The Very Best of Peter, Paul and Mary

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Total Tracks: 25   Total Length: 79:30

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The Best of peter, paul, and mary

jobu43

This album was great in the 60's and still just as great.

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Great music

CRich70

I have always enjoyed the work of Peter, Paul & Mary. Their music is always clear and easy to understand unlike much music today. Sadly we recently lost Mary, but she lives on in the great music she recorded with Peter and Paul.

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Best of PP&M

gemhansen

Great album. All original recordings.

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The Very Best of Peter,Paul and Mary

Cinnaminharry

It was great! Its been many years since I hear any of their songs that it made it special!

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Peter, Paul and Mary (Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey, and Mary Travers), did more to bring the 1960s folk revival safely into the homes of the American public than any other artists of the day. Their songs had a decided leftist political edge, but were gentle and easy enough to invade AM radio, where their natural, infectious singalong style gave the trio several dignified hits, including “Lemon Tree,” “If I Had a Hammer,” “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” “Blowin’ in the Wind,” and two hits from the very end of the decade, “I Dig Rock and Roll Music” and “Leaving on a Jet Plane.” All are collected here, along with fine versions of “All My Trials,” “Tell It on the Mountain,” “500 Miles,” and Gordon Lightfoot’s beautiful “Early Mornin’ Rain.” Although they will forever be associated with the folk movement, Peter, Paul and Mary’s material plays surprisingly well after all these years, and while their earnest sincerity can get annoying in large doses, this collection plays just about right. – Steve Leggett

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