This is folk music that was very much evocative of its era,

The Brothers Four were a folk group formed at the University of Washington in Seattle in 1957, and were part of the folk boom of the late '50s alongside the likes of The Kingston Trio. They played at clubs up and down the west coast after graduating and after meeting Dave Brubeck's manager in San Francisco in 1959 got a recording deal with Columbia. They had a big hit with their second single 'Greenfields' and had more hits through into the 1960s, as well as becoming prolific album sellers. This 56-track 2-CD collection comprises all their A & B sides on Columbia from this era, plus 31 selected titles from their five LPs from these years not otherwise released on singles. It includes tracks from their albums 'Rally Round', 'The Brothers Four', 'Song Book', 'Best Music On/Off Campus' and 'Roamin''. It features the No. 2 hit 'Greenfields' plus their other chart entries from these years 'Green Leaves Of Summer' (from the movie 'The Alamo'), 'My Tani', 'Frogg' and 'Blue Water Line'. This is folk music that was very much evocative of its era, and this collection is a substantial showcase for their particular brand of close-harmony folk.

Track Listing

• Chicka Mucka (Never Give A Thought)
• Darlin' Won't You Wait
• Greenfields
• Angelique-O
• My Tani
• Ellie Lou (You Left Me There in Charleston)
• The Green Leaves of Summer
• Beautiful Brown Eyes
• Frogg
• Sweet Rosyanne (from B.M.O.C.)
• Nobody Knows
• My Woman Left Me
• Christmas Bells
• What Child Is This (Greensleeves)
• Blue Water Line
• Summer Days Alone
• Theme from 'La Fayette' - Slowly Slowly (Pleure Mon Amour)
• Darlin' Sportin' Jenny
• This Train
• Summertime
• Land of the Midnight Sun
• Five Weeks in a Balloon
• 25 Minutes to Go
• The Tavern Song
• Nine Pound Hammer
• The Proposal
• Hey Liley, Liley Lo

• The Fox
• Marianne
• Follow The Drinkin' Gourd
• Sally, Don't You Grieve
• The Zulu Warrior
• Sama Kama Wacky Brown
• Yellow Bird
• Superman
• East Virginia
• Eddystone Light
• Hard Travelin'
• Rock Island Line
• Goodnight Irene
• The Drillers' Song
• Viva La Compagnie
• Tarrytown
• I Am A Roving Gambler
• Well, Well, Well
• St. James Infirmary
• Riders In The Sky
• When The Sun Goes Down
• My Little John Henry (Got A Mighty Know)
• Low Bridge
• Hey, Hey, My Honey
• The Lilies Grow High
• Abilene
• Pastures Of Plenty
• Times
• This Land Is Your Land

Additional Details

Label: Acrobat

Genre: Folk

Run Time: 142 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 04/11/25

UPC: 824046354626