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The Four Lads - Blue Tattoo
Old time pop music based, this is fun, but not really my kind of thing. |
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The Roger Wagner Chorale - Earlye In The Morning (Drunken Sailor)
This is a fun chorale arrangement. It's very much old-time music based. It's entertaining and has some musical theater elements. |
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The Kingston Trio - The Tattooed Lady
A little goofy, this has a bouncy country meets folk feeling to it. |
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Jimmie Driftwood - Driftwood At Sea
The mix of sounds on this is similar to that on the previous one. The cut works better for me, though. |
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Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys - Fisher's Hornpipe (traditional)
This instrumental piece has a Cajun hoedown vibe to it. It's a fun song with a lot of energy. |
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Terry Gilkyson with The Mello Men - Mackerel Fleet
The music feels like a lullaby. The vocals have a very old-time sound. Mind you, I'm not talking pirate era, old time, but maybe turn of the 20th century.
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The Kingston Trio - Blow Ye Winds
I like this a lot. It has some great energy and a solid vocal arrangement. This is very much folk music of the classy variety. |
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The Roger Wagner Chorale with Harve Presnell - Fifteen Men On Dead Man's Chest
This sea shanty is done with so much style and charm. I love the vocal arrangement on the tune. I'd consider this to be one of the real highlights here. |
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Jimmie Driftwood - Santy Anny-O
A sea shanty delivered with a healthy helping of country music, this is another winner. |
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Hank Snow - La Paloma
This instrumental has some great melodies. It's an intricate and potent piece of music. I'd consider this to be one of the highlights here, really.
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Petula Clark - Sailor
This song feels a little precious as it gets underway. It works to more of a country-leaning piece of old time pop music. It definitely has plenty of charms.
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The Easy Riders - Life On The Ocean Waves
A folk music based sea shanty, this is a fun number. |
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The Kingston Trio - Bonny Hielan' Laddie
While this is also a folk tune, this feels more traditional in its sea shanty concept. This is another highlight of the set. It's just so cool. |
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Charles Trenet - La Mer
The strings on this are a bit too precious for me. The vocals are in French. This one doesn't really work for me. It does bring some variety to the table, though. |
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The Easy Riders - The Sea Is Green
Decidedly mellow, the vocals are the main thing here. This is slow moving and not really one of the highlights here. The arrangement feels a little over the top to me. |
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Jimmie Driftwood - Sailing Away On The Ocean
Very much a down-home country based piece, this is fun stuff. |
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Martin Denny - The Enchanted Sea
This instrumental piece has some musical theater angles and contemporary pop stylings. It's a very effective song. |
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Gary Mills - Treasure Island
Old time rock and roll is on display here. This is bouncy and fun. |
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The Kingston Trio - Coast Of California
I really love the instrumental work on this. It's an up-tempo folk piece that is very effective. It's one of my favorites here. |
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Jimmie Driftwood - Sailor, Sailor Marry Me
We're back into more country based stuff with this duet based tune.
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The Roger Wagner Chorale - Sailing, Sailing
This is a chorale arrangement of a sea shanty. It works well. |
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The Easy Riders - Rollin' Home
Another folk music based number, this is entertaining.
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The Kingston Trio - Blow The Candle Out
A mellower folk song, this is packed full of magic and style. |
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Jimmie Driftwood - The Ship That Never Returned
Folk meets country on this tune. I like the intricate instrumental work, but otherwise this doesn't work that well for me.
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The Easy Riders - Windjammer
This is energetic and works well. |
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The Roger Wagner Chorale - Erie Canal
Based on old-time musical theater, this doesn't work well for me.
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Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers - My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
There is a bit of a Hawaiian music thing to this. This another that's a miss for my tastes, but the instrumental section comes close to working. |
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The Kingston Trio - Haul Away
This is another strong piece. It has a great energy and some cool melodies in an up-tempo folk arrangement.
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The Easy Riders - Eddystone Light
A catchy romp, I really like this one a lot.
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The Kingston Trio - With You My Johnny
A bouncy number, this is fun.
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Leonard Warren - The Drunken Sailor
This is a different version of the earlier tune. I like this one better. It feels a little too theatrical, but also has a very traditional vibe to it. In fact, this is one of the most traditional sounding shanties here. It's a great choice to close the disc. |
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