The Chain

Here are two discs culled from the original four-disc box on Warner documenting Fleetwood Mac's first 25 years…

Pete Seeger - A Link In The Chain (1996) {2CD Set, Columbia C2K64772 rec 1961-1971}
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© 1961-71, 1996 Columbia / Legacy / Sony Music | C2K 64772
Folk / Folk Revival / Political Folk / Traditional Folk

While the neophyte might be better advised to start with the 20-track 1972 Columbia compilation The World of Pete Seeger, this collection would make a good second purchase to hear the highlights of Seeger's major-label sojourn. Eschewing such favorites as "Little Boxes" (Seeger's sole chart single) and "If I Had a Hammer" (which Seeger co-wrote), but including many other familiar performances (among them "Turn! Turn! Turn!" and "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?"), the set is thematically organized into story songs, political songs, biographical songs, and children's songs.

In 1992 Fleetwood Mac had reached their 25th year as a band. This {now deleted} 4 CD box set was the half-hearted attempt by the band's record company to celebrate a 1/4 century of the music from the mighty mac, but it lacks a bit of the attack that made them mighty to begin with. Well, there is both good news and bad to report about this box set collection.