The Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Vol. 2

by Buffy Sainte-Marie

Overview

Buffy Sainte-Marie's best-known and best songs were used on Vanguard's Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie. This 24-song set features mostly original material, along with some traditional tunes and the odd cover, like Joni Mitchell's "Song to a Seagull." While not all of the songs are good, Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie, Vol. 2 does illustrate the considerable range of her early recordings: from traditional folk accompanied only by mouth bow to country & western to a truly odd version of "Lyke Wake Dirge," a psychedelic rock cover of Richie Havens' "Adam," a French pop remake of "Until It's Time for You to Go," and more. There was a lot more to Sainte-Marie than the early acoustic folk recordings, although those are what she's most famous for (and justly so). Like several of Vanguard's anthologies, however, this is sequenced poorly, jumping all over the place chronologically. It makes for a far more uneven experience than would be the case if the sides were arranged more or less in the order in which they were recorded. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/27/1991
Label:	Vanguard
UPC:	0015707333429
Rank:	58290

Tracks

1. It's My Way
2. He's a Pretty Good Man If You Ask Me
3. Hey Little Bird
4. Song to a Seagull
5. Adam
6. Mary
7. He Lived Alone in Town
8. Johnny Be Fair
9. Reynardine - A Vampire Legend
10. Gonna Feel Much Better When You're Gone
11. Tall Trees in Georgia
12. The Carousel
13. Poppies
14. From the Bottom of My Heart
15. Lyke Wake Dirge
16. Welcome, Welcome Emigrante
17. Eyes of Amber
18. Babe in Arms
19. Ananias
20. 97 Men in This Here Town - Don't Call Me Honey
21. Uncle Joe
22. T'es Pas un Autre
23. The Seeds of Brotherhood
24. The Angel

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Buffy Sainte-Marie   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Mouth Bow
Grover Lavender   Fiddle
Jerry Shook   Guitar (Bass)
Wayne Moss   Guitar (Bass)
Lloyd Green   Guitar (Steel)
Velma Smith   Guitar (Rhythm)
Ray Edenton   Guitar (Rhythm)
Bruce Langhorne   Guitar
Buddy Harman   Drums
Russ Savakus   Bass
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Grady Martin   Guitar (Electric)
Monte Dunn   Mandolin
Bob Siggins   Banjo
Harold Rugg   Guitar (Steel)
P.D.Q. Bach   Conductor
Al Rogers   Drums
Bill Ackerman   Drums
Roy M. "Junior" Husky   Bass
Victor Battista   Bass
Patrick Sky   Guitar
Sonny Osborne   Banjo

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Ed Freeman   Composer
Joni Mitchell   Composer
Richie Havens   Composer
Maynard Solomon   Producer
Buffy Sainte-Marie   Arranger,Composer
Benjamin Britten   Composer
Harry James   Composer
Michael Czajkowski   Score
Francis Ing   Photography
P.D.Q. Bach   Arranger
Elmer Gordon   Music Supervisor
Jules Halfant   Design
Claude Gauthier   Translation
Bob Lurie   Producer