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Comedians & Angels (CD)
New Release: February 2008

Songs of love and remembrance from one of the first, last and best of the original Greenwich Village folksinger-songwriters of the early Sixties; recorded in Nashville with a country/Americana tinge.
1. How Beautiful Upon the Mountain
2. Out on the Ocean
3. What a Friend You Are
4. When We Were Good
5. The First Song is for You
6. And If It's Not True
7. Bad Old Days
8. Reason to Be
9. I Like the Way You Look
10. A Long Way from Your Mountain
11. Home to Me (is Anywhere You Are)
12. Jennifer and Kate
13. Dance in the Kitchen
14. You Are Love
15. Comedians and Angels
  

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Tom Paxton Live in the U.K. - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: 2005

In October 2003, Tom toured the UK for the 39th time. The audiences were plentiful and enthusiastic, open to new songs and excited about old favorites. At this point, it's almost like Tom is an old friend, returning to reassure fans young and old that his brand of folk music, relevant songwriting and classic anthems, is alive and well. Each concert was recorded direct to mini-disc, simply as documentation, with no thought of a CD. This is not a pre-meditated live concert recording, with a separate audio feed on to multi-track recording equipment, carefully edited and mixed for perfection. Instead, it is a souvenir, direct from the board, of the culmination of those wonderful evenings. There was no special mixing, editing or voodoo-just Tom's magic and the humor and thoughtfulness he uses to introduce each song. Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer were along as Tom's guests - friends and band members, enjoying each show as much as the audience did. In the spirit of that muse, we hope you enjoy this souvenir.
1. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
2. John Ashcroft and the 'Spirit of Justice'
3.Bobbitt
4. Tinky-Winky.
5. Cathy & Marcy Intro
6. Your Shoes, My Shoes
7. Did You Hear John Hurt?
8. Bottle of Wine
9. My Pony Knows The Way
10. Whose Garden Was This?
11. There Goes The Mountain
12. There But For The Fortune
13. The Honor
14. Me and A Couple of Angels
15. The Last Thing On My Mind
16. The Last Thing On My Mind (parody)
17. Ramblin' Boy
18. Come Away With Me
19. Peace Will Come
  

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Live at McCabes Guitar Shop (CD)
Released: 2006

Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop, recorded on February 23, 1991, contains his biggest hits and most-scathing political songs, including "The Last Thing On My Mind," "Bottle Of Wine," and "Yuppies In The Sky."
1. Introduction
2. Ramblin’ Boy
3. If I Pass This Way Again
4. Forest Lawn
5. When Annie Took Me Home
6. My Last Love Song
7. I Am Changing My Name To Chrysler
8. Did You Hear John Hurt?
9. Bottle Of Wine
10. Home To Me (Is Anywhere You Are)
11. Billy Got Some Bad News Today
12. It Ain’t Easy
13. One Million Lawyers
14. My Favorite Spring
15. We All Sound The Same
16. The Ballad Of Gary Hart
17. Yuppies In The Sky
18. The Last Thing On My Mind
 

Limited edition
2-CD set


The Compleat Tom Paxton (Compleater) - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: July 13, 2004

This collection was recorded at New York's The Bitter End in June 1970. This Rhino Handmade edition of The Compleat Tom Paxton (Compleater) is available as an individually numbered limited edition of 2,500 copies. Thirty tracks, six unreleased songs on two disks.
Clarissa Jones
The Things I Notice Now
Jennifer's Rabbit/I Give You The Morning
Intro to The Marvelous Toy
The Marvelous Toy
Leaving London
Angie
All Night Long
Bayonet Rap
Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues
Jimmy Newman
Outward Bound
Morning Again
Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
My Lady's A Flying Dove
Now That I've Taken My Life
About The Children
Ballad of Spiro Agnew
Mr. Blue
Wish I Had A Troubador
Whose Garden Was This
Saturday Night
Uncle Jack
Forest Lawn
Annie's Going To Sing Her Song
icarus
Ev'ry Time (When We Are Gone)
Cindy's Crying/Hooker
Ramblin' Boy
The Last Thing On My Mind
 

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Looking for the Moon - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: October 22, 2002
2003 Grammy®-nominated CD!

Produced by Jim Rooney. I persuaded Jim to come down from Vermont to Jack’s Tracks in Nashville and assemble a tremendous group of musicians. Nanci Griffith and Anne Hills added some great harmonies.
1. Looking For The Moon
2. My Pony Knows The Way
3. Me And A Couple Of Angels
4. Easy Now Easy
5. Home Bound Train
6. Early Snow
7. My Oklahoma Lullaby
8. This Is My River
9. Come Away With Me
10.Marry Me Again
11.The Same River Twice
12.Life In The Key Of C
13.The Bravest
 

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Under American Skies - Tom Paxton & Anne Hills (CD)
Released: July 2001

