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The recordings Tom Paxton made at the beginning of his career for Elektra Records in the 1960s and early 1970s are inarguably his most important and influential. Those Elektra albums have been out of print for quite some time, and this 26-track survey of his 1964-71 recordings for the label, I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound, is an overdue compilation of his most significant work. The original versions of all of his most famous songs are here: "Ramblin' Boy," "The Last Thing on My Mind," "Bottle of Wine," "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation," "I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound," and "Goin' to the Zoo," just for starters. His acoustic mid-'60s period is more heavily represented than his mild, later electric folk-rock material -- there are seven songs alone from his 1964 debut LP, Ramblin' Boy -- but that's an appropriate decision, as Paxton's most durable songs were produced when he was recording acoustically. In addition to zeroing in on Paxton's best music, the track selection also ably illustrates several facets of his gentle and warm (if not always brilliantly melodic or compellingly sung) repertoire: anti-war protest ("Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation"), love songs ("The Last Thing on My Mind"), original compositions that sound like folk standards ("Ramblin' Boy"), comic satire ("Forest Lawn"), and kids' songs ("Goin' to the Zoo").
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
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Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1964 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1964 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1964 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1964 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1964 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1964 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1964 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1965 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1965 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1965 Elektra Entertainment
Felix Pappalardi, Guitar - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment
Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Bill Lee, Bass Guitar - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment
Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Bill Lee, Bass Guitar - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1966 Elektra Entertainment
Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Bill Lee, Bass Guitar - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1966 Elektra Entertainment
Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Rothchild, Producer - Bill Lee, Bass Guitar - Barry Kornfeld, Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1966 Elektra Entertainment
David Grisman, Mandolin - Herbert Brown, Bass Guitar - Paul Harris, Keyboards - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Seymour Barab, Cello - Peter K. Siegel, Producer - Jonathan Raskin, Bass Guitar - Hank Freeman, Flute - JimTyler, Banjo - John Nagy, Bass Guitar - Maurice Baker, Drums - Paul Dillon, Drums - Robert Sylvester, Cello
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1966 Elektra Entertainment
Hubert Laws, Flute - Richard Davis, Bass Guitar - Max Pollikoff, Violin - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Joshua Rifkin, Arranger - David Horowitz, Piano - Peter K. Siegel, Producer - David Bromberg, Acoustic Guitar - Jack Bonus, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Madison, Drums - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Richard Grando, Soprano Saxophone - Robert Sylvester, Violin - Albert Bouchard, Drums - Johnny Coles, Flugelhorn
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Prestopino, Guitar - David Horowitz, Keyboards - David Bromberg, Bass Guitar - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Teddy Sommer, Drums
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1970 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Prestopino, Guitar - David Horowitz, Keyboards - David Bromberg, Bass Guitar - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Teddy Sommer, Drums
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1970 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - Paul Prestopino, Guitar - David Horowitz, Keyboards - David Bromberg, Bass Guitar - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Teddy Sommer, Drums
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1970 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - David Horowitz, Piano - Keith Holzman, Producer - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Mark Horowitz, Electric Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - David Horowitz, Piano - Keith Holzman, Producer - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Mark Horowitz, Electric Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - David Horowitz, Piano - Keith Holzman, Producer - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Mark Horowitz, Electric Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - David Horowitz, Piano - Keith Holzman, Producer - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Mark Horowitz, Electric Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - David Horowitz, Piano - Keith Holzman, Producer - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Mark Horowitz, Electric Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Milton Okun, Producer - Tom Paxton, Composer, Lyricist, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist - David Horowitz, Piano - Keith Holzman, Producer - Herb Bushler, Bass Guitar - Mark Horowitz, Electric Guitar
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1971 Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States
Album review
The recordings Tom Paxton made at the beginning of his career for Elektra Records in the 1960s and early 1970s are inarguably his most important and influential. Those Elektra albums have been out of print for quite some time, and this 26-track survey of his 1964-71 recordings for the label, I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound, is an overdue compilation of his most significant work. The original versions of all of his most famous songs are here: "Ramblin' Boy," "The Last Thing on My Mind," "Bottle of Wine," "Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation," "I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound," and "Goin' to the Zoo," just for starters. His acoustic mid-'60s period is more heavily represented than his mild, later electric folk-rock material -- there are seven songs alone from his 1964 debut LP, Ramblin' Boy -- but that's an appropriate decision, as Paxton's most durable songs were produced when he was recording acoustically. In addition to zeroing in on Paxton's best music, the track selection also ably illustrates several facets of his gentle and warm (if not always brilliantly melodic or compellingly sung) repertoire: anti-war protest ("Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation"), love songs ("The Last Thing on My Mind"), original compositions that sound like folk standards ("Ramblin' Boy"), comic satire ("Forest Lawn"), and kids' songs ("Goin' to the Zoo").
© Richie Unterberger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 26 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:23
- Main artists: Tom Paxton
- Composer: Tom Paxton
- Label: Rhino - Elektra
- Genre: Folk/Americana
© 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 2005 Elektra Entertainment Group Manufactured & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing
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