny) - Bob Gibson 12. Hangman - Jean Ritchie 13. Where Does It Lead - Theodore Bikel & Cynthia Gooding 14. This Land Is Your Land - Glenn Yarbrough 15. Day We Went Tae Rothesay - Jean Redpath 16. Banks Of The Ohio - Ed McCurdy 17. Wild Mountain Thyme - Judy Collins 18. As I Roved Out - Theodore Bikel & Cynthia Gooding 19. The Butcher And The Tailor's Wife - Paul Clayton 20. Old Blue - Bob Gibson & Bob Camp 21. Banks Of The Virgie-O - Tom Kines 22. Whiskey-O, Johnny-O - MIlt Okum & The Seafarer's Chorus 23. Yellow Rose Of Texas - George Pegram 24. Josie - Ed McCurdy 25. Gotta Travel On - The Travelers 3

trax disc 2:

1. Hammer Song - The Limeliters 2. All My Sorrows - Glenn Yarbrough 3. Stay Away From The Girls - Paul Clayton 4. Froggie Went A-Courting - Ellen Stekert 5. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out - Dave Van Ronk 6. St. James Infirmary - Josh White 7. John Riley - Judy Collins 8. Merchant And The Fiddler's Wife - Ed McCurdy 9. All My Trials - Cynthia Gooding 10. Lomir Zich Iberbeten - Theodore Bikel 11. Pretty Boy Floyd - Ramblin' Jack Elliott 12. John Henry - Bob Gibson 13. Nicky Tams - Jean Redpath 14. Hangin' Johnny - MIlt Okum & The Seafarer's Chorus 15. The Poor Co-Pilot - Oscar Brand With The Roger Wilco Four 16. Dulcimer Medley:Shady Grove / Old King Cole / Skip To My Lou - Jean Ritchie 17. The Jolly Miller - Ed McCurdy 18. I Know Where I'm Going - Judy Collins 19. There Was An Oul' Woman In Our Town - Tom Kines 20. Well, Well, Well - The Travelers 3 21. Love Henry - Peggy Seeger 22. John Anderson, My Jo - Paul Clayton 23. When I First Came To This Land - The Limeliters 24. Wayfaring Stranger - Bob Gibson & Bob Camp 25. Scandalize My Name - Josh White

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