Glenn Yarbrough - The Early Solo Collection [2CD]

Cat. no: JASCD888
Format: CD2
Barcode: 604988088823
Release Date: 02 Sep 2022
Genre: Folk

Before forming The Limeliters in July 1959, Glenn Yarbrough - "the tenor with the golden voice" - had pursued an impressive solo career, which stretched back to the early 50s - this compilation features his unfeasibly rare 78rpm debut single, 'Follow The Drinking Gourd' (1951), appearing here for the frst time in the digital format, alongside his three pre-Limeliters albums 

"Come And Sit By My Side" (also known as "Here We Go Baby!") appeared in 1957 on Tradition, the specialist Folk label founded and fnanced by Guggenheim heiress Diane Hamilton. "Songs By Glenn Yarbrough" (also 1957) appeared on Jac Holzman's Elektra label. "Glenn Yarbrough & Marilyn Child Sing Folk Songs", an LP shared with fellow-folkie Marilyn Child, appeared on Elektra in 1958.

This is the frst time that this body of work has been compiled, and the informative original liner notes to all three LPs are included in the booklet. 

Tracks: Follow The Drinking Gourd / Waltzing Matilda / Red River Valley / All Round My Hat / My Mule Sal / Poor Boy / Come Again / Capitol Ship / Dark As A Dungeon / The Tailor And The Mouse / Banks Of The Ohio / John Hardy / Suspiros Del Chanchamayo / Old Maids Song / Lonesome Valley / Rich Gal, Poor Gal / Spanish Is A Loving Tongue / Hey, Jim Along / Johnny I Hardly Knew You / All My Sorrows / Hard Ain't It Hard / All Through The Night / Here We Go, Baby / Turtle Dove / Goodbye My Lover / One More River / Sailor's Grave / Wasn't That A Mighty Day / House Of The Rising Sun / This Land Is Your Land / We Come For To Sing / Wee Cooper O'ffe / Lilli- I-O / Bound For The Promised Land / Weel Man The Keel Row / Wayfaring Stranger / Nickety Nack / Three Jolly Sailor Boys / Gently Johnny, My Jingalo / Mary Had A Baby / New York Girls / Red River Valley / An Irish Fragment / Buffalo Boy / Who Killed Cock Robin / Now, Let Me Fly / Everywhere I Look This Morning