The Weavers at Carnegie Hall
Live album by
The Weavers
ReleasedApril 1957
RecordedDecember 24, 1955
Genrefolk
Length44:44
LabelVanguard
The Weavers chronology
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
(1952) 		The Weavers at Carnegie Hall
(1957) 		Folk Songs Around the World
(1959)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

The Weavers at Carnegie Hall (1957) is the second album by the Weavers. The concert was recorded live at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Christmas Eve 1955. At the time the concert was a comeback for the group following the inclusion of the group on the entertainment industry blacklist. The album peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top 200 in 1961.

The album represents the first half of that Carnegie Hall concert. A recording of the concert's second half was also released as an album, entitled The Weavers on Tour (1957, rereleased 1970).[2]

Track listing

  1. "Darling Corey" (Traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:58
  2. "Kisses Sweeter than Wine" (traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 3:14
  3. "Pay Me My Money Down" (Parrish) — 2:36
  4. "Greensleeves" (Traditional) — 2:39
  5. "Rock Island Line" (Lead Belly) — 2:19
  6. "Around the World" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 2:37
  7. "Wimoweh" (Solomon Linda, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:46
  8. "Venga Jaleo" (Brooks) — 2:09
  9. "Suliram (I'll Be There)" (Campbell, Engvick) — 2:05
  10. "Shalom Chaverim" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 2:02
  11. "Lonesome Traveler" (Hays) — 1:59
  12. "I Know Where I'm Going" (Traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:51
  13. "Woody's Rag/900 Miles" (Woody Guthrie) — 1:34
  14. "Sixteen Tons" (Merle Travis) — 2:03
  15. "Follow the Drinking Gourd" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman ...) — 2:09
  16. "When the Saints Go Marching In" (Traditional) 2:15
  17. "I've Got a Home in That Rock" (Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 1:48
  18. "Hush Little Baby" (Campbell) — 1:03
  19. "Go Where I Send Thee (One for the Little Bitty Baby)" (Traditional, arranged by Gilbert, Hays, Hellerman) — 2:35
  20. "Goodnight, Irene" (Lead Belly, Lomax) — 4:02

Charts

year chart peak
1961 Billboard Pop Albums 24

Personnel

The Weavers

Other

Releases

year format label catalog #
1957 LP Vanguard 9010
1970 LP Vanguard VSD-76533
1984 LP Vanguard VMS-73101
1984 CS Vanguard CVM-73101
1988 CD Vanguard VMD-73101

References

  1. ^ William Ruhlmann, "Review: The Weavers at Carnegie Hall", Allmusic
  2. ^ The Weavers on Tour" at AllMusic


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