Recorded in 2001 at Bias Studios in Springfield, VA. Produced by Anne Hills and Scott Petito. With musicians Jon Carroll, Al Pettaway, Bark Schatz, Monica Roach, Jerry Marotta and Scott Petito.
1. There Goes the Mountain
2. Under the American Skies
3. Follow That Road
4. Clarrissa Jones
5. Birmingham Sunday
6. Carry It On
7. God Bless the Grass
8. Manzanar
9. Getting' Up Early
10. Well, Well, Well
11. Pandora's Box
12. Shadow Crossing the Land
13. Links in the Chain
14. And Lovin' You
 

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Live From Mountain Stage - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: July 2001

Mountain Stage is a wonderful show of acoustic music, coming from Charleston, West Virginia. This CD consists of some of my contributions to the show over the years.
1. Yuppies in the Sky
2. One Million Lawyers
3. My Ramblin' Boy
4. It's All Coming Together
5. Who Will Feed the People
6. Where I'm Bound
7. Home for Me
8. Marvelous Toy
9. It Ain't Easy
10. Bottle of Wine
11. Getting Up Early
12. Passing Through Tulsa
13. Along the Verdigris
14. Come Along With Me
15. Last Thing on My Mind
 

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Best of the Vanguard Years - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: June 2000

A compilation of two albums I did for Vanguard in the late 1970s.
1. Introduction
2. Ramblin' Boy
3. Bottle of Wine
4. Last Thing on My Mind
5. Talking Pop Art
6. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
7. Willing Conscript
8. Did You Hear John Hurt?
9. Pandora's Box
10. Birds On The Table
11. Talking Watergate
12. There Goes The Mountain
13. Cotton Eye Joe
14. You Can Eat Dog Food
15. You're So Beautiful
16. Mister Blue / White Bones Of Allende
17. Born On The Fourth Of July
18. Presbyterian Boy
19. A Day In The Country
20. Anita O.J.
21. Winter Song
22. The Death Of Stephen Biko
23. Hand Me Down My Jogging Shoes
24. Phil 25. Not Tonight, Marie
 

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I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound:
The Best Of Tom Paxton
(CD)
Released: January 1999

These are all original Elektra Records tracks.
1. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
2. What Did You Learn in School Today?
3. Last Thing on My Mind
4. Daily News
5. My Lady's a Wild Flying Dove
6. Goin' to the Zoo
7. Ramblin' Boy
8. Willing Conscript
9. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
10. Bottle of Wine
11. Every Time
12. Leaving London
13. My Son John
14. One Time and One Time Only
15. Outward Bound
16. Victoria Dines Alone
17. All Night Long
18. Forest Lawn
19. Whose Garden Was This
20. Cindy's Cryin'
21. Clarissa Jones
22. Now That I've Taken My Life
23. Talking Vietnam Potluck Blues
24. Jimmy Newman
25. Marvelous Toy
26. Jennifer Rabbit/I Give You the Morning
 

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Live for the Record [LIVE] - Tom Paxton(CD)
Released: June 1996

Recorded one snowy evening at The Birchmere, in Alexandria, VA, with guests Robin and Linda Williams, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, John Gorka, Lucy Kaplansky.
1. Bobbitt
2. Lament for a Lost Election
3. Tonya Harding
4. They Call Me "Joey"
5. What Did You Learn in School Today?
6. Packwood
7. Let's Go to Michael Jackson's House
8. Michael and Lisa Marie
9. I Don't Want a Bunny-Wunny
10. Intro to on the Road from Srebrenica
11. On the Road from Srebrenica
12. Spin and Turn
13. Intro to My Favorite Spring
14. My Favorite Spring
15. I Can't Help But Wonder Where I'm Bound
16. Intro to Modern Maturity
17. Modern Maturity
18. Dance in the Kitchen
19. Long Way from Your Mountain
20. Names of Trees
21. Intro to Little Girl
22. Little Girl
23. Last Thing on My Mind
24. Rambling Boy
25. Intro to No Time to Say Goodbye
26. No Time to Say Goodbye
27. Honor of Your Company
28. Intro to You Are Love
29. You Are Love
 

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Wearing The Time - Tom Paxton(CD)
Released: 1994

The first album (of three, so far) with my pal, Jim Rooney. Recorded in 1994 in Nashville at the Cowboy Arms Hotel And Recording Spa.
1. Along the Verdigris
2. Passing Through Tulsa
3. Getting up Early
4. Anytime
5. Wearing the Time
6. Blue Mountain Road
7. First Song Is for You
8. Coffee in Bed
9. When I Go See My Son
10. Johnny Got a Gun
11. Bottle of Wine
12. Honor of Your Company
 

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It Ain't Easy - Tom Paxton(CD)
Released: 1991
1. Something Going On
2. It Ain't Easy
3. Billy Got Some Bad News Today
4. Livin' the Street Life
5. Second Nature
6. I Was Beautiful
7. Spirit Said "No"
8. When It's Gone, It's Gone
9. Time to Spare
10. Home, Sweet Oklahoma
11. Mister Can't-Go-On
12. Poems Written With a Borrowed Pen
13. If I Pass This Way Again
 

