The Complete Vanguard Studio Recordings Vanguard (196/99-2) 2001 This four-CD collection contains all seven albums that Ian & Sylvia recorded with Vanguard. Also included are three bonus tracks, "Keep on the Sunny Side," "Je t'aime Marielle," and an alternate take of "Rocks and Gravel." This box set is pretty expensive, but it's cheaper than buying all seven CDs individually. It includes a great 80-page booklet with dozens of beautiful photos, complete credits, images of the original album covers, and an essay by Colin Escott based on interviews with Ian and Sylvia. One drawback is that the original album notes are not included. Also, One might have expected a more attractive cover!

CD ONE: Ian & Sylvia 1 - Rocks and Gravel (Fricker, Tyson) 3:31 2 - Old Blue (Fricker, Tyson) 3:25 3 - C.C. Rider (trad) 2:56 4 - Un Canadien Errant (trad) 2:58 5 - Handsome Molly (trad) 2:09 6 - Mary Anne (trad) 3:16 7 - Pride of Petrovar (trad) 2:46 8 - Makes a Long Time Man Feel Bad 2:43 9 - Rambler Gambler (trad) 3:02 10 - Down by the Willow Garden (trad) 2:59 11 - Got No More Home Than a Dog (Handy) 3:23 12 - When First Unto His Country 2:37 13 - Live A-Humble 2:43 John Herald: second guitar Bill Lee, Art David: string bass Four Strong Winds 14 - Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (trad) 2:12 15 - Tomorrow Is a Long Time (Dylan) 3:18 16 - Katy Dear (trad) 3:01 17 - Poor Lazarus (trad) 4:03 18 - Four Strong Winds (Tyson) 3:28 19 - Ella Speed (trad) 2:26 20 - Long Lonesome Road (trad) 2:27 21 - V'la l'Bon Vent (trad) 1:44 22 - Royal Canal (trad) 3:35 23 - Lady of Carlisle (trad) 3:37 24 - Spanish Is a Loving Tongue (trad) 3:27 25 - The Greenwood Side (The Cruel Mother) (trad) 2:30 26 - Everynight When the Sun Goes Down 4:13 John Herald: second guitar Eric Weissberg, Paul Weidman: bass

CD TWO: Northern Journey 27 - You Were on My Mind (Fricker) 2:47 28 - Moonshine Can (trad) 2:16 29 - The Jealous Lover 2:54 30 - Four Rode By (Tyson) 2:42 31 - Brave Wolfe 5:25 32 - Nova Scotia Farewell (trad) 2:51 33 - Some Day Soon (Tyson) 2:20 34 - Little Beggarman (Makem) 2:23 35 - Texas Rangers (trad) 3:27 36 - The Ghost Lover (trad) 2:45 37 - Captain Woodstock's Courtship (trad) 2:56 38 - Green Valley (trad) 4:03 39 - Swing Down, Chariot (trad) 2:09 John Herald: second guitar Eric Weissberg, Russ Savakus: bass Monte Dunn: mandolin, guitar Early Morning Rain 40 - Come in Stranger (Cash) 1:57 41 - Early Morning Rain Lightfoot 3:58 42 - Nancy Whiskey (trad) 2:37 43 - Awake Ye Drowsky Sleepers 3:27 44 - Marlborough Street Blues (Tyson) 2:18 45 - Darcy Farrow (Campbell, Gillette) 3:30 46 - Travelling Drummer (Fricker) 2:28 47 - Maude's Blues (Fricker), (Tyson) 4:01 48 - Red Velvet (Tyson) 2:18 49 - I'll Bid My Hear Be Still 2:51 50 - For Lovin' Me (Lightfoot) 2:19 51 - Song for Canada (Gzowski, Tyson) 4:06 Monte Dunn: guitar Russ Savakus: bass

