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The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary | 
 enlarge | Artist: Paul And Mary Peter
Category: Music
List Price: $16.49
Buy New: $15.35
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Rating:  65 reviews
Sales Rank: 126610
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 9325583019081
ASIN: B00020POXQ
Release Date: June 29, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Early in the Morning - Peter, Paul and Mary, Stookey, Noel Paul | | • | 500 Miles - Peter, Paul and Mary, West, Hedy | | • | Lemon Tree - Peter, Paul and Mary, Holt, Will | | • | If I Had a Hammer - Peter, Paul and Mary, Seeger, Pete | | • | Where Have All the Flowers Gone - Peter, Paul and Mary, Seeger, Pete | | • | Puff, the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary, Yarrow, Peter | | • | The Cruel War - Peter, Paul and Mary, | | • | This Land Is Your Land - Peter, Paul and Mary, Guthrie, Woody | | • | Blowin' in the Wind - Peter, Paul and Mary, Dylan, Bob | | • | Stewball - Peter, Paul and Mary, Yellin, Bob | | • | Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - Peter, Paul and Mary, Dylan, Bob | | • | For Lovin' Me - Peter, Paul and Mary, Lightfoot, Gordon | | • | For Baby (For Bobbie) - Peter, Paul and Mary, Denver, John | | • | The Times They Are A-Changin' - Peter, Paul and Mary, Dylan, Bob | | • | Early Mornin' Rain - Peter, Paul and Mary, Lightfoot, Gordon | | • | Leaving on a Jet Plane - Peter, Paul and Mary, Denver, John | | • | I Dig Rock and Roll Music - Peter, Paul and Mary, Stookey, Noel Paul | | • | Too Much of Nothing - Peter, Paul and Mary, Dylan, Bob | | • | The Great Mandala (The Wheel of Life) - Peter, Paul and Mary, Yarrow, Peter | | • | Day Is Done - Peter, Paul and Mary, Yarrow, Peter | | • | El Salvador - Peter, Paul and Mary, Stookey, Noel Paul | | • | Wedding Song (There Is Love) - Peter, Paul and Mary, Public Domain | | • | Follow Me - Peter, Paul and Mary, Denver, John | | • | Weave Me the Sunshine - Peter, Paul and Mary, Yarrow, Peter | | • | Don't Laugh at Me - Peter, Paul and Mary, Seskin, Steve |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
Warner Bros. did with the CD release of the 1970 vinyl LP 10 Years Together: Best of Peter, Paul & Mary what every label should do with CD reissues of vinyl compilations. They took into account the longer length of CDs and added tracks. The original release of 10 smash hits has been fleshed out here with three additional tracks, including a melodic take on Dylan's Basement Tapes rarity "Too Much of Nothing." Otherwise, it's hits and nothing but hits, ranging from definitive folk interpretations ("If I Had a Hammer") to pop ("I Dig Rock 'n' Roll Music") to Dylan and Gordon Lightfoot covers that compete with the originals and first brought such material to the mainstream. Only "Cruel War" is missing. --Bill Holdship
Album Description
Import exclusive collection featuring 20 absolute classics from this legendary Folk trio, who may no longer release hit singles but certainly have managed to release some of the most memorable in Folk/Rock history including 'Leaving On A Jet Plane', '500 Miles', 'Early Mornin' Rain' and, of course, 'Puff (The Magic Dragon)'. Also features 'Settle Down (Goin' Down That Highway)', 'San Francisco Bay Blues', 'Hush-A-Bye', 'A Soalin', 'Gone The Rainbow', 'Tell It On The Mountain' & 'Cruel War'. Warner.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Still the very best January 9, 2008
Long Distance Voyager (Hong Kong, China)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is originally a 1990 Japan WEA compilation of Peter, Paul and Mary's best songs which was later reissued by Australia WEA with different cover photo. In 2005 Rhino/WEA issued "The very best of Peter, Paul and Mary", the latest greatest hits CD which contains 25 songs, but this one is still preferable to the Rhino latest issue because it includes the classics "Settle down", "San Francisco Bay blues", "Hush-a-bye", "A Soalin'" , "All my trials" and "Gone the Rainbow". If you are a perfectionist, with this best of CD, you still need to have their "In the wind", "A song will rise", the 1966's "The Peter, Paul and Mary Album" and the 1969's "Peter, Paul and Mommy" to build up a perfect collection of Peter, Paul and Mary.
Still A Classic Album September 27, 2007
AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
Just as it was in its original vinyl LP format, this remains a classic album. If I have negative observations, they are minor ones. For example, I think they could have come up with more informative background notes than the meagre single page they provide and the one grainy b&w photo of the trio, and also a discography of he contents.
Some of that might have answered the question posed by one reviewer who wondered about the version of 500 Miles included here. In fact, that was the uncharted B-side to the early 1963 hit Settle Doen (Goin' Down The Highway) which reached # 14 Adult Contemporary (AC)/# 56 Billboard Pop Hot 100. That's my other negative comment, i.e., why leave out the hit in the first place in favour of the B-side?
But, as I said, these are minor quibbles. This still is an essential volume in the collection of any fan of folk in general and Peter, Paul & Mary in particular.
 only wanted 1 song May 13, 2007
R. Dirienzo
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
puff the Magic Dragon brings all the kid in you out
 Good music, but misleading professional review October 18, 2006
S. Hardebeck (Dix, IL USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm sure that all of us who remember PP&M welcome a CD reissue if only because we won't have to listen to the scratches and the skips that a well-loved record album is burdened by. But I'm surprised at the Amazon review posted ahead of all the "amateurs" because there are NO NEW TRACKS on the CD. The record has 13 tracks, not 10, as the review so prominently claims. I agree with the other amateur reviewers who would like to hear some of the other PP&M songs added, such as "This Land is Your Land" and "Where Have all the Flowers Gone." And it's understandable that all the recording company wanted to do was reissue the original. But please, Amazon, don't advertise a product as something it's not.
A Classic of American Folk Music October 8, 2006
Virginia Allain (Poinciana, FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I still have this on vinyl, but just never bother with the stereo anymore. I pounced on the CD and popped it into my player, so once again I can relive the sound that meant so much to me in my college days. It's still a mellow blending of voices and a great selection of songs.
You get your classic folk tunes (Blowin' in the Wind and If I Had a Hammer), plus 60s songs like Too Much of Nothing and I Dig Rock and Roll Music. I love their version of Lemon Tree and you just have to have Puff the Magic Dragon.
A marvelous album!
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