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Politics Live [LIVE] - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: 1988 (LP) 1992 (CD)
1. I Am Changing My Name to "Chrysler"
2. Evacuation
3. One Million Lawyers
4. Mail Will Go Through
5. On the Good Ship "I've Got Mine"
6. Ballad of Spiro Agnew
7. Little Bitty Gun
8. We're Filling a Bottle for Ronnie
9. Ballad of Gary Hart
10. When Princes Meet
11. Lyndon Johnson Told the Nation
12. Jimmy Newman
13. Peace Will Come
14. Death of Stephen Biko
15. I Don't Want a Bunny Wunny
 

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The Very Best Of Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: 1988

Recorded in London in 1988 with my pals Danny Thompson, bass, Dave Swarbrick, fiddle and mandolin, and Archie Fisher, guitar.
1. Ramblin’ Boy
2. I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound
3. When You Shook Your Long Hair Down
4. Katy
5. Outward Bound
6. The Marvelous Toy
7. Wasn’t That A Party?
8. Peace Will Come
9. Leaving London
10. Bottle Of Wine
11. Jennifer’s Rabbitt
12. My Lady’s A Wild, Flying Dove
13. Goin’ To The Zoo
14. Whose Garden Was This?
15. Jimmy Newman
16. The Last Thing On My Mind
 

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And Loving You (CD)
Released 1986.
1. And Lovin' You
2. Every Time
3. Bad Old Days
4. Panhandle Wind
5. When We Were Good
6. All Coming Together
7. The Last Hobo
8. Nothing But Time
9. Home To Me
10. Love Changes The World
11. The Missing You
12. You Are Love
 

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Best of Friends (CD)
Released: 1984

In 1984, two generations of master folksinger-songwriters – Tom Paxton and Bob Gibson – teamed up with relative newcomer Anne Hills, who would soon gain recognition as their peer, to perform for 18 months as Best of Friends. This is the only available recording of this super group.
Sing for the Song
intro (Best of Friends)
Did You Hear John Hurt?
Home to Me (is Anywhere You Are)
intro (Political Writing)
The Death of Stephen Biko
intro (Bob and Tom’s collaboration)
And Loving You
While You Sleep
She Sits on the Table
Let the Band Play Dixie
Pilgrim Song
intro (Texas)
Panhandle Wind
intro (Reagan ecology)
Something’s Wrong with the Rain
Ramblin’ Boy
intro (Lawyers)
One Million Lawyers
Bottle of Wine
 

Double CD with
" Ramblin' Boy"
Ain't That News - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: 1965 (LP)
1. Ain't That News
2. The Willing Conscript
3. Lyndon Johnson Told The Nation
4. Hold Onto Me Babe
5. The Name Of The Game Is Stud
6. Bottle Of Wine
7. The Natural Girl For Me
1. Goodman, Schwerner and Chaney
2. We Didn't Know
3. Buy A Gun For Your Son
4. Every Time
5. Georgie On The Freeways
6. Sully's Pail
7. I'm The Man That Built The Bridges
 

Double CD with
" Ain't That News"

Ramblin' Boy - Tom Paxton (CD)
Released: 1964 (LP)

This was the first album I recorded for Elektra, in 1964. Paul Rothchild produced and I was joined in the studio by Barry Kornfeld on guitar and banjo and Felix Papparlardi on guitarron.
1 A Job Of Work
2. A Rumblin’ In The Land
3. When Morning Breaks
4. Daily News
5. What Did You Learn In School Today?
6. The Last Thing On My Mind
7. Harper
8. Fare Thee Well, Cisco
9. I Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound
10.The High Sheriff Of Hazard
11.My Lady’s A Wild, Flying Dove
12.Standing On The Edge Of Town
13.I’m Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
14.Goin’ To The Zoo
15.Ramblin’ Boy



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cELLAbration - 2004 Grammy® Award winner!
Ella Jenkins, "The First Lady of Children's Music," has made dozens of Folkways recordings and earned countless awards in a 50-year career, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Recording Academy. Tom is among the many performers paying tribute to Ella Jenkins on this CD, with sparkling new renditions of her timeless repertoire. Styles including folk, salsa, country-western, Dixieland, old-time string band, ragtime, and mariachi all come together with a wonderful chidren's chorus to honor Ella in the best way possible.
   
 

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A Beachwood Christmas includes my song "It Was A Night Like This," which I had been singing but had never recorded. Peter Tork and James Lee Stanley have been creating a private Christmas CD for friends and fans around the world each year. This year Beachwood Recordings has brought them together for an expanded package, and asked me to join them. This Christmas CD collection includes performances by Peter, James Lee, and Pamala Stanley as well as a package with photos and collages. Complete information, song list and online ordering here.
   
 

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I contributed "Times A-Getting Hard, Boys" to the 2-CD release, "Seeds: The Songs of Pete Seeger, Vol. 3" (APR CD 1072). The double CD is comprised of one disc by "Pete & Friends" (Pete's first new CD since 1996, it includes collaborations with Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle, Arlo Guthrie, Tao Rodriguez-Seeger, Peggy Seeger, Anne Hills and others), and a second disc by "Friends of Pete" (Janis Ian, Natalie Merchant, Peggy Seeger, myself and 13 others) performing new versions of Seeger-related material. "Seeds" includes a deluxe 28-page booklet with extensive song notes by Pete.
   
 
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