"This is a very cleverly arranged cd; the biggest hits of the folk decades are all here. If you are interested in the folk phenomenon, look no further. I got a huge kick listening to these dusty favorites again. Only one warning, some of the tunes are "sticky" ("Oh, no don't let the rain come down", for one) and you run the risk of them playing inside your skull on an endless brain-loop until you banish them with some Led Zeppelin."
Great CD!
geatornez82 | Germantown, MD United States | 01/17/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD is great! All of the songs are the original recordings and sound wonderful. It also has an equally wonderful selection of hard to find Folk Hits, such as "Washington Square" and "The Unicorn." All in all, this is a wonderful CD!"
A nice collection.
oldtimerocker | 06/28/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This CD does a good job of sampling many of the best songs of Folk Music. "I'll Never Find Another You" by The Seekers is one that is not anthologized very often. You also get a small dose of Irish Folk with The Rovers. This is not a bad introduction into the Folk Music genre. But, you will want to purchase albums by these artists once you get this."
A good, but random, selection
Peter Reeve | Thousand Oaks, CA USA | 02/06/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
"The 'Folk Revival' occurred in the late 50s and early 60s. It followed on from the trad jazz and skiffle of the 50s and led naturally to the 'Beatles meet Folk' of The Byrds and others. It is the music affectionately (and hilariously) parodied in the movie "A Mighty Wind". It would be great fun, especially if you have not yet seen the movie, and are unfamiliar with the music, to listen to this CD just before watching the movie.
Unfortunately, the CD does not quite deliver what it promises. It is too unfocused. The Weavers 1950 hit, Goodnight Irene, belongs to an earlier, purer, folk tradition, as does Burl Ives, and the Dixieland sound of The Village Stompers (great though it is) has no place here at all. To represent a whole musical era with just 16 tracks, a more precise selection is needed.
The sleeve notes are very good although, oddly, they are printed in a sequence different from that of the tracks on the CD. There is some good music on this album but everything about it seems haphazard.