More Than Pie in the Sky [Box set]

Lonnie Donegan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 1994)
• Format: Box set
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• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001B0W
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,425,617 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Frankie and Johnny

2. How Long, How Long Blues

3. Wabash Cannonball

4. I'm a Ramblin' Man

5. I'm Alabammy Bound

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight

2. Kevin Barry

3. My Only Son Was Killed in Dublin (The Dying Rebel)

4. Chesapeake Bay

5. Ace in the Hole

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. The Comancheros

2. The Party's Over

3. Over the Rainbow

4. I'll Never Fall in Love Again

5. It Was a Very Good Year

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Lemon Tree

2. 500 Miles Away from Home

3. Cajun Joe (The Bully of the Bayou)

4. Fisherman's Luck

5. Louisiana Man

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate tribute to Britain's "Skiffle King", March 15, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: More Than Pie in the Sky (Audio CD)

Bear Family's immaculate and meticulous 8 CD Lonnie Donegan retrospective rounds up over a decade's worth of studio masters, BBC recordings, live tracks and outtakes - everything that survives from 1953 to 1966 recorded by this Scottish Cockney. Lonnie Donegan amalgamated folk, blues, gospel and country years before Bob Dylan carved his "new" sound out of the music of the American South. Adding rhythm to his repertoire, Lonnie inadvertently invented Britain's most important contribution to 50's rock history. The Vipers may have been the champions of skiffle, but Lonnie Donegan was the king, introducing work songs, blues laments, gospel celebrations and folk ballads. Eight CDs may be more than the casual listener could stand, but this is the ultimate tribute to Britain's first translator of American roots music. See also 3CD set - Sequel NXTCD 233 "Putting on the Style" or 1 CD "Skiffle Sensation", Summit SEL 05392 CD1 70.23; CD2 72.41; CD3 74.00; CD4 75.42; CD5 79.07; CD6 78.37; CD7 79.16; CD8 70.32. Total: 9 hrs, 59 mins, 48 secs.