Best of the Vanguard Years

Original Release Date:  September 9, 2003

Track Listing

• 1. A Soulful Shade of Blue
• 2. Summer Boy
• 3. The Universal Soldier
• 4. Better to Find Out for Yourself
• 5. Cod'ine
• 6. He's a Keeper of the Fire
• 7. Take My Hand for Awhile
• 8. Groundhog
• 9. The Circle Game
• 10. My Country 'Tis of Thy People You're Dying
• 11. Many a Mile
• 12. Until It's Time for You to Go
• 13. Rolling Log Blues
• 14. God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot
• 15. Guess Who I Saw in Paris
• 16. The Piney Wood Hills
• 17. Now That the Buffalo's Gone
• 18. Cripple Creek
• 19. I'm Gonna Be a Country Girl Again
• 20. The Vampire
• 21. Little Wheel Spin and Spin
• 22. Winter Boy
• 23. Los Pescadores (The Fishermen)
• 24. Sometimes When I Get to Thinkin'
• 25. Bird on a Wire [#]
• 26. God Bless the Child [#]

Credits

• Floyd Cramer: Piano
• Leonard Cohen: Composer
• Buffy Sainte-Marie: Guitar, Arranger, Composer, Adaptation, Mouth Bow
• The Jordanaires: Vocals
• Joni Mitchell: Composer
• Art Davis: Bass
• Lloyd Green: Guitar (Steel)
• Eric Weissberg: Guitar
• Grady Martin: Assistant
• Billie Holiday: Composer
• John Craviotta: Drums
• Ray Edenton: Guitar (Electric)
• Buddy Harman: Drums
• Arthur Herzog, Jr.: Composer
• Roy M. "Junior" Husky: Bass
• Lottie Kimbrough: Choir, Chorus
• Bruce Langhorne: Guitar (Electric)
• Shorty Lavender: Fiddle
• Maynard Solomon: Original Session Producer
• Wayne Moss: Bass
• Sonny Osborne: Banjo
• Rick Oxendine: Bass
• Mark Roth: Original Session Producer
• Russ Savakus: Bass
• Jerry Shook: Bass
• Patrick Sky: Guitar, Harmonica, Composer
• Velma Smith: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Captain Jeff Zaraya: Compilation Engineer
• Hal Rugg: Guitar (Steel)
• Tom Vickers: Compilation Producer
• Dave Samuelson: Liner Notes
• Bob Lurie: Original Session Producer
• Bill Ackerman: Drums
• Peter Schickele: Arranger, Conductor
• Amy L. VonHolzhausen: Creative Director
• Jimmy Lembo: Art Direction