Classic Singer-Songwriter Essentials

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A melodious alchemy of words and music is the through line connecting these soul-stirring singer-songwriters who mostly rose to prominence in the late ’60s and early ’70s. None has been more influential than the freewheeling and ever-changing Bob Dylan. His folk roots, readiness to rock and utterly unique poetic sensibility that extended from the dirt to the stars all inspired both Simon & Garfunkel’s harmonised melancholy and Neil Young’s keening warmth. Like Young, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell left Canada for California, the singer-songwriter movement’s seismic epicentre. The former’s battered baritone and stately Zen worldview stoked a long and majestic career, while the latter transformed the field with inventive guitar harmonies and a stunning sense of female independence. And Loudon Wainwright III, one of the more prominent “new Dylans” to emerge in the early ’70s, and hardcore Angeleno Randy Newman proved that a biting sense of humour made even the most incendiary personal and political observations delicious.
Paul Simon
Duncan
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Bob Dylan
Tangled Up In Blue
Bob Dylan
Blood On The Tracks
Carly Simon
That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
Carly Simon
Carly Simon
Laura Nyro
Save the Country
Laura Nyro
New York Tendaberry
Leonard Cohen
Famous Blue Raincoat
Leonard Cohen
Songs of Love and Hate
Harry Chapin
Taxi
Harry Chapin
Heads & Tales
Neil Young
Old Man
Neil Young
Harvest
Stephen Stills
Change Partners
Stephen Stills
Stephen Stills 2
Randy Newman
Sail Away
Randy Newman
Sail Away (Bonus Tracks Version)
Sandy Denny
It'll Take a Long Time
Sandy Denny
Sandy (Deluxe Edition)
Carole King
So Far Away
Carole King
Tapestry
Albert Hammond
It Never Rains In Southern California
Albert Hammond
It Never Rains In Southern California
Joni Mitchell
A Case of You
Joni Mitchell
Blue
Paul Siebel
Jasper & the Miners
Paul Siebel
Jack-Knife Gypsy
Michael Chapman
Aviator
Michael Chapman
Fully Qualified Survivor (2011 Remaster)
Fred Neil
Everybody's Talkin'
Fred Neil
The Many Sides of Fred Neil
Jimmie Spheeris
The Nest
Jimmie Spheeris
Isle of View
Simon & Garfunkel
The Sound of Silence
Simon & Garfunkel
Sounds of Silence
Linda Perhacs
Chimacum Rain
Linda Perhacs
Parallelograms
Tim Buckley
Song to the Siren
Tim Buckley
The Dream Belongs to Me - Rare and Unreleased Recordings 1968/1973
Cat Stevens
Father and Son
Cat Stevens
Tea for the Tillerman
Ron Elliott
Molly In the Middle
Ron Elliott
The Candlestickmaker
James Taylor
Fire and Rain (2019 Remaster)
James Taylor
Sweet Baby James (2019 Remaster)
Roger Rodier
Lisen To These Chords I Play (Celeste)
Roger Rodier
Upon Velveatur
Randy Newman
I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Randy Newman
Randy Newman
Tom Paxton
Outward Bound
Tom Paxton
The Best of Tom Paxton: I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound: The Elektra Years
Pete Dello and Friends
I'm a Gambler
Pete Dello and Friends
Into Your Ears
Carole King
It's Too Late
Carole King
Tapestry
Loudon Wainwright III
School Days
Loudon Wainwright III
Album I
Joni Mitchell
Coyote
Joni Mitchell
The Studio Albums (1968-1979)
Nick Drake
Pink Moon
Nick Drake
Pink Moon
Jesse Colin Young
Ridgetop
Jesse Colin Young
Song for Juli
Melanie
Almost Like Being in Love
Melanie
Sunset and Other Beginnings
Jackson Browne
These Days
Jackson Browne
For Everyman
Laura Nyro
Timer
Laura Nyro
The Essential Laura Nyro
Scott Walker
Such a Small Love
Scott Walker
Scott
Bob Dylan
It Ain't Me Babe
Bob Dylan
Another Side of Bob Dylan
Al Stewart
In Brooklyn
Al Stewart
Love Chronicles
Arlo Guthrie
The Motorcycle Song
Arlo Guthrie
Alice's Restaurant
James Taylor
Something In the Way She Moves
James Taylor
James Taylor (Remastered)
JD Souther
New Kid In Town
JD Souther
Natural History
Gram Parsons
Return of the Grievous Angel
Gram Parsons
Grievous Angel
Mimi and Richard Farina
Reflections In a Crystal Wind
Mimi and Richard Farina
