Psychedelic pill
Neil Young
Make it your sound, make it your scene : Vanguard Records and the 1960s music revolution
Keywords
More like this
Reviews (3)
AllMusic
2012
By
By
Steve Leggett
2012
"This four-disc set provides an in-depth survey of the breadth of Vanguard's catalog, and also serves as a sort of musical journey through the cultural shifts and changes of the '60s. The '70s weren't as kind to Vanguard as the '60s were, and the label was sold to the Welk Music Group in 1985, undergoing a kind of resurgence with albums from John Fogerty, Greg Laswell, Merle Haggard, Chris Isaak, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Cray' and others, but Vanguard's '60s catalog continues to be the label's defining jewel. This set shows why".
The guardian
d. 31. May 2012
By
By
Robin Denselow
d. 31. May 2012
"There are country songs from Doc Watson, Mike Seeger and Hedy West, while the folk singers include the Weavers, Odetta and Bob Dylan, with a previously unreleased version of North Country Blues, recorded at Newport in 1963. Then there's anti-Vietnam protest from Phil Ochs and the bleakly witty and furious Country Joe and the Fish, along with adventurous acoustic guitar work from John Fahey. The rock tracks from Frost are forgettable, but it's an impressive, historic set".
fRoots
2012 Aug/Sept
By
By
Ken Hunt
2012 Aug/Sept
"Vanguard Records has fared less well in the historical record than, say, Elektra or Folkways - the labels with which it might be compared. Yet Seymour and Maynard Solomon's catalogue of "honest roots music" - the worlds of folk, blues, country (particularly old-timey) and rock music - was simply astounding ... This four-CD set's informative booklet is truly a rare thing. A work of art, it brims over with [compiler John] Crosby's disquisition, complemented by former Vanguard man Sam Charters' insightful introduction".