Their Complete General Recordings

The Almanac Singers: Their Complete General Recordings

Compilation album by Almanac Singers
Released	1996
Recorded	July 7, 1941
Genre	Folk
Label	MCA (1996 reissue)
Producer	Alan Lomax (original); reissue produced by Andy McKaie

Their Complete General Recordings is a 1996 album of 1941 recordings by the Almanac Singers.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Bruce Eder, writing for Allmusic wrote of the compilation "there isn't a bad song here" but regarding the liner notes commented "The notes are the only flaw, presenting an oversimplified history of the Almanacs that is a bit vague on details."^[1]

Track listing

Track	Song Title	Lead Vocals
1.	Blow Ye Winds Heigh Ho	Pete Seeger
2.	Away, Rio	Pete Hawes
3.	Blow The Man Down	Woody Guthrie
4.	House of the Rising Sun	Woody Guthrie
5.	Ground Hog	Pete Seeger
6.	State of Arkansas	Lee Hays
7.	The Weaver's Song	Ensemble
8.	I Ride An Old Paint	Woody Guthrie
9.	Hard, Ain't It Hard	Woody Guthrie
10.	The Dodger Song	Lee Hays
11.	Greenland Fishing	Pete Seeger
12.	The Golden Vanity	Pete Seeger
13.	The Coast of High Barbary	Pete Seeger
14.	Haul Away, Joe	Pete Hawes

Personnel

Woody Guthrie – guitar, harmonica, vocal
Pete Hawes – vocal, possibly guitar
Lee Hays – vocal
Millard Lampell – vocal
Pete Seeger as Pete Bowers – banjo, recorder, vocal

References

1 2 Eder, Bruce. "Their Complete General Recordings> Review". Allmusic. Retrieved April 10, 2009.

Woody Guthrie

Discography	Library of Congress Recordings Dust Bowl Ballads The Columbia River Collection The Asch Recordings Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti Songs to Grow on for Mother and Child Nursery Days The Live Wire

Almanac Singers	Talking Union Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads Sod Buster Ballads Dear Mr. President

Legacy	People's Songs Woody Guthrie Center Woody Guthrie Foundation Woody Guthrie Folk Festival

See also	Bound For Glory Almanac Singers List of albums by Woody Guthrie List of songs by Woody Guthrie This machine kills fascists

Pete Seeger

Studio albums	American Folk Songs for Children God Bless the Grass Dangerous Songs!? Rainbow Race At 89

Live albums	We Shall Overcome

Songs	"The Bells of Rhymney" "God's Counting on Me, God's Counting on You" "If I Had a Hammer" "If You Miss Me at the Back of the Bus" "Little Boxes" "My Rainbow Race" "Pittsburgh Town" "Turn! Turn! Turn!" "Waist Deep in the Big Muddy "We Shall Overcome" "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"

Almanac Singers	Songs for John Doe Talking Union Deep Sea Chanteys and Whaling Ballads Sod Buster Ballads Songs of the Lincoln Battalion Dear Mr. President

The Weavers	The Weavers at Carnegie Hall The Weavers at Carnegie Hall Vol. 2 The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!

Other	Precious Friend (with Arlo Guthrie)

Family	Charles Seeger (father) Ruth Crawford Seeger (stepmother) Alan Seeger (uncle) Toshi Seeger (wife) Mike Seeger (half-brother) Peggy Seeger (half-sister) Ewan MacColl (brother-in-law) John Cohen (brother-in-law) Mika Seeger (daughter) Kirsty MacColl (stepniece) Tao Rodriquez-Seeger (grandson)

Related	Discography People's Songs Rainbow Quest Pete Seeger: The Power of Song Hudson River Sloop Clearwater The Great Hudson River Revival We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions

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