Reflections In a Crystal Wind
John Hartford
Don't Leave Your Records in the Sun
John Hartford
Mark Twang
Joan Baez
Children And All That Jazz
Joan Baez
Diamonds & Rust
Loudon Wainwright III
Last Man On Earth
Loudon Wainwright III
Last Man On Earth
Phil Ochs
Outside of a Small Circle of Friends
Phil Ochs
Pleasures of the Harbor
John Sebastian
You're a Big Boy Now
John Sebastian
The Best of John Sebastian
Buffy Sainte-Marie
The Surfer
Buffy Sainte-Marie
She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina
Tom Waits
Martha
Tom Waits
Closing Time (Remastered)
Jackson Browne
Running On Empty
Jackson Browne
The Very Best of Jackson Browne
Don Mclean
Castles In the Air
Don Mclean
The Best of Don McLean
Dory Previn
Children of Coincidence
Dory Previn
We're Children of Coincidence and Harpo Marx
Sandy Denny
Listen, Listen
Sandy Denny
Sandy (Deluxe Edition)
John Martyn
Go Easy
John Martyn
Bless the Weather (Deluxe Edition)
Bob Dylan
I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Bob Dylan
John Wesley Harding
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
Neil Young
After the Gold Rush
Shelagh Mcdonald
Silk and Leather
Shelagh Mcdonald
Let No Man Steal Your Thyme
Fred Neil
The Other Side of This Life
Fred Neil
The Many Sides of Fred Neil
Jimmy Webb
Careless Weed
Jimmy Webb
Words and Music
Willis Alan Ramsey
Ballad of Spider John
Willis Alan Ramsey
Willis Alan Ramsey
Dan Fogelberg
Part of the Plan
Dan Fogelberg
Souvenirs
Nick Drake
Hazey Jane 2
Nick Drake
Bryter Layter ((Remastered))
Terry Reid
River
Terry Reid
River
Gordon Lightfoot
Sundown
Gordon Lightfoot
Gord's Gold
Jay Bolotin
Dear Father
Jay Bolotin
Jay Bolotin (Re-mastered)
Steve Goodman
Six Hours Ahead of the Sun
Steve Goodman
Somebody Else's Troubles
Tom Paxton
The Last Thing On My Mind
Tom Paxton
Ramblin' Boy
Laura Nyro
Stoned Soul Picnic
Laura Nyro
Eli and the Thirteenth Confession
Leonard Cohen
Chelsea Hotel #2
Leonard Cohen
New Skin for the Old Ceremony
John Prine
Paradise
John Prine
John Prine
Ian & Sylvia
Four Strong Winds
Ian & Sylvia
Four Strong Winds
Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan's Dream
Bob Dylan
The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Kevin Coyne
Marlene (Remastered 2010)
Kevin Coyne
Marjory Razorblade
Roy Harper
One Man Rock and Roll Band
Roy Harper
Stormcock (Remastered)
Bridget St John
A Day Away
Bridget St John
Songs For the Gentle Man
John Denver
Babe, I Hate to Go
John Denver
John Denver Sings
Steve Goodman
City of New Orleans
Steve Goodman
Steve Goodman
Neil Diamond
Soliltary Man (Remastered 2011 / Mono)
Neil Diamond
The Bang Years 1966-1968 (23 Original Mono Recordings)
Donovan
Catch the Wind
Donovan
What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid (Bonus Track Version)
Gordon Lightfoot
Early Mornin' Rain
Gordon Lightfoot
Lightfoot
Harry Nilsson
Without Her
Harry Nilsson
Pandemonium Shadow Show
Gene Clark
With Tomorrow
Gene Clark
White Light (Remastered)
Jim Croce
Time In a Bottle
Jim Croce
You Don't Mess Around With Jim
Dan Fogelberg
There's a Place In the World for a Gambler
Dan Fogelberg
Souvenirs
Stephen Stills
Helplessly Hoping
Stephen Stills
Just Roll Tape
Bob Dylan
The Man in Me
Bob Dylan
New Morning
Joan Baez
Diamonds And Rust
Joan Baez
Diamonds & Rust
Paul Simon
Something So Right
Paul Simon
There Goes Rhymin' Simon
Tim Buckley
Wings
Tim Buckley
Tim Buckley
Phil Ochs
Changes
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs In Concert
Richard & Linda Thompson
Withered and Died
Richard & Linda Thompson
I Want to See the Bright Lights
Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind
Gordon Lightfoot
If You Could Read My Mind
Arlo Guthrie
Chilling of the Evening
Arlo Guthrie
Alice's Restaurant
Jerry Jeff Walker
Mr. Bojangles ( LP Version )
Jerry Jeff Walker
Mr. Bojangles
Carole King
You've Got a Friend
Carole King
Tapestry
Judee Sill
The Lamb Ran Away With the Crown (Remastered)
Judee Sill
Judee Sill
Gene Clark
No Other
Gene Clark
No Other
98 Songs, 6 Hours, 24 Minutes

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