CD THREE: Play One More 52 - Short Grass (Fricker, Tyson) 2:19 53 - The French Girl (Fricker, Tyson) 2:43 54 - When I Was Cowboy 3:49 55 - Changes (Ochs) 3:32 56 - Gifts Are for Giving (Fricker) 3:16 57 - Molly and Tenbrooks (Albertano, Gillette) 3:30 58 - Hey, What About Me (McKenzie) 3:25 59 - Lonely Girls (Fricker, Tyson) 2:41 60 - Satisfied Mind (Hays, Rhodes) 3:35 61 - Twenty Four Hours from Tulsa (Bacharach, David) 3:06 62 - Friends of Mine (Tyson) 3:39 63 - Play One More (Tyson) 3:02 Rick Turner: guitar Felix Pappalardi: bass, arrangements Paul Griffin: organ Eric Weissberg: banjo Al Gorgoni: instrumental ensemble So Much For Dreaming 64 - The Circle Game (Mitchell) 3:01 65 - So Much for Dreaming (Tyson) 3:02 66 - Wild Geese (Tyson) 3:59 67 - Child Apart (Tyson) 3:30 68 - Summer Wages (Tyson) 4:04 69 - Hold Tight (Fricker) 2:39 70 - Cutty Wren (trad) 2:57 71 - Si Les Bateaux (Gill Vignault) 3:42 72 - Catfish Blues (trad) 3:36 73 - Come All Ye Fair and Tender Ladies (trad) 3:25 74 - January Morning (Tyson) 3:07 75 - Grey Morning (Fricker) 2:47 David Rea: guitar Robert Bushnell: electric bass Al Rogers: drums Trade Martin: orchestrations

CD FOUR: Nashville 76 - The Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo) (Dylan) 2:52 77 - Wheels on Fire (Dylan) 3:47 78 - Farewell to the North (Tyson) 3:45 79 - Taking Care of Business (Tyson) 3:14 80 - Southern Comfort (Fricker) 5:04 81 - Ballad of the Ugly Man (lyrics - Fricker, music - Tyson) 2:34 82 - 90 X 90 (Rea) 2:41 83 - She'll Be Gone (Fricker) 2:42 84 - London Life (Fricker) 2:44 85 - The Renegade (lyrics - Tyson; music - Fricker) 3:40 86 - House of Cards (Tyson) 4:04 87 - Every Time I Feel the Spirit (trad) 1:48 Produced by Ian Tyson. Bonus Tracks: 88 - Keep on the Sunny Side (A.P. Carter, Gary Garett) 2:40 89 - Rocks and Gravel [alternate take] (Fricker, Tyson) 3:26 90 - Je T'Aime Marielle 3:32

