scheduled for 29 July 2016 release, from FELLSIDE Recordings: PETE SEEGER IN ENGLAND 2-CD Disc: 1 1. Intro 2. East Virginia 3. Deep Blue Sea 4. I Knew Leadbelly 5. El Dia De Tu Santo 6. Cumberland Bear Hunt 7. Pretty Polly 8. He Lies In The American Land 9. One Big Fat Hen 10. Leather Britches/jesu Joy Of Man's Desiring 11. Suliram 12. The Bells Of Rhymney 13. John Riley 14. Go Tell Aunt Rhody 15. I Am A Union Woman/fare Y'well Old Ely Branch 16. Which Side Are You On? 17. The Scaler 18. Talking Union 19. The Water Is Wide 20. Bayeza 21. Abi-yo-yo 22. I Never Will Marry 23. She Moves Through The Fair 24. How Beautiful Are The Nights In Israel 25. Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream [the selections on DISC 1 were released by FOLKLORE Records in 1963 on 2 LP's FOLKLORE F/LAUT/1 PETE SEEGER IN CONCERT FOLKLORE F-LAUT/2 PETE SEEGER In Concert Vol.2 ] Disc: 2 1. Old Joe Clark 2. The House Carpenter 3. Medley 4. Where Have All The Flowers Gone? 5. What Did You Learn In School Today? 6. Little Boxes 7. Intro 8. If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus 9. Intro 10. Pastures Of Plenty 11. The Sinking Of The 'reuben James' 12. Intro 13. Mail Myself To You 14. The Frog & The Mouse 15. Shanties: Shenandoah/Louisiana 16. Little Birdie 17. Intro 18. Guantanamera 19. A Hard Rains Gonna Fall 20. We Shall Overcome "The legendary American Folk singer's career had been seriously knocked off course by the McCarthy witch-hunts into Unamerican Activities in the USA affecting artists believed to be communists. At one stage Seeger was facing a ten year prison sentence, but he managed to visit the UK in 1958. The concert was recorded and issued by the Folklore label which emanated out of the Dobell's record shop on Charing Cross road in West London. In 1964 he was back again and at one concert, at Manchester's Free Trade Hall, he was recorded again. Both concerts on this DOUBLE CD FOR THE PRICE OF ONE set are typical Seeger material of that time. He talks about his friends Leadbelly and Woody Guthrie and champions new songwriters like Tom Paxton and Malvina Reynolds. The concerts also give a wonderful insight to how Seeger worked an audience and had them eating out of his hand. His ability to engage the audience is an object lesson for young performers. The Folklore LPs had limited circulation and the Manchester concert has never been heard before. The booklet comes with an informative essay about Pete Seeger by Joe Stead. "
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