| Peter, Paul & Mary - Peter, Paul And Mary
(1962)
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CD 12 tracks, 34:05 |
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| Genre |
Contemporary Folk |
| Label |
Warner Bros. |
| Conductor |
Dr. Konrad Ruhland |
| Index |
691 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
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| Track List |
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| 01 |
Early In The Morning |
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01:37 |
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| 02 |
500 Miles |
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02:48 |
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| 03 |
Sorrow |
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02:53 |
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| 04 |
This Train |
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02:11 |
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| 05 |
Bamboo |
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02:33 |
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| 06 |
It's Raiing |
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04:23 |
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| 07 |
If I Had My Way |
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02:25 |
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| 08 |
Cruel War |
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03:28 |
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| 09 |
Lemon Tree |
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02:56 |
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| 10 |
If I Had A Hammer |
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02:10 |
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| 11 |
Autumn To May |
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02:46 |
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| 12 |
Where Have All The Flowers Gone? |
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03:55 |
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| Details |
| Packaging |
Jewel Case |
| UPC (Barcode) |
075992715720 |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Sound |
Stereo |
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| Notes |
| Peter, Paul & Mary\n1962 Warner Bros. Records, Inc.\n\nOriginally Released 1962\nCD Edition Released January 1988\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: The debut album by Peter, Paul & Mary is still one of the best albums to come out of the 1960s folk music revival, a beautifully harmonized collection of the best songs that the group knew, stirring in its sensibilities and its haunting melodies, crossing between folk, children's songs, and even gospel ("If I Had My Way"), and light-hearted just where it needed to be, with the song "Lemon Tree," which became their first hit single, and earnest where it had to be, particularly on "If I Had a Hammer." Ironically, the trio's version of the latter song, which Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes had written in the early days of the Weavers' history, helped push popular folk music in a more political direction at the time, but it was another song in their repertory, Seeger's "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," that also helped indirectly jump start that movement. The group had performed it in Boston at a concert attended by the Kingston Trio, who immediately returned to New York and cut their own version, which charted as a single early in 1962. Other highlights include "It's Raining" and "500 Miles." Peter, Paul & Mary, which hit the top spot on the album charts as part of a 185-week run, is the purest of the trio's albums, laced with innocent good spirits and an optimism that remains infectious even 40 years later. Along with the rest of the trio's early catalog, the album was remixed for CD from its original three-track master tape by Peter Yarrow in 1989, which resulted in some of the best sound on any Warner Bros. CDs of material dating from the early '60s. -- Bruce Eder\n\nAmazon.com essential recording\nThe legendary trio's eponymous 1962 debut produced two classics--"Lemon Tree" and Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer." Because they were always hipper and more political than the Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul & Mary were soon frequently credited as the group that transformed American folk music into '60s pop. It would be another six months before they really exploded with "Puff the Magic Dragon," and then another six before they brought Bob Dylan into the mainstream via their hit covers of "Blowin' in the Wind" and "Don't Think Twice." Which is why 1970's 10 Years Together: The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary remains the essential buy; nevertheless, the debut features their gorgeous covers of "Cruel War" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone," making this disc mandatory for folk fans. --Bill Holdship \n\nAmazon.com Customer Review\nPure Pop for Folkies, July 10, 2000\nReviewer: Mike Halloran (San Jose, CA United States) \nThe Weavers were a folk group trying to make it as pop singers - as were the Kingston Trio, The New Christy Minstrels, Joan Baez and countless imitators. It took a manufactured pop group, however, to truly bring folk to the masses. Nevermind that Peter, Paul and Mary sang almost no folk songs - the closest thing that you will find to a folk song on this album are heavily re-worked versions of "This Train" and "It's Raining". No matter: They had a fresh look and the right sound. This album was a classic from its first release. "500 Miles" alone would qualify it as such in my book. "This Train", "The Cruel War", "If I Had a Hammer" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (three of these five were Weavers' songs) solidify this as a (the?) must-have pre-Beatles album. It was not the biggest seller of 1962 (but who cares about "The Singing Nun"?). It launched thousands of similar groups and its influence was huge. Not all is gold, however: Dave van Ronk's "Bamboo" was sappy then and has not improved. The performance of "It's Raining" sounds as embarrassing now as it was earnest and cute then (a much better version is found on the live "In Concert"). If you gotta have just one PP&M album, I would recommend "Album 1700" but their first one is a classic - it will be just as good 40 or 400 years from now. Highly recommended!\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Albert Grossman \n\nAlbum Notes\nPeter, Paul & Mary: Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey (vocals, guitar); Mary Travers (vocals).\n\nAlthough the Weavers' Lee Hays and Pete Seeger wrote "If I Had a Hammer" in the early 1950s, the group never recorded the song in their original incarnation. Until Peter, Paul and Mary released it as their second single in the summer of 1963, it was a fairly obscure tune even in folkie circles. Their spirited rendition of Hays and Seeger's tune quickly became an enormous pop success and also turned the song into an anthem for the collegiate folk revival, guaranteed to appear at least once in every campus hootenanny well into the '70s. It's also the showpiece of Peter, Paul and Mary's self-titled debut album, one of the best-selling folk records of all time.\n\nIndustry Reviews\nA must hear.\nRock & Roll Disc - ranked # 45 in R&R Disc's 100 Best Sounding CDs survey (10/19/1989) |
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