The Weavers at Carnegie Hall
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At Carnegie Hall is the second album
by The Weavers
. The concert was recorded live
at Carnegie Hall
in New York City
on Christmas Eve
1955. At the time the concert was a come-back for the group following the inclusion of the group on the entertainment industry blacklist
. It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top 200
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by The Weavers
The Weavers
The Weavers were an American folk music quartet based in the Greenwich Village area of New York City. They sang traditional folk songs from around the world, as well as blues, gospel music, children's songs, labor songs, and American ballads, and selling millions of records at the height of their...
. The concert was recorded live
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...
at Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall
Carnegie Hall is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, United States, located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east stretch of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street and West 57th Street, two blocks south of Central Park....
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
on Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve refers to the evening or entire day preceding Christmas Day, a widely celebrated festival commemorating the birth of Jesus of Nazareth that takes place on December 25...
1955. At the time the concert was a come-back for the group following the inclusion of the group on the entertainment industry blacklist
Hollywood blacklist
The Hollywood blacklist—as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known—was the mid-twentieth-century list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment in the field because of their political beliefs or...
. It peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
.
Track listing
- "Darling CoreyDarlin' Cory"Darlin' Cory " is a well-known folk song about a banjo-picking, moonshine-making mountain woman. The first known recording of it was by Clarence Gill as "Little Corey" on 6 January 1927, but it was rejected by the record company and never released. A few months later, folk singer Buell Kazee...
" (traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:58 - "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" (traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 3:14
- "Pay Me My Money Down" (Parrish) — 2:36
- "Greensleeves" (traditional) — 2:39
- "Rock Island LineRock Island Line (song)"Rock Island Line" is an American blues/folk song first recorded by John Lomax in 1934 as sung by inmates in an Arkansas State Prison, and later popularized by Lead Belly. Many versions have been recorded by other artists, most significantly the world-wide hit version in the mid-1950s by Lonnie...
" (Leadbelly) — 2:19 - "Around the World" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 2:37
- "WimowehThe Lion Sleeps Tonight"The Lion Sleeps Tonight", also known as "Wimoweh" and originally as "Mbube", is a song recorded by Solomon Linda and his group The Evening Birds for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. It was covered internationally by many 1950s pop and folk revival artists, including The Weavers,...
" (traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:46 - "Venga Jaleo" (Brooks) — 2:09
- "Suliram (I'll Be There)" (Campbell, Engvick) — 2:05
- "Shalom Chaverim" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 2:02
- "Lonesome Traveler" (Hays) — 1:59
- "I Know Where I'm GoingI Know Where I'm Going (song)"I Know Where I'm Going" is a traditional Scottish or Irish ballad about a woman pining for her "bonnie" lover Johnny. It is Roud number 5701. It was recorded by Burl Ives on 31 March 1941 for his debut album Okeh Presents the Wayfaring Stranger...
" (traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:51 - "Woody's Rag/900 Miles" (Guthrie) — 1:34
- "Sixteen Tons" (Travis) — 2:03
- "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman ...) — 2:09
- "When the Saints Go Marching InWhen the Saints Go Marching In"When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn that has taken on certain aspects of folk music. The precise origins of the song are not known. Though it originated as a spiritual, today people are more likely to hear it played by a jazz band...
" (traditional) 2:15 - "I've Got a Home in That Rock" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:48
- "Hush Little Baby" (Campbell) — 1:03
- "Go Where I Send Thee (One for the Little Bitty Baby)" (traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 2:35
- "Goodnight, IreneGoodnight, Irene"Goodnight, Irene" or "Irene, Goodnight," is a 20th century American folk standard, written in 3/4 time, first recorded by American blues musician Huddie 'Lead Belly' Ledbetter in 1932....
" (Leadbelly, Lomax) — 4:02
Charts
year | chart | peak |
---|---|---|
1961 | Billboard Pop Albums | 24 |
The Weavers
- Ronnie GilbertRonnie GilbertRonnie Gilbert is an American folk-singer. She is one of the original members of the Weavers with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Fred Hellerman.-Career:...
Alto (Vocals) - Lee Hays Arranger, Bass (Vocals)
- Fred HellermanFred HellermanFred Hellerman, born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Brooklyn College, is an American folk singer, guitarist, producer and song writer, primarily known as one of the members of The Weavers, together with Pete Seeger, Lee Hays, and Ronnie Gilbert...
Guitar, Bass baritone(Vocal) - Pete SeegerPete SeegerPeter "Pete" Seeger is an American folk singer and was an iconic figure in the mid-twentieth century American folk music revival. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead...
Banjo, Arranger, Tenor (Vocal)
Releases
year | format | label | catalog # |
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1957 | LP | Vanguard | 9010 |
1970 | LP | Vanguard | VSD-76533 |
1984 | LP | Vanguard | VMS-73101 |
1984 | CS | Vanguard | CVM-73101 |
1988 | CD | Vanguard | VMD-73101 |