Wheatstraw Suite

Product Description:
Their ground breaking 1968 album included killer versions of the Beatles 'I've Just Seen A Face' and Tim Hardin's 'Reason to Believe' plus 'I'll Fly Away', 'Nobody Knows', 'Hey Boys', 'The Biggest Whatever', 'Listen To The Sound', 'Little Pete', 'Single Saddle', 'Lemon Chimes', 'Don't You Cry', 'Bending The Strings' and 'She Sang The Hymns Out Of Tune.' Collectors' Choice. 2002.

Wheatstraw Suite,The Dillards,Collector's Choice,Country,Country-Rock,Folk & Traditional,Pop,Progressive Bluegrass

Average customer rating: Pickin' and Fiddlin' Seminal Folk-Rock Masterpieces!

Pickin' and Fiddlin'/Wheatstraw Suite/Copperfields The Dillards Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Back Porch Bluegrass/ Live!!! Almost!!! The First Time Live Tribute to the American Duck/Roots and Branches The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark/Through the Morning, Through the Night Let It Fly ASIN: B0002DXQ92 Release Date: 2004-08-23

Tracks:

1. Hamilton County
2. Fisher's Hornpipe
3. Paddy On The Turnpike
4. Jazz Bow Rag
5. Apple Blossom
6. Tom & Jerry
7. Cotton Patch
8. Durang's Hornpipe
9. Wagoner
10. Sally Johnson
11. Crazy Creek
12. Drunken Billy Goat
13. Black Mountain Rag
14. Twinkle, Twinkle
15. Wild John
16. Soppin' The Gravy
17. Nobody Knows (Single Version)
18. Ebo Walker (Single Version)
19. Last Thing On My Mind (Single Version)
20. Lemon Chimes (Single Version)
21. I'll Fly Away
22. Nobody Knows
23. Hey Boys
24. Biggest Whatever
25. Listen To The Sound
26. Little Pete
27. Reason To Believe
28. Single Saddle
29. I've Just Seen A Face
30. Lemon Chimes
31. Don't You Cry
32. Bending The Strings
33. She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune
34. Rainmaker
35. In Our Time
36. Old Man At The Mill
37. Touch Her If You Can
38. Woman Turn Around
39. Yesterday
40. Brother John
41. Copperfields
42. West Montana Highway
43. Close The Door Lightly
44. Pictures
45. Ebo Walker
46. Sundown

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Edition of Three Classic LPs Combined in a Deluxe Double CD Package. Carrying on from their Earlier Bluegrass Albums, 1965's "Pickin' and Fiddlin" Featured Co-billing for Fiddler Byron Berline. The Dillards Switched Labels to Capitol for Two Singles (Included Here) Being Dissatisfied with Elektra's Marketing Department, but Returned to the Label Without Releasing an Album. In 1968, as the Byrds were Making Efforts to Bring Rock and Country Music Closer Together, the Dillards were Trying to Do Some of the Same for Bluegrass and Rock, with the Result Being "Wheatstraw Suite". Their Second Album with Rock-influenced Arrangements, "Copperfields" was Not as Barrier-busting as 1968's "Wheatstraw Suite" and They Drifted Further from their Bluegrass Roots.

Customer Reviews:

Pickin' and Fiddlin'.......2007-01-04

I have been looking for " Pickin' and Fiddlin'" on DVD for quite some time, and finally found it on Amazon. The Dillards were a great Bluegrass group, especially when they did pure Bluegrass. Byron Berline is a very accomplished fiddle player. This disc contains tunes that he plays on a cross-tuned fiddle, which isn't heard too often. That in itself, makes
" Pickin and Fiddlin " worth listening to. The works on this disc are not real commonly available. It is well worth owning.

Seminal Folk-Rock Masterpieces!.......2005-03-18

This cd includes the Dillards' two groundbreaking albums, "Wheatfield Suite" and "Copperfields", two of the most innovative Folk-Rock albums ever released! The sound on this release is definitely superior to the two individual cd releases of these two masterworks. A MUST HAVE, if you like this kind of music!

