Songs Of Conscience & Concern: A Retrospective Collection

Peter Paul & Mary | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 23, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00000I8TV
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,455 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Wasn't That a Time

2. Pastures of Plenty

3. Power

4. If I Were Free

5. Coming of the Roads

6. El Salvador

7. The Great Mandala

8. All My Trials

9. All Mixed Up

10. Danny's Downs

11. Don't Laugh at Me [#]

12. Home Is Where the Heart Is [Live]

13. There But for Fortune

14. Old Coat

15. Because All Men Are Brothers

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The legacy of Peter, Paul & Mary as folk singers, April 22, 2002

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Songs Of Conscience & Concern: A Retrospective Collection (Audio CD)

The idea behind "Songs of Conscience & Concern" is Peter, Paul & Mary sang lots of other great protest songs besides their popular hits "If I Had A Hammer," "Blowin' In The Wind," and "Where Have All The Flowers Gone." I might not have heard PP&M sing many of the songs included in this retrospective collection, but several of them are quite familiar from all the folk music I have been listening to this year. The album begins with the Weaver's "What That A Time" and Woody Guthrie's "Pastures Of Plenty," two songs I have recently discovered and greatly admire. The issues covered in these songs stretch from the Great Depression to today and the songs come from a dozen PP&M albums, although it is not surprising that three of the songs come from their "Flowers and Stones" album. One of the things I really noticed on this album was that they reflect not only the graceful harmonies of the trio, but that the instrumental work on some of these songs is as good as anything we have heard them do. With their successful holiday concerts and the enduring legacy of "Puff the Magic Dragon," it is important sometimes to remember that Peter, Paul & Mary were folk singers, and that once upon a time folk singers were the social conscience of this nation. This album is a remember of those times.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They still leave you thinking with the messages they sing, December 15, 1999

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Kathy (Seattle, Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs Of Conscience & Concern: A Retrospective Collection (Audio CD)

I've been a Peter, Paul and Mary fan since their first concert I attended in high school in 1969. They always entertain you, but leave you thinking about our society. This is my favorite recording and Danny's Downs is an exceptional song. I have given this to many of my friends and will continue to.

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't wait, August 15, 2000

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b.a. "b.a." (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Songs Of Conscience & Concern: A Retrospective Collection (Audio CD)

I was reluctant to buy this CD because I had all the cuts, except their latest, on other CD's and albums in my collection. I have to say now that the recordings are all exceptional performances and "Don't Laugh at Me" alone is worth the price of the CD. Don't wait . . . don't hesitate to invest in a copy of this CD for yourself.