Very Best of Tom Paxton

Tom Paxton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 29, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B000000MOW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,061 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #90 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Singer Songwriters

Track Listings

1. Ramblin' Boy

2. Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound

3. When You Shook Your Long Hair Down

4. Katy

5. Outward Bound

6. The Marvellous Toy

7. Wasn't That a Party

8. Peace Will Come

9. Leaving London

10. Bottle of Wine

11. Jennifer's Rabbit

12. My Lady's a Wild Flying Dove

13. Goin' to the Zoo

14. Whose Garden Was This

15. Jimmy Newman

16. The Last Thing on My Mind

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding work by a great artist..., November 2, 1998

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[e-mail] (Ellington, Connecticut) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of Tom Paxton (Audio CD)

This cd is loaded with some of Tom Paxton's finest work... it is a must have for anyone who loves Tom's songs and warmth. A must have for a complete CD collection of Folk music that stretchs from the early '60 to current times....

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Get Some originals, June 9, 2000

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Poppa Joe (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Very Best of Tom Paxton (Audio CD)

Tom Paxton is undeniably one of the great songwriter's of the style. As this album is an exploration of Tom's output over the years it cannot be considered as anything else. It would be hard for me to give it anything but 3 stars. That said, if you are unfamiliar with Mr. Paxton's oeuvre, by all means pick up this CD. It is a textbook sampling of all the things Tom is in song. Then, do yourself a big favor. Go and find the original albums/CDs from which these songs have been culled. Unfortunately, many will be unavailable. But, there you will find the 5 stars!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful CD, much loved over the years, December 29, 2009

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Very Best of Tom Paxton (Audio CD)

As I was ripping this CD for my iPod, I was trying to recall just how I came to own it. I'd never heard of Tom Paxton before it and don't have anything else by him. Well, when my 19-year-old daughter was much, much younger, she had a marvelous book, Jennifer's Rabbit. She loved that book, and when she learned that it was based on a song, absolutely nothing would do but that we learn to sing it. I searched high and low for sheet music or a recording, and Amazon came through with this Tom Paxton collection!

As many times as we've listened to it over the years, I'm fairly surprised it's still in such good shape. I'm glad we didn't get a cassette tape! The book looks much the worse for wear, despite the fact that Katie treated her books very much better than most children I've known. (I looked for a copy of that for young nieces and nephews this Christmas, and was distressed to find it out of print.)

In any case, I have been remiss in not finding more of Mr. Paxton's work, and I owe him many thanks for giving us hours of delight. I recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys a good tune.