Various – Folk Festival At Newport Vol. 2
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| Label: | Vanguard – VRS-9063 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Mono |
| Country: | United States |
| Released: | 1959 |
| Genre: | Folk, World, & Country |
| Style: | Blues, Jazz |
Tracklist
| 1 | Odetta– | Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho |
| 2 | Odetta– | Cotton Fields At Home |
| 3 | Odetta– | Great Historical Bum |
| 4 | Odetta– | I've Been Driving On Bald Mountain And Water Boy |
| 5 | Joan Baez And Bob Gibson– | Virgin Mary Had One Son |
| 6 | Joan Baez And Bob Gibson– | We Are Crossing The Jordan River |
| 1 | The New Lost City Ramblers With Mike Seeger And Tom Paley And John Cohen (2)– | Beware, O Take Care |
| 2 | The New Lost City Ramblers With Mike Seeger– | When First Into This Country I Came |
| 3 | The New Lost City Ramblers– | Hopalong Peter |
| 4 | Barbara Dane With Frank Hamilton (3) And Bill Lee (2)– | Little Maggie |
| 5 | Barbara Dane With Frank Hamilton (3) And Bill Lee (2)– | Kink's Blues |
| 6 | Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee*– | My Baby Done Changed The Lock On The Door |
| 7 | Sonny Terry And Brownie McGhee*– | Pick A Bale Of Cotton |
Condition Description & Other Information
The Newport Folk Festival was started in 1959 by George Wein, founder of the already-well-established Newport Jazz Festival, and owner of Storyville, a jazz club located in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1958, Wein became aware of the growing Folk Revival movement and began inviting folk artists such as Odetta to perform on Sunday afternoons at Storyville. The afternoon performances consistently sold out and Wein began to consider the possibility of a "folk afternoon embedded within the 1959 Newport Jazz Festival". Wein envisioned the program to be "similar in scope and tone to the highly successful blues and gospel shows" that had taken place at the Jazz Festival in previous years. Wein asked Odetta, Pete Seeger, and the Weavers to perform on the afternoon in addition to the Kingston Trio. Some in the jazz community accused Wein of crass commercialism in booking these groups because they deviated from, and had a larger following than, most jazz musicians of the time. This pressure coupled with his various conversations with those in the folk community made it clear to Wein that an afternoon program at the Jazz Festival would not suffice and that there was demand for a full Folk festival.
Aware of his own limitations in the folk scene, Wein asked Albert Grossman, then Odetta's manager, to join him in planning and producing the festival. Grossman accepted and began working with Wein to book talent and organize the weekend. Pete Seeger was also involved with the founding of the festival.Theodore Bikel and Oscar Brand were also founders of the festival.
The inaugural festival, held at Freebody Park, included Pete Seeger, Earl Scruggs, the Kingston Trio, John Jacob Niles, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Odetta, The New Lost City Ramblers, and more. Perhaps the most notable performance was the surprise debut of the eighteen year old Joan Baez, who was brought on as a guest of Bob Gibson.
Condition Report
## Without a doubt the best copy available in the world today!! Looks very close to the way it did when it left the shop in 1959!! Odetta, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Joan Baez etc... ##
The Vinyl is described as Near Mint. Very few signs of play. A couple of spindle marks to both labels. There are just a very few fine hairlines & near invisible sleeve marks to both sides of the record. The Vinyl has retained nearly all of its rich waxy lustre.
The Cover is made from my favourite thick American card & I have described as Excellent. There is some very minor edge/spine & corner-wear. There are some fine cracks to spine & edges with associated wrinkles. There is some extremely minor ring wear to front & verso. There are some extremely minor colour losses to edges & spine. Just a couple of very minor foxing spots to verso. No seam splits.
Please see attached photos...