"The pivotal role of Ian & Sylvia in music history
may be their refusal to be trapped in the patterns of their past as one of the
leading acts of the '60s folk era, and along with the Byrds, Gram Parsons, Bob
Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, Waylon Jennings, and Willie Nelson, laying the
foundation of Americana music that evolved as a recognized source of popular
culture.”
-Canadian music industry journalist Larry LeBlanc
Tracklisting
Disc One – Classics
1. Keep On The Sunny Side (Ada Blenkhorn / J. Howard Entwisle)
2. Darcy Farrow (Steve Gillette / Tom Campbell)
3. Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Ada R. Habershon / Charles H. Gabriel)
4. When First Unto This Country (Traditional, adapted and
arranged by Ian & Sylvia)
5. Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies (Traditional,
adapted and arranged by Ian & Sylvia)
6. Four Rode By (Ian Tyson)
7. Nancy Whiskey (Trad.)
8. Four Strong Winds (Ian Tyson)
9. Little Beggarman (Traditional, adapted and arranged by
Ian & Sylvia)
10. The French Song (Pease / Vincent)
11. Summer Wages (Ian Tyson)
12. Crazy Arms (Ralph Mooney)
I’ll Fly
Away (Albert E. Brumley)
Disc Two – Previously Unreleased
1. After The Fire Is Gone (L.E. White)
2. Heartaches By The Number (Harlan Howard)
3. Sweet Dreams (Don Gibson)
4. Come On In My Kitchen (Robert Johnson)
5. Jimmie’s Texas Blues (Jimmie Rodgers)
6. How Long (Rick Nelson)
7. The Last Thing On My Mind (Tom Paxton)
8. That’s The Way Love Goes (Lefty Frizzell / Sanger D.
Shafer)
9. Crying Time (Buck Owens)
10. Starting All Over Again (Melvin McArthur Hardin / Hubert
Timothy McPherson)
11. Together Again (Buck Owens)
12. Silver Threads and Golden Needles (Jack Rhodes/Dick
Reynolds)
Regarded as pioneers of the folk & Americana genre, Ian & Sylvia first came
to
prominence in the early 60’s folk scene in Greenwich Village
and Yorkville performing alongside Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Gordon
Lightfoot and were a headliner on the now famous 1963 Newport Folk Festival.
Ian’s composition “Four Strong Winds” is now considered a standard and a CBC
poll in 2005 named it the “most essential” piece of Canadian music. Ian &
Sylvia were one of the first artists to explore an electric Country Rock sound
recording with both New York and Nashville musicians.
In early 2019 Sylvia discovered a box of old 1/4” analog
tapes in her attic that were
professionally recorded in the early 1970s in front of a
live studio audience. Over 20
previously unreleased recordings, included many of Ian &
Sylvia’s classics, but also
enough to have a full CD of recordings of songs never before
included on any Ian &
Sylvia album. The Lost Tapes is being released as a 2CD
album on September 6th, the week prior to Sylvia’s induction into the Canadian
Songwriter’s Hall of Fame. Both Ian & Sylvia have been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.
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