Tracks1.1 Talkin' New York - Bob Dylan 1.2 Willie Seton (Live) - Tom Paxton 1.3 If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul ; Mary 1.4 House of the Rising Sun - Joan Baez 1.5 Yes I See - Bob Gibson 1.6 John Hardy - Mike Seeger 1.7 Where Have All the Flowers Gone? - the Kingston Trio 1.8 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Pete Seeger 1.9 Take This Hammer - the Tarriers 1.10 Little Sadie - Doc Watson 1.11 Nine Pound Hammer - the Brothers Four 1.12 I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore - Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1.13 Fannerio - Judy Collins 1.14 Those Were the Days - the Limeliters 1.15 Johnny with the Bandy Legs - the Highwaymen 1.16 Down the Road - the Greenbriar Boys (Feat John Herald) 1.17 Jessie James - the Swagmen 1.18 Cotton-Eyed Joe - Oscar Brand 1.19 Lonesome Traveler - the Tarriers 1.20 This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie 1.21 Turn! Turn! Turn! - Pete Seeger 1.22 Nine Hundred Miles - the New Christy Minstrels 1.23 Wildwood Flower - Joan Baez 1.24 Early in the Morning - Peter, Paul ; Mary 1.25 Freight Train Blues - Bob Dylan 1.26 Little Brown Dog - Judy Collins 1.27 Daddy Roll 'Em - Bob Gibson 1.28 Tom Dooley - the Kingston Trio 1.29 Worried Blues - Mike Seeger 1.30 Peg and Awl - Doc Watson ; Clarence Ashley 1.31 Sweet Water Rolling - the Limeliters 1.32 Amelia Earhart's Last Flight - the Greenbriar Boys (Feat John Herald) 1.33 Greenfields - the Brothers Four 1.34 Jack O'Diamonds - Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1.35 New York Town - Woody Guthrie 1.36 Whiskey in the Jar - the Highwaymen 1.37 This Train - Peter, Paul ; Mary 1.38 Pretty Peggy-O - Bob Dylan 1.39 Don't Let Your Deal Go Down - Mike Seeger 1.40 My Dog's Bigger Than Your Dog (Live) - Tom Paxton 1.41 Silver Dagger - Joan Baez 1.42 Stream of Whiskey - Doc Watson 1.43 Highway 51- Bob Dylan 1.44 Death of John Henry - Ramblin' Jack Elliott 1.45 Nobody Knows - the Brothers Four 1.46 A Wayfaring Stranger - the Limeliters 1.47 Sad and Lonesome Day - Mike Seeger 1.48 Mean Talking Blues - Woody Guthrie 1.49 Springhill Mine Disaster - Bob Gibson 1.50 Lemon Tree - Peter, Paul ; Mary 1.51 Golden Apples of the Sun - Judy Collins 1.52 A Worried Man - the Kingston Trio 1.53 Dona Dona Dona (Live) - the Chad Mitchell Trio 1.54 Tough Luck - Doc Watson 1.55 The Green Leaves of Summer - the Brothers Four 1.56 Everywhere I Look This Mornin' - the Limeliters 1.57 Careless Love - Joan Baez ; Bill Wood 1.58 The Water Is Wide - Carolyn Hester 1.59 Baby, Let Me Follow You Down - Bob Dylan 1.60 We Shall Overcome (Live) - Pete Seeger
NotesThere are many key tracks on this compilation of late-Fifties/early-Sixties folk recordings - but none are more significant than track eight, disc two. The Kingston Trio's version of 'Tom Dooley' opened the floodgates by topping the US chart in 1958, inspiring a five-year folk boom that would give many soon-to-be familiar names their start in music. Folk music had been an integral part of American culture for decades. But the boom - revival, call it what you will - that flowered in the coffee houses of New York's Greenwich Village as the Fifties closed would inspire a new generation to pick up their acoustic guitars. To take yourself back to the halcyon days of Bob, Joanie and Tom Dooley, just press play!