Artist: Barry McGuire
Album: The Best of Barry McGuire
Release: 2009
Genre: Folk Rock
Country: US
Quality: FLAC | lossless
Barry McGuire scored his first hit single in 1963, when as a member of the New Christy Minstrels he co-wrote and sang "Green, Green," which rose to the top of the sales charts. While the Minstrels' polished and family-friendly version of folk music was popular in 1963, it wasn't long before the tone of folk changed, and McGuire changed with it; he left the Minstrels to become a solo artist, signed with Dunhill Records, and in 1965 he recorded a protest song written by P.F. Sloan called "Eve of Destruction," which was a perfect match for McGuire's gruff but melodic singing style. "Eve of Destruction" became another chart-topping hit that defined his career until he dropped out of mainstream music by the end of the '60s, only to re-emerge in the early '70s as a Contemporary Christian artist. The Best of Barry McGuire is a 14-song collection drawn from McGuire's Dunhill catalog, including "Eve of Destruction," other numbers written by P.F. Sloan (including "Child of our Times" and "The Sins of a Family"), and a number of Bob Dylan covers ("It's All Over Now, Baby Blue," "She Belongs to Me," "Masters of War") along with other songs from the singer's '60s heyday.
Tracklist:
1. Eve of Destruction - 03:37
2. Child of Our Times - 03:23
3. Cloudy Summer Afternoon - 02:55
4. Baby Blue - 03:16
5. She Belongs to Me - 02:46
6. This Precious Time - 02:49
7. You Were on My Mind - 02:30
8. Hide Your Love Away - 02:47
9. I'd Have to Be Outta My Mind - 03:43
10.Upon a Painted Ocean - 02:57
11.The Sins of a Family - 03:00
12.Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - 04:00
13.What Exactly's the Matter with Me - 02:31
14.Masters of War - 02:33
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"Eve of Destruction" was an anthem of the 60's.
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I heard it so many times back in my hippie days that I can still recite it word for word after more than 50 years.
We would sing it at the folk club and really annoy the folkies in their white roll-neck sweaters and corduroy trousers.
We would sing it on anti-war marches moving slowly down Oxford Street towards the U.S. embasy in Grosvenor Square - who were those guys with machine guns on the roof?
We would sing it at the Arts Lab in Drury Lane - and maybe John Lennon joined in when he brought us a film projector.
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Thanks for sharing
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