Classic Maritime Music from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2004-05-25
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
- Roll Alabama Roll (The Alabama)
- Shenandoah
- Clear the Track and Let the Bullgine Roll
- Greenland Whale Fisheries
- Paddy Doyle?s Boots
- The Black Ball Line
- The Sloop John B
- Tommy?s Gone to Hilo
- Lord Franklin
- The Handsome Cabin Boy
- Rio Grande
- Run Come See
- Ten Penny Bit (Instrumental)
- South Australia
- Haul Away Joe
- Blood Red Roses
- All for Me Grog
- Haul on the Bowline
- Bully in the Alley
- Chesapeake Born (Tom Wisner, Burmese Tunes, BMI)
- A Hundred Years on the Eastern Shore
- Dredging is Drudgery (Tom Wisner)
- Liverpool Judies (Instrumental)
- Santiano Hugill
- Reuben Ranzo
- The Girls Around Cape Horn
- Adieu My Lovely Nancy
- The Dreadnaught
- Married to a Mermaid
- Boney
- Homeward Bound/The Old Slipper Shoe (Instrumental)
- Homeward Bound
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Free Music Review: A must-have for those who like this kind of thing...
Hit: 5 Stars
Smithsonian's reissues of old Folkways label records, and their creation of new complilations from the archives, are always done well, and it's no different with this one. The fan of songs from workers in the oceans gets 32 of them here, from many different artists, some well-known, some obscure. Same with the songs: some seem to appear on every collection of this kind of music that's ever been released, and some were new to me. In fact, the songs and singers I had never heard before were the stars of the disc for me. As always with Smithsonian projects, the booklet is wonderful, and considerably adds to the value of the product. (Original Folkways LP booklets were often wordy, but frequently careless and inaccurate.) If there is a flaw here at all for my taste, it is that some of the solos could have benefitted from the addition of a chorus, and the few a cappella tracks would have been more interesting with accompaniement. However, that's the tiniest of quibbles. I have listened to this three times in the past six days, and like it more with every hearing. The only thing like it I ever thought was better was a record released in the late '70's or early '80's on the National Geographic label called "Songs and Sounds of the Sea." That was fantastic, but only half as long as this one, and it has not been translated to compact disc.
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More than just sea chanteys, maritime musical tradition encompasses an ocean of songs from people who have lived and worked on the water. Onboard are Folkways favorite singers-Dave Van Ronk and the Foc'sle Singers, Lead Belly, and Paul Clayton and many more. Classic Maritime takes you from the folk songs of Martha's Vineyard down to the Bahamas and beyond. Compiled and annotated by Jeff Place. Extensive liner notes, a whopping 32 tracks, 68 minutes of music!Folk Music CDs
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