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Artist: Ian And Sylvia
Release: The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings
Date: 2001
Sylvia is from Chatham
This four-CD collection contains all seven albums that Ian & Sylvia recorded with Vanguard. Also included are three bonus tracks, “Keep on the Sunny Side,” “Je t’aime Marielle,” and an alternate take of “Rocks and Gravel.” It includes a great 80-page booklet with dozens of beautiful photos, complete credits, images of the original album covers, and an essay by Colin Escott based on interviews with Ian and Sylvia. One drawback is that the original album notes are not included. Also, One might have expected a more attractive cover!
CD ONE:
Ian & Sylvia
1 – Rocks and Gravel (Fricker, Tyson) 3:31 2 – Old Blue (Fricker, Tyson) 3:25 3 – C.C. Rider (trad) 2:56 4 – Un Canadien Errant (trad) 2:58 5 – Handsome Molly (trad) 2:09 6 – Mary Anne (trad) 3:16 7 – Pride of Petrovar (trad) 2:46 8 – Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad 2:43 9 – Rambler Gambler (trad) 3:02 10 – Down by the Willow Garden (trad) 2:59 11 – Got No More Home Than a Dog (Handy) 3:23 12 – When First Unto His Country 2:37 13 – Live A-Humble 2:43
John Herald: second guitar, Bill Lee, Art David: string bass
Four Strong Winds
14 – Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (trad) 2:12 15 – Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Dylan) 3:18 16 – Katy Dear (trad) 3:01 17 – Poor Lazarus (trad) 4:03 18 – Four Strong Winds (Tyson) 3:28 19 – Ella Speed (trad) 2:26 20 – Long Lonesome Road (trad) 2:27 21 – V’la l’Bon Vent (trad) 1:44 22 – Royal Canal (trad) 3:35 23 – Lady of Carlisle (trad) 3:37 24 – Spanish Is a Loving Tongue (trad) 3:27 25 – The Greenwood Side (The Cruel Mother) (trad) 2:30 26 – Everynight When the Sun Goes Down 4:13
John Herald: second guitar
Eric Weissberg, Paul Weidman: bass
CD TWO:
Northern Journey
27 – You Were on My Mind (Fricker) 2:47 28 – Moonshine Can (trad) 2:16 29 – The Jealous Lover 2:54 30 – Four Rode By (Tyson) 2:42 31 – Brave Wolfe 5:25 32 – Nova Scotia Farewell (trad) 2:51 33 – Some Day Soon (Tyson) 2:20 34 – Little Beggarman (Makem) 2:23 35 – Texas Rangers (trad) 3:27 36 – The Ghost Lover (trad) 2:45 37 – Captain Woodstock’s Courtship (trad) 2:56 38 – Green Valley (trad) 4:03 39 – Swing Down, Chariot (trad) 2:09
John Herald: second guitar, Eric Weissberg, Russ Savakus: bass, Monte Dunn: mandolin, guitar
Early Morning Rain
40 – Come in Stranger (Cash) 1:57 41 – Early Morning Rain Lightfoot 3:58 42 – Nancy Whiskey (trad) 2:37 43 – Awake Ye Drowsky Sleepers 3:27 44 – Marlborough Street Blues (Tyson) 2:18 45 – Darcy Farrow (Campbell, Gillette) 3:30 46 – Travelling Drummer (Fricker) 2:28 47 – Maude’s Blues (Fricker), (Tyson) 4:01 48 – Red Velvet (Tyson) 2:18 49 – I’ll Bid My Hear Be Still 2:51 50 – For Lovin’ Me (Lightfoot) 2:19 51 – Song for Canada (Gzowski, Tyson) 4:06
Monte Dunn: guitar, Russ Savakus: bass
CD THREE:
Play One More
52 – Short Grass (Fricker, Tyson) 2:19 53 – The French Girl (Fricker, Tyson) 2:43 54 – When I Was Cowboy 3:49 55 – Changes (Ochs) 3:32 56 – Gifts Are for Giving (Fricker) 3:16 57 – Molly and Tenbrooks (Albertano, Gillette) 3:30 58 – Hey, What About Me (McKenzie) 3:25 59 – Lonely Girls (Fricker, Tyson) 2:41 60 – Satisfied Mind (Hays, Rhodes) 3:35 61 – Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa (Bacharach, David) 3:06 62 – Friends of Mine (Tyson) 3:39 63 – Play One More (Tyson) 3:02
Rick Turner: guitar, Felix Pappalardi: bass, arrangements, Paul Griffin: organ, Eric Weissberg: banjo, Al Gorgoni: instrumental ensemble
So Much For Dreaming
64 – The Circle Game (Mitchell) 3:01 65 – So Much for Dreaming (Tyson) 3:02 66 – Wild Geese (Tyson) 3:59 67 – Child Apart (Tyson) 3:30 68 – Summer Wages (Tyson) 4:04 69 – Hold Tight (Fricker) 2:39 70 – Cutty Wren (trad) 2:57 71 – Si Les Bateaux (Gill Vignault) 3:42 72 – Catfish Blues (trad) 3:36 73 – Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (trad) 3:25 74 – January Morning (Tyson) 3:07 75 – Grey Morning (Fricker) 2:47
David Rea: guitar, Robert Bushnell: electric bass, Al Rogers: drums, Trade Martin: orchestrations
CD FOUR:
Nashville
76 – The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) (Dylan) 2:52 77 – Wheels on Fire (Dylan) 3:47 78 – Farewell to the North (Tyson) 3:45 79 – Taking Care of Business (Tyson) 3:14 80 – Southern Comfort (Fricker) 5:04 81 – Ballad of the Ugly Man (lyrics – Fricker, music – Tyson) 2:34 82 – 90 X 90 (Rea) 2:41 83 – She’ll Be Gone (Fricker) 2:42 84 – London Life (Fricker) 2:44 85 – The Renegade (lyrics – Tyson; music – Fricker) 3:40 86 – House of Cards (Tyson) 4:04 87 – Every Time I Feel the Spirit (trad) 1:48
Produced by Ian Tyson. , Bonus Tracks: 88 – Keep on the Sunny Side (A.P. Carter, Gary Garett) 2:40 89 – Rocks and Gravel [alternate take] (Fricker, Tyson) 3:26 90 – Je T’Aime Marielle 3:32
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