Very Early Anne
Anne Price live at Hunter College in the Bronx
1965 1966
1. Love Will Endure - by Patrick Sky (Grassblade Music; 2:58) / April 1966
2. Ballad of the Carpenter - by Ewan MacColl (Stormking Music; 4:20) / April 1966
3. Daddy, You Been on My Mind - by Bob Dylan (Special Rider Music; 2:14) / April 1966
4. Wayfaring Stranger - Traditional (3:00) / November 1966 with Ray Frank on guitar
5. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound - by Tom Paxton (Cherry Lane Music Pub.; 2:56) / November 1965
6. I'll Bid My Heart Be Still - Traditional (3:55) / April 1966
7. Woody Knows Nothin' - Traditional (2:24) / November 1965
8. The Water Is Wide - Traditional (3:32) / November 1966 with Ray Frank on guitar
9. Mr. Tambourine Man - by Bob Dylan (Special Rider Music; 5:08) / November 1966 with Ray Frank on guitar
10. Bottle of Wine by Tom Paxton (Cherry Lane Music Pub.; 1:19) / November 1966 with Ray Frank vocal and guitar
11. Last Thing on My Mind by Tom Paxton (Cherry Lane Music Pub.; 3:15) / November 1965
12. Blow the Candles Out Traditional (3:09) / November 1965
13. Colours by Donovan Leitch (Songs of Peer Ltd; 3:36) / November 1966 with Ray Frank on guitar and bluegrass band with (probably) Gene Yellin, Andy Statman, Steve Tannenbaum, Bruce Morganheim and others, though Gene says has no memory of it.
14. Tomorrow Is a Long Time by Bob Dylan (Special Rider Music; 3:54) / April 1966
15. Leather-Winged Bat Traditional (1:29) / April 1966
16. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Traditional (3:26) / November 1965
17. Johnny Be Fair Traditional (1:39) / April 1966
18. The Death of Queen Jane Traditional (5:01) / November 1965
I attended Hunter College in the Bronx, New York Citys northernmost borough, from 1964 to 1968. My name at the time was Anne Siegel. I have since become Anne Price, while the Bronx campus of Hunter has since become Lehman College.
Twice a year the college held the Hunter Hoot, a folk music concert presented by and for its students. These concerts featured genres that became popular in the Great Folk Revival of the 1960s bluegrass, traditional ballads, Gospel, the works of singer-songwriters (especially Bob Dylan and Tom Paxton), and songs from the repertoires of Joan Baez and of Peter, Paul, and Mary.
I selected these songs from recordings of Hunter Hoots that took place in November 1965, April 1966, and November 1966. I was 19 years old during the first two, and had just turned 20 by the last. I had already been playing guitar and singing folk songs since the age of 12, but the Hunter Hoots were my first performances before real audiences. The experience was intoxicating.
Anne's "lovely, clear, full soprano voice (reminiscent, as she if often told, of Joan Baez) warms and well interprets both the traditional and contemporary songs selected. . . . [This CD is] the kind you take to a quiet nook (a shady place in a warm back yard fits nicely), lean back, close your eyes and revel in the deep pleasure of listening to fine songs presented by an outstanding singer with an extraordinarily lovely voice."
-Faith Petric, for The Folknik