The Elektra albums, volume one (1961-1968)

"A young folkie evolves into a versatile interpreter of '60s song - It wasn't until the seventh album in this eight-disc set that Judy Collins cut her teeth as a writer, her previous six releases training a spotlight on her remarkable talent for interpreting the songs of others. An integral player in the rise of Jac Holzman's soon-to-be-iconic label Elektra ... The calibre of the songs on these eight albums are cast-iron evidence of a wise head making informed choices; her willingness and hunger to stretch the parameters of not only those songs but her own vocal style demands she be taken as seriously as any '60s figure whose body of work came overwhelmingly from their own pens".

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