Tom Paxton - I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton
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Artist: Tom PaxtonEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-01-19
Music Label: Elektra / Wea
Soundtracks:
- I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
- What Did You Learn in School Today?
- The Last Thing on My Mind
- Daily News
- My Lady's a Wild, Flying Dove
- Goin' to the Zoo
- Ramblin' Boy
- The Willing Conscript
- Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
- Bottle of Wine
- Every Time
- Leaving London
- My Son, John
- One Time and One Time Only
- Outward Bound
- Victoria Dines Alone
- All Night Long
- Forest Lawn
- Whose Garden Was This
- Cindy's Cryin'
- Clarissa Jones
- Now That I've Taken My Life
- Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues
- Jimmy Newman
- The Marvelous Toy
- Medley
Free Music Notes for I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton
Free Music Review: As essential as they come
Hit: 5 Stars
Four decades after the beginning of the 1960s folk music revival, Tom Paxton remains one of the most underappreciated voices from that era. He never really became a star as a result of the revival, but nearly everyone who did recorded at least one of his songs. It's unfortunate that his seven Elektra albums from that decade have been out of print for so long, but until and unless they're all reissued on CD, this collection is a great start.All of the original versions of his best-known songs are here, and they're all well worth having. But for me, what really make this collection fly are the lesser-known sides, particularly the four selections from 1970's superb "Tom Paxton 6" LP. Like any performer, his style changed and evolved over the course of the decade, and the changes evident in the songs seen here are fascinating. One thing that didn't change, as the later and less famous songs also reflect, was Paxton's talent for biting satire and social commentary. The beginnings of his more recent forays into lovesongs and children's music are here as well.
Entirely too few of this era's songs make it into Paxton's concerts these days. That unfortunate fact just makes this collection that much more important. If you own a turntable, search out the original albums; but in the meantime pick this disc up as well. It's an excellent cross section of a catalog that deserves more attention than it gets.
I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Best Of Tom Paxton Poster
There are few music fans who are not familiar with a Tom Paxton song--whether they know it or not. Paxton emerged from the folk movement of the 1960s and went on to pen a remarkable body of work that has been covered by literally hundreds of singers. Indeed, the songs on this collection, culled from the seven albums he cut from his start on through 1971, include what are now unarguably American standards in the rarefied tradition of Stephen Foster and Woody Guthrie. His lyrical charm and simplicity of melody informs children's songs ("Going to the Zoo," "Marvelous Toy") and hilarious social satires ("What Did You Learn in School Today," "Forest Lawn"). His most memorable songs, though, are the romantic ballads such as the title track, "Ramblin' Boy," and his signature apologia "The Last Thing on My Mind." This album is a perfect Paxton primer, the only quibble being over the songs left off. The breadth of Paxton's early work surely merits a double CD. --John Sutton-SmithFolk Music CDs
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