The Newport Folk Festival 1960 (Elektra Records, 1960)

The festival is renowned for introducing to a national audience a number of performers who went on to become major stars, most notably Joan Baez by her appearance as an unannounced guest of Bob Gibson in 1959, and Bob Dylan, in turn a guest of Baez at the 1963 festival. Not strictly limited to folk performers, in the 1960s Johnny Cash, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf all performed. The festival also included many musicians of the pre-World War II country blues who figured as influences to the American folk music revival of the 1950s and 1960s where artists "lost" since the 1940s were "rediscovered."

Vanguard released two volumes with recordings from the 1960 festival, posted on this blog a few days earlier. This one is kind of a volume 3 to this series, even if it is only named "The Newport Folk Festival 1960" and was released on Elektra Records, EKS 7189.

Tracklist:

Oscar Brand: Talking Atomic Blues

Oscar Brand: Great Selchie Of Shule Skerry

Oscar Brand: Horse With A Union Label

Will Holt: Three Jovial Huntsmen

Will Holt: Edward Ballad

Will Holt: MTA

Oranim-Zabar Troupe: Bukhara

Oranim-Zabar Troupe: Russian Spoof

Oranim-Zabar Troupe: Ayil Ayil (The Ram)

Theodore Bikel: Al Harim (On the Mountains)

Theodore Bikel: Mi Caballo (My Horse)

Theodore Bikel: Three Jolly Rogues

Theodore Bikel: Eres Alta (You Shan't Tell)

Theodore Bikel: Galveston Flood

The Newport Folk Festival 1960 (Elektra Records)
(192 kbps, front cover included)