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The Very Best Of Judy Collins
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Track Listings
1 | Turn, Turn, Turn! / To Everything There Is a Season |
2 | So Early, Early in the Spring |
3 | Suzanne |
4 | Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |
5 | Both Sides Now |
6 | Since You Asked |
7 | Albatross |
8 | My Father |
9 | Someday Soon |
10 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes |
11 | Chelsea Morning (Single Version) |
12 | Farewell to Tarwathie |
13 | Song for Judith (Open the Door) |
14 | Cook with Honey |
15 | Send in the Clowns |
16 | Amazing Grace |
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The definitive single-CD anthology of her classic Elektra sides! Her hit versions of Both Sides Now; Someday Soon; Chelsea Morning (single version); Turn! Turn! Turn!/To Everything There Is a Season; Amazing Grace; Cook with Honey, and Send in the Clowns join nine others, as selected by Rhino and Judy herself!
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 5.55 x 4.92 x 0.39 inches; 3.53 ounces
- Manufacturer : Elektra Catalog Group
- Item model number : 2020938
- Original Release Date : 2001
- SPARS Code : DDD
- Date First Available : December 7, 2006
- Label : Elektra Catalog Group
- ASIN : B00005MLVE
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #11,284 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #81 in Traditional Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
- #83 in Traditional Pop
- #144 in Contemporary Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
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Judy Collins is somewhere in between. Her voice is clearer and surer than Joni's, but with not quite the range and tone qualities of Joan's. And her songwriting abilities (as evidenced by four tracks on this CD) are passable but unremarkable. But when she covers other writers' songs, especially traditional songs, and stays within her range, she is superb.
Joshua Rifkin's arrangement for Just Like Tom Thumb Blues, incorporating harp and flutes, is truly beautiful. Also outstanding is Farewell to Tarwathie, a traditional whaling song. These two by themselves are worth the price of admission. There are two Joni Mitchell songs here. Both Sides Now is great, probably the best recording of it. Chelsea Morning is good (this is the version the Clintons heard, and which inspired their daughter's name) but it lacks the quirky charm that Joni brings to it. On Song for Judith, she pushes her voice too high and this is the weakest vocal performance on the CD. This is odd, because it is her own composition, so you would think that she would have written it to suit her range. Her rendition of the Sandy Denny song Who Knows Where the Time Goes, is probably the best there is, even better than Sandy's own recording, which is saying something, as Sandy's voice was very beautiful.
You need to hear Joan, Joni and Judy. As an introduction to, or sampling of, the latter, this CD, a true 'best of' with good sleeve notes, is the one to go for.
The one gem on this album of interest to Judy Collins afficionados is the "single" version of Chelsea Morning which was released on a 45 single, but never on an albu,. The Chelsea Morning arrangement on the "Living" album is a very different live recording, while the rendition on "Forever" is a modern version. Speaking as a JC fan, it's great to get a CD quality version of this single.
While most of her classics are on here, there are many other tracks that blew me away - such as the ONLY example of the danceable, single version of Chelsea Morning to appear on an album.
The other two songs that were a surpsise sensation to me were Judy's own song, Since You've Asked, and her simply breathtaking version of the old whaling song Farewell To Tarwathie. This is made all the more haunting by the presence of whale song from humpback whales, which Judy added in herself, from a tape that came from a marine biologist friend, Dr. Roger Payne.
To cap it all, the mini booklet contains wonderful bio info and many stunning shots of this impossibly beautiful woman.
Invaluable.
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どれもこれも美しいメロディ・ラインです。現代ではR&B、ヒップホップ、ラップ、ユーロビート、etc、どれもこれもせっかちで慌ただしくなったような音楽が氾濫していて、聴いていて時に逆に疲れます。こういう穏やかな音楽を聴くと一服のお抹茶のようにも感じます。そうそう、日本の歌曲で言うと「赤とんぼ」、「春」、「琵琶湖周航の歌」、「ふるさと」、「七里ヶ浜の哀歌」などが思い浮かんで来ます。おやおや、これじゃ童謡、文部省唱歌みたいで少々極端な比喩かもしれませんが、彼女の英語の歌唱がそれほどに穏やかな印象を受けるのです。