Time: 38:53+48:59+75:44
File: MP3 @ 320K/s
Released: 2001
Styles: Folk
Art: Full
CD 1:
01. Dandelion River Run (Instrumental) (1:42)
02. Pack Up Your Sorrows (Live) (2:58)
03. Tommy Makem Fantasy (Instrumental) (1:34)
04. Michael, Andrew And James (5:12)
05. Dog Blue (Instrumental) (1:46)
06. V. (Instrumental) (3:34)
07. One Way Ticket (3:28)
08. Hamish (Instrumental) (1:51)
09. Another Country (4:06)
10. Tuileries (Instrumental) (1:49)
11. The Falcon (3:44)
12. Reno Nevada (3:12)
13. Celebration For A Grey Day (Instrumental) (3:50)
CD 2:
01. Reflections In A Crystal Wind (3:34)
02. Bold Marauder (4:04)
03. Dopico (3:54)
04. A Swallow Song (2:51)
05. Chrysanthemum (Instrumental) (2:26)
06. Sell-Out Agitation Waltz (2:51)
07. Hard Loving Loser (4:39)
08. Mainline Prosperity Blues (6:27)
09. Allen's Interlude (2:52)
10. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream (3:09)
11. Raven Girl (5:10)
12. Miles (Instrumental) (2:54)
13. Children Of Darkness (4:02)
CD 3:
01. The Quiet Joys Of Brotherhood (4:18)
02. Joy 'round My Brain (3:47)
03. Lemonade Lady (2:02)
04. Downtown (Instrumental) (1:37)
05. Almond Joy (2:12)
06. Blood Red Roses (2:30)
07. Morgan The Pirate (5:46)
08. A Swallow Song (2:50)
09. All The World Has Gone By (3:45)
10. Pack Up Your Sorrows (3:07)
11. Leaving California (One-Way Ticket) (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (3:31)
12. Sell-Out Agitation Waltz (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (2:54)
13. Pack Up Your Sorrows (Peter Yarrow) (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (6:20)
14. House Un-American Blues Activity Dream (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (3:26)
15. The Bold Marauder (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (6:15)
16. Hard Lovin' Loser (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (4:19)
17. Dopico (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (6:58)
18. Celebration For A Grey Day (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (7:49)
19. Shady Grove (Jean Ritchie) (1965 Newport Folk Festival) (2:06)
This is a straightforward three-CD set of the Fariñas' Vanguard recordings, each disc containing one of their three albums: Celebrations for a Grey Day, Reflections in a Crystal Wind, and the posthumous outtakes collection Memories. For Richard & Mimi Fariña fans who already have all of those albums, the chief interest lies in the seven previously unreleased bonus tracks that have been added to the Memories disc, all of them taken from their appearance at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. Those songs, in which the duo played in an acoustic setup with some help from onstage guests (including Bruce Langhorne and Fritz Richmond), are enjoyable but not essential, particularly as the sound quality isn't that great. The new additions, however, make live versions of some their best songs available, among them "The Bold Marauder" (the best of the live cuts), "Sell-Out Agitation Waltz," "Pack Up Your Sorrows" (with Peter Yarrow), and "Celebration for a Grey Day"; Jean Ritchie accompanies them on "Shady Grove" (which is sometimes nearly drowned out by airplane swoops). Overall this is seminal, underrated mid-'60s folk-rock, quite consistent in quality for the most part. It's not an over-investment for the cost-conscious, and if you like any one of their albums, you'll probably like all of them. Note, however, that it's not quite the complete Vanguard recordings since it doesn't have the unreleased version of "Tuileries" that appeared on the compilation Pack Up Your Sorrows: Best of the Vanguard Years. It's also a bit disappointing that no further studio outtakes were found, such as the demos referred to in David Hajdu's book Positively 4th Street. ~Review by Richie Unterberger
The Complete Vanguard Recordings CD 1
The Complete Vanguard Recordings CD 2
The Complete Vanguard Recordings CD 3