The Best Of The Vanguard Years (Odetta Album) - Why Vanguard Is The Best

The Best of the Vanguard Years is a compilation album by American folk singer Odetta, originally released in 1999.

The focus of the material is the music Odetta performed when recording for the Vanguard label.

Track listing

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All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

1. "Midnight Special" â€" 3:21
2. "Cotton Fields" (Lead Belly) â€" 3:21
3. "Special Delivery Blues" â€" 2:37
4. "Rambling Round Your City" (Woody Guthrie) â€" 4:02
5. "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) â€" 3:04
6. "Down on Me" â€" 2:55
7. "I've Been Driving on Bald Mountain/Water Boy" (Robinson) â€" 6:53
8. "Saro Jane" â€" 2:46
9. "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (Julia Ward Howe) â€" 3:51
10. "If I Had a Hammer" (Lee Hays, Pete Seeger) â€" 1:53
11. "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho" â€" 2:20
12. "Meetin' at the Building" â€" 2:35
13. "No More Auction Block" â€" 2:17
14. "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" â€" 3:22
15. "Spoken Introduction: He Had a Long Chain On" (Jimmy Driftwood) â€" 6:22
16. "Another Man Done Gone" (Vera Hall, Alan Lomax, John Lomax, Ruby Pickens Tartt) â€" 2:31
17. "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands" â€" 2:05
18. "Make Me a Pallet on the Floor" â€" 3:21
19. "Livin' with the Blues" â€" 3:39
20. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Cox) â€" 2:12
21. "House of the Rising Sun" â€" 3:14

Personnel

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• Odetta â€" vocals, guitar
• Bill Lee â€" bass
• Milt Okun â€" conductor

Production notes

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• Samuel Charters â€" compilation liner notes
• David Gahr â€" photography
• Jeff Zaraya â€" engineer

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