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Some Folk
Woody Guthrie
Some Folk
Genres: Folk, Pop
 
  •  Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #2
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
  •  Track Listings (25) - Disc #4

Four CD Proper box set featuring 99 of the Folk legends' most beloved tracks. Woody Guthrie is enshrined in American folklore, not only because of his significant body of work but through his considerable influence on succ...  more »

     
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All Artists: Woody Guthrie
Title: Some Folk
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Proper Box UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2006
Re-Release Date: 9/25/2006
Album Type: Box set, Import
Genres: Folk, Pop
Style: Traditional Folk
Number of Discs: 4
SwapaCD Credits: 4
UPC: 805520021159

Synopsis

Album Description
Four CD Proper box set featuring 99 of the Folk legends' most beloved tracks. Woody Guthrie is enshrined in American folklore, not only because of his significant body of work but through his considerable influence on successive generations. This is the most comprehensive overview of the most important part of his career to be found in one set. Comes with 48 page booklet and is destined to become one of the biggest selling Proper boxes. 2006.
 

CD Reviews

Deserves a 10 on a scale of 1-5...
David E. Palmer | 11/26/2006
(5 out of 5 stars)

"grab this 4 disc properbox & the muddy waters 4 disc properbox 'king of chicago blues', load them into your cd player, grab an adult beverage & sit back & hit play...it don't get better."
Rivals the Asch Recordings box set
Nick Tabor | 09/28/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This box set contains everything on the Library of Congress box set except four songs, the entire "Dust Bowl Ballads" recording, the entire "Columbia River Collection," most of the Almanac Singers' "Sod Buster Ballads" album, and 38 of the 105 songs on the Asch Recordings box set.



Considering that the Library of Congress box set sells for $36 alone, I'd say this collection is a steal. It contains almost as much music as the Asch Recordings set - 99 songs as opposed to 105 - and it spans a larger portion of Woody's career. It's true that it doesn't contain any material from his children's recordings, but you won't find many of those songs on the Asch set either.



The packaging is mediocre, as you'd expect from Proper. The booklet contains a lengthy biography of Woody but it's written so badly it's exhausting to read. Still, you can't beat this collection for the money."
Odd Twist
S. Mardon | Boston | 12/09/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"I found it odd that a 4-disc collection of Woody Guthrie wouldn't have This Land Is Your Land. But even though it's not listed on Amazon, it's on there -- as the 26th song on Disc 4.

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