John Sebastian - Faithful Virtue: The Reprise Recordings (3 CD, 2001)

 

 

Rhino Handmade only issued 3,000 copies of this 3-CD box set.


As a bonus, disc-3 includes Sebastian's entire Woodstock performance. So you not only get "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" and "I Had a Dream" (which were included on the original Woodstock soundtrack), but you also get "How Have You Been" (from his--at the time--yet unreleased solo debut) and "Darlin' Be Home Soon" and "Younger Generation."

An additional bonus on disc-3 is six previously unreleased songs recorded in mono from an October 4, 1969, performance at Winterland in San Francisco. These live solo recordings include "Sitting on Top of the World," "Magical Connection," "You're a Big Boy Now," "I Found a Dream" (written by blues musician Lonnie Johnson, NOT the similarly titled "I Had a Dream," which Sebastian wrote for his solo debut), "Daydream" and "Younger Girl." All six of these are terrific performances--especially the bluegrass standard "Sittin' on Top of the World," where Sebastian does some fancy picking--a song he says he learned from Doc Watson.



Disc 1
1 Red Eye-Express 2:57
2 She's a Lady 1:45
3 What She Thinks About 3:04
4 Magical Connection 2:49
5 You're a Big Boy Now 2:49
6 Rainbows All Over Your Blues 2:27
7 How Have You Been 4:12
8 Baby, Don't Ya Get Crazy 3:00
9 The Room Nobody Lives In 3:13
10 Fa-Fana-Fa 2:48
11 I Had a Dream 2:48
12 Mobile Line (Gonna Carry Me Away from the Bull Frog Blues) 2:31
13 Lovin' You 2:46
14 Fishin' Blues 3:42
15 Younger Girl 3:00
16 Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind 3:03
17 Rooty-Toot 2:52
18 In the Still of the Night 2:43
19 Teen Angel 0:42
20 Blue Suede Shoes 1:49
21 Ballad of a Teenage Queen 0:49
22 Nashville Cats 2:56
23 Waiting for a Train 2:49
24 My Gal 3:16
25 Younger Generation 3:31
26 Darling Be Home Soon 4:12
27 Blues for Dad and Jb's Happy Harmonica 3:41
28 Amy's Theme 1:49

Disc 2
1 Goodnight Irene 4:50
2 Well, Well, Well 2:20
3 Black Snake Blues 2:29
4 I Don't Want Nobody Else 3:17
5 Apple Hill 3:09
6 Black Satin Kid 2:39
7 We'll See 2:05
8 Sweet Muse 3:56
9 The Four of Us 15:58
10 Give Us a Break 3:41
11 Music for People Who Don't Speak English 3:53
12 Sitting in Limbo 3:27
13 Friends Again 2:29
14 Dixie Chicken 3:49
15 Stories We Could Tell 3:14
16 Face of Appalachia 4:21
17 Wildwood Flower 1:42
18 Wild About My Lovin' 3:05
19 Singing the Blues 2:22
20 Sportin' Life 3:09
21 Harpoon 2:21

Disc 3
1 Hideaway 2:55
2 She's Funny 3:34
3 You Go Your Way and I'll Go Mine 2:57
4 Didn't Wanna Have to Do It 3:22
5 One Step Forward, Two Steps Back 4:36
6 Welcome Back song review 2:50
7 I Needed Her Most When I Told Her to Go 2:56
8 A Song a Day in Nashville 4:00
9 Warm Baby 2:34
10 Let This Be Our Time to Get Along 3:12
11 How Have You Been 7:19
12 Rainbows All Over Your Blues 3:09
13 I Had a Dream 3:23
14 Darling Be Home Soon 5:50
15 Younger Generation 3:35
16 Sitting on Top of the World 3:39
17 Magical Connection 4:11
18 You're a Big Boy Now 4:17
19 I Found a Dream 2:50
20 Daydream 3:32
21 Younger Girl 1:58