Released June 12, 2007 Producer Vince Hans Release date 12 June 2007 | Length 30:38 | |
Similar The Best of Odetta: Ballads a, Odetta Sings the Blues, Ballad for Americans and Other, Odetta Sings of Many Thi, Best of the MC Records | ||
Vanguard Visionaries is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, released in 2007.
Contents
It is a short compilation (10 songs) and contains recordings from the Vanguard Records years. To celebrate their 60th anniversary, Vanguard had released a series of artist samplers called Vanguard Visionaries from the 1960s and early-'70s era. All the songs are available on other compilations.
Reception
In his Allmusic review, music critic Mark Deming wrote the album "makes clear the legendary folk-blues singer has an amazing voice, nearly flawless instincts about what to do with it, fine taste in songs, and a sure hand with her guitar. However, it's far too scattershot in its assembly and execution to do much else... Each of the ten songs on Odetta's edition of Vanguard Visionaries are a joy to listen to, but beyond that this disc doesn't do much to educate the unenlightened about who Odetta is and why she's important, and that's one lesson more folks need to learn."
Track listing
All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.
- "Midnight Special" – 3:25
- "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" – 2:07
- "Cotton Fields" (Lead Belly) – 3:24
- "House of the Rising Sun" – 3:18
- "Another Man Done Gone" – 2:34
- "Livin' with the Blues" – 3:41
- "Special Delivery Blues" – 2:40
- "Down on Me" – 2:56
- "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) – 3:06
- "Jumpin' Judy" – 2:27
Personnel
Songs
1Midnight Special3:26
2He's Got the Whole World In His Hands2:08
3Cotton Fields3:25