Credits: Eric "the doctor" Hord: lead guitar, tracks 1-6 Rick Turner: lead guitar, tracks 7-14 Ronny Schiff: notes Joe Alper, John Cooke: photos Produced by Jeff Zaraya.	Live at Newport Vanguard (77020 - 2) 1996 Recorded at the Newport Folk Festival in 1963 and 1965. A great CD showing what a solid live act Ian & Sylvia were. All recordings previously unreleased except 3, 11, and 12, which had appeared on various Newport compilations on vinyl back in the sixties. 1 - Introduction by Ed McCurdy :08 2 - Oh Katy Dear (trad) 2:49 3 - Un Canadien Errant (trad) 3:28 4 - V'le Bon Vent (trad) 2:12 5 - The Greenwood Sidie / The Cruel Mother (trad) 2:36 6 - Royal Canal (Brendan Behan) 4:22 7 - C. C. Rider (trad) 3:00 8 - Red Velvet (Tyson) 2:21 9 - Song for Canada (Pete Gzowski, Tyson) 4:25 10 - Travelling Drummer (Fricker) 2:20 11 - Someday Soon (Tyson) 2:44 12 - Play One More (Tyson) 2:49 13 - You Were On My Mind (Fricker) 2:51 14 - Maude's Blues (Losing is an Easy Game) (Fricker) 4:03 15 - Four Strong Winds (Tyson) 4:26
Credits: Lovin' Sound: David Rea: lead guitar Paul Harris: keyboards, orchestrations Harvey Brooks & Don Payne: bass Bill LaVorna & Donald MacDonald: drums Produced by John Court. Full Circle: David Rea: guitar Bill Pursell: piano, organ Weldon Myrick: steel guitar Norbert Putnam: bass Ken Buttrey: drums Charlie Fox: string choir arrangements Produced by Elliot Mazer.	Movin' On 1967-1968 Mercury (314 538 563-2) 1999 Made in Canada This CD contains the two albums Ian & Sylvia released on MGM, Lovin' Sound (1967) and Full Circle (1968). Here they started developing a richer, fuller sound. This is probably my favorite single-CD release of Ian & Sylvia. Notes by Nicholas Jennings. 1. Windy Weather (Tyson) 3:07 2. Hang On To A Dream (Tim Hardin) 2:15 3. I Don't Believe You (Dylan) 3:11 4. Where Did All The Love Go (Fricker) 2:41 5. Mr Spoons (Tyson) 2:24 6. National Hotel (Tyson) 2:07 7. Sunday (Tyson, Fricker) 2:03 8. Pilgrimage To Paradise (David Rea) 3:24 9. Reason To Believe (Tim Hardin) 2:13 10. Big River (Cash) 2:02 11. Trilogy (Fricker) 2:45 12. Lovin' Sound (Tyson) 2:34 13. Here's To You (Hamilton Camp) 2:34 14. I Learned From Leah (Tyson, Fricker) 15. Woman's World (Fricker) 16. Mr Spoons (Tyson) 2:47 17. Shinbone Alley (Fricker) 18. Please Think (Keith McKie) 4:34 19. Stories He'd Tell (Tyson) 5:52 20. Jickson Johnson (trad) 3:57 21. Tears Of Rage (Dylan, Manuel) 4:52 22. Minstrel (David Rea) 3:55
Credits: Amos Garrett: lead guitar Buddy Cage: steel guitar N.D. Smart II: drums Ken Kalmusky: bass David Briggs: piano Produced by Todd Rundgren.	Great Speckled Bird Castle Music (CMRCD032) 2000. Made in England. Ian & Sylvia join a country-rock band! The new name may suggest a more dramatic change than what we actually hear, for the album flows quite naturally from their previous forays into country. Another fine album. (One problem with the CD is that the writing credits don't distinguish between Ian & Sylvia Tyson, crediting them simply to "Tyson", so you don't know for sure who wrote what.) 1. Love What You're Doing Child 3:39 2. Calgary 3:03 3. Truckers Cafe 3:22 4. Long Long Time To Get Old 3:07 5. Flies In The Bottle 3:47 6. Bloodshot Beholder 2:58 7. Crazy Arms (Mooney, Seals) 2:54 8. This Dream 3:40 9. Smiling Wine 3:11 10. Rio Grande 3:51 11. Disappearing Woman 2:10 12. We Sail (Fricker) 4:42 13. New Truckers Café (Bonus Track, live) 3:08
Credits: David Wilcox: guitar, mandolin Joe Renzetti, Stu Scharf: guitar Lloyd Green, Weldon Myrick: steel guitar Kirk Hamilton, Norbert Putman: bass Ken Asher, David Briggs, Ernie Hayes: keyboards Kenny Buttrey, Herb Lovelle: drums Charlie McCoy: harmonica John Hill: string arrangements Produced by John Hill.	The Beginning of the End Bear Family Records (BCD 15940-AH) Made in Germany This is where is starts to get confusing! This is a re-issue of the album Ian and Sylvia issued on Columbia (30736) in 1971. The notes by Richard Flohil imply that this CD contains their final two albums, and it even mentions songs from the second (last) Columbia album, but actually only the first Columbia album is included. If that weren't confusing enough, the title of the CD is taken from one of the songs on the second Columbia album!! All this suggests to me that they must have planned to release both albums on one CD, and that their plans changed, but somehow they never got around to changing the notes. On the plus side, this has four bonus tracks (12-15) that never appeared anywhere before (perhaps they decided to include the extra tracks rather than squeeze the two albums onto one CD?). Another problem is with this CD is that it gives no writing credits. I've supplied some of them below. 1 More Often Than Not (David Wiffen) 3:08 2 Creators of Rain 2:50 3 Summer Wages (Tyson) 3:28 4 Midnight 4:16 5 Barney (Tyson - words, Fricker - music) 4:34 6 Some Kind of Fool 2:41 7 Shark and the Cockroach 2:40 8 Last Lonely Eagle (John Dawson) 5:09 9 Lincoln Freed Me 2:53 10 Needle of Death (Bert Jansch) 3:51 11 Everybody Has to Say Goodbye 2:27 12 Give It to the World 2:59 13 Jordan Station 5:28 14 Long Beach 2:51 15 Love Is Strange 2:51
Credits: Ian: vocals, rhythm guitar Sylvia: vocals, piano, harpsichord, chimes David Wilcox: lead guitar Jim Colegrove, Bob Walker: bass Jeff Gutcheon: piano Ben Keith: steel, dobro N.D. Smart: drums Peter Ecklund: trumpet Nancy Ward: piano, cello arrangements Produced by Ben Keith and Ian Tyson.	You Were On My Mind Columbia (KC31337) 1972 This was the last album Ian & Sylvia recorded (officially it's a "Ian & Sylvia and Great Speckled Bird" album). It has not yet been released on CD, so this is really the only LP you need to complete your Ian & Sylvia collection. The title "You Were On My Mind" might mislead people into thinking that this is some sort of compilation, but it is a completely new album, with the title track re-recorded in a faster tempo with electric instruments. (To make things more confusing, Sylvia also released a solo CD with the same title in 1990, and in 1994 a compilation with the same title yet again!) 1. Get Up Jake (Robbie Robertson) 2:38 2. Old Cheyenne (Tyson) 4:40 3. Antelope (Fricker, Tyson) 3:14 4. Miriam (Fricker) 3:17 5. Lonesome Valley (trad) 3:14 6. You Were On My Mind (Fricker) 2:15 7. Joshua (Fricker) 2:09 8. You're Not Alone Anymore (Tyson) 3:23 9. Salmon in the Sea (Tyson) 2:21 10. The Beginning of the End (Fricker, Tyson) 11. Bill (Won't You Please Take Me Home) (Fricker) 3:15
	Long, Long Time Vanguard (79478) 1994 Although released on Vanguard, this is, ironically, a compilation of songs from the five albums Ian & Sylvia recorded after they left Vanguard. The only reason I include this compilation here among the essential CDs to buy is because it contains three tracks from the second Columbia album, which has not yet been released on CD: "Joshua," "Salmon in the Sea," and the second version of "You Were On My Mind." 1. Hang on to a Dream 2. You Were on My Mind 3. Summer Wages 4. Lovin' Sound 5. Stories He'd Tell 6. Trucker's Cafe 7. Here's to You 8. Reason to Believe 9. Joshua 10. Long Long Time to Get Old 11. Big River 12. Salmon in the Sea 13. Last Lonely Eagle 14. Crazy Arms 15. Windy Weather 16. Tears of Rage

