JUDY COLLINS — to release new Live At The Town Hall NYC album

JUDY COLLINS — to release new Live At The Town Hall NYC album

Hear Judy Collins sing live as she returns to the place of her concert debut...

With her crystalline voice and keen ear for great material, Judy Collins has always forged ahead. Recorded at New York City's Town Hall in March 1964, the Elektra Records album The Judy Collins Concert saw Collins graduate from folk clubs to a theatre setting for the first time.

The album marked a turning point in her career. It was indeed the then twenty-four-year-old singer's first concert. Which is to say, her first appearance in a theatre. This was a big step up for a performer just releasing her third album and moving from a traditional repertoire to one consisting largely of songs written by her contemporaries, many of them having a political bent. 

So rather than sing tracks from her three preceding studio albums, Collins focussed on recent songs by such writers as Tom Paxton and Billy Edd Wheeler. The Judy Collins Concert is a snapshot of the era, with a grace and beauty that remain timeless.

Still forging ahead, for today Collins has recreated, or rather revitalised, her legendary concert debut. Collins' new show was recorded once again live at the The Town Hall in New York, for a virtual gig broadcast February 12th 2021. And now it will get a digital album release as Judy Collins: Live At The Town Hall, NYC.

Track-listing

Winter Sky

My Ramblin’ Boy

Anathea

Me And My Uncle

Wild Rippling Water

Mr Tambourine Man

Both Sides Now

Cruel Mother

Coal Tattoo

Last Thing On My Mind

John Riley

Send In The Clowns


A lover of songs, songwriters, and the issues they write about, Judy Collins says today: 

What a time that was in 1964. I was very nervous since my record company decided to record this concert and put it out as an album [the 1964 album].
It was such a tumultuous time in the world. The Vietnam war was rolling along, breaking into thunder and lightning and anxiety and pain. People were burning their draft board cards, trying to get to Canada and facing up to going to Vietnam where many of them would die. 
It feels right to go back to the material and time period now with the knowledge and life-lessons learned today.
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* Also New Judy Collins is to present the Since You've Asked with Judy Collins podcast...

* New Judy Collins: Live At The Town Hall, NYC — digital release due August 27th 2021 on Wildflower Records

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