Average customer rating: Beautiful and Timeless The Dillards create a classic How Suite it is! A desert island album Too Bad About The Notes

Wheatstraw Suite Dillards Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Copperfields Back Porch Bluegrass/ Live!!! Almost!!! There Is a Time (1963-70) Tribute to the American Duck/Roots and Branches The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark ASIN: B00006BCO4 Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

1. Ill Fly Away
2. Nobody Knows
3. Hey Boys
4. The Biggest Whatever
5. Listen To The Sound
6. Little Pete
7. Reason To Believe
8. Single Saddle
9. Ive Just Seen A Face
10. Lemon Chimes
11. Dont You Cry
12. Bending The Strings
13. She Sang Hymns Out Of Tune

Product Description

1. I'll Fly Away
2. Nobody Knows
3. Hey Boys
4. Biggest Whatever, The
5. Listen To The Sound
6. Little Pete
7. Reason To Believe
8. Single Saddle
9. I've Just Seen A Face
10. Lemon Chimes
11. Don't You Cry
12. Bending The Strings
13. She Sang the Hymns Out Of Time


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful and Timeless.......2007-01-16

Yes, you can "hear the sixties" in this impeccable recording by the Dillards, but great vocal harmonies and virtuosic banjo picking never go out of style. The only other group from that era I can think of who produced such outstanding vocal harmonies was the Beach Boys. One of the tightest ensembles of all time, the Dillards perfected a brand of eclectic bluegrass-country-folk that has never been equaled. My only complaint is that out of the 13 songs, one is under a minute in length, five are under two minutes, and only two are over three minutes. But that's how it was back in the days of vinyl. Wheatstraw Suite is short but sweet.

The Dillards create a classic.......2005-11-28

The Dillards were always alot of fun from their early days on the Andy Griffith Show to their acoustic folk club appearances and they sure could play and sing, but I wasn't prepared for an album like this. I was in a record store in the late sixties and this album was playing and I was amazed when I was told it was the Dillards. Maybe it was the addition of Herb Pedersen that really made the group gel, but whatever it was they somehow combined their bluegrass roots with country and rock and created a masterpiece that sounds as fresh today as it did back then.

How Suite it is!.......2005-10-07

I love the Dillards, in all their incarnations. There has never been a bad line up of the Dillards. The band has always had a knack for choosing the right musicians to replace departing members. After co-founding member Doug Dillard left the group
they found Herb Pedersen to replace him on banjo, and carried on admirably with Wheatstraw Suite. What a fine album this is. It's a little short on playing time, but what's there is very tasty and well worth listening to. The Greatest Whatever, I'll fly away(all 39 seconds of it), Little Pete, She sand hymns out of tune, etc. etc etc. You would be hard pressed to find something wrong with this wonderful album. (except, perhaps, the running time).
The Dillards at their best. Roots and Branches is the Dillards at their second best, but that's another story. Buy this album, borrow this album, or ask for it for your birthday. You won't regret it at all.

A desert island album.......2004-06-30

My kids,who grew up listing to music like this, often ask me what my favorite album of all time is, and it is this.

First, understand that I am from Missouri and there is a fair amount of inside humor (The Dent County Tick and Snake Market Report, for example). But more than that, these young men, then in their twenties, wrote songs that are as enduring today as back then> It is filled with wry humor, deep understandingg of the cycle of life, and love of the land.

I like it better on CD and on vinyl, the integration of the sequence is clearer. I don't know how many of these I gave away in vinyl, but I've already give close to a dozen CDs to others. It's that good.

Too Bad About The Notes.......2003-12-27

The music is just astonishing, but the boys are poorly served by Collectors' Choice Music. You have to dig the songs' authors out of Richie Unterberger's notes, which are typically confusing. The track listings and production credits on the front pullout can be read with the aid of a magnifying glass. The Dillards and their audience deserve better. Nevertheless, it's a "must have" CD.

Average customer rating:

Pickin' & Fiddlin'/Wheatstraw Suite/Copperfields Dillards ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000562ZV Release Date: 2004-09-21

Album Description

Remastered two CD set reissue combines the bluegrass act's 1965, 1968, & 1970 albums with four bonus tracks, 'Nobody Knows' (Single Version), 'Ebo Walker' (Single Version), 'Last Thing On My Mind' (Single Version), 'Lemon Chimes' (Single Version). Includes new liner notes & rarely-seen photos. Rhino/WSM UK. 2004.

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