Ian & Sylvia Vanguard (79109) February 1962	Four Strong Winds Vanguard (79133) January 1964	Northern Journey Vanguard (79154) September 1964	Early Morning Rain Vanguard (79175) May 1965
Play One More Vanguard (79215) March 1966	So Much For Dreaming Vanguard (79241) February 1967	Lovin' Sound MGM (SE 4388) April 1, 1967	Nashville Vanguard 79284 1968
Full Circle MGM (Se 4550) July 1, 1968	Best of Ian & Sylvia Vanguard (79269) 1968	Greatest Hits Vanguard (VSD 5/6) 1969 (double LP)	Great Speckled Bird Ampex (10103) 1970
Ian & Sylvia Columbia (30736) 1971	You Were On My Mind Columbia (31337) 1972	Best of Ian & Sylvia CBS 1974 (selections from the two MGM records)	Best of Ian & Sylvia Columbia (32516) 1974 (double LP combining the two Columbia albums)
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Vanguard (VSD-23/24) 1978 (double LP)

Consider...		Avoid!!!
Best of the Vanguard Years 25 songs, remastered	Greatest Hits 23 songs	Best of Ian & Sylvia 12 songs	Someday Soon 9 songs

However, a better choice for the novice than either of the compilations may be Live at Newport. Normally live albums do not make ideal introductions, but Ian & Sylvia were so tight as a stage act that these Newport performances are as good as their studio recordings. So if you become a fan and decide to get more of their music (and that's what this guide is about), you will avoid redundancy by starting with Live at Newport rather than one of the compilations. Another good one for beginners (if you feel you're not quite ready for the 4-CD box set) is Movin' On, which has the two MGM albums on one CD.