Best Of Peter, Paul & Mary: Ten Years Together

Artist: Peter Paul & Mary
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075992732826
EAN: 0075992732826
ASIN: B000002KHJ

Release Date: 1992-07-28

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Tracks:

Blowin' In The Wind
Too Much Of Nothing
Lemon Tree
Stewball
Early Mornin' Rain
500 Miles
I Dig Rock & Roll Music
Leaving On A Jet Plane
Puff (The Magic Dragon)
For Lovin' Me
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song)
Day Is Done

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Customer Reviews:

Good music, but misleading professional review.......2006-10-18

I'm sure that all of us who remember PP&M welcome a CD reissue if only because we won't have to listen to the scratches and the skips that a well-loved record album is burdened by. But I'm surprised at the Amazon review posted ahead of all the "amateurs" because there are NO NEW TRACKS on the CD. The record has 13 tracks, not 10, as the review so prominently claims. I agree with the other amateur reviewers who would like to hear some of the other PP&M songs added, such as "This Land is Your Land" and "Where Have all the Flowers Gone." And it's understandable that all the recording company wanted to do was reissue the original. But please, Amazon, don't advertise a product as something it's not.

A Classic of American Folk Music.......2006-10-07

I still have this on vinyl, but just never bother with the stereo anymore. I pounced on the CD and popped it into my player, so once again I can relive the sound that meant so much to me in my college days. It's still a mellow blending of voices and a great selection of songs.
You get your classic folk tunes (Blowin' in the Wind and If I Had a Hammer), plus 60s songs like Too Much of Nothing and I Dig Rock and Roll Music. I love their version of Lemon Tree and you just have to have Puff the Magic Dragon.
A marvelous album!

38 minutes of Greatest Hits.......2006-01-18

First released on LP in 1970, this greatest hits album contains several of the big hits by Peter, Paul, and Mary, the folk trio from the '60's whose classic works include "Puff the Magic Dragon" and their covers of Pete Seeger's "If I Had a Hammer," John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane," and Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind." The group's sound consisted of simple, feel-good, peace-loving, almost naive, harmonies with spare instrumentation (usually just guitars and acoustic bass) and without much of a hint of an edge (realizing that some of their music was "protest music" in spirit and assuming for the moment that "Puff!" wasn't about lighting up a doobie). This formula garnered them a loyal following in the '60's and no doubt has today's greying listeners harkening back to those good old days. Anyone who was a fan and hasn't heard them for years will find this a warm reminder of the classic tunes and times.

It's always a bit difficult to review a Greatest Hits album -- people always quibbling about what songs in their opinion were unjustly left out and which they could have done without. I always think that's pointless, but I can't resist jumping on the bandwagon this time... True, this CD release improves on the earlier LP version by adding 3 tracks, but the total playing time still only comes to less than 38 minutes. That just doesn't cut it for me in the age of the CD format. So, what would I add? Well, how about "This Land is Your Land," "Where Have All The Flowers Gone," or "Kumbaya," "Michael Row the Boat Ashore," "Down By The Riverside," or even "Because All Men Are Brothers." Ah, fair enough... if I'd wanted those tracks, I should have purchased either the 2CD collection, "Around the Campfire" or the newly released and remastered "The Very Best of Peter, Paul, and Mary." Don't get me wrong, "Ten Years Together" is a decent album with some classic hits from PPM, but if you want something more complete and a better value for your $, check out either of those two albums first -- I wish I had (and I wish I'd read a review that made this clear). Then again, with "The Very Best..." available now, you should be able to pick up "Ten Years Together" for a dollar or two.

Crisp American folk music.......2005-10-16

A music collection that contains classical numbers from the classics of American folk music.

A collection that also makes me cruise to the 60's, both with its melodies and lyrics. The themes are socially and politically oriented making them even more universal.

I dig Peter, Paul & Mary.......2005-09-25

For baby-boomer nostalgists like me, this CD is a must. PP&M were an assembled group, like the Monkees, with Peter Yarrow as the handsome one, Paul Stookey as the funny one, and Mary Travers as the blonde chick up front. Contrived or not, they made a real impact throughout the 60s. Television-friendly and family-safe, they captured the optimistic idealism of the time and did much to define the decade their music spans. As a cultural phenomenon, the 60s didn't really get going until 1963 or 64, so PP&M anticipated this slightly and their style has much of 50s skiffle in it. Individually, they were competent rather than great singers or musicians. Mary was no Judy Collins or Joan Baez. But their ensemble sound was very listenable and their major contribution was to help introduce great songwriters like Bob Dylan and John Denver. Both Yarrow and Stookey went on to demonstrate songwriting abilities, and Stookey's The Wedding Song (There is Love) became something of a classic.

This music is the bridge between 50s skiffle and late 60s folk-rock, and between Pete Seeger/Woodie Guthrie social awareness and mid-60s protest songs. A stroll across that bridge is undemanding, warm and pleasant. Relax and enjoy it. But if you're buying new, check out "The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary". It's better value.

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