Judy Collins - The Concert (1964) Vinyl LP and similar items

Catalog Number: EKS-7280 Condition Details: Still in ORIGINAL SHRINK-WRAP (opened). Vinyl plays with some crackles and a few light-clicks (play-graded). Cover looks great; a couple creases near edges; no scuffing (front/back). Inner-sleeve is original (lyrics); bottom seam partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with very mild-wear. Little shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge; minor wear to corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and a few divots. 1980s pressing with black and red label. (Notch in bottom-left.) Tracks: Winter Sky The Last Thing On My Mind Tear Down The Walls Bonnie Boy Is Young Me And My Uncle Wild Rippling Water The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carol My Ramblin' Boy Red-Winged Blackbird Coal Tattoo Cruel Mother Bottle Of Wine Medgar Evans Lullaby Hey, Nelly, Nelly About The Record: Judy Collins' performance at Town Hall in New York City was billed as her first concert, which is to say, her first appearance in a theater, as opposed to the folk clubs she was accustomed to playing. It was a big step up for a performer who was just releasing her third album and was gradually moving from a traditional repertoire to one consisting largely of songs written by her contemporaries, many of them having a political bent. Unlike most live albums, The Judy Collins Concert, culled from the Town Hall show, consisted of songs the singer had not previously recorded, with the exception of Shel Silverstein's Hey Nelly Nelly, which was on the then-new Judy Collins No. 3. And, except for the unknown authors of traditional tunes Bonnie Boy Is Young, Wild Rippling Water and Cruel Mother, the songwriters were all living. Collins gave special attention to coal-mining veteran Billy Edd Wheeler (Winter Sky, Red-Winged Blackbird, Coal Tattoo) and Tom Paxton (The Last Thing on My Mind, My Ramblin' Boy, Bottle of Wine)