Titanic-Epic Songs of the Sea

Titanic-Epic Songs of the Sea (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cmh Records
• ASIN: B000006NQT
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #378,501 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Titanic - Layne Brooks

2. High Barbaree - Jesse Lee Jones

3. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Layne Brooks

4. What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor? - Wayne Horsburgh

5. Wreck of the Sloop John B. - Jesse Lee Jones

6. The Mermaid Song [Instrumental] - Mark Thornton

7. Santy Anno - Dan Furmanik

8. Calypso - Art Green

9. Titanic Blues - Brooke Davis

10. What Does the Deep Sea Say? - Layne Brooks

11. Captain Kidd - Jesse Lee Jones

12. Sink the Bismarck - Wayne Horsburgh

13. The Thresher - Dan Furmanik

14. Blow the Man Down - Tommy Faile

15. Dreaming of the Sea [Instrumental] - Ed Ten Hoedt

16. The Golden Vanity - Arthur Smith

17. P.T. 109 - Dan Furnanik

18. Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea - Mac Wiseman

19. The Lighthouse - David West

20. Ballad of the Titanic - Valley Madigan

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Set sail for a great musical experience!, June 16, 2000

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Rabbi Yonassan Gershom (Minnesota, USA) - See all my reviews
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I checked this album out of the library because it had "Sloop John B" and that "Titanic" song we used to sing around the campfire when I was in summer camp (a LONG time ago) and I wanted the words. I liked the album so much that I just had to have my own copy.

Granted, this CD is obviously an attempt to cash in on the current Titanic craze, but I'll forgive them that, because it's a really great collection of sea songs, ranging from the 17th to the 20th century, performed by a variety of artists. Included are the usual chanteys such "What Shall we do with a Drunken Sailor" and "Blow the Man Down," that you'll find in lots of folk collections. But there are also ballads about more recent events, such as the sinking of the Thresher (atomic sub), the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (Great Lakes ore ship), and the heroism of John F. Kennedy on "PT 109" (WWII patrol boat). The Edmund Fitzgerald ballad was especially meaningful to me, because I live in Minnesota near Lake Superior, where the E.F. sunk in 1975, so this song is local history. It was originally written and performed by Chippewa singer Gordon Lightfoot and was a #2 hit in 1976, right after the shipwreck happened. It is re-recorded here by Layne Brooks.

Also interesting was "Sink the Bismarck," a patriotic British ballad from World War II, about sinking a German warship, which became a rallying battle cry for the Allies in those dark times. I had heard ABOUT this song before, but had never actually heard the song itself. What a treat!

Not all the songs are about war and shipwrecks. "Calypso," written by John Denver and performed here by Art Green, sings the praises of Jacque Cousteau's scientific expeditions. Plus there are instrumentals that let you lie back and imagine the rolling waves. In short, finding all of these sea songs together on one CD is a real treasure! (The CD comes with historical notes.)

5.0 out of 5 stars titanic, November 11, 2009

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Carrie A. Fletcher (Inglewood ca) - See all my reviews
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I thought this cd is a wonderfulful way tp learn about the past and to be able to enjoy good music all at the same time. music is a good way of being able to recall things so this sticks with you and helps to remember those that have gone before. I loved it. I am also wearing it out.

5.0 out of 5 stars "Edmund Fitzgerald" alone is worth the price of the CD..., August 5, 2001

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Joshua Claassen (Norman, OK) - See all my reviews
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...but the icing on the cake is that so many of the other songs on this CD are great ones, too! "What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor" is a humorous "cautionary tale" of sorts about choosing the right people as drinking buddies. ("Shave his belly with a rusty razor..." Eeechhh! Gives me chills just thinking about it.) "Calypso," a John Denver classic, is here ably rendered by someone who almost sounds like Denver himself, IMO. And that song about the Thresher nuclear sub sinking sounds like it _might_just_ rival "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" in tragic pathos.

However, the crowning glory of the entire disc is easily "Edmund Fitzgerald." Every time I stop by this site and listen to that song, the tune, along with its wavery vocals, sets something within me soaring. To sum up, I don't own this disc yet, but I definitely want to!