Yarbrough,Glenn Early Solo Collection CD

Before forming The Limeliters in July 1959, GLENN YARBROUGH - "the tenor with the golden voice" - had pursued an impressive solo career, which stretched back to the early 50s. This compilation features his unfeasibly rare 78rpm debut single, 'Follow The Drinking Gourd' (1951), appearing here for the first time in the digital format, alongside his three pre-Limeliters albums. "Come And Sit By My Side" (also known as "Here We Go Baby!") appeared in 1957 on Tradition, the specialist Folk label founded and financed by Guggenheim heiress Diane Hamilton. "Songs By Glenn Yarbrough" (also 1957) appeared on Jac Holzman's Elektra label. "Glenn Yarbrough & Marilyn Child Sing Folk Songs", an LP shared with fellow-folkie Marilyn Child, appeared on Elektra in 1958. This is the first time that this body of work has been compiled, and the informative original liner notes to all three LPs are included in the booklet.

1. Follow the Drinking Gourd 2. Waltzing Matilda 3. Red River Valley 4. All Round My Hat 5. My Mule Sal 6. Poor Boy 7. Come Again 8. Capitol Ship 9. Dark As a Dungeon 10. The Tailor and the Mouse 11. Banks of the Ohio 12. John Hardy 13. Suspiros Del Chanchamayo 14. Old Maids Song 15. Lonesome Valley 16. Rich Gal, Poor Gal 17. Spanish Is a Loving Tongue 18. Hey, Jim Along 19. Johnny I Hardly Knew You 20. All My Sorrows 21. Hard Ain't It Hard 22. All Through the Night 23. Here We Go, Baby 24. Turtle Dove 25. Goodbye My Lover 26. One More River 27. Sailor's Grave 28. Wasn't That a Mighty Day 29. House of the Rising Sun 30. This Land Is Your Land 31. We Come for to Sing 32. Wee Cooper O'Fife 33. Lilli-I-O 34. Bound for the Promised Land 35. Weel Man the Keel Row 36. Wayfaring Stranger 37. Nickety Nack 38. Three Jolly Sailor Boys 39. Gently Johnny, My Jingalo 40. Mary Had a Baby 41. New York Girls 42. Red River Valley 43. An Irish Fragment 44. Buffalo Boy 45. Who Killed Cock Robin 46. Now, Let Me Fly 47. Everywhere I Look This Morning