Just love her twist on songs.
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Just love her twist on songs.
Review
Judy Collins' recording career began in 1962 and continues into the 21st
century. She's had her share of hits, but her larger contribution has been the
most culturally important: through her recordings on that crystalline piano,
she's brought attention to countless songwriters we now consider legends, not
the least of whom are Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell. That said, as a subject
for anthologies, there isn't a single collection that defines her by capturing
her breadth and depth as an interpreter of songs and as a songwriter. Send in
the Clowns: The Collection, issued by Rhino in the U.K., focuses on her
22 years with Elektra Records, from 1962 to 1994. It contains 20 tracks, all
of them stellar. It features her versions of Mitchell's Both Sides Now" and
“Chelsea Morning,” Cohen's “Famous Blue Raincoat,” Bob Dylan's
“Farewell,” Steve Goodman's “City of New Orleans,” Gordon Lightfoot's
“Early Morning Spring,” Jimmy Webb's “The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress,” and
her iconic version of Stephen Sondheim's title track. It also contains a number
of her radical reinterpretations of traditional songs such as “Maid of
Constant Sorrow,” “Pretty Polly,” and her own composition “Albatross”
among others. As fine as this set is, and as easily as it flows, any fan will be
as troubled by what isn't here as for what is. It becomes the latest in a long
line of anthologies that are deeply satisfying for what they are, but by their
under-representation, make the Collins' fan yearn that much more for a
definitive, cross-licensed box that would, once and for all, settle the
arguments and reveal the her iconic place in popular music history. –
Thom Jurek
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