Various Artists - The Folk Explosion - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In the late 1950's and early 1960's, American youth discovered the joys of folk music and this renaissance continued into the 1970's when folk rock was born. This collection gathers tracks from a wide array of artists from the era including Barry McGuire, Odetta, Hoyt Axton, Barbara Dane, Roger McGuinn, Melanie, and even jazz cat Howard Roberts was bitten by the folk bug. All 17 tracks have been newly remastered for this collection. Album Tracks 1. Greenback Dollar 2. Sinner Man 3. One By One 4. John Henry 5. If I Had a Hammer 6. That's the Way the World Has Got to Be (I) 7. California Dreamin' 8. Tom Dooley 9. This Land 10. I'll Fly Away 11. Take This Hammer 12. Single Girl 13. The Gambling Suitor 14. Lord Lovell 15. Greenfields 16. When the Saints Go Marching in 17. Color Him Folky