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1 Bull Train  
2 I Passed by a Stream  
3 Something Old-Something New  
4 Hush Little Baby  
5 All My Trials  
6 Come on By  
7 Come Down the Mountain Katie Daly  
8 Far Side of the Hill  
9 When I First Came to This Land  
10 Fare-Thee-Well  
11 Headin' on Home Again  
12 Oh Mary Don't You Weep  
13 San Francisco Bay Blues  
14 Rocks and Gravel  
15 Little Sparrow  
16 San Miguel  
17 Sing Hallelujah  
18 East Virginia  
19 I'm Gonna Tell God  
20 Rubin Had a Train  
21 A Satisfied Mind  
22 The Man Who Wouldn't Sing Along With Mitch  
23 The Great Silky  
24 He Call Me Boy  
25 All the Good Times [Based on Goodnight Irene][*]  

Title: The Complete Halifax Three
Artist: Halifax Three

Leave it to the tape vault excavationists and rare recording scavengers at Collectors' Choice Music to compile what is undoubtedly the final word on the Canadian folk trio the Halifax Three. Containing over an hour of music, The Complete Halifax Three combines both their self-titled debut album and follow-up San Francisco Bay Blues, as well as the 45 rpm only track "All the Good Times." Although a few scant tunes have turned up on various-artists compilations -- most notably Before They Were the Mamas & the Papas...The Magic Circle -- this release is the first to thoroughly examine the band's output. The Halifax Three included the enormous talents of future Papa Dennis (aka Denny) Doherty(guitar/vocals), Pat La Croix (bass/vocals), and the spiritual center of the trio, Richard Byrne (guitar/vocals). While each member contributed a strong musical presence in the band, only Doherty would garner further musical fame. Their sound is somewhat typical of the burgeoning folk movement that gave birth to artists such as the Kingston Trio, the Highwaymen, and the Chad Mitchell Trio. Likewise, their recordings exhibit a somewhat standard amalgam of traditional folk and blues material. What separates the Halifax Three are Byrne's interesting, inventive arrangements and notable originals. Of the cover versions, "All My Trials," "East Virginia," and "Fare-Thee-Well" are most notable for their pure, clear vocals and instrumentals. The complete reworking of "Goodnight Irene" -- called "All the Good Times" -- is delivered with a somber gospel feel -- perhaps due to having been recorded in an anonymous black church somewhere in New York City. Before the Halifax Three completely split, fate would cast them on the road with the Journeymen -- yet another folk trio whose membership included the husband and wife team of John and Michelle Phillips. The rest, as they say, is history. With the addition of "Mama" Cass Elliot, they became known internationally as the Mamas & the Papas. ~ Lindsay Planer, All Music Guide

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