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Judy Collins' last straight, folk-based album of the 1960s, 5th Album
marks her transition from a "maid of constant sorrow" to a bona fide
artist. With its covers ranging from Lennon and McCartney to
adaptations from The Threepenny Opera, 1966's In My Life would readily
attest to this. But 5th Album, cut in late 1964, may very well be her
definitive folk statement. A trio of Bob Dylan songs act as the
album's centerpiece, clearly showing Collins' growth into more
progressive songs. In addition to these, Gordon Lightfoot's "Early
Morning Rain" is given its classic reading, with Collins' voice
echoing the song's melancholy and eerie but mellifluent precision and
emotion. Aside from these recordings -- which would have been the
highlights on any other record -- the album opens with perhaps its
finest moment, Richard Farina's "Pack Up Your Sorrows." Led by
Farina's sprightly dulcimer runs, Collins renders the song her own,
with a unifying, karmic message and a vocal performance that is
irresistible. The musical politics of the day, particularly concerning
the entire West Coast/Byrds/folk-rock phenomenon, must have tempted
Collins to approach this from a neo-folk-rock standpoint, and it fits
the vibe and milieu perfectly. In the end, while not her farewell to
folk music, this album is a graceful wave and a smile from Collins as
she was about to conquer a new, more baroque direction in a matter of
months.
Judy Collins' musical ambitions often seemed to be a bit broader (and
her style a shade more theatrical) than most of her contemporaries on
the East Coast folk scene of the early '60s, and with her sixth album,
1966's In My Life, she made a clear break from interpreting the
favorites of the singer/songwriter community into a broader and more
eclectic style. While In My Life includes songs by Bob Dylan, Richard
Fari±a, and (gulp) Donovan, it also finds Collins embracing the work
of Jacques Brel and Kurt Weill, as well as the Beatles and Leonard
Cohen (whose "Suzanne" and "Dress Rehearsal Rag" sound more at home
with the Europeans than the New Yorkers). Joshua Rifkin's arrangements
abandon folky purity, not an uncommon event in the post-Highway 61
Revisited musical economy, but rather than embracing rock & roll in
one of its many forms, here Rifkin's backdrops betray a significantly
artier approach, with the opening Dylan cover accompanied by flutes
and Fari±a's "Hard Lovin' Loser" backed with a harpsichord, neither of
which is especially effective. Far more successful are the European
theatrical tunes, especially "Marat/Sade," in which Collins delivers a
superbly controlled, but passionate, performance, and a splendidly
spare rendition of "Suzanne" that ranks with the finest
interpretations of that oft-covered tune. Collins also sounds splendid
on Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" and even finds
something special in Donovan's "Sunny Goodge Street." Judy Collins was
already an accomplished interpretive singer before recording this
album, but In My Life found her widening her horizons and revealing an
even greater gift than one might have imagined; for the most part,
it's a superb album and still one of her best.
http://www.judycollins.com/
Tracks:
CD #1 - 5th Album (1965)
01. Pack Up Your Sorrows (3:14)
02. The Coming Of The Roads (3:37)
03. So Early, Early In The Spring (3:11)
04. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (4:11)
05. Daddy You've Been On My Mind (2:57)
06. Thirsty Boots (5:05)
07. Mr. Tambourine Man (5:25)
08. Lord Gregory (3:34)
09. In The Heat Of The Summer (3:25)
10. Early Morning Rain (3:15)
11. Carry It On (2:50)
12. It Isn't Nice (3:07)
CD #2 - In My Life (1966)
01. Tom Thumb's Blues (5:07)
02. Hard Lovin' Loser (2:39)
03. Pirate Jenny (4:06)
04. Suzanne (4:26)
05. La Colombe (5:07)
06. Marat / Sade (5:35)
Homage To Marat
People's reaction
Marat We're Poor
Four Years He Fought
07. I Think It's Going To Rain Today (2:49)
08. Sunny Goodge Street (2:59)
09. Liverpool Lullaby (3:00)
10. Dress Rehearsal Rag (5:22)
11. In My Life (2:55)
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